and china were allies, either formal allies or de facto allies. the current state of tension is an aberration from what prevailed in the 20th century. with added background, a couple of comments on what the representative had to say. first of all, getting back to something you said, you can't beat something with nothing. the concerns we have about subsidies and support for national champions externally, like huawei, all legitimate concerns to the united states. we are right to be concerned about those. i think it will be important as the united states thinks about what to do to think in terms of how do we respond, but to be put on the table, rather than what do we take off the table. that comes to my second general comment on representative hill's remarks on your report more generally. i will quibble with your language. you talked about offensive defense. i would phrase it in terms of attractive or additive. my concern is a lot of conversation in washington has been focused on a the benefits that were subtracted. i think my preference would be, an

and china were allies either formal allies or defacto allies. the current state of tension is an aberration from what prevailed in the 20th century. you can't beat something with nothing. the concerns we have about whether chinese subsidies, deport for national champions and commercial behavior at home, i think are all legitimate. united states right to be concerned about those. how do we respond. what do we put on the table and whether we take off the table. that's my second general comment on representative hill. it's the conversation in washington to date. i will quibble with your language. you talk about offense and defense. i would raise it more in term of subjective or additive. i think my preference would be and i think sochl what your report highlights is the need to look at additives. how do we recognize our our shortcomings and address some of those. we should have the most influence and test not the people's republic of china. in a country we don't share, where we have many interests that are not in common. we don't share common value

and china were allies, either formal allies or defacto allies, so, you know, the current state of tension is an abberation from what prevailed in the 20th century. with that as background, a couple of comments on what the representative had to say. first of all, and this gets back to something you said, stephanie, is that you can't beat something with nothing. and, you know, the concerns we have about chinese, whether chinese subsidies or support and national champion and commercial behavior at home, externally and huawei, i think are all legitimate concerns. the united states is right to be concerned about those and exactly what you were saying, that complaining or pointing out problems is not sufficient. i think that it will be important as the united states thinks about what we do in terms of, ok, how do we respond? what do we put on the table, rather than what do we take off the table and that comes to, i guess, my second general comments on representative hill's remarks and your report more generally, which is that the conversation in washington to date, i will quibble with your lang

and china were allies, either formal allies or defacto allies, so, you know, the current state of tension is an abberation from what prevailed in the 20th century. with that as background, a couple of comments on what the representative had to say. first of all, and this gets back to something you said, stephanie, is that you can't beat something with nothing. and, you know, the concerns we have about chinese, whether chinese subsidies or support and national champion and commercial behavior at home, externally and huawei, i think are all legitimate concerns. the united states is right to be concerned about those and exactly what you were saying, that complaining or pointing out problems is not sufficient. i think that it will be important as the united states thinks about what we do in terms of, ok, how do we respond? what do we put on the table, rather than what do we take off the table and that comes to, i guess, my second general comments on representative hill's remarks and your report more generally, which is that the conversation in washington to date, i will quibble with your lang

and china were allies, either formal allies or defacto allies, so, you know, the current state of tension is an abberation from what prevailed in the 20th century. with that as background, a couple of comments on what the representative had to say. first of all, and this gets back to something you said, stephanie, is that you can't beat something with nothing. and, you know, the concerns we have about chinese, whether chinese subsidies or support and national champion and commercial behavior at home, externally and huawei, i think are all legitimate concerns. the united states is right to be concerned about those and exactly what you were saying, that complaining or pointing out problems is not sufficient. i think that it will be important as the united states thinks about what we do in terms of, ok, how do we respond? what do we put on the table, rather than what do we take off the table and that comes to, i guess, my second general comments on representative hill's remarks and your report more generally, which is that the conversation in washington to date, i will quibble with your lang

they have no real allies. think of the strategic advantage we have with our 29 allies, in canada, the europeans, and nato, and our multiple treaty allies in the indo-pacific. it is our comparative advantage, i think president biden has been working overtime with secretary blinken to reach out to our allies in nato and the indo-pacific to say we need to be working together strategic on china. >> thank you thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. let me echo senator shaheen's comments about lithuania. how we respond is a test for the west. when a country stands up against china and then faces the enormous economic consequences that china is creating against lithuanian businesses by denying them supply chain opportunities, which is a wake-up call for the world, i think it's incredibly important that we stand by lithuania extremely strongly. senator romney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wish to associate myself with the comments of the chairman and the ranking member at the beginning of this hearing. it's good to se

guest: we have allies within nato. two of them in north america, namely north -- in the united states and canada. then, until recently, nato had responsibility for the operation in afghanistan, and it was engaged in iraq. it is still engaged in kosovo, just to mention some of the operations. nato took over responsibility for the operation in in libya in 2011. it has really engaged in operations. the philosophy is that total defense is very much dependent on peace and stability in our neighborhood. this is the reason why china will also be included as one of her new security challenges. host: we welcome your calls and comments. the phone lines are like this. for those of you the eastern central time zones, (202) 748-8000. permanent pacific, (202) 748-8001. shortly after the withdrawal from afghanistan, you had an opinion piece in the wall street journal. i want to read you an opinion piece. america and its allies cannot abandon the fight for democracy. you wrote that. it is time for those europeans to confront the new g

we've gotten to a mode where we over reassure our allies and i think we talk about our allies in this sort of romantic sense. but we really need to think about if they have apurpose for us . which is to deny china hegemony or any state like russia over one of the key regions. that's also their interest. it's not falling in love, it's more like a business partnership but that's a sounder basis for an agreement. one of the things i sometimes rudely say in these international discussions i'm part of is we talk about shared values and i love our country immensely but i grew up in japan to bring shared values in some ways and not in others it's a different political culture in a lot of ways. there are most important ally in the world because nobody is stronger and more by china. that's a rationale. we know they need to spend more . and whether we like it or not so i think that's how we should think about it and we should mix assurance and pressure. our allies should know if they don't step up a will be angry sure but that's not enough. there's always the possibility we won't be able to do

i forget what he said about allies. the more allies you have the better, end of discussion. you, however, a more nuanced approach talking about especially in the western pacific about how some alliances could carry along with them entanglements and potential costs. could you kind of give us more of your thinking on how you think about alliances especially in the neck of the woods. >> sure, no thanks. i share your view. i look at alliance it is way i look at everything in this perspective. i think people like you and i, i look at my job as kind of trying to work for the american people. i don't collect a federal paycheck but this should make sense, you know, the strategy here should make sense for the american in an enlightened way that can be positive with others but basically in their interest, there's a tendency especially in the belt way to talk about alliances like if there's marriages or some kind of religious pack, to me it's -- more like a long-term business partnership. it should make sense for both sides, sometimes it may need to be equitable and sometimes not, it s

, they are no longer allies and yet he writes in his ally and the memoir, he said i came to berlin thinking germans were the enemy and he said i realized straightaway the soviet are now the enemy and he is right because the general is opposite, the soviet, that isn't there under instructions from stalin to kick the americans and british out of berlin. they want to take over the whole of berlin, taking over the whole of germany so you see the stakes are massive, the whole of europe is up for grabs. col howley is determined to prevent the soviets from taking control of berlin so you have this almighty flash. what i loved about this, what drew me to it is you have the wider geopolitical battle between stalin and ben truman and churchill and london. that's the big picture but if you have the picture on the ground, whether battle is being fought between these commanders at each other's throat so you have a fantastic and very personal way of a geopolitical story. >> it does feel personal and i felt like i knew these men. as men, not just characters in the larger saga in a way that was so well don

his most recent book is how the allies one.rch health ministry currently being developed in a major tv series. milton's work published in 25 my greatest, he's going to be in conversation tonight with an editor acquiring literary of fiction and memoir. wish you luck. a wild ride of publications. acquisitions including heather, happiness which was a sub pic. the parking lot attendant with the times notable book. victoria gosling before the rent. welcome, giles. welcome, caroline. good to see her tonight. >> thank you, so nice to be here. >> hello, to everyone. great to be here. >> i'll let you in on. >> i think we are going to dive right into our conversation and our questions rather than promote we are going to go right there if it's okay with you. >> that's good, that works for me. >> all right, wonderful. i worked with giles a handful of times and it was fascinating every time. it really does read as a thriller, a page turner as much as a history book. in that way and the book is set in berlin right after world war ii as the w

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we will get the resources to our ally, the state of israel. but it is a shame that we have to have the uncertainty that is pending as a result of the objection that has been had. we don't need to find a pathway in this particular way, which you know is only going to undermine our own national security interests as it relates to afghanistan. with t

those are the issues we must work on together between allies.t we must also draw from what all those events and from this point of view a good example, how the europeans can do more themselves when our american allies will not be in the leadership position, when supporters will provide political and technical support. so it is also a very important point, which we will be discussing with our american partners, france and allies. >> ambassador, president macron has talked about withdrawing from nato's integrated military command structure, which it rejoined in 2009. this would be an extreme step, wouldn't it? what can the u.s. do to help encourage european allies to make sure that france stays in the nato command? >> it is not this issue which is on the table. we have decided and i will answer you directly. we have decided at the last nato summit to redefine a strategy concept for nato. so the answer is very clear to your question, andrea. we must succeed this -- of a new concept for nato and for us this rebalancing with more responsibilities for

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i will visit additional nato allies next month.e had partnered with european allies since before 2014, focused on resistance and building resistance networks. we are also on resilience and the ability, my definition, is to take a punch and get back up. that is not just in the baltics. it is through the rest of europe. that started before russia's invasion in the ukraine and other parts of europe. but we have remained earnest and we will continue to engage. i will also give another example of the philippines. we have been network with our closest allies and partners since 2001. it is important, it is the only named operation in all of the indo pacific with operation pacific people, with an ally. and a trusted partner. as i visited the philippines, when i first came into command, it was obvious our forces were there as a partner of choice. not just the philippines, but i would argue the entire indo pacific region. in both examples i gave, we have been there at the behest of the host nation, utilizing cultural and language expertise,

but also with our allies and partners across the globe. my headquarters at socom, we have almost 30 allies that are in our headquarters that are fully integrated into and working with our staff. and these partners are from across the globe. that interoperability that we have developed with our allies and partners, by working with them in places like iraq and afghanistan and syria, but some other places, has made that interoperability through communications, through language, and just through continuous sharing of tactics and procedures, has been unmatched. it is that persistent engagement, not episodic, persistent engagement that will make a difference and i believe it is an asymmetric advantage. so what does persistent engagement look like? i will try to describe it a little bit. it is small teams of green berets that have embedded year-round with partners and understand language, they understand their culture. in some cases, i can point all the way back to places like colombia for over 70 years that we have been working with the colombia

>> yes, we are the oldest allies but also very close allies.ic and france is an indo pacific nation. yes, indeed, we must consult. and it is true for everybody and it is something we will i think use positively in our future relations. so the past is the past. and now we have defined the two countries have defined a road map, a very substantial road map to work based on this principle of close consultation and even closer consultations than we did before. >> as we remember, your government was so upset that you as the french ambassador of the united states was recalled for quote, consultations. i think that is the first time that that happened in u.s./french relations and you eventually came back to washington. president macron said this, let me quote him, he said trust is like love, declarations are good but proofs are better. so do you have proof now that the president of the united states is willing to move forward and strengthen the relationship with your country? >> yes, we have. we have a road map, we have much to do together. the two pre

political structure points to or highlights the concerns of allies, european allies in the asia-pacific region. why? there's been the inconsistency witnessed by the world between different u.s. presidents, president trump being so disruptive, pulling out of so many sort of international agreements where the united states has been the standard bearer so there is a real look to try to understand from president biden what's the level of continuity that's going to come. is it going to be a republican president in are you so weakened by your own party that you can't even push through your own agenda? do we need to reassess our own national security interests in relation to the united states, and i think this meeting with president erdogan is sort of typical of these will be alized by the allies and partners. what level of pressure can you bring on president erdogan to rein in his anti-democratic practices and that's the standard president biden wants to hold his allies and partners to. so in that regard he can reset the thinking on the united states. you know, we live in a society that's so

i will visit additional nato allies next month. we had partnered with european allies since before 2014, focused on resistance and building resistance networks. we are also on resilience and the ability, my definition, is to take a punch and get back up. that is not just in the baltics. it is through the rest of europe. that started before russia's invasion in the ukraine and other parts of europe. but we have remained earnest and we will continue to engage. i will also give another example of the philippines. we have been network with our closest allies and partners since 2001. it is important, it is the only named operation in all of the indo pacific with operation pacific people, with an ally. and a trusted partner. as i visited the philippines, when i first came into command, it was obvious our forces were there as a partner of choice. not just the philippines, but i would argue the entire indo pacific region. in both examples i gave, we have been there at the behest of the host nation, utilizing cultural and language expertise

haole has a heads up, realizing these men will not be his allies. he's in conflict with his own country, what is the big turning point when everybody realized you were right, we are not going to come to an agreement, what is the big turning point? >> haole is saying we've got to change policy. winston churchill comes to america, truman invites him to make the famous iron curtain speech. this is a wake-up call to the world, churchill says stalin can no longer be trusted, these are no longer allies, we got to change foreign-policy. total scandal in america. the idea is to keep working with stalin. churchill put differently, he can't be trusted. one of the soviet sniper clocks working at a soviet embassy in canada defects to the west and defects with a huge bundle of explosive documents that reveal soviets have been spying on the american nuclear program, what is taking place with western allies developing a nuclear warhead. these two events are really important and the third thing, don't know how well known it is, george kennan, the famous diplomat in

he doesn't agree with his allies. he's saying that he's going to push for this investigation to continue. and this is what we understand. the tension over the investigation really resulted in the heated debate during the cabinet session on tuesday. in fact, the cabinet session was adjourned on tuesday and postponed until wednesday because of that heated debate. allen's position was we have to allow this investigation to continue and thought it better to continue this investigation. and then we will judge him once the outcome is clear. and i think what is also interesting is that he says that he promised to lebanese people that there will be accountability and justice. but he also mentions the international community. the international community has its eyes on lebanon. it's watching every move the political class has been doing since the massive protest movement iraq for 2 years ago, which demanded really a new political leadership, but later filled out in the face of a militarized state. but the international communi

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are we using them effectively with allies? we reassessing their applications and adapting them as we go? are we targeting the right people? the right entities and the right way with the right sanctions questioning ultimately, are we actually changing the behavior of targeted countries on people where that's obviously our goal. i know the treasury has a a recommendation to these other questions. there are some guiding bipartisan principles this committee is recognized for years regarding sanctions and let me just briefly outline those. number one, which impose sanctions on a multilateral basis whenever possible. they are more effective, they garner broader political support we impose them in coordination with allies. number two, preserving strengthening humanitarian exceptions and licensing important to ensure people do not suffer from shortages of food, medicine and other necessities because of the sanctions. number three, for if it sanctions to be affected and must have clear targets, goals and objectives were to for trying t

i don't think the allies would have one without the x troopers. one of the stories is about one of the men sent to intelligence before the d-day landing and gets intelligence that because of what he did we were allowed to land on d-day. they were there to help the allies win but the larger legacy that i read about and it's critical that we talked about what you mentioned earlier. the larger legacy of this story of these x troopers is the profound importance of refugees and opening their doors to men like these men and using them. they know firsthand what evil looks like. they know what it sounds like, smells like. they know what evil is, they know what fascism is and because they know that they were able to come to the uk and the uk eventually gives them are the arms to fight and they were able to change the world for the better based on the knowledge they had . that's what i get out of this larger story and it's interesting when we talk about the internment and then naturalization issues, the vast majority of the x troopers in the interviews they

they figured out before the allies do. he sent on a mission to capture voltaire and including notre dame and vladimir and these guys are like superman constantly moving. they are set to land in those similar landing. they are fired on in their slaughtered but they are in the first boat that lance and they see this lake house that they now have to be secured because the germans are using it to fire on all the commandos. all of the tanks that were there were not landing. he said i'm going to do this. he takes atomic and i walked down the street alone towards the white house and darts yelling to the germans come out, come out you need to come out right now. the commanding officer comes out and he's talking to the german officers murray slaughter murder captures all the germans and they secured this crucial position. over the next week or so it's glad america is at the front of everything and a final battle they are sent to find the germans to give up and they do. they capture him and they bring him back and they secured the i

but then with all of the allies.y need to know that you are knocking on the door. >> given the israeli experience that you would advise president biden. so let's imagine and then says what do you advise? knock on the door. so after the door is open what is at the united states should be doing specifically it is not doing now? i gave an example in the case of israel. the chinese come knocking and they have an offer and there is no counteroffer the americans are there to say no. i don't like that there is a ready-made answer i say the same thing about yahweh it is a one-stop shop for 5g but a clear package they can offer to compete with huawai. so what are the key areas the us has to have those prepared packages. >> i think america needs to create more coalition. summit to be the gentle man to run the business. >> so america is not just a country and its what so many countries looked up to. so if we understand that now it comes from primarily technology, let's work on technology and on semiconductors with the g6 and th

ally, the longest u.s. ally going back to the revolutionary war.y miscalculated and the president himself was surprised, i think kaitlan will agree, how much this ruptured the relationship give the enormous experience they all had, they didn't do it right and acknowledge that now. they're trying to fix it. we'll see what diplomacy does right now and what the statement is. i'm sure they'll say it was fruitful and productive and all that, but they always say that. let's see what's going on behind the scenes. >> constructive is always in there too. >> all that diplomatic speak. you can often read between the lines and see how the meetings went. but when this happened, the white house was asked if biden had apologized for it, because there were those two subsequent calls between the two leaders after this trying to mend those because they were seeing these public statements coming out from the french that were incredibly fiery about their feelings on this. they did not try to hide it auto v at all. they did not say the president apologized, but jen psa

s. allies to carry out malicious activities. and that counter espionage unit is actually part of a facebook's threat intelligence division led by ben nimmo, who has been prolific in whipping up the threat of so called russian bots and russian meddling through facebook. so this is an extension of the narrative we've been hearing since the russia gate saga began. more impact, say a thing her testimony will have on social media regulation, if any. she just wants more government intervention. so i think the impact we're going to see going forward is more censorship, more intervention from the intelligence services, and the reorientation of these social media sites to target official u. s. enemies. her recommendation. today marks 20 years since the u. s. on its allies invaded afghanistan, toppling the ton of on regime. and now in the waco the west and pull out many questions, i'll still be asked. not least why they ton of bonds offered to honda, a solid been not and was rejected by the bush administration that let said decades a war.

the coastal shipping worthy lifeblood of the allied forces. the proximity to the outer banks and how close it comes to the outer base of north carolina and made look at how close it comes this was the key point why there's such a high concentration of shipwrecks there because what the germans would do was basically in the daytime hiding that deeper water just off the continental shelf so was harder to discover them and in the cover of darkness they come closer to the land and use these well-known shipping lanes and attack these convoys. this is the overlay of what the shipping lanes that like of cape hatteras the same shipping lanes we have today in the same that they had back in world war ii and world war i. you can see exactly where these lanes are where they make that turn southwest to come down the eastern seaboard. and, when we overlay those world war ii shipwrecks over the shipping lanes you can see where they exactly fall had their right in the lanes of the germans knew exactly where to hit us. they were very smart and enable to prohibi