this now with lisa collins who is standing by washington she is a fellow at the center for strategic and international studies and an expert on korea thank you so much for joining us this evening. thank you for having me here in the least if you followed the summit closely this joint statement has been criticized as being too light on detail what do you think. so i would agree with stayman i do believe the four points that were mentioned in the joint statement one. of the korean peninsula one on u.s. and north korea forming a new relationship one on finding the remains of old prisoners of war in north korea and repatriating them to the united states and another talking about other significant options i think that these are things that have been mentioned before in previous declarations and previous agreements that we've had with the north koreans but it's lacking in some specificity especially when we talk about denuclearization and verification of the dismantlement of north korea's nuclear weapons program there's no mention of how that process would have been how long it would take who would be involved in t

host: joining us, taught harrison, the defense budget analysis director for the center for strategic and international studies, to talk about the call by the president for a space force. what does the president envisioned by the space force, and why do you think his call comes now? caller: he is talking -- guest: he is talking about crating a separate military service to put our space forces into alignment. part of the motivation is that right now if you look across the military, all the different organizations that have responsibilities, authorities, and budget to do space, they are fragmented all over the military and intelligence communities. what he is looking to do by this is to integrate all of those existing space forces into one service that will be dedicated and focused to this task. host: is this separate from space exploration? guest: absolutely. this is only about national security space. space expiration is the job of nasa. they are not part of the military. the civil space programs to do science -- that is not going to be affected in any way. this is not to protect us from aliens or to conquer t

patty thank you and for more on this we can speak to lisa collins who is fellow of the korea chair program at the center for strategic and international studies in washington madame thank you so much for joining us here now because there are lots of questions for you but let's just follow on from what i was talking to patty there about the fact that the president seems to have unilaterally sort of the cited in a news conference that he's going to cancel these military drills the joint ones with south korea what do you make of that statement and the fact that no one of the pentagon seem to know. well it's extraordinary in a lot of ways this is a demand that the north koreans have made for decades that they made this demand during the six party talks during the one nine hundred ninety four agreed framework the fact that this was a concession that was given very easily up front in the negotiations process is very stunning to a lot of korea watchers i think i also believe that the fact that the president called them war games is quite surprising they are military exercises that are needed for preparedness of our military forces in the region to c

earlier we spoke to blent ali reza the director of the turkey project at the center for strategic and international studies based in washington he said a weakening economy is now the most pressing challenge facing president i don't. his killer prove the supremacy yet again over his domestic political opponents now he faces a challenge beyond his borders namely from the international investors in the global financial system that had previously ensured that he had funds for his and bush's extensive economic development programs now with growing skepticism on the part of these investors it's not clear how he will be able to change his ways or his his message you know the two sure that they continue to support him and if they don't then this will inevitably affect the turkish economy and down the road not in the immediate future but down the road it may also help his opponents well so what does the election result mean for cuts in turkey the pro kurdish h.p.p. posse posse election threshold to win almost twelve percent of the six hundred seats in parliament they'll be campaigning for grace a kurdish influence

a short time ago i spoke to the space expert for the center for strategic and international studies. how groundbreaking will it be for america to have its ownrc space >> we have created a new branch of the military only one time before, at the end of world war ii. we broke off the air force from the army. we broke it off and made the air force its own separate service. what presint trump is talking about now would be just as revolutionary. to break space off of the air force to be its own military service. ura: what would the space force actually do? it cannot put nuclear weapons in space. >> nuclear weapons, you cannot orbit those in space, thats banned by the other space treaty. what space forces do today with --n the military as they give ntade in conflict on earth. they are used for reconnaissance, for seeing where targets are. they a gps so that the provision -- precision weapons can hit targets precisely. thns are used for communicat , they are used for missile warning. the military derives great advantage from using space. the idea is to reorganize thatun under one ified chain

marine corps officials discuss maritime security at the center for strategic and international studies. that is followed by a preview of the upcoming summit between the u.s. and north korea. on c-span2, we look at a new report purpose -- looking at technology being developed. that is followed by discussion of the online capabilities of crisis. -- of isis. with patricia" o'toole talking about her latest book on woodrow wilson. then, former attorney general eric holder on redistricting. then, an interview with white house affairs director mark jude .- marc short ♪ "q&a," week on biographer patricia o'toole discusses her book "the moralist: woodrow wilson and the world he made." brian: patricia o'toole, your , theabout woodrow wilson review in the new york times leads with a paragraph, "instead of the moralist, woodrow wilson and the world he made, pata 'could

todd harrison of the center for strategic and international studies will talk about president trump's call for a 's -- space force. be sure to watch washington journal live at seven eastern on monday morning. tonight on c-span, q&a is next with law professor any racks. followed by theresa may answering questions from the house of commons. andersen brower talks about her new book on the relationship between presidents and vice presidents. ♪ >> this week, university of pennsylvania law professor amy whacks. she talks about -- amy wax. on talks about free speech university campuses in the united states. brian: before i ask you questions about why we asked you to come here, i want to go through your background. where are you from? in: i was born and raised new york, in a small city near al

teformer official at the s department who is the director at europe program at the center for strategic and international studiese a veteran of these summits. have you ever seen an american president feuding with his natural allies in quite this way before? >> i think this actually does set a precedent. have had difficult transatlantic conversations. q obviously, the ir, president bush, president .chirac, very intense we have never seen the unity that we see now, particularly on the tariff question, but this growing list -- it is tariffs, the iran nuclear agreement, the decision to recognize jerusalem, it is the paris climate reement. these issues are growing larger. e question is, do we val allies or do we see them as simply theame as an adversary? this is adding fuel to the fire. president macron tried so hard to make this relationship work, and it has produced nothing, and now it is president macron who is one of the most upset leaders. ura: to add to your long list, president trump also suggestedre mitting russia into the club. it was expelled for annexing crimea. what is trying to achieve there? where did t

blent is the director of the turkey project at the center for strategic and international studies and joins me now from washington thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us it's a victory for president in this historic election but what does he need to do now to heal the polarization brought to light by this vote. no turkey is more polarized than it's been. for a very long time and and frankly that worked in prison i don't favor because his base held firm against the challenge by and by the other smaller parties. you know he's certainly saying the right things in his speeches in statements after the after his victory but i'm not sure that the breach in turkish society is going to be soon and more importantly i think he's going to have to focus more on the economic situation then on the divisions within society and could the immediate challenge is the economic situation which has changed quite dramatically when you compare it to the platform that initially propelled to power could that prove obstacle for him in the coming years and could it end up providing the opposition

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. >> thank you to the center for strategic and international studies and aaron milner with csi, a dallas, texas, resident and went to high school there i'm also pleased to see dallasites gone 0 to solve world i'm honored to be on the task force and provide a local government voice on this report. cities have always been and are always especially now on the forefront of degree, dealing with international issues. this couldn't be more evident today as we talk about migration. migrants may leave their homes for many, many reasons, and they may end up all over the world, but they always end up in cities. we may not have a voice as mayors in what causes it, or how to deal with it there, but we have a obligation and a chore to deal with these individuals when they end up in our cities. this is especially true in dallas, texas. now, on a beautiful sunday afternoon in january of 2017, i drove to a north dallas office building, roses in hand to greet and welcome our visitors from syria, iraq, iran, and suddennan. they came to dallas to visit children, some were students at smu, some came to sibli

potts, thank you >>> let's bring in lisa collins with the korea chair at the center for strategic and international studiesining us what do you believe is next for the u.s. and north korea >> i think following up with this, there will be continuing talks between north korea and the united states. hopefully there will be more clarity on what the two countries mean by denuclearization of the korean peninsula. there's been a lot of commentary already about how the four points in the joint statement sterday we lt light on details, particularly thard to any verification process that would be necessary for north korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. i think first and foremost the united states should ask for a list, a declaration from north korea that lists all of its nuclear its nuclear weapons facilities, the technology, the scientists volved, also any ballistic iles and launch vehicles that are a part of the program i think there's a lot to be covered in the next few months and then trump has said that he may invite the north korean leader to come to e united states in the fall we'll be on the looko

host: joining us, taught harrison, the defense budget analysis director for the center for strategic and international studies, to talk about the call by the president for a space force. what does the president envisioned by the space force, and why do you think his call comes now? caller: he is talking -- guest:

explore these political shifts now with heather conley, who studies europe and european politics for the center for strategic and internation studies. so this election brings two populist parties to power in italy. help us understand what -- how a they got the what this means. >> well, this was an election -- the hest time t italian people went to the polls was 2011, so this was a pnt-up expression of frustration, frustration with economic growth. it's beevery anemic, rising migration and just frustration with the elite. so you had the league previously known as the northern league, which was a very xenophobic r-right group based in northern italy. and the populist five-staric movement, was more of a southern italian-based group that looked more at the center left and morer populist, me fiscally spending for those ogroups. and hese two unlikely parties eventually came together. and now we have a very populist, i would argue very xenophobic government platform that is going to be quite a handful for the european union in the days and weeks to com be. ore we get to their concerns about the e.u., let's talk a little bit about

for some time. jeremy and i serve as examples of that. i grew up in a small farm on ohio, went to washington after college, worked at the center for strategic and international studies at georgetown university's think tank and went to graduate school and was a full-time mother for ten years which was the best possible experience as social secretary and a friend of mine, you should talk with her. and going to the car pool line, the white house email system into the vice president's home working with the secret service, they are pushed back into the workforce that way. >> the us ambassador,n emai that said would you be willing to throw your hat in the ring? not in 1 million years but i thought sure. i went to washington dc and had meetings with senior staff in the west wing and as i was going to the east wing to meet with obama i realized the meetings are going really well, but what am i getting myself into if this were to happen? obama, we were talking a little bit. i got to be honest with you. i'm not good at arranging flowers and i don't know china patterns. i'm not certain i am the right guy for this job. don't worry about it, you have people who will help you wit

. >>> now we take you to the center for strategic and international studies in washington for a look othow mu- - at how marine task forces coordinate with military branches to train for maritime missions. this is abt an hour and a half. >> >>> i would like to welcome you all to today's event, i am mark, a senior advisor here at csis. the event is part of an ongoing series, the mare time security dialogue which is cohosted by csis in the naval institute. the series speaks to current thinking and issues, seen the naval services, navy marine corps, coast guard. our event today is our first of 2018 and we look forward to having you join us for a future event. we thank huntington angles industries for their generous support of the series and making it possible. i need to make a simple administrative announcement at the beginning and in the unlikely event of an emergency i will give instructions on what we will do. we will either pull fast or move out of the front door, or the rear. >>> now to our panel. we are fortunate in having distinguished panel with a broad set of experiences and resp

mary beth. >> i'm the deputy director and a research fellow here at the center for strategic and international studies. i'm also the co-author of this report and i want to acknowledge -- the mayor mentioned aaron milner, who's from dallas, he's the co-author of this report and the driving force behind the research and the association. so, if we can join our hands and thank aaron for all he has done. i'm also a proud texan. as is my wife. we're not from dallas. we're humbled and honored to see a major city in the south and texas, taking a leadership role on this. so thank you for your comments and leadership. also, thank you for saying that this report is not going to sit on the shelf. that's a huge goal of ours. and we're happy to come to dallas any time and talk to anybody who you think is -- needs to hear this. without further ado, i want to turn to our panel. we, as dan mentioned, at the very outset of this, we set out on a very ambitious task, about a year ago to understand and encapsulate and really frame what is by all estimations an incredibly complex global issue. we wanted to put together a r

and where it is. jane: christian fraser in singapore, thankch you very of course, christian will be leadin bringing us the latest. former cia analyst who is now at the center firs for strategic and international studies . thank you for joining me. this haseen billed as a tting to know you session. reduced?idean it is >> clearly, prt trump is not going to lower expectatns after president trump raised it after saying he can get all of this done, get north korea to denuclearize in an irreversible manner. obously, he is not trying to lower expectations, because lyprobe are very far apart on the message of denuclearization, and what is north korea truly willing to give up jane: what is the least out?eds to get h needs a commitment by kim jong-un to denuclearize, in a way that the u.s. defines it, which is unilaterally dismantling of the nuclear program, not the way north korea defines it, which is koreancuation of the peninsula, if ty is guaranteed, if the u.s. hostile policy ends. what that means for herth korea isnd of u.s.-south korea alliance commitment, including u.s. troops out of south korea, ending extended north korean umbrellas we have over south korea and japan. we have different views of denuc

kathleen hicks, senior vice president and director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. she's previously served in the obama administration as principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy. dr. hicks was with the 2012 and 2012 defense reridge of high pressure and oversaw the defense con ting -- defense review and oversaw the defense contingency planning. she's a truly aspiring example of what commitment to our country can achieve. before her time at brookings she served as deputy of estate for eastern affairs and oversaw the middle east partnership in her role as deputy special coordinator for middle east transitions. anyone who has worked on or whose work has touched on middle east policy especially in the post 9/11 years knows and greatly respects tamara. she is a proven thought leader, friend of truman and committed to mentoring and promoting women in foreign policy. with that i will hand it to tamara. please join me in welcoming them to the stage. [ applause ] >> well, thank you for that lovely introduction and good morning, truman. >> good morning. >> welc

a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. our newest abc contributor tom bossert. he was president trump's homeland security counterterrorism adviser, senior policy aide on president bush's security council. welcome to abc news. great to have you here. ambassador, let me begin with you. you negotiated with the north koreans on several occasions. we have never seen a presidential summit before. are the conditions right? for this summit? how would you define success? >> well, i believe the danger now is that this will be a gigantic photo op. i have supported the president with this summit in the past. north korean negotiations from the bottom up have not worked. i'm glad the summit is reinstated. the north koreans, i've negotiated with them. they maneuver you into a corner. they never say no. they're relentless. they're focused. now our position has shifted dramatically. now we're saying we're for and okay with a phased denuclearization. still we should have the summit. still we can get gains. what is success? i think success i

. >>> the center for strategic and international studies and the u.s. naval institute co-hosted a discussion on maritime security yesterday. we'll hear about how the military coordinates for potential maritime threats. this is 90 minutes. >> i'd like to welcome you all to today's event. i'm a senior adviser here at csis. the event is part of an ongoing series, the maritime security dialogue, which is co-hosted by csis and the naval institute. the series seeks to highlight current thinking and issues facing the naval services, the navy marine corps coast guard. our event today is our first one of 2018,nd wlook forward to haou join us for future events. we thank huntington eng else -- engels for their support of the series. in the unlikely event of an emergency, i'll give instructions about what we'll do. we'll either hold fast or move out the front door or the rear. now to our panel. we're fortunate in having a distinguished panel with a broad set of experiences and responsibilities. we have general robert walsh, a fixed wing aviator and now commanding g

. >>> now we take you to the center for strategic and international studies in washington for a look othow mu- - at how marine task forces coordinate with military branches to train for maritime missions. this is abt an hour and a half. >> >>> i would like to welcome you all to today's event, i am mark, a senior advisor here at csis. the event is part of an ongoing series, the mare time security dialogue which is cohosted by csis in the naval institute.

catherine is director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. previously she served under secci secretary of defense for policies. dr. hicks led the development of the -- the 2010 national -- a long standing national security community, a mentor to in a truman and a truly inspiring example or what commitment to our country can achieve. joining us is tamara willis who is a senior fellow at the brookings institution. before her time at brookings, tamara overall the middle east partnership. touched only middle east policy especially in the past 11 years. she is a proven thought leader, friend of truman and committed to mentoring women in foreign policy. and with that, i will hand it over to tamara. please welcome to the stage kathleen hicks a s and tamara willis. >> well, thank you for that lovely introduction and good morning truman. welcome to your trade war. don't worry, they're fun andi e easy to win. i am really, really delighted to be here with you this morning and especially delighted to be here with kath hicks my colleague and neighbor and

and we have a senior fellow for korea at the center for strategic and international studies. before that she had a long career in the intelligence community with the u.s. government, she was the director for korea, japan and oceanic affairs at the national security council. she was a deputy national intelligence officer for east asia at the national intelligence council. she was an analyst on issues at ciaa. with that, i will move chairs. i think we will have you go first. and then we will draw straws to see who the next panelist is. each of them will talk about their views of the upcoming summit. sort of, to have hope or concern as well as recommendations for what we hope to see come out of the summit. because really think there's just a lot of confusion. and then, we may do some cross panel discussion. i may ask some questions and then we will open to the audience. would you like to start? eight or so? what do you want? 10? >> thank you, very much bruce. thank you for this opportunity. thank you ladies and gentlemen for taking the time out of your busy schedules to be here.

and dr. terry is now a senior fellow for korea at the center for strategic and international studies. before that she had a long career in the intelligence community or with the u.s. government she was the director for korea, japan, and oceanic affairs at the national security council. she was deputy national intelligence officer for east asia at the tional intelligence council and then she was an analyst on korean issues at c.i.a. so with that i am going to move chairs here. and i think yun, we will have you go first and then we'll draw straws to see who the next panelist is. so each of them will sort of talk about their views of the upcoming summit. sort of do we have hope or concern as well as some recommendations for what we hope to see come out of the mmit b reall i tnk ere's just a lot of confusion. and then we may do some cross-panel discussion or i may ask some questions and then we'll throw it open to the audience. yun, do you want to art? 10, ok? >> thank you very much, bruce, and thank you for this opportunity and than ladies and gentlemen, for taking the time out of your bu

host: joining us, taught harrison, the defense budget analysis director for the center for strategic and international studiestalk about the call by the president for a space force. what does the president envisioned by the space force, and why do you think his call comes now? caller: he is talking -- guest: he is talking about crating a separate military service to put our space forces into alignment. part of the motivation is that right now if you look across the military, all the different organizations that have responsibilities, authorities, and budget to do space, they are fragmented all over the military and intelligence communities. what he is looking to do by this is to integrate all of those existing space forces into one service that will be dedicated and focused to this task. host: is this separate from space exploration? guest: absolutely. this is only about national security space. space expiration is the job of nasa. they are not part of the military. the civil space programs to do science -- that is not going to be affected in any way. this is not to protect us from aliens or to conquer territ

. >>> the center for strategic and international studies and the u.s. naval institute co-hosted a discussion on maritime security yesterday. we'll hear about how the military coordinates for potential maritime threats. this is 90 minutes. >> i'd like to welcome you all to today's event. i'm a senior adviser here at csis.

. >> reporter: sue mi terry, the korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies, saysgarious, very different from his father, who was an introvert and kind of anti-social and a strange guy. >> reporter: and she says optics matter. >> i don't know what they'll do about the height difference because kim jong-un doesn't want to look in any way small, physically or just symbolically. >> reporter: in diplomacy, any gesture from a lingering handshake to who foots the bill can carry political significance. there had been some speculation as to whether or not the u.s. would be paying for his hotel room and accommodations for him and his entourage. do you find that controversy snshl. >> james clapper, who had dinner in north korea, north koreans are notorious for this. of course they're going to pick up the tab. i think singapore might pay for it. i think this is sort of ongoing negotiations in terms of who's paying for it. >> reporter: negotiators typically choreograph every detail from the entrance to the greeting. but leaders do go off script and mistakes do happen. in 2005

. >>> let's bring in heather connolly, director of the europe program at the center for strategic and international studies with us joel trackman, professor of international law at the fletcher school at tufts university heather, on europe specifically, how much salt did president trump are rub into the trade wound by suggesting that russia should be a part of g7 again >> well, he did throw a spanner into the works this was not even on the agenda for discussion it does divide the g7 countries. the italians, perhaps even the french and germans, would be a little sympathetic to adding russia in, but of course the eu and others may not be. it just is a distraction, quite frankly, from this very antagonistic conversation that's happening on trade, the tariffs. the second one will be the secondary sanctions on the iran nuclear deal, which is going to hit europe again in august, so it's just going to be one very contentious family photo those smiles are going to look very forced, i think >> even if it is a "family feud," professor, is that a bad thing? >> well, it's a bad thing, and i think it's giving vladimir

. >> i am the deputy director at the center for strategic and international studies. i'm co author of this report. the mayor mentioned aaron. he's my co-author on this report and a driving force in the organization. if we can join our hands and thank aaron. [ applause ] i'm also a proud texan as my wife. we're not from dallas. we humbled and honor to see a major city in the south and in texas taking a leadership role in this. thank you, sir for your comments and leadership. thank you for saying this report is not going to sit on the shelf. that's a huge goal of ours. we're happy to come to dallas any time and talk to anybody you think needs to hear this. without further adieu, i want to talk to our panel. we set out on an ambitious task to understand and frame what is by all estimations an incredibly complex global issue. we wanted to put together a really robust and high level group of not only bipartisan, but different sector leaders. i think we accomplished that. there are four representatives from our task force that have taken time out of their busy schedules to b

kasie d.c., kasie hunt, peter baker, jeffrey goldberg, also senior adviser at the center for strategic and international studiesan zarate, a senior national security analyst for nbc news and msnbc. so now jeffrey that we have gone from act one at 6:00 was horror, shock, and act two now we're trying to laugh a little bit about it. >> act three is building the wall between canada and the united states which will be a very expensive wall. very, very long. >> it will be a beautiful wall. and let me tell you something -- >> with maple syrup taps in the wall. >> we'll make the canadians pay for it. but there will be taps in the wall and molson beer will flow unabated? >> and maple syrup. >> is molson beer canadian? >> molson is canadian. >> i think it is. >> we're looking at peter. >> so i guess what is so surprising is you have justin trudeau's very measured remarks. >> even by canadian standards. >> even by canadian standards, polite by canadian standards and then you have navarro and, my god other administration officials coming out, kudlow coming out and -- stabbed in the back? a special place in hell? there was

outstanding with the center for strategic and international studies, the korea chair. es being suspended by the president. fed special tomorrow, 2:00 p.m., a live meeting. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual channg rms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." the zeitgeist out of this summit is extraordinary. on twitter there is a raging debate about what the president did, a cop was, etc., and with etc. wly -- accomplished, we are getting perspective from lisa collins. sure who jalan news is with us jalinoosit -- shahab is with us from credit suisse. lisa, i want to go to the heart of the matter, which is korea has to give up something, anything. is it simply about nuclear weapons an

30 on east coast and about half an hour we will be taking you on c-span to the center for strategic and international studiesdiscussion this morning on maritime security, the title, innovation and the marine air ground task force, coming up at 10:00 for viewers on c-span. until then on "washington open phones. any public policy issue you want to talk about, the phone lines are yours to do so. republicans, call (202) 748-8001 . deall (202) 748-8000. independents, call (202) 748-8002. we want to hear what's on your mind. richard starts us off in verona, missouri. the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. i was listening to your program about the amount of money the government spends. in springfield, missouri, they are building a new veterans hospital. one in a town 30 miles from springfield between --ingfield in joplin that this hospital in mount vernon is a common waiting to veterans and their 30 mile drive to springfield and a 40 mile drive from joplin. in building this new veterans deal in springfield, so other veterans drive from all over get there. in joplin, and have a brand-new hospita

and i can't think of a better expert to get us started to get us starting than dr. kathleen hicks, the senior vice president, henry kes jer chair with the center for international and strategic studies. she served on the obama administration as deputy assistant undersecretary of defense for strategy plans and forces and policy. dr. hicks led the development of the 2012 defense strategic department. she's a long-standing and highly respected leader in, a mentor to testimony at truman and a truly inspiring example of what selfless service and commitment to our country can achieve. joining us to moderate is tamra wittes with the brookings institute. before her time at brookings she served as deputy assistant secretary of state and served as deputy special coordinator for middle east transitses. anyone who has worked on or whose work had touched on middle east policy, especially in the post- 9/11 years, knows and greatly respects tamra. she's a proven thought leader, friend of truman and committed to mentoring and forming foreign policy and with that i'll hand it over to tamra. please join me in cumming kathleen hicks and tamra wittes to the stage. >> hello. thank you for that lovely in

and henry kissinger was of course working for nelson rockefeller. i worked in the summer for dick allen as an intern. he was one of the founders of the george downs center for strategic studies, now csis, much bigger. dick was one of the key founders of that, and so then when the campaign got going, dick asked me to come part-time as a speechwriter. i eventually ended up in new york, at the headquarters. then, during the transition after the election, peter flanagan ran the transition at the pierre hotel. he and dick allen and henry kissinger asked me to join the nsc staff. i went to washington. as soon as we arrived, all the bitter wars started, particularly over the vietnam war. kissinger always had a lean staff. today there are between 1500 and 1700 members of the nsc staff. under henry kissinger, there were 30. >> a few good men and women. >> of course, no one ever accused henry and his staff of not being effective in those days. but there was no such thing as a congressional relations office on the nsc at the time. now it is bigger than tom's staff was in the nixon administration. i was a junior staff member for national security and political military affairs, so the p

todd harrison from the center of strategic and international studies will talk about presidents trump that president trump's call -- president trump's call for a space force as a military branch. join the discussion. the c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. on at stop in juneau alaska, asking folks what is the most important issue in alaska? >> the most important issue is we are in the middle of a budget crisis. we are used to having a lot of and as a result of oil prices we're getting that revenue. there are other revenue streams that need to happen. it doesn't seem to be happening very fast. i think their political reasons people are afraid while worried about limiting taxes. without additional revenue coming in, the alaskans are facing a lot of crisis in a lot of areas. one is the opioid and substance abuse crisis. more and more people get upset and aren't living their way just living their lives in a -- living their lives in a way to it there -- to where they are getting destitute. >> it's all linked to poverty. food insecurity for children -- food and security for children. we went down and that we went way

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host: joining us, taught harrison, the defense budget analysis director for the center for strategic and international studies, to talk about the call by the president for a space force. what does the president envisioned by the space force, and why do you think his call comes now? caller: he is talking -- guest: