and today, your husband remains in belarus, in prison. you are in exile, and the pro-democracy organization freedom house ranks belarus as even less free than russia, which is saying something. first, what do you know about your husband's condition? - it was the most painful topic, not only for me, but for all belarusians because i believe that there is no family, no person in belarus, who doesn't have a relative, friend, beloved, or somebody in jail. and we know, we belarusians know how people are treated in those jails, those who are political prisoners. people are tortured. people are deprived of normal food, of fresh air, of medical aid. people are literally dying in prisons. those people behind the bars, you know, they rely on us, they rely on the international community, you know, to release them. and of course my husband is my personal pain. you know, i'm going to bed with thoughts about him, wake up with thoughts about him. but we have thousands of political prisoners. - he's on your folder. - yeah, and we have to release all of t

. >> [speaking foreign language] you didn't mention belarus. what is your assessment of what we should do more to support democracy in this country and use this opportunity to thank you for actively supporting democracy. this other question that is probably even more difficult, we hope ukraine will win the war against russia and there will be changes including in russia. this is a strategic question. do you think what we can do now to support democracy in russia? hopefully we will win against putin, but people in russia, any chance now to support democracy? there are social media to support democracy. asst. sec. rand: those are two great questions. on belarus, first of all i want to thank the lithuanian people in the government of lithuania because vilnius has become the center for the belarusian opposition. with great, i think, efforts by everyone in lithuania to understand the need to protect these individuals, many of whom who are deeply endangered because of the transnational repression i described before. for example two weeks ago when i w

regions in georgia's experience something similar in armenia as well we have seen similar attacks in belaruslin was regularly cutting of the supply to ukraine as well and certain issues and always exaggerated and no compromise was solved. it's a very cynical tactic when talking about such an energy rich region. very quickly, if you would, ukraine at the moment takes some of its electricity from slovakia were pretty annoyed by the fact that the gas types of been turned off in the gas taps they receive through ukraine, what is the tit—for—tat situation there what effect might that have on ukraine? tt there what effect might that have on ukraine?— have on ukraine? it is important _ have on ukraine? it is important to - have on ukraine? it is important to point - have on ukraine? it isi important to point out have on ukraine? it is - important to point out that have on ukraine? te 3 important to point out that the security supply for central europe which was based on the transit of russian gas for ukraine is safe and over the last decade, the region has worked tremendously on building up worked

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on belarus first of all i want to thank the with a link -- the lithuanian people and the government of lithuania because it has become the center for the belarusian opposition with great i think effort by everyone in lithuania to understand the need to protect these individuals many of them who are in deep danger because of their transnational oppression that i i describe before so for example two weeks ago when i was in new york some of the belarusian opposition and was there and you should have seen the bodyguard that had to surround these people. they are really scared when they leave their homes. so thank you to the lithuanian people for supporting the opposition but one thing i learned when i talk to them if you weeks ago was i asked where's the learning coming from, from moscow or from minsk to mosque and they said lukashenko is teaching the kremlin had to do the tricks in terms of oppression surveillance and the marginalization of anyone who would express a different view and that was deeply concerning. we are working on prisoner releases for example and that there means we have

committee for your coach are numerous caucuses, including bulgaria, france, u.k., korea, ethiopia, belarus, bangladesh, afghanistan, qatar and the republican caucus on israel. >> and india. >> i left a few off so we were not here all afternoon. the right your career you have been a steadfast advocate for promoting peace through a strong national defense, reducing the tax burden on american families and ensuring physical response bloody by limiting federal government spending. we are eager to hear your recommendations towards the middle east, a region of critical importance to global stability and the u.s. interest. thank you for being here today. i will speak one-on-one with the congressman for 30 to 45 minutes. perhaps we will have time for questions. fantastic. why don't we start with what is in the headlines? syria. can i get your reflections on what is going on? it is hard for most people to follow. >> what an extraordinary weekend. putting syria in perspective, the city of aleppo, three times the size of washington, d.c., has been taken over by the rebels. this is a city that tragical

to accept foreign support, and basically, that would turn ukraine potentially into a country like belarus, which is, you know, basically a satellite state of moscow. so i think that's that's the worst case scenario. >> kim. >> to pick up on max's point, in the worst case scenario category, i can see a total breakdown coming between zelenskyy, europe and trump, where trump tries to get zelenskyy to accept something that the ukrainian people simply cannot stomach, as tired as they are of war, some sort of collapse of sovereignty that makes them say, you know what? even without u.s. military aid, we've got to keep fighting. that could also create a big, um, cleaving in europe between those european countries that see russian aggression as a threat. and they want to keep supporting ukraine. and those who are either tired of war or their populations are divided and some are pro-russian. so you could see a real diplomatic chaos, um, breaking down from that. i got to say, on the positive side, what max outlined, where you've got a cessation of violence and european nato forces on the ground in n

the country is in belarus under political asylum, where he's been separated from his family and two children. he could return to the country if pardoned by mr. trump. >> confirmation hearings for president elect donald trump's cabinet have kicked off today, and while some are expected to go smoothly, others will be more contentious. fox's rebecca castor is on capitol hill this morning with a look at texas hearing, which is trump's pick for secretary of defense. >> donald trump's controversial pick for secretary of defense pete hegseth, arriving for what's expected to be a contentious confirmation hearing. but the former fox news host and combat veteran believes he's the man for the job. >> it's time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm, a change agent, someone with no vested interest in certain companies or specific programs or approved narratives. >> but first, democrats want answers about a slew of allegations against hegseth, including sexual misconduct and alcohol issues. they also question whether he's prepared to lead an agency as complex as the pentagon. >> put aside all th

the fourth, however, fled the country and is in belarus under political asylum, where he has been separatedm his family for and two children as well. he could return to the country if pardoned by trump. >> santa rosa is the latest bay area district grappling with the possibility of school closures and consolidation. >> the school district held its first of several town hall meetings last night at montgomery high school, in response to its $20 million budget deficit. now, the district outlined a plan to save money that most of the people attending the town hall meeting did not want to hear. it plans to close at least four schools by the end of the academic year, in its effort to save $11 million over the next two years. the budget deficit is largely due to the loss of covid era federal relief funds and declining student enrollment. that drop in enrollment is being tied to the cost of living in santa rosa, which is driving many families out of the district. >> lack of kids. when i was first. when i got my first apartment, that apartment was $300 here. i was able to raise my kids, be there for

kind of a belarus style situation with ukraine?> because he's expended a lot of money, a lot of casualties. i don't know whether he cares about political capital, but he's all in. and i just, i don't know how if he doesn't accomplish what he wants, i don't know why he'd stop. >> well, he's certainly made the case before trump comes into office that he wants everything that he has invaded to be his. and that is exactly where we have to draw the line. i think we have an example in europe, kosovo, where there is a multilateral coalition that is trying to keep the peace. it's a nato mission. but it is a coalition of the willing. and i think you could have something in these areas that would stop the bloodletting and allow them to come together in a place where these donbas and crimea have some security neutrality, and then the rest of ukraine can begin to be rebuilt with russian money, by the way. >> i don't know what the answer or the situation in the middle east, i don't know how you'd characterize it. there's syria, and there's a pi