i rise in support of the allies act. this bill will save lives and protect our allies. it will also honor our commitment to the region. thousands of afghans have served as interpreters, drivers, dries guides to assist u.s. troops. their service and commitment has been consistent over 20 years. that now marks the longest u.s. war in history. the afghanistan special immigrant visa or saves, allows people who worked for the american government to seek lawful permanent residents in the united states. as we prepare to remove our troops, the taliban continues to target our friends. the allies act of 2021 provides for an additional 8000 saves to accommodate everyone who would be currently eligible candidate in the pipeline. we have an opportunity and a moral obligation to save the lives of those who saved us. as we drove down our military presence in afghanistan, many who served alongside our troops continue to face increased threats because of their service to us. we must do the right thing for our allies. i think representative crow for his service and his leadership on the

i rise in support of the allies act. this bill will save lives and protect our allies. it will also honor our commitment to the region. thousands of afghans have served as interpreters, drivers, guides to assist u.s. troops. their service and commitment has been consistent over 20 years. that now marks the longest u.s. war in history. the afghanistan special immigrant visa, or s.i.v.'s, allows people who worked for or on behalf of the united states government to seek lawful permanent residence in the united states. but as we prepare to remove our troops, the taliban continues to target our friends. the allies act of 2021 provides for an additional 8,000 s.i.v.'s to accommodate everyone who currently could be eligible -- an eligible candidate in the pipeline. we have an opportunity and a moral obligation to save the lives of those who saved us. as we draw down our military presence in afghanistan, many who served alongside our troops continue to face increased threats because of their service to us. we must do the right thing by our brave allies. i thank representative c

the allies act. it makes changes to the afghan special immigrant visa program to accelerate the withdrawal that the president has ordered. the emergency created by this order means we will not be adequately bedding arrivals under this program. those admitted had to meet eligibility requirements. they've to undergo security and background checks. if we had been able to develop this legislation the old-fashioned way, through real face-to-face meetings and good faith discussions, i think we could have produced a process that protected both the american people and the afghan families who sided with our government. but alas, that was not to be under this majority. instead, hr 3985 authorizes 8,000 more green cards on top of the 10,000 authorized but still unclaimed. now, given that 15,500 principal green cards have been processed over the 20-year life of the program, the odds of processing a like number in a matter of months is pretty slim. unless of course the administration cuts processing and vetting q

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she was using it before we became allies. a lot had happened in europe, a lot of probably controversial things when each country pursued his own goals. this is a taken around the time that allied powers, bland, to launch an attack on the soviet union show as british military pilots boarding in the airplane in syria from where the air strikes were supposed to have been carried out. and according to this cable signed by the head of the soviet n, k, v de la renta beria. moscow was well aware of the bill dob in the middle eastern shore, financial financial for the french intelligence service, and actually was seeking detailed information regarding the topography of the area, the condition of the roads, a natural obstacles in georgia or media as urban french intelligence, particularly interested in intelligence on regions and border iran as his 20. what does it mean? did they plan a ground invasion of the u. s. as far as caucasus from iran to? i knew i ship, though i did not expect in iran and turkey to help them to see the only r

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obviously they are a nato ally even though they are not acting like an ally at this time. nonetheless, they are in in the nato alliance images very painful to see the country deteriorate as it has deteriorated and all of the nato partners have had to the values and the things we value in nato. the most pressing aspect is the acquisition and continued use of the missile system. this remains an impasse and has now grown the most significant part of our relationship and it deeply troubling. it is unacceptable to reap the benefit of the benefit while refusing to commit to the basic relationship, interoperable alliance. they seemed to have forgotten that nato was formed specifically to push back against russian aggression dealing with them on military purchases like this is simply unacceptable. this is an issue i raise turkish leaders at every opportunity. i had a clear discussion with the president in person, face-to-face where i laid out size nature of the problems created caused by the president of russia made, as 400 on the soil of a nato ally he understood are persistent,

obviously they are a nato ally though they are not acting like an ally at this time. nonetheless, they are in the nato alliance and it is painful. the country deteriorating as it has deteriorated and left the commitments that we all of the nato t partners have had to the values and things that we value in the most pressing aspect of the relationship is the acquisition to continue the system. this issue remains at an impasse and has now grown to define the most significant part of the relationship and it is deeply troubling. it is unacceptable turkey believes it can reap theta benefits of the nato membership while refusing to commit to the basic principle of a cohesive interoperable alliance. they seem toth have forgotten no was formed specifically to push back againsto russian aggression dealing with them on military purchases like this is just simply unacceptable. this is an issue i raised with the turkish leaders at every opportunity indeed i had a very clear discussion with president erdogan in person face to face where i laid out the precise nature of the problems

there are 30 allies that we have promised solemnly to defend one another. want to you, you know, the sometimes words mean not to be strong enough them, but they mean something they meet political commitment from the leaders. and the moment we have decided our nato summit in june on june 14th. this will continue to help oregon is done. that will continue to same by the sovereignty. and there is all integrity of ukraine in georgia for that matter. that will say that will be helping our partners around the world. that's nato's reputation. this is what we, what do we find? you don't need not. you call long protected or you don't need me to tell you that the ukranian government is waiting for a date for full membership. the foreign minister said that just a few days ago, we would like to have an honest answer to the question when that's what he said. what is the answer? what is them, kenny about on thing, let me give you. let me give you an in direct answer, but nonetheless, very direct and i'm come from romania. i'm the 1st that you the surgeon, i'm natal from

this became yet another signal that the allies couldn't be trusted. and the soviet union should further secure its eastern front before re looming war with nazi germany. but unlike in poland and the baltics in finland, moscow, faith burn resistance. defense refused to move their border away from leningrad, russia 2nd largest city. this resulted in a soviet finish war inlaid 939. this is the man that had been drawn by the red army general stuff upon agreement with the finish side. feels good. here is the signature of marshal sub sneak of dated october 12th 1939. another authentic map from that period which is appearing on public display for the 1st time show. we still beat proposals for swabbing territories with finland mosque, who had been ready to give a large chunk of its land and exchange for a buffer in front of its 2nd capital. and therefore, settled the issue without go into an unnecessary war with its north western neighbor. in the why the fence didn't go forward, bringing a group hamster, they showed attitude later in post will finan committee

allie. i'll talk to you. the taliban is advancing. almost unopposed. what's the feeling there in government health areas? i wouldn't say there advancing unopposed, you know, there is a government effort to like back against them. there are people upper people appraising movement, fighting back against them and as much as we hear reports of district falling to them, we also hear reports of the districts being regained. everything is sort of in overdrive at the moment. but there is, you know, this fear that if they are able to so quickly trade, hands with the district, you know, from the government to the top barn and back and forth. that was to keep them from coming to call at this point. there's no real evidence that they could actually breach all of the security barriers and actually make it into the city of cobble. but that fear jeff and he does exist at the moment to people will therefore the turkish troops increase security in the long term gets actually given that the taliban has said t

forces and allied forces in afghanistan. when they announced the withdrawal in april, i said be out by september and we are on track to meet that target. military mission in afghanistan will conclude august 31 the drawdown after a secure and orderly way for the safety of our troops depart. military commanders advised me to make the decision to end the war, we need to move swiftly to conduct main elements of the straw that. context, speed is safety and thanks to the way in which we manage our withdrawal, no one u.s. forces or any forces have been lost. conducting our drawdown differently would certainly have come with an increased risk of safety to our personnel. to me, the risks were unacceptable. there was never any doubt military performed for task efficiently and with the highest level of professionalism. that's what they do and the same is true of nato allies and partners we are supporting they are supporting us as well as they conclude their attribute. i want to be clear, they continue to the end of august, retain perso

military, with our allies, with the u.s. diplomatic development intelligent communities are going to be at heightened risk to taliban attack going forward. there are easily tens of thousands of afghans who aided the u.s. over the last 20 years, not just military operations, but also in the development, diplomatic, and intelligence communities. most of these afghans have families, what obligation do we have to all of these people? i would argue we have a major obligation to all these afghans and their families. there has been significant action in congress to streamline the so-called special immigrant visas, so called sivs process for our afghan partners who worked with the military. it's one part of the afghan community that i think we have an obligation to. there are likely going to be many other actions that may be needed. there are a lot of questions such as why does it take so long to process one of these siv, special immigrant visas. how and where might in evacuation process take place? who might be included? what other

and ally in friend to former us president donald trump has been arrested on foreign lobbying charges. us justice department says thomas barrack and 2 others are charged with acting as agents of the united arab emirates, chad trumps, and all grow fund, and help them get elected. was the headlines. i'll have another update for you here on al jazeera right after the latest installment of the inside story. see soon, bye bye. for now news news. news. news on the us and a number of its western allies, lane china for an allege cyber spying campaign. washington says is a threat to national security. they think says the accusation is ground level. so what the fallout from this route is inside story. ah, ah, the welcome to the program on the hill rahman, this was a unified condemnation of china on cyber attacks. the united states, the european union, nato, and other world powers. also, beijing was responsible for an attack on microsoft servers earlier this year, but stopped short of announcing punishment measures for alleged cyber activities. around a quarter of a 1000000 computers of said to h

forces and allied forces in afghanistan. when i announced our drawdown in april, i said we would be out by september. and we are on track to meet that target. our military mission in afghanistan will conclude on august 31. the drawdown is proceeding in a secure and orderly way, prioritizing the safety of our troops as they depart. our military commanders advised me that once i made the decision to end the war, we needed to move swiftly to conduct the main elements of the drawdown. in this context, speed is safety. and thanks to the way in which we have managed our withdrawal, no one u.s. forces are any -- or any forces have been lost. conducting our drawdown differently would have come with an increased risk of safety to our personnel. to me, those risks were unacceptable. there was never any doubt our military performed this task efficiently and with the highest level of professionalism. that is what they do. and the same is true of our nato allies and partners who we are supporting and are supporting us as well as they con

but the when and if we have that decision will also defend all allies the day. there are 30 allies that we have promised solemnly to defend one another miss . you you. i know that sometimes worse, mean not to be strong enough to him. but they mean something they meet political commitment from the leaders. and the moment we have decided our nato summit in june on june 14th, it will continue to help oregon, the sun that will contain to same by the sovereignty. and there is all integrity of ukraine in georgia for that matter. that will say that will be helping our partners around the world. that's nato's reputation. this is what we, what we are doing just fine. you don't need know. you called on protected or you don't need me to tell you that the ukranian government is waiting for a date for full membership. the foreign minister said that just a few days ago, we would like to have an honest answer to the question when that's what he said. what is the answer? what is them, kenny, that on think, let me give you, let me give you an indirect answer, but nonetheless, ve

will european and other allies the willing to put some penalties? anchor: will penalties be enough ? how china would retaliate if the eu are u.s. start walking down the road of sanctions. >> is not going to change china. this pious tone that the whole world said this when it is just in fact a bunch of colonial countries who are responsible for many atrocities. china has not started any wars, never broken any countries, not leaving afghanistan behind. they did not to the things that were put forward by snowden in terms of actually hacking into the cloud and making sure they had access, not only to china but everybody else's information . this is an age of post-epoxy. people are talking about how evil and terrible china is, when in fact they are just a closing china. he did not say at any went that it was tied back to china. i wonder how they would feel if the situation was reversed. anchor: [indiscernible] these accusations are coming from europe, north america, and quite surprisingly. >> he said a united world. how is that possible? anchor: go on. >

would have found away with its allies to stop hacking all side. the espionage in some shape or form over the yes, well certainly, and efforts have been made, but this is one of those challenges that sort of continues to evolve and to morphine to different ways. so you saw one problem and then another one emerges. and i would take issue with my friend in beijing. he may suggest that you know, presenting evidence in a quarter. why don't know what, and that's a chinese quarter, an american one. but, you know, the broader point is not that nothing happens in china without express permission of the chinese government. so this notion of plausible deniability. oh, there were these very sophisticated hackers that were operating from chinese territory, unbeknown skew or, or. ready without the consent of the chinese government simply does not ask much, i'm sorry. okay, mr. shy that sir. bring you in here from light and to try and clarify how do you start to investigate tracking, where do you start technically in the process? sure. so that's a really importa

s. allies. some of those are strategical because they decided as far as we know for them to concentrate the resources that they have considerable resources that they have in order to protect the most strategic irrelevant places. but the indian is not up to us to decide you know, the future of a gun is done and we hope and we encourage interrupt gone p stocks because at the same moment the room for diplomacy will arrive and we hope you are very soon. well, there is enormous criticism of your withdrawal from experts from military personnel generals who are involved in commanding forces in nature intelligence chief saying that basically this is a sorry moment for western grand strategy. we've lost the plot here. that's no, david richard's a former british commander of nato forces in afghanistan. he said a country that we promised a huge amount to faces almost certain civil war with the likelihood that the taliban will be back to where they were in 2000. and one you think he doesn't know what he's t

forces and allied forces in afghanistan. when i announced our draw down in april, i said we would be out by september. and we're on track to meet that target. our military mission in afghanistan will conclude on august 31st. the draw down is proceeding in a secure and orderly way, prioritizing the safety of our troops as they depart. our military commanders advised me that once i made the decision to end the war, we needed to move swiftly to conduct the main elements of the draw down. and in this context, speed is safety, and thanks to the way in which we have managed our draw, no one, no one u.s. forces or any forces have been lost. conducting our draw down differently would have certainly come with an increased risk to our safety personnel. to me, those risks were unacceptable. and there was never any doubt that our military performed this task efficiently, and with the highest level of professionalism. that's what they do, and the same is true of our nato allies, and partners, we have supporting and supporting us as well

we have come to the help of all american friends and allies. alright, my is my question, my question mr. joiner was what you thought ukraine might make of all this, considering that they're also in receipt of very nice words and promises from natal, like nato's support for ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unwavering . when in practical terms, that's actually meaningless, isn't it? because nato can do nothing to prevent ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity being violated. wholesale by russia, as it has been since 2014. so nice, nice word is not that you want to be known for nice words. absolutely. just the opposite. what i'm saying you cannot compare on comparable things. i've got to sundays, don't ukraine. and that's a totally different ball game and story behind this to this to situation. but let me be specific where me remember, remember that the older generations, speaking of the annexation illegal and session of crimea, do we remember when the baltic states were an x by soviet union? was the same, the wards as you m

strengthening one of our unmatched strategic assets in the region, which is our powerful network of allies and partners. i'll follow that up with stops in vietnam and the philippines, where i'll meet with myy counterparts and other leaders. and so it's going to be a busy trip. there's no shortage of national security interests that we and our partners share in this dynamic region, and i'll be carrying a few key messages and agenda items. the first is simply that the united states remains a reliable partner, a friend who shows up when it counts. we've been there to maintain stability and let sovereign -- we've long been there to maintain stability and let sovereign states in the region make their own choices, and today, we've moved urgently to help our partners tackle covid-19 and to build back even stronger afterward. i'll also continue to make the case for a more fair, open and inclusive regional order, and for our shared values to ensure that all countries get a fair shake. we don't believe that any one country should be able to dictate the rules, or worse yety throw them over the transo

facilities outside the continental united states to host our allies if they so choose. starting this month, we are going to begin relocation flights for afghanistan sib applicants and their families who choose to leave. we have a point person in the white house and the state department led task force coordinating these efforts. our message to those women and men is clear. there is a home for you in the united states if you so choose and we will stand with you just as you stood with us. when i made the decision to end the u.s. military involvement in afghanistan, i judged it was not in the national interest of the united states of america to continue fighting this war indefinitely. i made the decision with clear eyes. i am reaped daily on the battlefield updates. for those who argued we should stay six more months or one more year, i asked them to consider the lesson of recent history. in 2000 11, the nato allies and partners agreed we would end our combat mission in 2014. in 2014, some argued one more year so we kept fighting. we kept taking casualties. in 2015, the sam

and it allies, much as they pulled out china and russia. so the intellectual community, the experts community, is much more objective here and they do have a lot of evidence. finally, i'd like to say on the point of responses from things we've seen from china, region responsive in europe, to record violations around human right around the way that they respond very strongly to auditions and to accommodate your top. and similarly, i think that might be the right moment to actually and our conversation folks, we have just run out of time. i'm sure it will be a subject that we come back to in the not too distant future. it's always good to get your inside like to thank but brewing in washington dc. james shy as in leyden . and i'm a tangle in beijing. gentlemen, thanks for joining me on this edition of inside story. and thank you for watching. you can see the program again. any time by visiting our website to downtown or dot com and for further discussion gateway facebook page on facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story. you can also joi

what does the united states always afghan allies? -- always -- owe its alice? -- afghan allies? those who work closely with the intelligence community's are going to be at heightened risk to taliban attack going. there are easily tens of thousands of afghans who have aided the u.s. over the last 20 years not just in military operations but the element of diplomatic committees. most of these afghans have families. what obligation to be have these people? i would argue we have a major obligation to these afghans and other families. there has been significant effort to streamline the immigrant visa process for our afghan partners who worked with the u.s. attorney. that is part of the committee we have an obligation to. there are likely to be many other actions that may be needed. there are many other questions such as what does it take so long to process one of these special immigrant visas? when or where might an immigration process take place? what other options exist outside of the process? let's jump right into our conversation. i want to welcome our panelists. we have senator

you just heard in oren's piece, half of these allies, afghan allies, can't get into the safety zone inte because the taliban controls major highways, checkpoints, much of the country. how are they going to get from these provinces far from kabul, far from bagram to the refuge in afghanistan to be flown out? >> you're right, jake. this is another major issue and it gets worse by the day. as long as the taliban keeps taking over district centers, provinces and checkpoints. i want to just put the 70,000 number in perspective, though. you're right, that's a lot of people, to be perfectly honest, i don't expect there will be that many that we ultimately evacuate. but that's still only half of the number that we brought out of vietnam. so this is something america can do no matter how big the number is. and, look, the fact that we're going forward with this, the fact that we're doing this is a real victory, not just for afghan translators but for american values. this is the right thing to do, and it's just fantastic across the board that the biden administration is moving forward. >> well,

para esperarla. >> mi padre que estuvo allÍ hasta las 9:00 p.m.imeros en salir del edificio para encontrarse con una escena que jamÁs habrÍa imaginado. >> yo intentaba ver dÓnde estaba mi apartamento y lo que veÍa era aire. juan: fue por eso que al volver a ver a su padre, le dio el abrazo que nunca en sus 30 aÑos de vida le habÍa dado. >> fue el abrazo mÁs fuerte que le pude haber dado, casi lo quiebro. juan: un sentimiento muy similar al que tiene adriana cuando ve a sus hijos y piensa que cada 15 dÍas ellos estaban en el edificio. >> manuel se asegurÓ por todos los medios posibles de que tu legado jamÁs muriera en la mente y el corazÓn de estos dos chiquillos. juan: para ella, que de la tranquilidad de que no tienen muchos, el cuerpo de manuel fue uno de los primeros en ser recuperados de entre los escombros. >> lo podemos ir a velar, mis hijos pueden despedir de Él, sabemos que estÁ tranquilo y que puede tener un descanso en paz. juan: pocas personas corren o con la suerte de no estar en este edificio el dÍa y la hora lado, algunos los llaman

but also on the day of the us and it sends a national allies join ukraine to hold naval maneuvers in the black sea. so what the russians think of exercise seabreeze were operating in international waters. all of these exercises take place in international waters and local waters. it's great. as far as the russian federation naval response, you'll have to ask the russians welcome to the day when jo, by nancy early and the afghan is time mission. he said this was no mission accomplished moment. despite the taliban growing strength, the american president says it is not inevitable that the islamist, insurgents will return to power. it's a sobering assessment of america's longest bull. more than 2300 us troops died enough county stan, since the us went in to end the terror threat following the 911 attacks. so what did they die for? we'll hear from us veteran of that war in just a moment. first, this report. the battalion been say, this footage shows them celebrating after seizing control of a keyboard. they're crossing into iran. it was one of several advances made by the militants throu

to be an unreliable ally. well, this is the problem with intervention as policies on the part of the united states, the united states for gifts that all of these other countries have their own domestic politics. a perfect example with the failure to communicate with germany about what the withdraw timetable would be at the same time that germany had to seek an extension for its mandate in on from its own government and from its own representatives. i mean, not that that's the case in point of how united states was in unreliable partner enough out of time. but that's because these interventionist foreign policy is inherently inherently create partnerships that are dictated by the united states. and i think we also have to remember that u. s. society was fundamentally trans transformed by the war on terror in a way that wasn't true in europe and in my opinion. so i would ask our europe partners to understand the reason for the u. s. withdraw, but i certain i certainly wouldn't excuse the lack of communication an

and frankly, they have the hotel space, etc., to welcome our allies. so, i would like to see those flights being taken right this minute. there's no reason to delay any further for that. daniel: ambassador wayne, what needs to happen the next two weeks, next three months? ambassador wayne: we need to move vigorously with the evacuation process, and also with the processing of others, not only those in the pipeline, but those who have legitimate cases to be considered, and i think that there are many. a lot of people got bumped out for questionable reasons or imperfect information. that need to be an active process. secondly, we need to find ways to get support into kabul and to others, both humanitarian support, but also economic and financial support, and military support. hopefully, there will be a rallying together to help hold this situation and get us back to a position where there can be more serious engagement to get to peace. and then third, we need to develop our contingency planning for those who are going to need assistance, both humanitaria

the trump administration has been telling our allies about 5g, one of our allies was the united kingdomand under conservative administration boris johnson even last january said were going to use while we because they're cheap, the reason there cheap because they were backed by the federal government and i can tell you the beaten price was unreasonable no business could sustain that if there stated along businesses. so boris johnson said were going to use ally because they are cheap even after pompeo said using it will stop sharing because you don't feel comfortable and johnson said no mortgagor because it's cheap it is something we can afford. and guess what the pandemic happens in the chinese government increased on hong kong, was happening in hong kong is really tragic anyway by may the johnson announced he will not use it to build the 5g network. so again the pay down big became a wake-up call and it continued through the sheer that the biden administration and the eu in the united kingdom with canada joined together to target the chinese officials over the human rights violations.

and the same is true of our nato allies and partners who have supported. we are supporting and supporting us as well as they conclude their retrograde. i want to be clear, the u. s. military mission against and continues to the end of august, remain routine personnel and capacities in the country. we maintain some authority to actually be the same authority under which we've been operating for some time. as i said in april, united states did what we want to do in afghanistan. to get the terrors to attack this a 911 and deliver justice to a summer, been long and degrade the terrorist threat to keep aft can stand from becoming a base motion attacks could be continued against the united states. we achieved those objectives. that's why we went, we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill, and it's the right and the responsibility that can people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. together with our nato allies and partners, we have training equipped over 3 are nearly 300000 current service members of the military. they have can