the united states and our great ally israel. this commitment, this commitment to an even stronger u.s./israeli relationship is one that is shared by the president by me, as secretary of defense, and by my entire military and civilian leadership at the department of the defense. the strength of that shared commitment is reflected in the size and the make up of this audience your presence here today is a testament to the broad and unshakeable support that the american people and the american leaders of all be backgrounds have for israel. i'm told that there are more than 1,500 students from hundreds of campuses attending. my wife and i as some of you may know developed a policy institute, the purpose of which is to inspire public service and that is exactly wh lly what aip here. as current and future leaders come together. you send a strong and an unmistakable signal to the entire world, the united states and israel stand together, our shared values, our shared interests, and our shared desire to work together are absolutely essen

but the achievement of a unified allied command was part of the ultimately victory.shall had worked tirelessly to achieve a smooth-running command organization at the highest american level. he held the president's trust and regard and was consulted on every critical decision affecting the conduct of the war. marshall's diplomatic skill helped reconcile many opposing points of view with british leaders during the casablanca conference. from the north african meetings came the allied decision to bomb germany around the clock. american b-17s helped carry the war to the german backyard. the decision to invade sicily also was reached. and in july of 1943, americans and british jumped off from africa on thliane el mainland. a strong partisan for the women's army corps as important to our mobilization, the chief in washington the day colonel ovita coltnew coand commander. by the time the allied leaders convened at cairo in december 1943, the italian campaign was well under way and the war against the japanese demanded pe the future of the chinburm the problem of harnessing

especially the two nations have been allies with many years with the u.k. supporting all america's wars including the iraq war that was started on lives and now both countries are facing a huge backlash from their joint campaigns topping the agenda is of galveston especially in the wake of the tragedy that happened there over the weekend when a u.s. soldier apparently murdered sixteen innocent afghans in cold blood including women and children analysts say the incident is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the problems that the allied forces mission faces in afghanistan a basketball court is probably not the most appropriate venue to discuss those very serious matters at hand but the true leaders will surely have more to say as the u.k. prime minister's visit to the united states continues the u.s. and the u.k. or the main contributors to the war in afghanistan and as the two countries are trying to coordinate a timetable for withdrawal analysts say becomes increasingly clear that their nation building effort has been a failure insurgency in the c

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delivering the first major allied counterattack since the outbreak of the war. their objective, the german africa corps in tunisia. the enemy was led by irwin ramel, the desert fox. his veterans had already been baptized by the battle toughened british tommies. desperately, with everything they had, the germans fought to keep from being pushed into the sea. when the allied military advisers convened at casa blanca in january 1943, the north african campaign had become tough and bitter. but the achievement of a unified al lied command was a part of the ultimately victory. marshall had worked tirelessly to achieve a smooth running command organization at the highest american level. he held the president's trust and regard. and was consulted on every critical decision affecting the conduct of the war. marshall's diplomatic skill helped reconcile many opposing points of view with british leaders during the casa blanca conference. from the north african meetings came the allied decision to bomb germany around the clock. american b-17s help carry the war to the german

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it gives assad and his foreign allies a green light for greater brutality. not surprisingly, many countries, especially syria's neighbors, are also hedging their bets on the outcome in syria. they think assad will go but they're not yet prepared to put all their chips on that bet. even less so now that assad's forces have broken homs and seem to be gaining momentum. there is only one nation -- there is only one nation that can alter this dynamic and that is the united states of america. the president must state unequivocally that under no circumstances will assad be allowed to finish what he has started, and there is no future in which assad and his lieutenants will remain control of syria and that the united states is prepared to use the full weight of our air power to make it so. it is only when we have clearly and completely committed ourselves that we can expect other nations to do the same. only then will we see what is really possible in winning international support to stop the killing in syria. are there dangers and risks and uncertainties in this ap

and its allies are taking towards iran and its nuclear ambitions has been wrong all along. it's not only naive but it's illogical it's naive because the policy of force has clearly failed policy of saber rattling and sanctions has not worked they are yesterday's promises and we've got to look back and realize that the nuclear program has been a stated objective of the rain is to prove quite a while that i would be better they see it as a means of expressing their power within the regional states this is important in the region we underestimate the importance of status in the region the reason is saddam hussein for example did not deny the existence of them because it was in his interest not to do so so i think you have to be realistic the present policy is a failed the present policy is a heightening tensions what we want is now to pull back from any chance of military conflict and take a fresh look at the situation and adopt a fresh approach which i think should include an implicit recognition or at least people for of and in concert recognition of the wrong state as a reg

if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense.se. >>> joining me now, ed gillespie, and anita dunn. let me start first with the republican scenario now. i don't know if you heard rick santorum kind of dodging the question of whether he would stay in to make sure that romney didn't get enough delegates even if he, santorum, couldn't make it. we know newt gingrich at this point is kind of saying the same thing. >> well, if i were rick santo m santorum, i wouldn't have answered that question in any other way. so to stay on national television, yeah, i might get out, that dispirts your potential voters. that's not to say he might not stay through the whole thing. i think the pressure from the voters would be pretty tough at that point. >> right. is it a bad idea to have a brokered convention? >> well -- >> is it necessarily going to hurt the party? >> i don't think it would be healthy. we'd be better off to have a nominee clearly identified and making the case against president obama for as long as we can. i think having a competitive

in military jargon, the afghan is always green, the allied forces blew. troops have died at the hands of the forces before the hands of the british troops today. there were two who were killed inside the ministry in kabul. one albanian was killed, and four french troops were killed by an afghan soldier in february. >> we are trying to assure that these incidents are kept to a minimum, and i do not think this will lead to a shift in policy. >> it is a terrible state -- spate of attacks. >> the aim is that afghan forces will be able to take on the fight against the taliban themselves by 2014. there is international resolve to stick to the plan and keep to the timetable of withdrawal by the end of 2014, but it is hard to see how there can be trust on the ground between the soldiers of these such different nations after this spate of violent killings. half -- the flags will be flying at half staff as they so often have before. bbc news, kabul. >> for more on these latest attacks, including the death of a nato soldier at the hands of an afghan police officer,

the conflict in north america pitted the french and their indian allies against the british and their american colonial subjects. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> welcome to our class of colonial history at the university of texas at arlington. arlington. today our subject is the seven years war or the french and indian war. and as the two names tell us, this war has at least a dual meaning, really multi-faceted meaning because it was a conflict fought in various areas of the globe. it was a conflict that began in 1754 in north america and through that beginning of the war in north america france and britain came to be at war with each other. and formally in europe france and britain went to war against each other in 1756. by that time, as we'll see, their colonies in north america and their forces in north america were already joined in conflict so to understand the french and indian war as it's traditionally called in american u.s. history and also the seven years war, one has to put it in a very broad perspective of north american history and even european history of course and l

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teams up with the arab allies to pressure the syrian government into submission displayed ongoing un efforts to broker a diplomatic peace. washington puts the squeeze on syria's ally iran pledging to sanction countries that don't reduce oil imports from the islamic state. reliving its start he visits the only remaining soviet forced labor camp gulag and here's the tales of former inmates. noon in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's opposition is rallying in a bid to convince international allies that it is a unified force rebels expect more backing from the u.s. led group of nations on sunday when the so-called friends of syria group convenes for a second subject the group aims to put more pressure on damascus while lending a helping hand to assad's opponents ahead of a conference u.s. secretary of state clinton is in saudi arabia meeting washington's key regional allies saudis and qatar have been leading calls for a start arming syrian rebels and you can weigh in with military force chris bambery from the international socialist group thin

teams up with arab allies to pressure syria's government into submission despite ongoing u.s. efforts to mediate a diplomatic peace. washington puts the squeeze on syria's ally iran pledging to sanction countries that don't reduce imports of oil from the islamic state of. reliving the past starkey visits the only remaining soviet forced labor camp the gulag and here is the whoring accounts from former inmates. one pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story this saturday syrian opposition rallying in a bid to get bins international allies that it is a unified force rebels expect more backing from a u.s. led group of nations on sunday when the so-called friends of syria convene for their second summit of the group aims to put more pressure on damascus while lending a helping hand to assad's opponents head of the conference u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in saudi arabia meeting washington's regional allies saudis n. qatar have been leading calls to start arming syria's rebels and even weigh in with military force chris bambery from th

so, allie what, are people -- so allie, what are people saying?quake was in el cerrito at the mira vista country club where we are right now. the quake hit about five and a half miles below the ground we're standing on. how do they know that? well, the country has a usgs sensor located right on their property. the country club sits on the fault. the superintendent of the golf course took us -- it doesn't look like much but you can see the beeping lights there and they send back the information. now, the super and several others were in the middle of a meeting when the earthquake hit. >> it was just a small quake and it stop for a second and then an even stronger one after that. >> what was your reaction? >> reaction was making sure everything was okay. a couple of the guys ran out and thought it was bigger than that. we just redid our facility and it felt up pretty good. >> the country club has a golf course shop. there was no damage to the piping or irrigation in this area. mira vista -- we've had a chance to talk to people who live in the homes,

national interests in a key ally in northeast asia. since the united states and the republic of korea forged an alliance in battle over 60 years ago, the republic of korea has become a vibrant democracy, economic success and global security partner. currently serving beside us in afghanistan and off the horn of africa. in stark contrast one of the world's poorest, most closed and most mill tarized countries, north korea lies less than 20 miles from the northern districts of seoul, a city of over 24 million people. the change in north korean leadership led to a period of increased uncertainty on the korean peninsula. the new leader appears to be following the same pattern of his late father and grandfather, examples of this are north korea's recent announcement of their intention to launch a satellite with a ballistic missile and their continued denounsing the nuclear security summit and alliance military exercises. these actions are increasing tensions on the peninsula. additionally, north korea continues to adhere to its military firs

as president, i'll treat our allies and friends like our friends and allies.ays and weeks, we've heard a lot of words from the administration. its clear message has been to warn israel to consider the costs of military action against iran. i don't believe we should be issuing public warnings to create distance between the

will never waiver in the defense of our partners, our allies, or our interests. the military challenge will be determined in how we obtain a sustainable presence and operational flexibility in a physically constrained environment. although we are withdrawing some ground forces from the region, we are not withdrawing our support for longtime allies and partners. nor are we pulling back our commitment from a region that too many times has taken a commitment of american blood and treasure to restore stability. through persistent military-to-military engagement, our troops reassure our friends and temper adversary intentions. security cooperation activities, such as foreign military sales, international military education, security force training, and multi-national exercises are cost-effective means for building our friends' defensive capabilities, allowing us to operate in concert with allies and friends and to rapidly respond in times of need. a sustained joint presence with a pronounced naval character supported by embarked troops, special operations forces, stro

teams up with arab allies to pressure the syrian government inches of mission despite ongoing u.s. efforts to mediate a diplomatic peace. washington but the squeeze on syria's ally iran pledging sanctions pledging to sanction countries that don't reduce imports of oil from the islamic state. the living the past our business the only remaining soviet forced labor camp or gulag and here's the powering accounts of its former inmates. in moscow i match you with us here on this saturday morning on r t a syrian opposition is rallying in a bid to convince international allies it is a unified force rebels expect more backing from the u.s. led group of nations sunday when the so-called friends of syria convene for a second summit a group aims to put more pressure on damascus while lending a helping hand to president assad's opponents the head of the conference u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in saudi arabia hitting washington's key regional allies the saudis and qataris have been leading calls to start arming the syrian rebels and you can weigh in with military force political an

i just think this is a huge risk in terms of safety for our troops and our allies.wanted to ask you briefly about iran. i know you have gotten many questions, both of you, but iran but i want to clarify a couple of issues. does the iranian regime continued to support hezbollah? what kind of threat has a poser ally israel and is iran supporting the gaza strip and what role as iran playing in iraq? >> i did not write down all of those questions. >> basically, do they continue to support hezbollah? >> yes, they do. there is a very close relationship between particularly the irgc and the quds force which is the organization responsible for external operations around the world and hezbollah. it is kind of a partnership arrangement with the iranians as a senior partner. >> is hezbollah not a terrorist group that threatens our close ally, israel? >> yes. >> does iran continue to support hamas and the gaza strip? >> indirectly, yes. >> are there not a threat also to israel and also to gaza? >> hamas? yes. >> general burgess is iran supporting the insurgents in iraq, excuse

when so much speaks to the contrary insurgency in afghanistan is rampant afghans clearly want the allied forces out incidents like the latest murder of innocent civilians are used by all kinds of extremists to recruit even more people to their ranks opium poppy and harry production in afghanistan has increased dramatically in the last ten years of the war and now it is at record levels of part of that money from drug sales effectively goes to support care around the globe so here are all those problems that are still there and are not going to go to america britain of course close allies on some of the key will the issues right now we talked about the nuclear program also the ongoing wealth crisis in syria which leverage do they have to go through that managing to tackle those problems at least. well as far as other crucial international issues the u.s. and the u.k. have been pretty much on the same page on everything on syria also want to see regime change as prime minister cameron put it not so a revolution but through transition both leaders the military intervention undesired role bo

allied planners met again in 1944, this time at quebec. a decision was reached to move the invasion of the philippines three months ahead of schedule. marshall returned from quebec to fly immediately to paris with secretary of state james burns for another meeting with general eisenhower. the chief of staff was involved with the vast and complicated problem of our global supply line. and he chose to inspect the divisions poised for the final thrusts into germany. a minor slack in the line of supply at this moment could cause a major military disaster, and marshall knew all these facts at both ends of the line. the price of victory was far too high to risk delay. the trip to europe provided marshall with another opportunity, a chance to talk with the troops. he spoke informally to american soldiers who had faced the toughest test in history and triumph. marshall inspected their positions within range of the enemy. his last close look before the axis collapsed. world war ii ended with the final capitulation of japan. when president truman pr

if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he even helps make sure we learn how to brush our teeth. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message. >>> former governor of illinois rod blagojevich is beginning his 14-year sentence on corruption charges tonight in a federal prison in colorado. getting there today was an event from the camera crews and crowds outside his house in chicago to o'hare airport where he signed a few final autographs before departing. then there was the commercial flight on american airlines, handcuffed to denver, where his black suv was followed by news choppers to the prison. a trip that included his last lunch as a free man at freddie's frozen custard and steak burgers

and its allies of course didn't need a u.n. mandate to invade iraq back then or what sort of about now the. i think there is going to be an intervention or is in this group of friends of syria met and if they are there all these i said advise those. sense military advisors been sent to the free syrian army arms are coming coming in we know all their arms are being run across the border from iraq work so the saudi arabia has been involved in stalking of sectarian tensions itself i think western intervention is already under underway i think what we are seeing is the west would prefer to on the free syrian army with serial are possible in border on quids then on the groups already fighting on the ground or girl many of them have already been defeated by the army because they look at libya and there they intervene to the process that was already under way and really having supported those militias they were able to establish militias they were able to control them easier to control them if they are with syria on the border areas.

risk cap unit is and solve it and i've been saying for a while we should put ally into bankruptcy and we should sell the auto business and the bank back to g.m. because they need it and then you liquidate cap and we're done unfortunately the obama administration does not want to go near any of this before the election so we are extending and pretending as we have been for some time interesting so you think that aspect of this is a little i want to get more into i don't really think you really because you said that the fed wants to ignore real estate and you point out that there's a thirteen trillion dollars balance sheet of the u.s. banking system that real estate is half of and yet the fed managed to keep real estate losses below one hundred fifty billion dollars in a stress scenario how advise would they don't want to look at real estate. well i think you know the problem we faced in the us for several years is that the fed has kept rates low but about half of the u.s. residential population are not able to refinance even if they've been paying their mortgage on their own time the b

and its allies aspire russia and the arab league putting forward a plan for a political solution the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the situation in a war torn syria later on monday. american tactics in afghanistan come under question once again as a u.s. soldier kills sixteen people most of them children are gone rampage falls mass protests last month a work of burning of copies of the koran at an american military base. and in spain's thousands for a test of the cards and labor reforms they fear might cost them their jobs the new laws are designed to revitalize the economy and stay in the euro party visited a town that's already given up on the crisis hit single currency. best middlebrow quizzes he's gassed whether the west is controlling the middle east geopolitical fate i always abates heading your way in cross talk here on r.t. . if you can. start. to. flow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle recasting the arab middle east and beyond what is the condition of the arab spring our humanitarian interventions effective what about the law of unintended consequences

massacre of sixteen civilians and a shooting rampage in washington president obama is hosting his key ally british prime minister david cameron for talks on the afghan military campaign candidate you can report stunning u.s. capitol. both countries are facing a huge backlash from their joint campaigns topping the agenda is of getting sent especially in the wake of the tragedy that happened there over the weekend when a u.s. soldier apparently murdered sixteen innocent afghans in cold blood including women and children analysts say the incident is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the problems that the allied forces mission faces in afghanistan the u.s. and the u.k. or the main contributors to the war in afghanistan and as the two countries are trying to coordinate a kind table for withdrawal analysts say becomes increasingly clear that their nation building effort has been a failure insurgency in the country's rampant afghans clearly want the allied forces out is and it's like the latest murder of innocent civilians are used by all kinds of extremists to recruit even more people

public in great britain as well what is it that they hope to accomplish the united states and its allies went into afghanistan to get bent a lot ok we got it they went in there to get a government that nurtured the fanes of nine eleven ok that government is gone it will never come back no matter if the taliban come back nobody will ever do that again they understand that so what's the reason for staying there to bring democracy to afghanistan it makes no sense ok and i think most of the world understands this ok correction pretty grim picture that sollars just painted right there what do you think about that i mean again they did it with great debate now as you know why always continuing to stay there to two thousand and fourteen how can i improve by two thousand and fourteen what would be the difference except for the loss of treasury in lives. well i agree with much of what he said in terms of i mean i think the current strategy is in tatters and there has been this string of absolutely appalling recent events that has. i think a record irreparably weakened the u.s. position and partic

has said purchase foreign policy for its allies like japan and they you. set the rules for other countries like china which is there not on such friendly terms with the u.s. on. the syrian question is another set of rules so even china reduced its purchase of a rainy zero zero zero zero by almost half so we still bring the sanctions on china . create a huge improvement expected between china and the us this is said to us think taking their foreign policy the global agenda for everybody i was there you know with me oh i piss me this is this is really what us. policies are. apply you put your dish really and if you're not undecided you suffer. well ten minutes past the hour here in moscow turning our attention to the out of syria where violence rages on despite wednesday's u.n. security council statement appealing for a cease fire government forces are reportedly stepping up their assault on opposition strongholds while armed insurgents are vowing to bring the fight right to the capital damascus the opposition so-called free syrian army has set up a military

if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >>> former governor of illinois rod blagojevich is beginning his 14-year sentence on corruption charges tonight in a federal prison in colorado. getting there today was an event from the camera crews and crowds outside his house in chicago to o'hare airport where he signed a few final autographs before departing. then there was the commercial flight on american airlines, handcuffed to denver, where his black suv was followed by news choppers to the prison. a trip that included his last lunch as a free man at freddie's frozen custard and steak burgers in littleton, colorado. >>> in the world of field hockey, this passes for march madness. kate middleton proved today why she was once the captain of her field hockey team in high school. invoking her new appointment as ambassador for the summer olympics in london, she took to the field, put on a gray team gb team sweatshirt, picked up a stick, got in the game and promptly scored a goal. she is 30 and down played her ski

both of these former gitmo detainee's have been involved against us and our allies. can you update the committee on the status of these two former illustrious guantanamo detainees and what types of activities they are engaging in against us and our allies. >> thank you. he is the number 2 man in al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. the number 2 military commander right now is engaged in active operations and we can confirm that. a taliban commander in afghanistan engaged -- i can get back to more specifics in a classified setting not today but -- >> i look forward to having more detail on that but to put it in perspective both of these individuals are engaged in activities to kill americans or our allies. >> that is correct. >> i can't imagine how frustrating it must be for our troops to encounter someone we have already in detention. one of the concerns i had is what do we do if tomorrow we recapture them? in terms of where do we detain them and interrogate them and admiral mcraven, you testified before the committee last year that for example if we got ayman al zawa

washington puts the squeeze on syria's ally iran pledging it to sanction countries reduce imports of oil from the islamic state . reliving the past we preserve the only remaining serviette of forced labor can the gulag and hear the harrowing accounts from its former employee. it's good to have you with us today this is are with me will receive a shave life in moscow the syrian opposition is rallying in a bid to convince international allies that it is a unified force the rebels expect more backing from a u.s. led group of nations on sunday when the so-called friends of syria convene for a second summit the group aims to pile more pressure on damascus while lending a helping hand to president assad's opponents the head of the conference u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in saudi arabia meeting washington's key regional allies the saudis and the qatar had been a leading calls to start arming the syrian rebels and even weigh in with military force political analyst chris bambery from the international socialist group thinks the u.s. is reluctant to get involved directly but wil