stalin was elected chairman of the state defense committee, he was chairman of the council of ministers, he was the people's commissar of defense. almost all spheres of state activity were united. in one hands, in the hands of stalin, this, of course, is enormous responsibility, but also a huge, extremely labor-intensive job, which he mastered very well and with dignity. first of all, stalin punished those who, in his opinion, were guilty of the retreat of the red army. on july 22, 1941 , the commander of the western front pavlov, the chief of communications of the western front grigoriev, the commander of the fourth army korobkov, and the chief of staff of the front klimovskikh were shot. a reshuffle of leaders began. each military leader was personally responsible to stalin for the situation at the front. from the memoirs of vasilevsky. in at first, stalin was unjustifiably self-confident, overestimating his strength and knowledge in leading the war. he assumed that if military actions were not developing as they should, then it was necessary to urgently replace the leader. on august

stalin was elected chairman of the state defense committee, he was chairman of the council of ministers, he was people's commissar defense. almost all spheres of state activity were united in one hands, in the hands of stalin. this, of course. western direction to the south to kiev. stalin ordered his favorite, a participant in the civil war, to stop them. approached kiev. zhukov asked stalin to allow the withdrawal of troops from the city. only in this way, in his opinion, could the armies be saved. but stalin believed that kiev should not be surrendered under any circumstances. zhukov was removed from the post of chief of the general staff. in early september, the germans began an encirclement operation soviet troops near kiev. on september 15 , the ring around the city was closed. 450 were captured . but it was not possible to stop the german army at this line. on october 3, orel fell without a fight, the germans entered bryansk. on october 13, they occupied koluga-vyazma, on the 14th - tver. more than half a million soviet soldiers were surrounded. stalin was on the verge of a nervo

on october 20, the defense committee declared a state of siege: it imposed a curfew and decided to shoot all provocateurs, deserters, and looters on the spot. stalin instructed zhukov to urgently develop a new plan defense of moscow. it was at this moment that the saving news came from japan. soviet intelligence officer in tokyo, richard sorge, telegraphed that the japanese were not planning to attack the soviet. here he came in handy, here sorge came in handy, because sorge gave the message that japan would not act, then the siberian divisions, the so-called, in fact, far eastern were transferred to save moscow. she is still chatting with her friend, and this is normal if she has sbermobile, unlimited calls, social networks, messengers and izberp, all for 349 rubles. wanted to open a deposit at 20%, it turns out, you can at 22. i thought to open a deposit in one bank, it turns out, you can at once in different ones, for money your own marketplace, it turns out, open a deposit with a rate of 22%. finuslugi, financial marketplace from the moscow exchange. drag, this is it. your story will

the resolution offering or authorize in a the appointment of a committee to investigate the national defense program. and as the author of the resolution after it has, it's customary the offer that they made the chairman of the committee. and that was done and the chairman of the audit and control committee was senator, whose ask alone for the name of james byrd and he made a recommendation that the committee be set up and that it be authorized to spend. $50,000. well, the. well says that that was done, and i was made the chairman of the committee and i called up jackson, who is attorney general. and i said to jackson, i want the best investigator that you have on your payroll. and i'd like to interview if you send him to see me down here, sends out so well, he picked up the fellow who had sent a couple of federal judges to jail for misuse of their position, which is that's pennsylvania and his name was who from was going to testify slip and so was like they're being asked to see and i said i want you to make an investigation for me on the expenditure in the national defense program. i said

wednesday, italy's foreign minister tayani addressed the lower house and senate foreign affairs and defense committees following iran's operation true promise 2 in response to the assassinations of hamas leader ismail i in tehran in violation of iran's sovereinity and more recently general abbas nilforshan. the islamic revolution guards corp, who was martered along with hezbollah's leader, sayeda san nazralah, this is what tayani had to say to journalists when asked about israel's brutal attacks on lebanon and israel's non compliance with international norms. when there's nobody in lebanon who guarantees the safety of israelis on the other side of the border, attacking while it... continues to launch rockets on israel, amounts to self-defense. italy is the third largest supplier of military equipment to israel following the us and germany, contributing around 1% of tel aviv's total arms imports. max chivili, press tv, rome. that's it for your latest here on press tv everyone. thanks for tuning in a goodbye for now. palestine has risen from the ashes, the nation has gone a long way in its struggle agai

roosevelt and churchill, received the heroes of socialist labor, precisely as a member of the state defense committeehitler, and the grandson of rabintrop, who was punished at the nurs trial, speaks like this, as an ally, and one more moment, the key word, by the way, we are talking. only reasons, but when the conditions for this are created, it seems to me that here you need to create an illusion or a feeling that you are being attacked, you are on the defensive, your family is behind you, yours is behind you, your home, your country, and always that germany was originally hitler's there, they created it, they attack us, that is, they pressure us, the poles attack us, well, there even when they annexed czechoslovakia, it was the same, yes they pressure the germans, they speak german there, and we have to protect them, that is, the key thing is to create the conditions when a person feels that he is protecting his own, and then it is not so for them for for for the same way they created for the fascists, the nazis, for the nazis, the same story , why are you going there, and because otherwise we will

say, to implement, but very, let's say, there was great support of the national security and defense committee. in principle has already worked, and quite a few manufacturers have already applied for such, let 's say, for such financial support from the state. in the production of anything for the ministry of defense. thank you dana yarova, the adviser to the deputy minister of defense of ukraine, was in direct contact with us and there are certain positive developments, this pleases us, and there is hope that we will move in the right direction in the future. well, we are going to take a short break now, after that we will continue the information day on the express tv channel, so stay with us. tired a mess in the kitchen, you constantly have to sort through a bunch of pans to find the right one, you need a savory pro set, unpack the tv, savory pro pans fold into each other and take up so little space, and the price is only from uah 999. the savory pro set is a set of five pots from one to 9 liters with lids for any occasion, use them on the stove and even in the oven, made from damage-resist

have already talked about it, and at the committee level we have well, as a committee on issues of national security, defensend intelligence, we definitely talk about this, so today we had a committee where we approved the budget for 2025, at which the minister of defense was present, deputies at the level were present there there, the head of the security service was not able to, budanov also had, let's say, they apologized, and i directly, well, seeing the information that there was a resonance there and people are also asking questions, i asked the minister of defense a question about whether is it planned at all, or are they going? talks about the fact that... kirill budanov will be removed from the post of head of military intelligence, the minister of defense, let's say, at the committee in front of everyone stated that he heard about it in the mass media, but this was never planned and it is not now the replacement of the head of intelligence is planned, since budanov is his subordinate, at the moment this is the answer i can give, it was literally there today an hour or an hour and a half ago this qu

your daughter is very young, and your husband, as an employee of the defense committee, yes, i understand, and i don't argue, just admire it, awards, medals, junior shooting champion, yeah, then there's personal information, you don't need it anymore, what i'm getting at, what i'm getting at is, don't be afraid, bring your child, i'd also like to know about the murdered fenchenko, irina didn't really explain anything. and we kicked him out, and what happened to him next, that's not our concern, keeping an eye on him, so excuse me, if there are no more questions, then we need to work, you understand, and why haven't you taken his photo yet, he's a prize winner, we taught him, that's our achievement, why should we lose our awards because of him, here is a brochure, please read it, please, for the last 5 years china has been the most populous country in the world, with the exception of the last two centuries , the largest economy in the world. peter ii first opened a window to china, then opened a window to europe to transport these chinese goods. when the people's republic of china was form

defense. just before the united states entered world war two, the senate created the special committee to investigate the national defense program. this committee was was created to oversee billions of dollars in appropriations that congress had just made for war preparation. this committee was led by senator harry truman and of missouri, and it investigated reports of fraud and inefficient c in war preparation. so the committee uncovered numerous instances of corruption and mismanagement and profiteering. it set a standard for congressional oversight operations and was widely praised for its effective work, saving billions of dollars of taxpayer money. it also made senator truman a national figure. the truman committee's investigations ranged far and wide, sometimes even including household goods like this umbrella that you can see here in the case. the tag on the umbrella there marked by the committee, said that it was an illustration of waste and material and manpower because of its shoddy construction. and it didn't last very long. so in wartime, even a regular consumer goods were considered to b

people's deputy of ukraine, secretary of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence, cyborg, colonel of the sbu, roman kostenko with us on direct skype. mr. roman, you made several statements this week. which, well, we can even say that they partially undermined the ukrainian information space, let's start with budanov, with other changes that may occur in the ministry of defense, which as of now, do you know whether the option of a change is still being considered, in particular of the head of the main intelligence department, kyryll budanov, who at the beginning of the war is one of those, one might say, one of the most popular... and now the investigation is ukrainian truth, let's call things by their names, the pro-presidential media definitely did it, it appeared that gur, well, in fact, it is not in which it is said that, well, not always gur, let's say this, receives all those weapons for which he pays and not always gets money back which she paid for those weapons that she did not receive. good evening, studio, good evening everyone, well, as for

they already passed through committee, the foreign affairs in defense committee and the chair person of that committee, who was a look quote, a member from nothing. yeah. host party said yesterday that he expects the bill to pass on monday. when that can that's, that's meets again when it opens the winter session and it is ongoing right now. he expects a 100 votes. so very broad support, not just from the ruling coalition, but even from the opposition. we've heard speeches throughout the day from different members of the conduct. and we expect the voting of the deliberations to take place later on in the evening. but again, wide support for these bills that would have as part of explained catastrophic consequences. nor can you put this in broader context. otherwise the agency that is providing a to the refugees, palestinian refugees that israel drove out of their land in 1948. that is right, it is an agency that was established by the united nations 75 years ago, settled by a un general assembly resolution. and that is why this is so unique. it's a precedent that a country would outla

in fact, the head of the foreign affairs and defense committee from nothing ya is the good party said that he expects a 100 members of can assets to vote. that is a very big majority. and what they would do is, based on the work of under, was not just in gaza, but also in the occupied westbank and occupied east jerusalem of course. and that would mean that all of the palestinians who depend and rely on those services would be deprived of them. the discussions are ongoing, the kinetic just resumed its sessions. so we've been the monitoring all evening. this speech as one after the other from these really prime minister from prominent a heads of different power parliamentary blocks. but the bills are on the books and as promised by the code by nathan, he and his party the they will pass and they, regardless the consequences. and regardless the warnings from is really allies. they seem to be determined to make sure the un agency cannot work or service palestinian refugees, nor can you put this into broader context. i mean, or is the agency as we said, that is providing aid to the refugee

defense. just before the united states entered world war two, the senate created the special committee to investigate the national defense program. this committee was was created to oversee billions of dollars in appropriations that congress had just made for war preparation. this committee was led by senator harry truman and of missouri, and it investigated reports of fraud and inefficient c in war preparation. so the committee uncovered numerous instances of corruption and mismanagement and profiteering. it set a standard for congressional oversight operations and was widely praised for its effective work, saving billions of dollars of taxpayer money. it also made senatorruman a national figure. the truman committee's investigations ranged far and wide, sometimes even including household goods like this umbrella that you can see here in the case. the tag on the umbrella there marked by the committee, said that it was an illustration of waste and material and manpower because of its shoddy construction. and it didn't last very long. so in wartime, even a regular consumer goods were considered to be

thank you, solomiya bobrovska, a member of the verkhovna rada committee on national security, defense, was a guest of the svoboda ranok issue, i will only add that we are preparing this issue, as well as others, addressed volodymyr artyukh, the head of the sumy ova, and the head of the city military administration in sumy, and we will also be ready to give them the opportunity to answer various, including critical, questions. thank you solomia. that's all i have. svoboda ranok says goodbye to you until monday, i and the entire team of the svoboda ranok project say thank you and see you soon. do you want to wake up as if you were a child with your grandmother, full of strength and energy. then the new product from matrats market is just for you. meet the dream life pillowcase mattress. mattress the dreamlight feather smooths out all the unevenness of old mattresses, sofas, folding beds, it can be laid for sleeping simply on the floor, it is soft, comfortable, beautiful, and so profitable, only from uah 499. ordinary toppers cost one and a half, two and even 300 hryvnias, and we offer y

is his department, and he understands how events will develop, he was on the committee with issues of national security, defense and intelligence, under the control of which he is and where the deputies appoint him, i don't think that he would invent anything there, well, well, and nevertheless, what do you think, if it is still a matter. .. will come to resignation, where yes, if it comes to resignation, where where, where can budanov be sent, do you accept that he may agree, we are theorizing, and here we can theorize in different ways, here i can say, watching how this resignation will go, and we understand that if initially there was a desire to release budanov, yes, let's theorize with you in a veiled way, and now... they are talking about the fact that he is no longer fired, which means that some processes have also taken place there, why are they not fired, so it is probably not just like that, and let's say this, everything will depend on if theoretically he will be released as he will be fired, this is in a good way, there is a bad way, or they will offer something, it can be anything, it is different,

all this background, what do you think most... worries the head of the russian state duma committee on defenseneral andrii kartopolov. you'll never guess, so just listen. especially what touched me joyfully. the press secretary of mr. zelensky, who promised here. and you generally paid attention to the fact that his eyes are painted and his lips are made up. i understand that you have stopped showing these favorite subjects. take a look. nothing personal, colleagues. maybe he is burning the fireplace? this is pure water representative of the relevant minorities. here it is what they wanted and what they got, nothing personal, nothing personal. but here it is, painted lips and threatens russia. here is general colonel kartopolov, it is immediately clear that there is something very personal for him that he saw directly. no matter where you look, he has painted lips and raised eyes, to say that it is him, no, but when you listen to it, you somehow understand that they are there, literally all studios are fighting against lgbt people, apparently, again, some deeply personal fantasies, in other st

leak in classwide documents and working closely with our partners in the department of defense and intelligence committeeestigation. we have no further comment." antony blinken is in israel on a trip president biden sent him on after the -- yahya sinwar's death to try to figure out next steps, the next day and got that, what that looks like. here's what his state department just told u us. >> this of course incredible concerning. there are appropriate entities of the u.s. government that are the appropriate authorities for these kinds of things and we of course will the for to them win these things happen. >> we don't know if or how this could change israel's timing or israel's targets in iran. marc staal? >> martha: peter and i'm thinking. peter doocy at the white house. former president trump also reacted to this shocking lake today. here he is at the roundtable in miami. >> mr. trump: daley called information information about the way that israel will fight, weekend -- even the israeli game plan to the enemy, who could imagine this? who can imagine this? i would say israel is not too happy about that.

guest, roman kostenko, people's deputy of ukraine, secretary of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense intelligence, colonel of the security service of ukraine. mr. colonel, i congratulate you, thank you joined the broadcast. greetings, good evening everyone. mr. colonel, since we are asking our viewers and tv viewers whether zelensky should make his victory plan public and whether it is possible, said the head of the president's office andriy yermak, what do you think is the plan that was presented in .. states of america, should it be made public in ukraine? well, at least someone other than the president's office should see it, and i believe that the committee should also see it, and let's put it this way, not the committee, but the people's deputies, i don't know who in the government is involved in what, well, and society, of course, we have to understand, i don't think that there is anything so secret, of course, if there is a secret part of it, it's one story, well, in general i think the points i even before... before he went to show it in the united states, said that, well, of

and it is necessary to pay attention to this, first of all, to the fact that we have a committee on security and defensestead of to carry out democratic civilian control, forgetting that we are a parliamentary, presidential republic, today is silent, mr. igor, you speak very well, but for example, we can talk about the number of tanks... but it's useless, it won't change anything now, and we need to understand that in existing realities we have the power to change, yes , it's ukrainian society, the ukrainian authorities, then let's talk about heights, heights, everything will change for us, you understand, this is the responsibility of the fourth branch of government, mass media, what will change our heights, tell me, please, they didn't change a month ago, or two months ago, not... three, not six months, not a year, what will they change, look, i'm not a military expert, so my job, actually, is to ask people, who are competent in this. and therefore i, so-so, as a person, so, as journalist, i can assume that there are many sets of things that combine to give a good result, and certainly the geographica

people's deputy of ukraine, secretary of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense andelligence, cyborg, colonel of the sbu, roman kostenko with us on direct skype. mr. roman, well, you made several statements this week that...

but actually, truman already knew because he was the of a committee commission to investigate the the defense industry of people in his investigators knew about it. never never obviously never say anything about it. so he was definitely unprepared. now, in if roosevelt if roosevelt before his death had a vision, had had a plan for deploying the atomic bomb, or if he had a vision for for the postwar world. he revealed none of those. to truman. so in the time i have today i can't possibly cover the whole story of the ascent to power. let me concentrate on three themes. three things that run through my book. and the first is roosevelt shadow, how it influenced truman's presidency. the second is truman's focus. focus on democracy, freedom and civil rights. and thirdly, truman's resilience. i, i have time to get to that. truman ah, yeah. roosevelt and the bomb. let's talk about that and roosevelt's shadow and the bomb. shortly after germany's surrender, truman, what he called was an interim committee. interim committee consisting of henry stimson, the secretary of war as chairman and seven civilia

committee. and the israeli defense forces, aviv great to have you here. israel has always had this, this undertone of the way that they protect themselves is through strength, is through going into rafah when they are being told by us allies, don't go into rafah very explicitly i've been clear there's a bit of swagger and what you just saw in that video from netanyahu of his thinking, i wonder what you read into that been likened to the killing of a solid did login by us forces. there's the sense that justice has been done. the yahya sinwar, the mastermind of the october 7, massacre of the worst mass murder of jews since the holocaust has finally been eliminated. >> but this is not a sense of closure for many israelis. >> as you mentioned, there are 101 hostages who are still being held in gaza. we don't know what their fate is at this time. there are tens of thousands of israelis who have yet to return to their homes in both the north and the south of the country due to ongoing rocket attacks by hezbollah and so there's a sense in israel that there is st

difficult for me to comment on roman's words kostenko, he is the secretary of the committee on national security, defense intelligence, he knows more, what i know, i also communicate with the military and with the military leadership, so today, yes, there is a somewhat reduced rate of mobilization, but you are right they said, there is another thing that those... reptiles that are formed and are in training centers, there is not enough to equip them, weapons, ammunition, equipment, equipment, and this, we are waiting for help from our partners, who in the end recommended to strengthen the mobilization . now it is very done an important thing was the mandate of the president, as the supreme commander, and they gave the right to... military commanders, commanders of military units of the direction and subdivisions of the direction to select their personnel, without the tsk, why, because the tsk is still a soviet model, it is not yet reformed, we still need to go the other way, i think that this reform will still be done, we see that recruiting centers, they partially fulfill a role, but there is a large nu

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but actually, truman already knew because he is the head of a committee commission to investigate the defense industry. his investigators knew about it but obviously never said anything about it. definitely i'm prepared. if a roosevelt, before his death, had a plan for deploying the atomic bomb, or if he had a vision for the post war world he revealed none of those thoughts to truman. so the time i have today cannot possibly cover the whole story of thees sentence of power but t me concentrate on three themes that run through my book. the first is roosevelt shadow how it affected truman's presidency. the second is truman's a focus on democracy, freedom and civil rights. and thirdly, truman's resilience. i hope i have time to get to that. roosevelt on the bomb roosevelt shadow in the bomb. once an interim committee as chairman and seven civilians. and the mandate of the interim committee was to provide a recommendation on sharing and control of atomic energy. and whether to use the bomb over japan. june 1 , 45 the interim committee report was delivered to truman the recommendation. in the basi

policy, just told him, but actually truman already knew because he was head of a committee commission. investigate the defense industry and people in his his investigators knew about it. never, never. obviously did and never say anything about it. so he was definitely unprepared. now, in the if roosevelt if roosevelt his death had a vision, had had a plan for deploying the atomic bomb, or if he had a vision for for the world, he revealed none of those thoughts to truman truman. so in the time i have today, i can't possibly cover the whole story of the ascent power. but let me concentrate on three themes, three things that run through my book. and the first is roosevelt's shadow, how it influenced truman's presidency. the second is truman's focus. focus on democracy, freedom and civil rights. and thirdly, truman's resilience. i hope i have time to get to that. truman ah, yet roosevelt and the bomb. let's talk about that. and roosevelt shadow and the bomb. shortly after germany surrendered, truman formed what he called was an interim committee interim, consisting of henry stimson, the secretary of war as chairm

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know about something called every state think except one every state had what was called a committee of defense. a council of defense. there was a national council of defense. and all these state councils of defense and there were local councils of defense. and you if you were a member of a council defense, you were expected to. watch and listen and report on subversive activity. one case i know of that i've read read the accounts of in south carolina a man who the red cross to his front door to ask for a donation and and he is just a grumpy old man and he he refused to contribute the red cross. he was reported to the council of defense the state council and the man investigated for pro-german subversive activities. so could a pastor like this be investigated? absolutely absolute. and that would have to be part of the larger story as what kind of pressure and what pastor here says about the of public opinion. the pressure. that's the kind of thing he's talking about. i mean, pastors are under enough pressure when they're everybody's hand as. they go out the door on sunday. you never mentioned t

and they've been talking about all sorts of issues the had of the committee of foreign affairs and defense from nothing else. a liquid party said that he expects the bills would have a 100 votes of support. so widespread, not just from the really coalition, but also from the opposition. now we had anticipated the bode would take place today. we're still monitoring if that vote when that boat would take place. basically there is acceptance within the political mainstream and israel that this a, this bill, these bills would pass and the under uh, would cease to have any uh, operation in the occupied westbank including jerusalem. but also in gaza regardless of the consequences nor i was wondering, does this really even have the power to outlaw a united nations agency, which has an international mandate to operate an international funding to do a specific job, in this case, provide aid to palestinian refugees? i mean, are there any voices in israel which are saying, you know, this could actually cause low back of the there are some more names in including of legal experts who understand that t

against all this background, what do you think worries the head of the state duma committee the most russian federation of defense, colonel-general andrii kartopolova, you will never guess, so just listen, especially what touched me joyfully, the press secretary of mr. zelenskyi, who is here on... and you even paid attention to the fact that his eyes are painted and his lips are made up. i understand that you have stopped showing these favorite subjects. look, nothing personal. this is a clear representative of the respective minorities. this is what they wanted and what they got, nothing personal, nothing personal. but here it is: he painted his lips and threatens russia. colonel-general kartopolov immediately sees that there is something for him it is very personal to him that he sees right around where he does not look. around him are painted lips and raised eyes, to say that it is him? no, but when you listen to it, you somehow understand that they are there, with literally all studios, they are fighting lgbt, probably, again, some deeply personal fantasies, in other studios they also simply cannot restrain t

lead code members, members of the prime minister's own party, on the head of the committee for at foreign affairs and defense. he said that they would be voted on today. now that the conduct has resumed its session and he expects that there would be at least a 100 members supporting that bill. so supporting those 2 bills. so not just the governing coalition, a much larger a block of a parliamentary itself, nor israel has been undermining under, on, under cutting it at every turn, especially since the beginning of, of the war on guys that can you explain that to our viewers? so that's a very important question because it really eliminates this really, you know, a lot on this relationship. israel has opposed the presence of under was since its inception 75 years ago. it was created by the us and much like israel. but his real views, the agency as an open wound because it reminds israel of the refugee question and of the un resolutions that grant those palestinian refugees and their descendants the right to return to the homes. they were uprooted from in 1948, which is now present day is real and to be compensa

well, the committee to from as i mentioned, you know, we talked about poindexter and mcfarland and north and fall, but others, senior ranking officials like the secretary of defensecaspar weinberger, and other people, secretary of state george shultz. i mean, the really top people in the reagan administration ation were brought before this committee to give evidence because this scandal and really conspiracy c wound its way. many parts of of the executive branch and of the administration. and so it really it revealed a fundamental challenge that that was a growing problem and continues to be something that we have not resolved. and that is how do you balance the authority of the executive branch and the president to conduct foreign policy and to be the commander in chief of the armed forces with congress's constitutional role, to check and oversee the behavior of the administration in the execution of the law and ensure that the law is executed as specified by congress, and also to fund all of these operations. it's the congress that's that that authorizes the spending of not one dime can be spent unless congress appropriates the money for that activity. so congr