only if we have allies.y worried that the allies are not as staunch as they need to be. i would say that there are some that are completely reliable and can be counted on. there are some that are falling well short. and if they continue to fall short, you are then surely by implication saying the united states�* position in the world is vulnerable. of course, we're being challenged all the time. this is about great power competition. now, i do believe great power competition prevents great power conflict. so if we can compete with allies against the chinese communist party, against the kremlin in terms of diplomacy, information and economy, notjust military, then i think we have a chance to prevent that conflict from ever happening. we have to end there. general ben hodges, it's been a pleasure to have you on hardtalk. thank you very much indeed. thanks for the privilege, stephen. hello there. the weather is in a very unsettled mood, notjust for the next few days, even as we head on into the weekend and into

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are ally poor. i heard a great fraser have eligible customers. but actually think that criticism is a little overblown with regard to the trump administration. i think the biden administration and is off to a good start. and the area that i think that some people didn't do enough like japan or india starting to get stronger. even vietnam. so here is the one area i think they did not do enough and deserves criticism. one of our huge comparative advantages not just military or energy capabilities that our commitment as you said to democracy, democratic values. in the global competition in china we need to emphasize that that's what help is in the cold war with the soviet union. and then in my view that is very muted. it needs to be muted. that is a huge comparative advantage of people and hong kong people in beijing every person on the globe in my view whether chinese are american or hong kong or burma, we need to emphasize that more. but overall it is a strong record of the approach of the strategic

it had been an exhausting for months, the fighting claiming $90000.00 allied casualties. the victory was hard fought, but the troops could not rest. drone was waiting in time, which finding out the allies that this tides move with mountain men can the did not cease didn't stand a chance. the beach at a conference, their mission threatened the german, rare, and some of them to fall by the road are almost lined with the wreckage of nazi meeting lasted vital idea that they fled before the reason i did. did i lose which general clark at the helm, the u. s. army piled up victory off to the tree on its advance to the italian capital, leaving the ruins of the german defense in its wake. the germans had no choice. cancel ring in the remaining not before fled as fast. they could almost taken by italian under the evacuation of ro been greater grow the larger the adult made. i was on medical duty for the resistance, but i also have before going on duty. i had gone to be out of and that's obvious that investors, those are the and they're i witness of the german army romani they were

and start fighting for the allies. well, none of these french soldiers would do that. they totally ignored gerard. they thought he had no authority and they would only surrender and join the allies if darlan told them to so i guess facing a quandary here. he's got still in 1942 a very limited pool of resources to fight. he knows he's got a german army. that's eventually going to be coming where he's for his truths. and now he's got to worry about whether he has to fight the french forces in north africa. and knowing that he does not have resources to make an army of occupation out of what he has. and continue to fight the french and germans at the same time. he cuts to deal with caroline says if you'll get the french forces and surrender and fight for us. then we will you will be named head of the french military and you will also be you can have your title of ahead of the french government in north africa and west africa that on surface is a very satisfactory deal with the problem as far as getting. troops on to our s

it reaffirms our support of israel as our greatest ally in the most important ally in the middle east and condemns those attacks against israel. anything america stood for for generations my calling just wrote ine his op-ed for "the new york times" nobody is arguing with any government so does he agree with our radical left as he continues to face attacks but the senate including my colleagues did with israel. and in 2014 with a barrage of rockets targeting the innocent israelis with the resolution supporting against hamas. the 2014 resolution that hamas refuses to recognize israel's right to exist. and uses rockets to indiscriminately target in israel. and the result to condemn hamasat terrorist actions to nana's - - to unanimously support to defend itself against hamas. and that it would embolden hamas you are seeing the growing agenda israel is a country surrounded that is wiped off the face of the years and is rockets rained down in israel today is a sad day forl the united states senate in one we will not forget i would never expect the weekend position to ensure the biden admini

begins with allies such as pan australians and others but have european allies that have a present who can also play a role so we need to look at more broadly in that regard about the defense of taiwan but more importantly how we deter chinese aggressive behavior and stick to the principles we know are part of the munication or taiwan relations. i want to suggest about taiwan, i want to jump an issue, these issues are always bigger than a single domain, taiwan involvement in international organizations, here's a country that's doing incredibly well with covid and a case study in terms of how to prevent infection rate and yet they are not a member of the who. at the same time we see china trying to infiltrate itself in these international organizations, the who, property organizations and other with the u.s. we need to be cognizant of it, our state is working very hard, good people not just in the u.s. for any liberal western country that could be put into these organizations and defend that order because this is another way in which china is trying to undermine that order and have a pl

and start fighting for the allies.l none of these french soldiers would do that. they totally ignore girard. they thought he had no authority and they would only surrender if dar lamb told them to. so ike is facing a quandary here. he's got still a 1942, a very limited pool of resources to fight. he knows he's got a german army that is eventually going to be coming where he's -- for his troops. and now he's got to worry about whether he has to fight the french forces in north africa. and knowing that he does have the no the resources to make an army of occupation out of what he has, and continue to fight the french and germans at the same time, he cutted a deal and said if you get the french forces to surrender and fight for us, then we will -- you will be named head of the french military and also you could have your title of head of the french government in north africa and west africa. on the surface, a very satisfactory deal but as far as getting troops on to our side and preventing unnecessary blood shed. however

so i think that has led a lot of our allies and partners to really work on diversifying their trading partners and their economic partners so they're not overreliant on the united states, should we embark on a protectionist trade policy in 3 1/2 years. >> that leads me right into my next question. you spent a lot of time working on this issue of the foreign policy for the middle class. in my conversations with administration officials, they've been very clear to try to differentiate between foreign policy for the american middle class and america first and try to assuage concerns that foreign policy for the middle class would potentially amount to protectionism. do you see a distinction? do you understand or have you spoken to officials from other countries about their concerns that essentially a foreign policy for the middle class could amount to protectionism? >> yes. and i have had these conversations, and a number of countries have expressed to me a concern, does this mean protectionism? does this mean buy america? does this mean reshoring? are we going to see more tariffs? what i

where are we helping out our i ally? where are we in this, where it's joe biden, the president of the united states? shame on him for allowing this to happen. we better get this together this is disgraceful. >> sean: i don't have a lot of confidence, to be honest, but we can all pray. thank you both. lara, thank you, jim jordan. when we come back, sippy cup biden, he continues to implement his america-last immigration agenda.om wait until you see our own sara carter with an incredible update and we will bring you the latest on the skyrocketing crime happening all across america ane an announcement about our friend dan bongino. straight ahead. ♪ ♪ what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent i can du more... yardwork... teamwork... long walks.... that's how you du more, with dupixent, which helps prevent asthma attacks. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on-treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. and c

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the first major allied victory. it is the first time as i said, a world leader who was removed by axis powers is able to return to power and able to return to the prewar conditions. that is a very, very important moment in the second world war. it is an important point in african history. it is an important point and what the allies are trying to do and the message they were sending. unlike world war i, thistle not be indication where the allies will walk in and add this piece of africa to their own empires. instead, he will be returned as an independent ruler. that is an incredibly important moment in history here. you can see here, this is highly so lastly sitting with fdr in february, 1945. this is when he returned from the yalta conference meet with the king of saudi arabia and also to meet with the ethiopian leader. this is when he granted to united states the piece of ground on which the u.s. embassy still stands. he granted to president roosevelt and his personal capacity, although the lawyers had to figure o

the fighting claiming 90000 allied casualties to victory hard force. but the troops could not rest. rome was waiting in time was finding out the move to the the did not see didn't stand a chance the, the beach i thought the that accomplish their mission threatening the german, rare. and some of them to fall back. the road to rome was lined with the records of nazi which lasted vital idea that they fled before the reunited i use with general mark clark at the helm, the u. s. army piled up victory after 3 on its advance to the italian capital, leaving the ruins, the german defense in its wake, the germans had no choice to ring in the remaining not the full displayed as fast as they could. fail was taken by italian under ashes show, the evacuation of one of the greatest growth. christy. what is that? when i say the adams made i was on medical duty for the resistance before going on, the duty i had gone to be out of and on top of that is that those are the and there i witnessed the defeat of the german army they were ruined. with this jesus, those old year

nations without allies wither. and if we want to win against our strategic competitors, it would take both a strong fully resourced military as well as strong alliances and partnerships. but let's be clear. one is not an alternative for the other. you've got to have both. so it's clear then that we need our allies so how do we maintain this mutual relationship with robust defense spending 3% to 5% real growth, that's what it calls for right here. this year we should have 3% to 5% increase in the president's -- and the him's budget has came -- the president's budget has came out with a net decrease. that's why this whole thing is so important. just this morning we had a hearing and we had one of the authors of this book, and i asked him the same question. this was put together back in 2018. is it still accurate today? he said yeah, it is. and it doesn't even increase enough to keep up with inflation. so eric edelman, he's one of the cosponsors of the n.d.s. that we're referring to here. it's been our blueprint for f

we have regular consultations with our nato allies with our asian allies. this is what our job is basically about. is to go around and talk to people and build support for the way we want to do things. united states is very fortunate to have a very broad network of allies which allows us to leverage our efforts and multiply them in a way that is generally not available to countries such as russia and china. that is where the united states has an distinct advantage. that's where summiting -- consulting with our allies and building support for everything we do is one of the most effective ways that the united states can achieve the kinds of goals that we've been talking about today. of course, every step we take is even though we may have the lead on the foreign policy issues, only other thing is that all of these activities, especially involving arms control and some of these issues, security issues are what we do is a result of very intensive interagency process that brings all the different players intelligence community, joint staffs, o.s.d., etcetera. na

and i think a lot of our ally and partners welcome there. but also i think in the back of their minds there's also kind of an uneasiness about where the united states might be in three and a half years. so i think i that has led a lotf our ally and partners to work on diversifying their trading partners and their economic partners so they're not over relying on the united states should we in three and a half years embark on a protectionist, you know, trade policy. >> well that leaves actually right into my next question, and i know you had spent a lot of time working on this issue of a foreign policy for the middle class. in my conversations with administration officials they've been very clear to try to differentiate between foreign policy for the american middle class and america first. and trying to have concerns with foreign policy for the middle class amount to protectionism. how do you differentiate the two did you see a distinction or do you understand or have you spoken to other officials from other countries about their concerns tha

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or allied satellites. we know they have multiple ground laser systems which could blind or damage our satellite systems, in addition russia has several ground-based lasers that could jam or blind our satellites and it's possible they'll build more later this decade. we know the russians have probable prototype anti-satellite weapons on board including-- on orbit. cosmos 2519, which is a russian on orbit weapons system which burst out subsequent satellite and a subsequent third or second object, three total come out of that, cosmos 2519 and we believe that second possible is a projectile. and then we saw cosmos 2542 launched in late 2019 which appears to be a sim la are prototype to cosmos 2519 which would synchronize in orbit with the united states government and when the united states government moved our satellites, they resynchronized their orbit. they must have known what they were doing and obviously we do not support weapons tests near our satellites. and finally, russia has a new ground-based missil

where are we helping out our ally? where are we in this, where it's joe biden, the president of the united states? shame on him for allowing this to happen. we better get this together, this is disgraceful. >> sean: i don't have a lot of confidence, to be honest, but we can all pray. thank you both. lara, thank you, jim jordan. when we come back, sippy cup biden, he continues to implement his america-last immigration agenda. wait until you see our own sara carter with an incredible update and we will bring you the latest on the skyrocketing crime happening all across america and an announcement about our friend dan bongino. straight ahead. ♪ ♪ we're here nights, weekends and right now, to give you exceptional care and 20% off your treatment plan. new patients, take the first step with a complete exam and x-rays that are free without insurance. because our nationwide network of over 1,500 doctors at 900 locations all have one goal — to make you smile, today. start now. call 1-800-aspendental or book online at aspendenta

and our allies access to space during a conflict or crisis. from an organize, train, and equip perspective, general thompson, where should investments be made to our space capabilities to make sure we can prevail in a conflict against china? general thompson: representative lamborn, three quick answers to that question first of all. the first is we have tremendous capabilities up there today. in many cases they weren't designed to operate in a contested environment under threat like this, but we are in the process by your effort now, to build a limited set of features that allow them to be defensible to help in their own defense. but also, we are in the process right now of developing capabilities to be able to defend them against these threats. that's what i'll call step number one. step number two is, as we move forward, both as part of our design activity, the force design activity we are establishing under our new space war fighting and analysis center, is by the design of the architecture and the integration of those systems and capabilit

the allies decided to open an eastern front against the ottomans. the ill fated gillet police campaign ran between april 19th 15 and january 19th 16th. when it's finally field the allies including australians and new zealanders suffered a major setback. this monument commemorates the ottoman victory in which around 80000 allied troops were killed. his defeats and skill of police and litter includes mystically timeo caused the british to enter into more secret dealings over the middle east. coming up how the british conspired which should be 1st seen mcconnell to strike back at the ottomans through an arab revolt. the british adopt the sharifs of mecca as the partners that were essential in the propaganda war with the ottomans to demonstrate that the muslim world was better off on the allied side that fight with the odds let me explain why we must have and psychs. negotiate face to face to get what they both want from the middle east well if we cannot have palestinian my government was suddenly not allow britain to control my government would take th

we need to look at acquiring those from our allies, especially strong allies like japan and australia. we need to acknowledge it is a messy process as far as environmental regulations go. just because it was happening in china doesn't mean -- that seems like this blind spot of this icky environmental process, so if they do it in china, i don't have to feel sorry about it. you have to own up to the environmental cost of using rare earth. the way forward will involve american investment and investment in our allies capacity to provide those. rick: i must say i'm the lesser of the three to answer this question. from a supply base, we need the raw materials and i can't disagree with anything that has been said. they need to have a stable supply and working with our allies is the best way. col. venable: i have a couple of really fascinating pile on from the audience. this is an additive to it we have said so far -- the biggest challenges to small contractors are the inability to export due to draconian export rules and unfunded items that are mandates from contractors. and the inability of

being one part of an overall strategic policy towards china. >> it's interesting you mention the allies and partners because this struck me as one element that's fundamental tension in the trade policies that the biden administration's has articulated so far where on the one hand, they say repeatedly vote on trade and foreign policy and essentially every aspect of their approach to the world that we want to work with allies and partners. yet at the same time the president himself in his speech to congress set hey, buy american, and he was very explicit that he sees the competition in the 21st century as a real battle royale almost with china, that these are two systems working for supremacy in the world. so how do you think this administration will resolve what appears to be that tension, were obviously worked with allies and partners would seem to lead you down one avenue for a particular trade strategy but if you then turning around and telling congress and the world to buy an american, that's something that would seemingly potentially be an avenue of concern for allies and partners?

being one part of an overall strategic policy towards china. >> it's interesting you mention the allies and partners because this struck me as one element that's fundamental tension in the trade policies that the biden administration's has articulated so far where on the one hand, they say repeatedly vote on trade and foreign policy and essentially every aspect of their approach to the world that we want to work with allies and partners. yet at the same time the president himself in his speech to congress set hey, buy american, and he was very explicit that he sees the competition in the 21st century as a real battle royale almost with china, that these are two systems working for supremacy in the world. so how do you think this administration will resolve what appears to be that tension, were obviously worked with allies and partners would seem to lead you down one avenue for a particular trade strategy but if you then turning around and telling congress and the world to buy an american, that's something that would seemingly potentially be an avenue of concern for allies and partners?

it had been an exhausting form and the fighting, claiming 90000 allied casualties. the victory was hard fought, but the troops could not rest. rome was waiting, and time was running out. the allies sides moved with milton men can the denazi's didn't stand a chance of each thought that accomplish their mission. threatened the german, rare, and some tell them to fall by the road are almost blind with the records of nazi luigi lasted vital idea that if they fled before the lee and i did, did i lose with general mark clark at the helm, the u. s. army piled up victory to carry on its advance to the italian capital, leaving the ruins of the german defense in its wake. the germans had no choice. ring and remaining not before fled as fast they could. fail was taken by italian under ashes show the evacuation of ro, one of the greatest growth. where does the mag? i was on medical duty for the resistance. but i am before going on duty. i had gone to be out of an of that adventure of that, and there i witnessed the defeat of the german army romani they were ruined. with those o

helping the us fight on a very close friend and ally? we were we were surprised, but then 2nd thought it fits a pattern, it fits things that we've seen in the past. we've covered the known revelations a couple of years ago. and so back then we were able to learn about the corporation between the machine, the german intelligence agency, one is not in deans and the n. s a. and a lot of some things that we saw there. we are finding again now in denmark. so it fits the pattern, we see that the n s a approaches, countries like germany and denmark and offers them support and expertise in surveillance techniques in return for access to resources like cables or in germany . it was a satellite surveillance station. so there's certain things being offered and certain things being asked in return, and so it fits the pattern. so in general, it's not that surprising. the german government, in this case had to find out from the team of journalists doing the investigation. i want to, we, we, you part of that particular call and how hard was it to convi

areas where we need to maintain dominance, i think it is more that are we continuing to work with our allies, are we continuing to address hotspots around the world and issues that become problems even -- either for the country, themselves, or for the rest of the globe. i think our foreign policy is really based on promoting democracy where we can and helping other countries to get to that point. and sharing the values we have here at home. >> senator cowan's? >> thank you, mitch, great to be here with you senators. my thanks to the mccain institute for the opportunity to join you, i look forward to the annual seminar being in sedona once again hopefully next year. i would agree we need to be engaged in the world will be will suffer the consequences of our actions but the framing of the question as to whether or not we need to dominate certain technologies or regions i will push back on. i think we need to stay engaged and make investments to work with our partners to maintain a competitive advantage and i will mention areas i think are critical. we withdrew from the paris climate agreement

now the us, of course, is a close ally of germany and those revelations cause quite a lot of outrage back here and back then. and in 2013, now this new report has found that the a didn't known that in fact, it had help from denmark and the danish intelligence service. and what the danish intelligence service did it, let us access danish internet cables to listen to those phone conversations by uncle michael also by frank stein, maya, who is now the german president. and what the report also brought to light is that germany wasn't the only country that denmark help the u. s. spy on. and danish intelligence officials also passed on information about leading politicians in other european countries, such as sweden and norway, in fonts and in the netherlands. ok, so a technical support and collusion as it were, but all governments on keep tabs on one another is this kind of intelligence activity. all that unusual. no, of course, as you said, intelligent services are there to spy on other countries. pass information back to that government and they were very clear on that really and, but w

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as the allied forces, and nato is strong. troops. there is the biggest deployment of uk troops outside uk in estonia, so 800 soldiers here. so we feel strong, as we have strong friends in... crosstalk. if you feel strong, i can only suggest you're not reading your own intelligence service reports, because your own intelligence service's 2020 annual report said this — "compared to nato forces, the balance of power on the baltic states axis is clearly tilted in favour of russia. russia has absolute supremacy in terms of offensive equipment, tanks, fighter aircraft and rocket artillery. nato has no comparable missile systems anywhere close in europe." that's your own intelligence service. yes, but deterrence works like this. that if russia makes a move on us, then our nato allies make a move on russia. so deterrence works like this, that this move is made so expensive that russia doesn't want to make that move. but, prime minister — prime minister, you know as well as i do that nato has not delivered on promises to improve the i

, helping the us fight on a very close friend and ally. we were we were surprised, but then 2nd thought it fits a pattern, it fits things that we've seen in the past. we've covered the known revelations a couple of years ago. and so back then we were able to learn about the cooperation between the, between the german intelligence agency, one is not in dean's and d, n a. and a lot of the things that we saw there we have finding again now in denmark. so it fit the pattern, we see that the n s a approaches, countries like germany and denmark and offers them support and expertise in surveillance techniques in return for access to resources like cables or in germany . it was a satellite surveillance station. so there's certain things being offered and certain things being asked in return, and so it fits the pattern. so in general, it's not that surprising. the german government, in this case had to find out from the team of journalists doing the investigation. i want to, we, we, you part of that particular call and how hard was it to convince t

we came in with our allies and we will the part with our allies shoulder to shoulder. together, we will execute a retrograde in good order. i will be able to answer your questions. thank you. >> i have a question for you on afghanistan mr. secretary. joe millie referred to be high level of violence in afghanistan. in some aspects, violence has increased as you become the drawdown. my question is what is to stop the taliban from overwhelming the afghan forces, particularly in the south if not the whole country, creating instability even in pakistan. is there something you can do during the summer to stop that from happening? if i may ask a quits -- quick question secretary referred a minute ago to his opening statement in different ways which the u.s. will interact with the afghan forces to support the afghan forces in the future i am wondering if one of those different ways has to do with training afghan forces in third countries outside of afghanistan. is that an option? thank you. >> so, thanks bob. the first part of the question is what is to stop the taliban? we ar

the allies began their mccallion campaign with the invasion officially. they needed to make their way to rome. it would prove to be a low and bloody undertaking. they were fighting against when germany skimmed military strategist, albert carefully the command charged with defending italy for me. when general eisenhower lacey italian surrender has surrendered its i'm unable to make the least amended. hitler sent catherine to secure around. he was responsible for the destruction of the films that the nazis were going to do. the same to run that they were running and shouting, the germans are coming. the germans are coming with the not the strong hold on. it was influenced permeated, and eventually the highest office of the catholic church and the vertical receipt of pope pius the 12 lord at let's see. do you do that during the fascist period in rome? the situation was very complicated. key 40 because pope pius the 12 never officially intervene, that he won't know, never mind that have been pious for 12 tried to steer this course of neutrality. he received a

and allied activities. they view space as critical to modern warfare and consider the use of counterspace capabilities as a means of reducing military effectiveness and winning future wars. the united states must now be prepared for conflict to instead to or originate in space. to be clear, such a conflict would not be a space war. it would rather represent the extension of traditional armed conflict into the space domain of human endeavor. within the office of the secretary of defense for space policy, we are focused on the integration of policy, plans, appropriate capabilities to develop a space posture that contributes to integrated, communicating to any adversary that any military aggressions. the 2020 defense strategy which my office prepared addresses these challenges of deterrence as well as the challenges of crisis de-escalation and extending to space. we are integrating space into national, joint, combined operations. we show the strategic environment to enhance stability and reduce the potential f

allied partnered space activities. russia and china view space as critical to modern warfare and consider the use of counter space capabilities as both a means of reducing u.s. military effectiveness and winning future wars. as these developments continue, the united states must continue to originate in space. to be clear a conflict would not be a space war, but would rather represent the extension of traditional armed conflict into the space domain. in the office of the assistant secretary of defense for space policy, we're focussed on strategy, plans and appropriate capabilities to develop a space posture that contributes to integrated deterrents by conveying clearly to competitors and any adversary the in advisability of military aggression. the 2020 defense base strategy, which my office prepared, addresses these challenges, as well as the challenges of crisis deescalation and warfare extending to space. first we're building military advantages in space. second, we're integrating space into national and joint come

there's plenty of despoz its, it's just a question of creatively working with our allies and partnerso leverage their expertise and our expertise. i'm encouraged by what the pentagon is doing right now, some pilot programs with australia. i was in western australia two years ago with my democratic colleague joe courtney and all we heard about was rare earths, rare earths. and so i think there's a world in which we can have, you know, an effective triple bank shot with australia, japan and the u.s. all leveraging our natural resources and expertise in order to solve the rare earth issue, e a -- domestic investment and common sense. it could be a way to shore up our rare-earth supply. maiya: i would agree. on the one hand, we don't need to 100% have an american supply of rare-earth for all of our defense and other needs, but when you look and see china produces 80% of the rare earth supply for the world, that know, the rare earth supply for the worldoncern, that should be concern. so i think we need to look at fo diversifying that, we need to look at acquiring those from oud allies, esp

or allied satellites.y have multiple ground lasert systems which couldhat blind oul satellite missions and russia o has sever ways to blind our satellites and it is probable they're field more later in oard decade. we know the russians have prototype satellite weapons including our orbit including ym cosmos 2519 which is a russian on orbit weapons system which qu hasent t birthed out a subsequee inspector satellite and then we've seen a subsequent third or second object, so three total come out of that cosmos 2519 wen believe that second object is a projectile. and thenn to be a we saw 2542 ln late 2019, which appears to be a similar prototype weapon to tedt gosmos 2519 which was cinch ronnizedve with a united stateso government satellite and when we moved our satellite, the russian our moes 2542 resink onnized. they must have known what they a are doing and we do not support gr pons test near our satellites. and finally the russia has a new ground based missile designed to destroy satellites in low earth