the mission and our challenges are global and yes, you are quite correct that endo pay, and european command are leads but we actually work with southern command, central command and we work with all of them as we look for the best ways to understand what the threat is that is being presented and then what means can we take to deter that threat so you hit the order correctly and i would just keep going a little bit. >> great. i want to ask a general philosophical question about deterrence and i guess the bottom line question is or will be if there would be an arms-control goal for further reductions in u.s. and russian and perhaps chinese nuclear arsenals what should that be in your mind? in the last few years we haven't really been able to pursue further reduction largely because of russia's behavior in the sense that we needed to push back against that but and we couldn't really work with russia on arms-control and so i realize there's impediments and any further progress in reducing the strategic nuclear arsenal but i wanted to get your sense about if you wanted to give a vision or a long

the mission and our challenges are global and yes, you are quite correct that endo pay, and european command are leads but we actually work with southern command, central command and we work with all of them as we look for the best ways to understand what the threat is that is being presented and then what means can we take to deter that threat so you hit the order correctly and i would just keep going a little bit. >> great. i want to ask a general philosophical question about deterrence and i guess the bottom line question is or will be if there would be an arms-control goal for further reductions in u.s. and russian and perhaps chinese nuclear arsenals what should that be in your mind? in the last few years we haven't really been able to pursue further reduction largely because of russia's behavior in the sense that we needed to push back against that but and we couldn't really work with russia on arms-control and so i realize there's impediments and any further progress in reducing the strategic nuclear arsenal but i wanted to get your sense about if you wanted to give a vision or a long

palestinian civilians including the destruction of their property on top of that a number of european command countries are also calling on israel to abandon its construction of settlements that they say are illegal under international law but with regards to the latest round of evictions the court does that say that the tenants had failed to pay rent for several years and were unable to disprove jewish claims on the property we heard from some of the palestinian residents. that would be that your what do you mean what is happening is not new it is these rarely occupation plan our duty is to continue our presence in solidarity with others our presence here is a duty like a prayer and fasting was that this battle continues we witness this every day but whenever we witness repression arrest demolition and seizure it's increases the resolve of this holy neighborhood this is evidence that the people are stronger than the will of the israeli occupation the people who are stronger than the administration of israeli weapons with which peaceful youths who have a right to this holy city are confronted

matters we work with the european command to make sure that we transition to the defense of israel to centcom and we are ready to do. it that doesn't involve questions of water based management in the eastern two rainy and answer questions of what ships will be available and when. i'm in close contact with general waters as we work through those problems and we will present a plan to the secretary a little bit later this year for an initial date when the combatant command authority u)s& ship for israel. the last point i would like to make is the benefit of bringing the other benefit of bringing israel into the central command oh ar is that it allows further normalization of relations between israel and the various arab states in the centcom area of responsibility. and this just recognizes that placing all of them under one combatant command. we were not able to do that in the past particularly because of strains between egypt and israel. we are now will pass. that there will functioning between together in a variety of levels including joint operations against threats in sinai. >> tha

the end of 1950 he answered his country's call once more and once more he was on european soil to assume supreme command established. once again with the accomplishment of substantial victory behind him, this might well have been the end of his public career and in a sense it was. the closing chapter in the story of eisenhower, the soldier. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> history is recording today the story of eisenhower the statesman. the stories may be separate, but soldier and statesman, they're the same man, dwight d. eisenhower, citizen of the united states, spokesman for and symbol of the free world. and son of abilene. as rich a study as this nation has produced of the capacity for greatness which lies at its grassroots. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> the big picture is an official report of the armed forces and the american people. produced by the army pictorial center. presented by the department of the army in cooperation with this station. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on cspan3. tonight we look at the cold war. the book "master negotiator, the role

truman calls him back and makes him the supreme allied commander of european forces for the northland tree. he was really enjoying what he was doing at columbia because he felt like he was working to better the lives of people through education in pushing for. peace. and each post he did that was kind of his thing was start looking for the way for a lasting. peace. this lasting piece he's said can't be built slowly on military strength. we have to we have to put the full mind of the nation behind us the education the science. the sacrifice to bank a common gift the role of supreme allied commander. i probably viewed as one of his greatest. as far as driving for peace it was the most important his goal. in the goal of nato at the time was just to provide. western europe with enough protection that the people could become confident themself as i dug out from the from the debris of world war ii. and become start producing a fulfilling life. that's peaceful. he wanted them to have the confidence to thrive. so i cast. in a selection of speeches that he's made from world war ii design inaug

european reaction. because i would like to react to this command from, from the click in process. was that with this air bands for the recent airlines, the you intends to punish the barrison regime, which is understandable for me. but we fed in this statement at the beginning, i mean the question i'm asking my cell the whole time. i mean, what happens with a whole bill, a gruesome with all the bill i recent that are kind of unfortunately, and i'm sure unintentionally from the you. but still kind of locked within their own country with such unprecedented level of repressions to happening. i mean, we'll know that since the end of 2020, but i recently have problems crossing the land boy of dollars because of the official of cabbage regulations. but we know that most probably of the reasons i'll political, so air flights has been the only way for those who wanted to leave the country out of political reasons till now. now if it's really happened, is that the recent airlines cannot and to the european union, what happens with the people? i mean, i just want to give this ethic was some

european reaction. because i would like to react to this command from, from the click. and russel's that with this air band for the recent airlines, the u. intends to punish the barrison regime, which is understandable for me. but we said in this statement at the beginning, i mean the question i'm asking myself the whole time, i mean, what happens with a whole bill, a gruesome with all the bill. i recent that i kind of unfortunately, and i'm sure unintentionally from the you, but still kind of locked within their own come through with such unprecedented level of repression to happening. i mean when know that since the end of 2020, but i recently had problems crossing the land boy of dollars because of the official college regulations. but we know that those probably the reasons i'll political. so air flights has been the only way for those who wanted to leave the country out of political reasons. so now now if, if it really happens that bill everson, airlines cannot enter the european union. what happens with the people? i mean, i just want to ask you this as was some k

nation for the european theater it's not what martial wants it's it's not what many american commanders want. but ultimately it does shape the european theater and is actually vital in ensuring that the mediterranean which yes has british interests, but if we view if we view that war as being two things it's both an about imperial interest, but it's also about winning the war against italy and germany and in that sense, i think torches essential. thank you. next question comes from a volunteer here museum. oh, yes, rob, please just say if you want a real turning point of world war ii launch operation sledgehammer in late 1942 because i think it would have been a disaster the catastrophe of epic proportions and then you might really be dealing with a turning point. breed so the question from dave bergeron it goes to john wasn't the urgency of patching yorktown and replacing some of her lost airmen with saratoga flyers a decisive element in the us victory at midway bottom line nimitz. excellent, command decisions. yeah, it's interesting. you should bring that up. i think first part of the

army and the eighth army was commanded by walton walker walton walker was a core commander in patents army in the european theater. so he's a really experience combat soldier and a very fine officer. macarthur however came up with a concept to crushed the north koreans. his idea. was that walker in the pusan perimeter would launch an attack out. meanwhile he would launch. an amphibious landing at inchon the port area for seoul and the object was to seize that seized soul push in land and then cut off the north koreans. the problem was multiple incheon has between 29 and 35 36 foot tie differentials. so you know higher than this than this ceiling. at high tide below our floor at low tide. that's a huge tidal difference. and that makes it dramatic difference when you're trying to land. secondly, you've got mud flats at low tide. that's extend 6,000 yards. 6,000 yards so they're going to have real that's four miles. and of course vanity craft and landing ship tanks and things like that are going to get stuck in the mud in those mud flats. so you're not going to be able to land at low tide. there are also num

calls you love it with the european council on foreign relations we appreciate your time your insights tonight thank you and here. to afghanistan now and the pentagon's central command says the withdrawal of u.s. forces is 13 to 20 percent complete in april u.s. president biden promised that all u.s. troops would be out by september 11th to mark the 20th anniversary of the $911.00 attacks that triggered american military involvement they are there are currently around $2500.00 u.s. troops in afghanistan on top of $7000.00 from nato allies including germany they too are withdrawing and a 1st buddhist airplane landed today in leipzig bringing materials back but the withdrawal has triggered questions about the fate of afghanistan heavy fighting resumed on monday after a 3 day truce the taliban ruled most of the country before the us led invasion now the islamist group is seeking to regain control and it is recruiting more find. a rare glimpse of another world a home visit with the taliban. welcome come on in. this father and his son don't want to tell us their names but they are willing to tell us why the son recently decided to join the taliban. i did this for 2 reaso

you love it with the european council on foreign relations we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you and here. to afghanistan now and the pentagon central command says the withdrawal of u.s. forces is 13 to 20 percent complete in april u.s. president biden promised that all u.s. troops would be out by september 11th to mark the 20th anniversary of the $911.00 attacks that triggered american military involvement they are there are currently around $2500.00 u.s. troops in afghanistan on top of $7000.00 from nato allies including germany they too are withdrawing and a 1st buddhist airplane landed today in leipzig bringing materials back but the withdrawal has triggered questions about the fate of afghanistan's heavy fighting resumed on monday after a 3 day truce the taliban ruled most of the country before the u.s. led invasion now the islamist group is seeking to regain control and it is recruiting more find. a rare glimpse of another world a home visit with the taliban. welcome come on and. get a. father and his son don't want to tell us their names but they are willing to tell us why the son recently decided to join the taliban. i did this for

european countries, that support israel's right to defense. he still feels there's more targets to hit. they've been hitting hamas tunnel networks, rocket launchers, hamas commandersh those strikes, that does appear to be popular support for that position, that there's a real sense that for israel to have security, hamas' threat must be further reduced. there does seem to be popular support for that, despite international pressure and despite the political tension that may decreate between the united states and the rest of the world. perhaps a rift between prime minister netanyahu and president biden. it's those domestic interests, political interests on the ground, military interests that are going to take precedence. >> nic robertson on the gaza border, thank you very much. >>> after several senate republicans say they will not vote for bipartisan commission investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol. are they worried a commission could politically damage the party? i was drowning in student loan debt. i was in the process of deferring them, paying them... ththen i discovered sofi. completely changed my life. lower interest rate. my principal is going down. so

european theater including fighting in the battle of the bulge. he served as an aide to the general, and he talks about -- the commander of third army.onal world war ii museum conducted this interview in 2009 for its oral history collection. >> it's august 5th 2009. this is thomas meacham with the world war ii museum. today i'm here with benjamin schleider. >> for the record please state your full name. benjamin schleider. >> where were you born? >> texas. >> what's your sir? >> 1920. one whether you recollections of the great depression? >> one of the things that i remember as my grandfather, who's a very successful business man in random was very unhappy with nra, the national recovery act. he had a lot of choice words to say about that. and i also remember my, we had some farm operations in addition to the business that my father was in. we had to kill cattle for some reason, it was part of the program, and it was very distressing to my family to have cattle killed and we tried to process much of the meat as possible and preserve it

european style fighting force. so what happened to those troops? well, the answer is essentially the war with japan came too soon. what are the big dilemmas for chekashek and is commanders in 1937 when the japanese yet again pushed forward near the marco polo bridge in north china near beijing was is this the right moment to go to war and the argument against it was if you wait it's like the appeasement argument in a sense, you know if you wait another two years three years four years we live able to train more troops and be able to push back more effectively but in the end for a variety of reasons chang decided no, this is a time when we actually have to push back and he threw many of his very best troops into the battle. not at beijing but further south at shanghai where there was a tremendously powerful set of opponents thrown against each other japanese troops up against some of the very best nationalist chinese troops the ones who had been german trained the ones who were actually given that european style training the ones who had essentially learned, you know, from what falcon house and take to talk to joe and they managed to last out for several for several mont

european partners are matching that, if you will amongst three to one. so it is a 10,000 person mission. to give your comparison, when i commandedng a conditions —based approach to this withdrawal. taking a conditions -based approach to this withdrawal.— taking a conditions -based approach to this withdrawal. knowing what you know having — to this withdrawal. knowing what you know having commanded _ to this withdrawal. knowing what you know having commanded that - to this withdrawal. knowing what you l know having commanded that mission, do you think it is possible to keep america's enemies at bayjust with drones and claims of the top? i think it's going be very difficult and we need to begin by finding basesin and we need to begin by finding bases in the region, perhaps three nations to the north of afghanistan with so—called stands. we need to talk to our arab partners about basing in arab countries. you know the admirals going to save us. we have to think about sea basing conditions. but it is going to be immeasurably harder to commute to get to work for a special forces if it is certainly a lot longer. band it is certainly a

european council on foreign relations. we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. oh, to gain a stand now and the pentagon central command says the withdrawal of us forces is 13 to 20 percent complete in april. you as president biden promise that all us troops would be out by september 11th to mark the 20th anniversary of the $911.00 attacks that triggered american military involvement. they are, they are currently around $2500.00 us troops in afghanistan on top of the $7000.00 from nato allies, including germany. they too are withdrawing and a 1st bonus. they are plane landed today in leipzig bringing materials back. but the withdrawal has triggered questions about the feet of afghan. a stan heavy fighting resumed on monday. after a 3 day truce. the taliban ruled most of the country before the us led invasion. now the islamist group is seeking to regain control and it is recruiting more finders, a rare glimpse of another world. a home visit with a taliban. welcome come on in. well his father and his son don't want to tell us their names, but they are willing to tell us why the son recently decided to join the taliban. f

multinational company or european based multinational company who thinks they have a long future in china is sadly mistaken. so it's just a matter of time and when you have a commandus out too soon for them and therefore you'll see the kind of disruptions that a lazar's worried about. it would be nice if some of these firms -- lazar did some analysis and acknowledge what the grand beijing strategy is which is to basically have an all china industrial base that serves the world. that's the game plan. but it's like -- maria: that's what nancy la a czar -- >> there's this continual dream -- maria: that's what nancy lazar is writing about which it's largely about china. we made that point many times. now we're focused on the origins of the coronavirus. peter, you've done so much work on this, ranking member of the house intel committee devin nunes is set to present the report in terms of investigating the origins of covid-19. he wrote a letter to president biden as well as another letter to the director of national intelligence, avril haines, calling for more information on how the virus developed so it doesn't happen again, peter. your reaction, thoughts there. >> we