joseph dunford for his remarks. gen. dunford: the secretary spoke about lines that are outlined in the national defense strategy. i want to address how we have aligned to the nds and adapted. therefore characteristics of today's strategic landscape driving annotation across the joint fortune. return of great power competition that is addressed in the nds changes the character of war leaders. the department has been speaking about that for some time. the capacity of the force relative to our operational commitments has increased in an unprecedented pace of change in virtually every aspect of our profession. in response, we are adapting how we plan, how we support the secretary to make decisions, how we prioritize and allocate resources, and how we are developing tomorrow's cap abilities. i will briefly touch on each one of these areas. first we shifted from a traditional focus on operational plans for specific contingencies, to plans that are globally oriented on each of the challenges addressed in the nds, china, russia,

dunford: i will emphasize, and the secretary and i have talked about this many times. some of you may not hear this if -- when you hear bits and pieces that may be speculation. one thing that has been clear in all of our meetings is any agreement will be conditions based. the president has been clear about afghanistan not being a sanctuary from which we can be attacked. this will be done in conjunction with with afghan leadership. >> you were the commander there and you used to deal with the afghan government. the afghan government feel they have been left out of these talks. do they have legitimate concerns? gen. dunford: i would leave the state department to characterize the specific interaction we have with the afghan government. i recently visited and met with the minister of defense, ministry of the interior, and engaged with the afghan leadership in kabul virtually every day, to make sure there's transparency in any negotiation. i would view any agreement pending as something we are doing with and not to the afghan people. >> among all parties. as israel expands

troop withdrawal from afghanistan general joseph dunford says afghans still need support to deal with the level of violence u.s. the moshi ages have been in talks with the taliban for months on the issue of troop withdrawal the update by dunford and defense secretary mark was the 1st joint news conference in 12 months rosalind jordan has more from the pentagon. it was the 1st on camera briefing for mark asper the new defense secretary at the pentagon he and general joe dunford who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff wanted to update reporters on some of the major issues facing the pentagon as a spur starts his tenure of course those issues include the ongoing war in afghanistan the ongoing tensions with iran dealing with threats from north korea russia and china and then finally something which esper says is important to him as a veteran dealing with the physical and mental well being of service members and their families when it comes to the ongoing war in afghanistan which has been going on now for nearly 18 years esper and down for it agreed that conditions will dictate ho

the question of general dunford on afghanistan. keeping in mind your close to retirement and you spent a good part of your recent career focused on afghanistan. when negotiators are talking about getting close to a deal that would call for the us to withdraw from afghanistan how do you feel about essentially walking away from afghanistan with no counterterrorism forces on the ground as opposed to some other form? is that a wise course in your view? >> i will go first, don't mention the r word again. he is not going anywhere yet. he has a few more weeks. your first question, we are not seeking conflict with iran. we want to engage with them diplomatically. you saw reporting the president said he's willing to meet with iran's leaders to resolve this diplomatically and the purpose of operation sentinel was to avoid an operation that would get us off the track and onto a different one. to the degree it has been successful that is good. i'm not sure i'm ready to call the crisis over yet but so far so good and we hope trend lines continu

dunford said even now, however, the fragile afghan government just yet is not ready to look after itsca's longest war may be ending but american troops may be very involved there for some time to come. wolf. >> barbara, thank you. barbara starr at the pentagon. just ahead political drama rocking britain right now with critics accuses the prime minister of committing a constitutional outrage. are we supposed to dance? ♪ boy bands without dancing are just ok. get a better than just ok unlimited plan with spotify premium included on america's best network. only from at&t more for your thing. that's our thing. yeah...yeah, this is nice. hmm. how did you make the dip so rich and creamy? oh it's a philadelphia-- family recipe. can i see it? no. philadelphia dips. so good, you'll take all the credit. this is the averys trying the hottest new bistro. this is the averys. wait...and the hottest taqueria? and the hottest...what are those? oh, pierogis? and this is the averys wondering if eating out is eating into saving for their first home. this is jc... (team member) welcome to wells fargo, ho

troop withdrawal from afghanistan general joseph dunford has been talking about the prospects of peace with the taliban during a joint media conference with defense secretary marchesa it was their 1st such appearance in 12 months they also discussed iran north korea and china president jordan has more from the pentagon. it was the 1st on camera briefing for mark asper the new defense secretary at the pentagon he and general joe dunford who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff wanted to update reporters on some of the major issues facing the pentagon as a super starts his tenure of course those issues include the ongoing war in afghanistan the ongoing tensions with iran dealing with threats from north korea russia and china and then finally something which esper says is important to him as a veteran dealing with the physical and mental well being of service members and their families when it comes to the ongoing war in afghanistan which has been going on now for nearly 18 years esper and down for it agreed that conditions will dictate how and when u.s. forces are pulled out of t

1st on camera briefing for mark asper the new defense secretary at the pentagon he and general joe dunford who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff wanted to update reporters on some of the major issues facing the pentagon as a spur starts his tenure of course those issues include the ongoing war in afghanistan the ongoing tensions with iran dealing with threats from north korea russia and china and then finally something which esper says is important to him as a veteran dealing with the physical and mental well being of service members and their families when it comes to the ongoing war in afghanistan which has been going on now for nearly 18 years esper and down for it agreed that conditions will dictate how and when u.s. forces are pulled out of the country but they said that they were very much in support of all going u.s. efforts to broker some sort of peace accord between the afghan government and the talabani any of us that have served there have long known that what's going to be required is a negotiated peace settlement in our afghan leading to that peace a moment and so w

acting secretary of the air force, matt donovan, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunford, and congressman mike turner. we are especially grateful to welcome the new leader of spacecom, general j. raymond, highly respected man within the military. joined this afternoon by his wife, molly. thank you. thank you, molly. congratulations, molly. it's great. their wonderful family and several of their friends. general raymond, congratulations. so important. i know he is going to do a fantastic job. thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: the united states combatant commands were developed to join branches of our armed forces in common cause across diverse fields of battle. each of the united states' military's combatant has an area of responsibility from centcom, which oversees our mission in the middle east, to our most recent cybercom, which we established last year to protect americans from the most advanced cyber threats, and also to create very, very severe and powerful offense of threats, should we need them. the dangers to our country constantly evolve, and so must w

press briefing since taking office as for any chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford spoke about a wide range of issues from iran to north korea in jordan has more from washington . it was the 1st on camera briefing for mark asper the new defense secretary at the pentagon he and general joe dunford who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff wanted to update reporters on some of the major issues facing the pentagon as asper starts his tenure of course those issues include the ongoing war in afghanistan the ongoing tensions with iran dealing with threats from north korea russia and china and then finally something which esper says is important to him as a veteran dealing with the physical and mental well being of service members and their families when it comes to the ongoing war in afghanistan which has been going on now for nearly 18 years esper and down for it agreed that conditions will dictate how and when u.s. forces are pulled out of the country but they said that they were very much in support of all going u.s. efforts to broker some sort of peace accord b

after that, mark esper and joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford hold a news conference of the pentagon. live coverage get started 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can follow our coverage online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. a,sunday night on q and university of pennsylvania law school professor amy on free expression on college campuses and the conflict surrounding an opinion piece she co-authored in the philadelphia inquirer. >> i think this is what ruffled a lot of people, not all cultures are alike, they are to tout this code of behavior is one that was particularly in ournal in students current society and comparing it to other cultures which aren't as functional. we gave some examples and that immediately caused a firestorm. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. joins us again from ann and one of your research specialties is computer and election security so i wonder professor what you thought of this headline last week from salon, hackers can easily break into voting machines, used across the united states. hackers at a recent las vegas have to- c

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but one of the things dunford did not want to talk about is what mattis had written.e was adamant that he would not talk about politics and not talk ever in uniform or retierped about president trump and how he performs as commander-in-chief. this is one of the big issues in the military right now. if there is so much political churn in the country, how is it affecting the troops. the big question is whether this era is is now fundamentally changing the character of the u.s. military and how it relates to u.s. society. dunford was adamant that in their view, there is no place for politics in the ranks. >> not a guy eager to speak out, but clearly concerned about the political environment. these are some serious words. the fact it was in "the wall street journal" means a lot. he wanted a specific portion of the country to read those words. >> coming up next, a teen who watched videos of mass shootings facing charges after guns were found in his dorm. with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's, your plans can change in minutes. your head wants to do one thing

general joe dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.has served this nation throughout his long career in uniform with extraordinary distinction. he has played a critical role in ensuring the national defense of the united states, and he will be concluding his duties as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the months ahead. and would you all mind getting on your feet and just showing how much we appreciate the extraordinary life and career and leadership of general joe dunford? [applause] thank you, general. thank you for service and thank you for your leadership. particularly on the matters pertaining to american leadership in space. it is a historic contribution, and i know the president feels as i do that we would not be at this historic moment without your leadership and your support. later this morning we are going to hear more about our administration's progress toward a new unified defense agreement to defend america's national security space assets and also ensure our collective defense. but for all that we have accomplished,

chairman joseph dunford also at the podium.he bat, china. >> it is clear that china is engaging in a deliberate strategy to under mind the stability of the region. it is clear the values and behaviors of the chinese communist party do not align with the vast majority of states. throughout my many conversations with foreign leaders time and again they emphasized the need for the united states to continue to show leadership throughout the indo pacific to preserve the freedoms we all enjoy. >> dana: today's briefing comes as jim mattis opened up about why he left. we'll have more on that in a moment. joining me is jack keane, fox news senior strategic analyst. it's good to hear from the pentagon. it's not a surprise, i imagine, to you, general, that mark esper decides to open up, talking about china as a threat. >> absolutely. first of all, i'm delighted that we're having press conferences again. i think it was a mistake to have given up on those. i really believe the pentagon has to answer to the american people and they should d

i won't do it. >> mattis and general dunford served in concert together as u.s. marines. shep?: we reported the concern about a new north korean sub. what are you learning about that? >> in his first press conference as secretary, mark esper was asked about north korea's new weapons and recent missile tests. >> we're concerned about their short range ballistic missile tests. we want to understand what they're doing and why they're doing it. on the other hand, we won't overreact. we'll take a measured response and make sure we don't close the door to diplomacy. >> he wouldn't say if the new images could one day launch a nuclear missile and change the u.s. military's calculus. the images appeared when kim jong-un visited the shipyard and stood in front of a modified 1960s era submarine to one day fire a ballistic missile. while north cree has not test add long range missile since 2017, the seven launches of short range missiles have allowed japan and south korea and the u.s. now satellite photos show that north korea continues to build out their other nuclear platforms. the subma

troop withdrawal from afghanistan general joseph dunford says afghans still need support to deal with the level of violence u.s. negotiators have been in talks with the taliban to end their 18 year war roslyn jordan has more from the pentagon. it was the 1st on camera briefing for mark asper the new defense secretary at the pentagon he and general joe dunford who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff wanted to update reporters on some of the major issues facing the pentagon as a spur starts his tenure of course those issues include the ongoing war in afghanistan the ongoing tensions with iran dealing with threats from north korea russia and china and then finally something which esper says is important to him as a veteran dealing with the physical and mental well being of service members and their families when it comes to the ongoing war in afghanistan which has been going on now for nearly 18 years esper and down for it agreed that conditions will dictate how and when u.s. forces are pulled out of the country but they said that they were very much in support of all going u.s.

troop withdrawal from afghanistan general joseph dunford says afghans still need support to deal with the level of violence u.s. negotiators have been in talks with the taliban for months on the issue of withdrawal the update by general dunford and the defense secretary marcus as the 1st joint news conference in 12 months. storm dorian has intensified and is now building in strength after hitting the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico and cause power outages and flooding across the caribbean when it hits as a strong tropical storm. it could be a category 3 hurricane when it reaches the u.s. mainland in the next few days a state of emergency has been declared in florida that was on wednesday. and the gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor in the united states can be as much as 30 years and it's not just about limited access to health care that's causing them less to die earlier john hendren has. in america where you live can determine how long you live. anything and. yet i can give you some heart problems. to some extent the lifespan gap between rich and poor exists ever

troop withdrawal from afghanistan general joseph dunford says afghans still need support to deal with the level of violence and u.s. negotiators have been in talks with the taliban to end the 18 year war the update by dunford and defense secretary mark s. but was the 1st joint news conference in 12 months. italy's prime minister just had a con time a capers job after a breakthrough in coalition talks the head of the opposition democratic party says he's ready to put rivalries aside and govern would contest 5 star movement contact resigned a week ago after 5 stars previous coalition partner the right wing league party with the support. i mean we told the president that in light of the current balance in the parliament we have accepted the proposal of the 5 star movement to suggest the name of the president of the council of ministers as they are the party with the relative majority. now people and so don so they want the newly formed someone council to bring about positive change but many of the young people who led the protests feel that their revolution has been devalued and while th

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. >> coming up next, we hear from mark esper and general joseph dunford. >> they held a news conference wednesday to discuss national defense strategy and other issues, including operations in afghanistan and tensions with iran. on the pentagon, this is 45 minutes.

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withdrawal from afghanistan general joseph dunford says afghans still need support to deal with the level of violence u.s. negotiators have been in talks with the taliban for months on the issue of troop withdrawal the update by done for then defense secretary mark esper was the 1st joint news conference in 12 months storm dorian has intensified into a hurricane and is now building in strength after hitting the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico it calls power outages and flooding across the caribbean when it hit as a strong tropical storm forecasters are warning it could be a category 3 hurricane when it reaches the u.s. mainland in the next few days a state of emergency was declared for florida on wednesday. they got the life expectancy between the rich and poor in the united states can be as many as 30 years and it's not just limited access to health care that's causing the less well off to die earlier john hendren has more now from chicago. in america where you live can determine how long you live you give me anything in a blink. yeah i can consume you some. problems. to some extent

defense secretary marc esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford have been briefing the media at the pentagon for more on that now let's go to ross and jordan who's live and washington for us ross. michel this is the 1st on camera briefing from mark or who is the mike us for i should say who is the newest defense secretary here in the united states he has spoken with reporters before but he's been on the job now for about a month and he wanted to bring reporters up to date on what he has been working on the questions really focused on 3 major foreign policy areas of course the ongoing war in afghanistan where the u.s. has been since the end of 2001 the ongoing political and military tensions with iran as well as other questions involving north korea and yemen really was a short tour as it were of major issues but one of the things that i think was significant was that when it comes to the ongoing tensions with iran the defense secretary backed up by the joint chiefs chairman indicated that the crisis is not over but so far so good that's a quote from secreta

we will hear from the defense secretary secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs, general joseph dunford at a news conference at 1:30 eastern on c-span and online at c-span.org. eastern,t 10:00 p.m. in terms of the heritage foundation and the cato institute debate conservatism versus the rotarian is him. among the topics, immigration and the economy. >> the economic literature finds immigration has a positive impact on long-term economic growth and little to no effect on the real wages of nativeborn americans. most estimates find a positive impact overall on these nativeborn americans. undocumented immigrants are ineligible for federal welfare so they hardly pose a threat to entitlement spending, which is already out of control. from 2002 to 2009, immigrants as a whole subsidized medicare making 14.7% of contributions but only consuming 7.9% of expenditure. a third common misconception is that undocumented immigrants won't assimilate. if you compare today's immigrants to the immigrants who came over from ireland and italy , two groups nobody would dare call a threat to american culture t

general dunford, the chairman of the joints chief of staff told congress thatting google dumb muchedith the pentagon in favor of china. even google is questionable here. david: they spent $300 million on it. they have a big stake in it. but there is a multi agency group called teen toll con that works with the department of defense and department of justice. it's a multi alphabet soup agency. tell us about this and how they were able to suggest to put up their own red flags about this deal. >> the justice department is taking the lead on this. they are alerted because of concerns for the direction. it anchors in l.a. and goes into hong kong. concerns about hong kong and mainland china. and the fact googlers increasingly concerning. now the department of justice has to convince the other interagency process. the trump administration deserves big-time kudos for tightening the procedures to look at foreign investments and make sure they are not national security concerns. congress, this is a good story. there is bipartisan support for tightening the screws on something like this. david:

and joseph dunford hold a news conference to discuss pentagon priorities. later, a look at 2020 defense spending and national defense strategy. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our first guest this as weg is andrew light, try to understand the impact in response to climate change. want to start with the paris climate of word. can you explain what that agreement seeks to do and how? guest: sure. i was on the u.s. team, i was a negotiator for it with the obama administration and what it tries to do is really bring the world together so that you get enough commitments are enough countries with enough time to stabilize an increase so that we don't hit the worst impact's and effectively what it does is create a global regime where every country comes forward and puts forward their own initial target. the targets are not forced on them, everyone picks the wrong target and there are these binding rules that require you to die bulge how you're going to hit the target, your progress along the way, things like that. and then it requires countries to go back t

former secretary of defense jim mattis and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general joe dunford, several years ago said in order to implement the 2018 national defense strategy, the department of defense base budget needed to grow by roughly 3% to 5% in inflation-adjusted terms each year. so the test is simple. let's look at the budget and see whether or not it provides 3% to 5% real growth. if it does, it passes. so my assessment is that the 2020 budget passes the topline test in spirit. let me explain what i mean by that. the request actually contained 2.4% real growth, and the july budget deal actually provided about 1.9% real growth. so those numbers are obviously less than 3%, so that would seem to suggest it failed the test. but the math works out such that if you shifted $7 billion from the overseas contingency operation budget to the base budget, that would increase the real growth percentage up to that 3% threshold and, therefore, it would pass the test. in my judgment and in the judgment of, i think, most defense analysts, a large portion of the funding contained in th

a lot of discussion, especially by general dunford on how he views this, and what he's looking for out agreement. he believes that people should think of it as the u.s. withdrawing from the battlefield, they'll still be there to fight isis, to fight al qaeda, he was clear the afghan government is fragile and can't stand on its own at this point. still, 18 years later, to challenge the security threats to ensure in a afghanistan doesn't have a terror threat to the united states growing if you will in its own territory that could reach out and attack the u.s. and attack the west. so that was a big topic. i'd say the other big topic was north korea, and china. secretary mark esper talking about china wanting to destabilize the pacific region about china's military mite. the pentagon these days not nearly as complimentary to china as president trump is, and then also shifting and talking about north korea's new weapons test, and very much indicating that the military remains very concerned that north korea is making advances with these additional short range weapons test that it's been con

joint chiefs of staff and i have asked him to simply reflect on this broad topic but also general dunfordou again for your active participation in the launch of the united states space force and for your tremendous leadership. you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. vice president. the vice president and secretary donovan spoke about the space force in the initiative of a positive impact on our ability to grow as a people and capabilities we will need in the future. like secretary donovan i'm confident with the focus that a single service will bring to bear on space will have a profound difference as vice president pens mentioned in his opening remarks will establish the united states space command next week on the 29th of august, the vice president resides over the ceremony will immediately assign 87 units under a single combatant commander. the staff will put us on a path to maintain a competitive advantage with the vice president pens describe this as the president described it in this critical war fighting domain. when general raymond assumes command will bring together capabilities tha

after that, mark esper and joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford hold a news conference of theentagon. live coverage get started 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can follow our coverage online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. a,sunday night on q and university of pennsylvania law school professor amy on free expression on college campuses and the conflict surrounding an opinion piece she co-authored in the philadelphia inquirer. >> i think this is what ruffled a lot of people, not all cultures are alike, they are to tout this code of behavior is one that was particularly in ournal in students current society and comparing it to other cultures

joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford said it is still too premature to talk about withdrawing u.s. troops. >> i think it is premature. i'm not using the "withdrawal" word right now. i'm using we're going to make sure afghanistan is not a sanctuary and we're going to try to have an effortt to bring peae and stability to afghanistan. amy: the chinese military has rotated thousands of new troops intoto hong kong j just days ahd of a major pro-democracy march set for saturday. china has described the troop rotation as routine, but chinese state media reported the new soldiers had undergone military and legal training specific to hong kong. chinese authorities have denounced the protests in hong kong and have repeatedly threatened to use force to quell the protests since ththe 1997 hanandover from britain, china has stationed as many as 10,000 troops in hong kong. indonesian police have reportedly killed six protesters in west papua amid escalating demonstrations calling for papuan independence. the guardian reports police fired live rounds at protesters taking part in a sit-in out

joseph dunford hold a news conference at the pentagon. >> washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, andrew light, senior fellow at the world resources institute discusses the effects of climate change on the u.s. the heritage foundation, the economics of environmental policies. that coleman on campaign 2020 -- zach coleman on campaign 2020 and where candidates stand on environmental issues. join the discussion. about impeachment,e talked free speech, the robert mueller investigation, and his former clients, jeffrey epstein and o.j. simpson. this is 45 minutes. >> i hope you have enjoyed your dinners on this beautiful evening. there is a little bit of dinner service still going on. of dinner service going on over here, but everyone is trying to be as quiet as they can. i believe all of the service staff is out of the room now and we can have your undivided attention to enjoy what is sure to be a compelling discussion. lifedershowitz spent his defending civil liberties, defending free speech on college campuses, and defen