arms embargo in libya david schenker is a 2nd assistant secretary for near east affairs says the blockis biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict shanker says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt peter millet is a former british ambassador to libya he says the arms embargo needs to be fully monitored. unfortunately the european voice has been divided for well over 12 months partly because countries like france have been backing heft are the greeks and the cypriots have now jumped on that bandwagon to oppose turkish support for the government's national accord so europe has been unable to speak with a single voice operationally rini was which is not rationed to monitor the arms embargo was a well meaning initiative but since it only monitors sea transport and not air transport it is really only monitoring turkey's potential violations of the un been arms involved of not violations of violations which are flown in by the emirates on gypsies or the russians in particular from the u.a.e. there were multiple

arms embargo in libya they did shanker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the bookis biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict cheggers says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt. hundreds of protesters have forced their way into an oil production site in southern tunisia and while the government invest more money in the region which is high unemployment and failing infrastructure that marjorie peaceful demonstration was the latest in weeks upon briston political turmoil trinity's prime minister resigned on wednesday. as a wise yon's foreign minister has been sacked for what the president calls meaningless negotiations with neighboring all media at least 16 soldiers and civilians have been killed in cross border attacks since sunday fighting has resumed after a brief cease fire open for us to walk reports homes damaged daily life disrupted lives lost in azerbaijan's top boots region this is the human cost of the fighting . didn't before he. goes out of as a last phone call to her fath

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is the assistant secretary for near east affairs says the blog is biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict changes says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt chasing pack is the founder of the consultancy libya analysis he joins me now from in new jersey good have you with us back on the program jason it seems that there is a sort of u.s. blitzkrieg as it's being described on global issues why is the u.s. getting involved in libya now when it's walked away from this conflict made it militarily and politically for some time now. well you're right to notice an uptick in american engagement and there are 2 reasons for that this one is there general have lost his attempt to take tripoli and therefore you know trump wanted to back a winner and he called him in april 21000 when he thought that when and now that after as last the u.s. feels that they need to help sort things out but her made another mistake which is that trump loves new york populist authoritarians but he

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict shanker says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt. the f.b.i. is investigating a major hacking campaign that targeted some of the world's most high profile users on twitter hackers took over the social media accounts of celebrities and political figures including including u.s. presidential nominee joe biden musk and can conduct should not be trying to scam followers into sending digital money known as bitcoin. the leaders of serbian cause of talks for the 1st time in nearly 2 years european union officials appraise the 2 countries for resuming talks aimed at easing tensions serbia has refused to recognize kosovo sovereignty is a declared independence in 2008 there's the headlines more news in half an hour inside story is next. well i mean you go to war again both sides blame each other for the fighting on the border decades of animosity the result. hello and

arms embargo in libya david schenker who's the assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkish involvement in the conflict and the f.b.i. is investigating a major hacking campaign that targeted some of the world's most high profile users on twitter hackers took over the social media accounts of celebrities and political figures they try to scam followers into sending digital money known as bitcoin the leaders of serbia and kosovo have meant for talks for the 1st time in nearly 2 years european union officials have praised the 2 countries for resuming talks aimed easing tensions serbia has refused to recognize kosovo sovereignty since it declared independence in 2008 those stories of course on our website at al-jazeera dot com i'm back with more news in half an hour next on our desire it's witness in africa to stay with us. ok. that was. a joke yeah. the but. you know. you know. then and then to meet you know the barrel. of the night chinese indeed. 'd i think the that. will. be the most fun. and. mud in my joints. and in the good i mean tha

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relationship with china, since it secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs david stilwell talked about china's influence around the globe. first former secretary of state condoleezza rice. this was hosted by the hoover institution. >> larry diamond, , senior fellw at the hoover institution with over research fellow glynn, i lead the hoover institution project on globals china's sharp power. we join with us in on u.s.-china relations at asia society, are cosponsored today, and warmly welcoming you to this event with assistant secretary of state for east asia and pacific affairs david stilwell who is joining us from tokyo today and will address the theme of today's session, covert, coercive and corrupt, countering chinese communist party malign influence in free societies. following his address he will engage in a conversation with two leading china scholars, orville schell and oriana mastro. the first is by my pleasure to welcome for opening remarks the director of the hoover institution and the 66 secretary of state of the united states, condeleezz rice. >> i am deliged to

the secretary for near east affairs says the e.u.of its -- to enforce the arms embargo but complained that it only criticizes turkey's involvement. british a former ambassador to libya. he says the arms embargo needs to be fully monitored. there wereae, multiple reports earlier this year of as many as 100 flights from the emirate to eastern libya and western egypt, flying in all sorts of military equipment. that not know the quantity has been shipped in from turkey, but libya is already awash with weapons. those weapons have actually brought about a military stalemate around the city. what we really need now is a cease-fire and proper monitoring , complete monitoring of the arms embargo. around 6 million convicted criminals in the u.s. are not allowed to vote. some codecs say the law specifically targets black americans who are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. activists argue it amounts to voter suppression and it is becoming a major issue ahead of november's presidential election. when she is not workin

arms embargo existence actually the near east affairs said the e.u. is proud of its naval mission in the mediterranean to help enforce the arms embargo but he complained that it only criticizes turkey's involvement and not violations by countries like russia egypt and the united arab emirates bitter millet is a former british ambassador to libya he says the arms embargo needs to be fully monitored. from the u.a.e. there were multiple reports earlier this year of as many as 100 flights from the emirates to eastern libya and to western egypt flying in all sorts of military equipment. we don't know the quantities that have been shipped in from turkey but libya is already awash with weapons those weapons have actually brought about a military stalemate around the city of sirte what we really need now is a ceasefire and proper monitoring and complete monitoring of the arms embargo. around 6000000 convicted criminals in the us aren't allowed to vote some critics say the north specifically targets black americans who are disproportionately represented in the

arms embargo in libya david who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict. hundreds of protesters have forced their way into an oil production site in southern to newseum calling on the government to invest more money in the region that has high unemployment and poor infrastructure the largely peaceful demonstration was the latest in weeks of unrest one years on al jazeera after inside story stay with us. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. election on a. well i mean and as a by john go to war again both sides blame each other for the fighting on the border come their decades of animosity the result is a tussle. hello and welcome to the program on iran can it's a conflict with roots dating back to the collapse of the soviet union armenia and azerbaijan have been in disput

arms embargo in libya david schenker the assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict and the headlines more news here here after the bottom line next. tensions could cut global economic growth by $700000000000.00 we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in the government has shifted focus from saving lives to save the economy counting the cost on al-jazeera. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question well the coronavirus pandemic be the tipping point that takes us in to years of joblessness and poverty let's get to the bottom line. when we look around we see a lot of people who can't find work and a lot of businesses that have gone bust but there are some winners out there it seems like the financial markets are always winning at least from my vantage point economists usually say that they saw what was coming after the fact there are always rationalizations for the ups and downs of markets or of jobless rates of consumer and business confidence but let's take a

arms embargo on libya assistant secretary for near east affairs says the e.u. only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict and he said nobody in the you is complaining about the violations of the embargo by countries like not arab emirates or egypt. british court says a young woman who was stripped of her citizenship for joining us all in syria can return to the u.k. she left london with 2 other girls when they were still in school she was found in a syrian refugee camp in february last year and wants to challenge the government's decision to take away her nationality so you're going to go. she was just 15 years old when she ran away from her home in london for life in the so-called islamic state she lived under eisel rule for 3 years before she was found pregnant in a syrian refugee camp this was how she found out she had been stripped of her british citizenship from a letter sent to her mother please find enclosed papers that relate to a decision taken by the home secretary to deprive your daughter begum of her british student it in light of your daug

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticizes turkey's involvement in the conflict shameka says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries like the united arab emirates or egypt. let's bring in more our to our son from turkey he is an associate professor at tufts university and was formerly with the ministry of defense thank you so much for your time sir do you think david schenker has a point is the e.u. failing to hold those countries supporting off start to account. yes absolutely because they have started operating really to stop reference in flux in libya in accordance with the un decision but some members of this for free ition like france and greece are totally supporting hafter that means they are a what took up the linkage between turkey and libya. they were not fair states not check a gyptian libyan border and also a transfer ruds mainly from syria moscow or dubai. what are some of the other reasons why the e.u. is avoiding voicing criticism of say egypt or the u.a.e. rival

president that was calling for a wider expansion in terms of involvement in the middle east affairs by nato and the reason this is so surprising barbara is the fact that this is a president that once called nato obsolete has constantly criticized it criticized its members now calling for assistance with regard to the u.s. or ronnie in relationship it certainly was a surprise for many who were listening to this because we're not even sure if the president hasn't fact consulted with some of the key members of that a law it's there is the knowledge that germany has been consulted in some form or fashion but whether there was any discussion about the specifics on this is still not clear we did receive a readout that the u.s. president spoke with the german chancellor angela merkel but beyond that no details so that was certainly a surprise and also missing from the speech were a couple of things that many may have been looking for number one what the president was planning to do next given the promise in the fiery rhetoric from him that there would be a response if iran attacked any u.s. i

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outbreak there could be devastating job or so is a spokesperson for save the children of middle east affairs she told al jazeera about the scale of the problem in syria and yemen. we look at the health care resources available and. and it goes out to more than $2000000.00 children and their family is and told about 17 hunger the intensive care unit bed until 8 so this is a. new way. if there is a call that out of. all of them have gone through years of conflict. in the case of and the health care system has to have any damage and so yeah and human plagues. of. that because clinics out of you and i this include the bench and how can you very difficult in those areas so if there is a major outbreak and i have a yemen all know that in syria we feel the worst both of it in populations humanitarian groups are warning that conditions of crowded camps in southeastern bangladesh leaving a 1000000 rohingya refugees at risk of getting sick and this mohammed reports now an internet shutdown cutting off vital information is making matters worse. in the world's largest refugee settlement anxiety and alar

russia's new foreign minister mr shifty laugh lost no time in taking a personal part in middle east affairsand he was soon engaged in talks with president nasser. egypt signed this huge arms deal which echoes slovakia which was actually soviet union. slovakia was supposed to supply egypt with 200 aircraft. tanks. 1000 it was something fabulous. in november 1955 bangor ian began a 2nd term as israel's prime minister. at the top of his agenda was how to respond to the growing strength of egypt now to the teeth. 8 months later the opportunity came. when nelson announced the nationalization of the suez canal. a decision that outraged the british and french the owners of the international canal company. this is a matter of life and death to israel. is not with it still less with the out of work. it is with colonel not. that he is not trusted to keep it under green. britain and france were convinced that military intervention would be needed to recapture the canal. and bring down the upstart. but to pretext was needed. fun to say i lease a beano was it a credit looked at a high end to a sort of 8

other degree at university of london school of oriental and african studies at middle and near east affairs and doing a big research project on the tensions between capitalist and socialist approaches in emerging market societies. and my first time to brush i was during the late soviet. in the summer of 1991 just a few months before the end of the soviet union and i was part of the first exchange program between us naval academy. i have been working over there in various capacities doing a lot of us russia arms-control negotiations. when i got out at the council of foreign relations i did a research project with central agent on - - asia and the caspian sea. i've done a lot of work to develop markets in general and the key emerging market and on the interface between capitalist and socialist type of approaches with the end of communism that president reagan worked on in terms of transition for free market societies. i was inspired by that growing up and if i could contribute to that process. >> at a time in the not too distant past because this was encouraged by our government to move from

anchor: thank you very much for your insight. , deputying in david assistant secretary for middle east affairs joins us on the phone from washington, d.c. what do you think of this move by the crown prince? know why the timing might be significant. i think the timing is a bit of a risk on the part of king salman and men, did someone -- and mohammed bin salman. they're good contacts in washington, the people who seem -- president trump, his son-in-law jared kushner, and a few other people. most people in washington who dealt with the saudi's over the years were far more comfortable prince who hade been the minister of interior, had a very close relationship with the united states government in dealing with counterterrorism in particular. there waslieve that ever such a close relationship one of the older princes, very much a peer of and not anybody who i don't think had a particularly active role working with the united states. treason, i think there will be a lot of skepticism in washington, particularly from the congress as well as various parts of the thinkive branch, and i there will also b

i did my doctorate in the university of london in african studies looking at middle and east affairs and the tensions between capitalists and socialist approaches in emerge ing societies. my first time to russia was actually during the late soviet period in the summer of 1991 just a few months before the end of the soviet union. i was a -- part of first exchange program between the u.s. naval academy and the soviet. i've been working in various capacities. in the pentagon i did a lot of u.s.-russia arm's control negotiation. when i got out on foreign relations, i did a -- a research project with the central asian c.aspian sea basin and russia is one of the countries on the caspian sea. i've done a lot of work in developing markets in general and with russia in particular, it's one of key emerging market. i did a lot of work there and eventually, you know, it's sort of on the interface between capitalist and socialist-type approaches with the end of communism that, you know, -- president reagan worked on in terms of transition to free market societies. that was some of -- i was really

doctorate at university of london school of oriental and african studies looking at middle and near east affairs and thinking how i did a big research project on the tensions between capitalists and socialists approaches in various emerging market societies and one of the case studies i did was on russia. so, my first time to russia was during the late soviet period in the summer of 1991, a few months before the end of the soviet union. i was a part of the first exchange program between the u.s. naval academy and the soviets. so, i've been working over there in various capacities, again as i mentioned when i was in the pentagon, i did a lot of u.s.-russia arms control negotiations and when i got out, while i was at the council on foreign relations i did a research project with this central asian caspian sea basin and of course russia is one of the countries on the caspian sea. so i've done a lot of work in developing markets in general but with russia in particular, as one of a key emerging market. i was always -- i did a lot of work there and eventually -- it's sort of on the interface between

mike singh, former senior director for middle east affairs on the us national security council and nowsk you to give us a quick snapshot on how coronavirus is reshaping the region? bear in mind you need to ta ke region? bear in mind you need to take many snapshots when you look across the middle east and north africa, because it's a very diverse region. before this crisis we used to call them the oil—rich states of the gulf, certainly oil resorts which states, to yemen, already struggling with the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, to iraq and lebanon, where the economic systems were already fractured so that affected their ability to stop the spread of the coronavirus and to deal with it and its consequences one said hit. but asa consequences one said hit. but as a broad overview, as of two days ago, there is 290,000 cases right across the region, and more than 10,000 deaths. but in that figure you have iran, which was one of the countries to be very hard hit, almost from the beginning right after china. it's had more than 5000 deaths. turkey, where the numbers have been going up

arms embargo there is system secretary for near east affairs said the e.u. is proud of its naval mission in the mediterranean to help enforce the u.n. arms embargo but he complained that it only criticizes turkey's involvement and not file ations by countries like russia egypt and the united arab emirates wait a minute is a former british ambassador to libya he joins us via skype from london thanks very much indeed for being with us so that us is clearly frustrated with what's going on in libya how likely are europe to to call out the others who are involved in barony breaking the arms embargo. and unfortunately the european voice has been divided for well over 12 months partly because countries like france have been backing heft are the greeks and the cypriots have now jumped on that bandwagon to oppose turkish support for the government of national accord so europe has been unable to speak with a single voice operationally rini was which is an operation to monitor the arms embargo was a well meaning initiative with since it only monitors sea transport and

arms embargo in libya david schenker who's assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticized turkey's involvement in the conflict with the shanker says the us and doing enough to stop violations by countries such as the united arab emirates or egypt libya's un recognize government has condemned threats from the egyptian president to arm tribal leaders who backed khalifa haftar of the warlord abdel fattah el-sisi said that egypt would support have to forces if the tripoli government and its turkish allies renewed their assault on the city of sirte. is an associate professor at. university and formerly with turkey's ministry of defense he says there are more benefits to the e.u. to working with turkey than against it. they have started operating really to stop you know weapons influx in the media in accordance with the un decision but some members voted for creation like france and greece. courting how far that means they say was to cut the linkage between turkey and libya and they were not fair and did not check a gift to levy on border and also a tr

arms embargo in libya david schenker who is assistant secretary for near east affairs says he'll only criticizes the turkish involvement in the conflict and jenga says nobody in the e.u. is complaining about the violations of the embargo by countries like united arab emirates or egypt. egypt's president has warned he won't ignore direct threats to egyptian and libyan national security and that's after tribal leaders who support war utterly for have to urge to egyptian military intervention and sisi previously said egypt would support have to us forces if tripoli is internationally recognized government and its turkish allies renewed their assault on the city of sirte while the u.n. is warning that time is running out for a derelict oil tanker that's now been stranded off the west coast of yemen for 5 years both the yemeni government and the fighters both lay claim to its valuable cargo and neither side is budging but the who these are now promising to allow a u.n. safety team on board to prevent a giant oil spill or about unmanly has the details and get in trouble in the troubled regi

peak is someone who had taken over the russia portfolio at the white house after handling mid east affairs over at the state deputy. we will bring you more as relearn it. >> josh gets let's get back to the house's not so brief brief. after filing they released a statement saying the presidewhe president got caught he tried to cover it up by obstructing the house's investigation into his misconduct. is there anything unusual or unexpected in that brief from the house. there is a couple of pieces of information in that brief that are new, meaning they are not part of anything we heard during the house impeachment hearings late last year. the first is all of this new stuff from lev parnas, the indicted sesht of rudy giuliani. the house brief makes reference to the materials that parnas turned over to congress which now have been made public. the other new part of this allison is that government accountability ruling that came out just this past week in which this government watchdog that's part of congress ruled that the president and the white house budget office in fact did violate the law

arms embargo in libya david schenker who's assistant secretary for near east affairs says the block is biased and only criticized turkey's involvement in the conflict because the shanker says the e.u. isn't doing enough to stop violations by countries such as the u.a.e. or egypt. is an associate professor at the haasan calgon chill university and formerly with turkey's ministry of defense he says there are more benefits for the e.u. working with turkey rather than working against it. they have. you know. clocks. in accordance with the decisions but some members of this 4 creation like france and greece are courting how far that means they say was to the linkage between turkey and libya and they were not fair enough check. to libya and also. rudd's many problems syria moscow or dubai. sharing. talks of the mediterranean sea and also hope france as you know is the gate of overall african continent that is more practical. so why. government because when they support to act they have more to lose in the mediterranean and add to politics and also african politics well the turkish president

of the gorbachev accuse the chancellor of interfering in the internal affairs of east germany submission nasties in the space. after that conversation i just couldn't imagine in the soviet union agreeing to a process that would allow the reunification of our country any time in the foreseeable future aside from. the western allies were also concerned about the way things were developing in germany especially the british leader margaret thatcher. the politically the british prime minister was strictly against a reunification of germany it's well below his temperament who was germany was hostile from the start she was very hostile to the salaciously to the germans. she never had any confidence in the germans as she said they'll betray you and they will be trailing you. she had a conversation with overtures through some of those notches you know and when she called. they both started to discuss that discovery as she had a couple of conversations with mitchell who share have a screen judicially indeed would say express them even more forcefully than she ever did because later judge we're goi

and i especially want to welcome assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs, david stilwell. this project, i think, is one of the most important that we're engaged in because we face an extraordinary challenge can with a rising china. ever since dunn shoo punning -- dunn shaw ping brought china out of its isolation and where we recognized the people's republic of china, where we had come, eventually, to a one-china policy, continuing our obligations to taiwan to help it defend itself, but really with an expectation that with this country of more than a billion people and economic potential that was potentially unknown in the history of the international system, there was really a decision that we needed to integrate china. and that belief, that integration u.s. narrative, if you -- integrationist narrative, if you will, really dominated american policy for four decades. there were expectations that this china integrated into the international system would be a net contributor. as my colleague bob zoellick once called it, a responsible stakeholder. and, indeed, there were some

>> the certainly was very interested in middle east affairs. he was always interested in helping with the peace agreements. president clinton did not accept that early on. of course, per the clinton at the end of this with nancy made a herculean effort to try to make that happen. -- at the end of his presidency made a herculean effort to try to make that happen. mcgovern was a very strong supporter of israel, but was very outspoken on palestinian rights. >> we will be speaking more about mcgovern's post 72 convention life, his legacy, and efforts across the world, specifically on hundred. first, let's hear from borden in illinois. >> i was a college student and voted for mcgovern as a 20-year- old. later on, hearing the things of the nixon groups and their dirty tricks, i saw a program where someone claimed that they chose mcgovern as the weakest link and for their dirty tricks, made it easier for governor to predict for mcgovern to get the nomination. >> jules witcover, do you want to weigh in on that? therethe 1972 campaign, were a lot of dir

. >> he was certainly very under in the middle east affairs. the palestinian authority. he was always interested in trying to help broker a peace agreement. president clinton made an effort to try to finally make that peace, but senator mcgovern got a lot of grief for using frass like treatment in the middle ea east, he was a strong supporter of israel, and he was outspoken as well. >> we're going to be talking more about his post 72 convention life. his legacy, and his efforts across the world, specifically on hunger. first let's hear from gordon in peoria, illinois. >> i was a college student that voted for mcgovern as a 20-year-old. later on hearing the things on the next son groups and their dirty tricks, i heard a program that they claimed they chose him as a weakest link, and they use. and he says mcgovern felt like the republicans chose him. >> it was certainly true that in the 1972 campaign he was involved in a number of dirty tricks that were aimed at musky. i don't think it was terms of setting it up for mcgovern. at the beginning of the year it was such a long

and tuesday, as promised, a pretty grey affair. easts mildest to the north of the uk, with the atlantic to the south, 6—7 celsius, cold or if you get stuck by the fog. 0vernight tuesday into wednesday, plenty of cloud across the uk, plenty of moisture, generally very murky. and because of all that cloud around, our temperatures will be held up. so frost limited possibly to a few pockets across southernmost counties first thing on wednesday. and you can see the high here, as promised, a bit further out southwest. i've got the colour on behind me to show you the air mass to show you the atlantic air tipping over into the high and spilling its way south into england and wales for wednesday. things on the ground aren't looking too different, unfortunately. how many ways can you say cloudy and grey? the temperatures just nudge up a little bit, about 10—12 degrees typically cross the uk, certainly the biggest increase to the south. and for the rest of the week, same old same old, the high still with us, always slightly milder to the north. so

>> he certainly was very understood in the middle east affairs. he met with yasser arafat.sident clinton did not accept that early on, but of course president clinton at the end of his presidency tried to make that palestinian/israeli please. but he used -- he was a very strong supporter of israel but he also was very outspoken in american politics in terms of palestinian rights as well. >> we are going to be talking more about mcgovern's post '72 convention life, his legacy and his efforts across the world, specifically on hundrger. but first, let's hear from gordon. >> caller: later on hearing the things on the nixon groups and their dirty tricks, i saw a program where donald claimed that they chose mcgovern as the weakest link and discredited the other candidates making it easier for mcgovern to get the nomination and he felt the republicans chose him. have you ever studied that? >> it was true that in the 1972 change he was involved in a number of dirty terrific that is were aimed at muskie. mcgovern at the beginning of that year was such a long shot that it would have

scott: he certainly was very interested in middle east affairs. he met with yasser arafat. of the palestinian authority. he was always interested in trying to help broker a peace agreement. president clinton did not accept that early on. of course, president clinton at the end of his presidency made a herculean effort to try to make that happen. but senator mcgovern got quite a bit of grief for using phrases like evenhanded treatment in the middle east. he was a very strong supporter of israel but also was very outspoken in american politics in terms of palestinian rights. greta: we are going to be talking more about mcgovern's post 1972 convention life, his legacy, and efforts across the world, specifically on hunger. first, let's hear from gorden in peoria, illinois. caller: i was a college student and voted for mcgovern as a 20-year-old. later on, hearing the things of the nixon groups and their dirty tricks, i saw a program where donald sick reggie claimed that they chose mcgovern as the weakest link and for their dirty -- and through their dirty tricks discredited othe

>> he certainly was very interested in middle east affairs.he even met with your arafat of the palestinian liberation organization. he was always interested in brokering a peace agreement. clinton did not accept that early on. but of course, president clinton at the end of his presidency made a herculean effort to try to finally make that palestinian israeli peace. but senator mcgovern got quite a bit of grief fort, occasionally using phrases -- he was a strong support of israel, but he also was very outspoken in american politics in terms of palestinian rights as well. >> and we are gonna be talking more about the governor's post 72 convention, his legacy, his efforts across the world, specifically on hunger. but first, let's hear from illinois. >> yes, i was a college student, i voted for the governor's a 20 year old. later on, hearing these things on the nixon group, and they're dirty tricks, i saw a program where they claimed they chose mcgovern as your weakest link, and through their dirty tricks spread it in the major democratic candidat

east? foreign affairs rrespondent nick shifrin has that. >> schifrin: judy, at that hour tre are developingattack u.s. base in iraq. the iranian revolutionary guard corps says this attack is in retaliation for the killing of qassim soleimani. as we follow that story, we also want to zoom out to talk about the overall strategy toward ira in tddle east with two people who know the region well. mara karlin worked at theon penturing the george w. bush administration, and was appointed to a senior position during the obama administration. she's now director of strategic studies at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. and, michael doran was senior director for the middle east on the national security council during the george w. bush administration. n he a senior fellow at the hudson institute, a think tank in washington, d.c. mara k you. let me start with i guess i have to get your response. the iranian revolutionaryauard corps isng credit for these attacks and saying that these are rocket attacks from iran into iraq at u.s. bases. could we get youe?r respo >> yes, this is pro

affairs at george washington university. professor sutter has published ,2 bucks, over 300 articles several hundred government reports dealing with contemporary east asian affairs. i challenge anyone in this room who pays attention to asian policy who has claimed that they have out red -- red -- professor sutter has served as the specialist of foreign affairs of the congressional -- no one as well as the national intelligence officer for east asia in the u.s. government. last but lost neat -- at least, we have the executive doctor of the project 2049 institute. on the a leading expert people liberations army rocket force and strategic support force, military political leadership. mark has served in a variety of military and private sector positions, including serving 20 years with the u.s. air force where he worked on intelligence planning and policy. and 2004 he 1997 china china andor for taiwan in the office of secretary of defense. you all agree that we have an incredible lineup of speakers, they have each been assigned specific topics to address and we will leave sometime at the end for a moderated discussion as well as audience q and a. i wou

affairs. she was previously the director for japan and the bureau of east asian and pacific affairs. previously helped the station -- held the station as deputy chief at a mission in cambodia and the deputy political counselor in columbia. principal deputy secretary chong , the floor is yours. secretary chong members of the members of the committee, thank : you for the opportunity to testify about china in the western hemisphere today. this issue is one of our most pressing priorities, and one that requires close coordination with our neighbors, allies and our global partners. it also requires strong cooperation between the administration and congress, so i welcome your engagement and the chance to be with you today. wethe western hemisphere, are implementing both the administration's national security strategy and its vision for a free and open in the pacific. we have two strategic best for a free and open indo pacific. have strategic objectives. two reinforce our position as the regents partner of choice. counter china's maligned activities because they threaten the regions prosper

the assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs. he served in the air force for their 35 years and retired in 2015. he served multiple tours of duty japan and china. recently, he served as director of the chinese strategic focus group at u.s. indo pacific command in hawaii. we welcome you. the floor is yours. >> thank you, chairman risch. ranking member mendez. -- menendez. opportunity tohe testify to discuss the threat by party.nese communist i'm here to tell you today, with several department colleagues, the fact that the three of us are testifying across three different geographic regions is a testament to the challenge we face and how the department is adjusting. for years, committed -- credited beijing's commitments to the domestic-based rules order would lead to reform. to us and more and more countries around the foreign policy seeks to shape values around one beneficiary, the communist party. their conduct is being noticed. bullying behavior of foreign companies and companies -- governments. silencing critics abroad, buying,