head of the foreign affairs department. called the. act of genocide by the president of the. oh you said it was the brutal violation of geneva convention and war crime and he warned i mean yes to. what we heard what residents in both nations capitals think about the truce. we have now given armenia one last chance to resolve everything peacefully a good solution for immediate would be to withdraw its troops from our territory or think that it's to be honest i reacted to the truce very negatively because there is no point in trusting their words which a lot of time has passed as we all the time listen to them listen try to peacefully resolve this whole conflict but apparently our words do not reach them yes you have to call them on i am of course in favor of a truce because countries are suffering great loss of human lives is a moment in this truce was necessary as there were many bodies scattered on the ground they need to be buried i guess the soldiers are tired too that you said this stage is the right step we should thank russia for it but this happens i want people to hav

see the head of the foreign affairs department. called the attack act of genocide by the president of the country. said it was the brutal violation of geneva convention and crime and he warned i mean years to give them. the answer. and these are some of the later pictures from ganja showing the aftermath of a bombing the armenian president has denied any involvement saying it was about broke the ceasefire our men spoke exclusively to r.t. we will be airing the full interview and choose there for now here's a preview. so are there violations on the part of armenia and if there are why is it happening that there are violations and as far as i understand it one violet the other one nasser's and then it all goes back it goes around back to the initial place who was the 1st point number one in the case of. the bombing or shelling. journos of a bug john cleary information from my government from ministry of defense and for foreign minister and for a minister i have spoken about that already that it's definitely not not there i mean it ha

once the officials of the general fish was already paid a visit to see the head of the foreign affairs department of the business administration he called the attack act of genocide by the president of the country . said it was the brutal violation of geneva convention and crime and he warned i mean years to give them. the answer but we heard what residents in both nations capital cities think about the recent trace. we have now given armenia one last chance to resolve everything peacefully a good solution for immediate would be to withdraw its troops from our territory this or so but it's to be honest i reacted to the truce very negatively because there is no point in trusting their words which is a lot of time has passed as we are all the time listen to them listen try to peacefully resolve this whole conflict but apparently our words do not reach them if you have to call them up or i am of course in favor of a truce because gondry says suffering groot loss of human lives is moment in. the trust and this stage is the right step we should thank russia friends that it happened i want people to ha

well know and i replied in kind to receive your invitation as the first secretary of our department of foreign affairs, within a few, months as you acknowledged, earlier becoming the department of state. and general, i endeavored to remain loyal in your cabinet. i promised you if you would stand for a second term, that i would endeavor to desist in my disagreements with our secretary of the treasury, and you know, as you took upon your shoulders, that weight, that responsibility as the head of our nation, upon which rested the north and the south on your shoulders, to keep us, e pluribus unum. i will ever lament that i broke my promise. i simply could not remain silent in what i believed in my heart in my conscience could be harmful to our public good. i thank you for accepting my resignation. i only hope, general, that you will ever know, as rest you assured i have written in every , sense of the words, i will continue to consider you a very good man, a very great man, and a very wise man. dean: well, thank you for those kind words. and the approbation. truth be told, thomas, i too , regretted your r

meeting with the equivalent of the policy planning director at their version of the state department street foreign affairs so i asked him i said you know i've never been in this place again quite like this before what's your grand strategy and he says our grand strategy is to try to figure out how to keep america engaged and distracted by small middle eastern countries and they were joking but there was an element of serious near a lack of strategic clarity you don't you go through the world the middle east china russia afghanistan an endless war there north korea and i guess my question to you is you know why we're engaged with all of these other distractions is china winning well i think china thinks it's winning which is important to point out right now i think i mean china has some really significant vulnerabilities in the chinese communist. party does it as well and and it would with their driven by stephen is this combination of this grand in vision that you're alluding to to take center stage this agenda of national rejuvenation but they're also driven by fear fear of losing their exclusive grip on

department says it wants its people prepared for anything, from facilitating the expulsion of a hostile vehicle to the successful negotiation of unfamiliar terrain, so it built this, the sprawling foreign affairs security training center in virginia. diplomats are trained how to react to hostile or dangerous situations and what to do if the situation goes from bad to well -- >> hold fire. >> reporter: rick is the senior explosives and countermeasure trainer. >> we want to show them this to understand that they need to protect themselves and a little bit of awareness goes a long way. >> is this a reality check? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the enhanced training comes after the state department had its own reality check in 2012 when four americans were killed at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >> benghazi got a lot of focus back in washington as it should have and we did learn lessons and it did demonstrate we're sending people to some of these very challenging locations. we owe it to them as u.s. citizens to make sure they're prepared. >> todd brown is the acting assistant secretary of the diplomatic security service. he says the five-day course used to be reserved for high-risk assignments. now

with the international and environmental affairs bureau and by my colleagues from the department of defense. through diplomatic efforts in foreign assistance, with the nonproliferation bureau. it works to creates those and not let them had mass destruction. it has been working hard for nearly 20 years to address challenges opposed by the full vector of these threats. whether they are spread. naturally occurring. it is a grim reminder of how much damage a single pathogen can cause the u.s. national and international security. through diplomacy are international security bureau strengthens multilateral framework including the biological weapon convention and the australia group. they made remarks on this very issue. we are leading the international community in making significant progress on biological issues including issuing g7 statements on the international pandemic. and response. in the global partnership we have led efforts i have invested in the significant resources in the four full range of the system threat. including over 450 million dollars over the past 15 years towards mitigating biological threats. we have a long an

and international environmental and scientific affairs bureau and by my colleagues from the department of defense. through diplomatic efforts and foreign assistance programs, the international security and noncooperation bro works to prevent rogue states, tariffs and other malign actors from obtaining and using weapons of mass distraction. the international security and noncooperation bureau has been working hard for nearly 20 years to addressm challenges posed by the full spectrum of these threats. whether they are deliberately spread, accidentally released or naturally occurring. the covid-19 pandemic is a grim reminder of how much damage a single pathogen can cause the u.s. national and international security. through diplomacy our international security and bureau strengthens multilateral frameworks including the biological weapons convention and the australia group. and i notes the chairman made remarks on this very issue. this year is the president of the g7, we are leading the international community and making significant progress on biologicalal issues, including issuing g7 statements on the international covid-19 pandemic. an

departing for the rally on the changes. listen. >> i think the mute is very unfair. and i think it's very bad that they are not talking about foreign affairs foreign affairs. >> then later, at that rally in north carolina. he hammered his opponent tonight. >> if biden wins the flag burning demonstrators in the street will be running your federal government. don't worry, it's not going to happen. our country will never be a socialist country. >> meanwhile, as you guys mentioned. biden off the campaign trail leaving the hard work again to his running mate kamala harris and former president obama who delivered, perhaps his hydrocarbonnest rebukcases are . donald trump isn't suddenlinely going to protect all of us. he can't even take the basic stepping to protect himself. >> this comes as fox news' latest polls in the battle ground states show biden leading in three states, up 12 in michigan, five in pennsylvania and five in wisconsin while trump has a slight lead in ohio ahead by three. tune in tonight, guys. it all kicks off at 6:00 p.m. with bret and martha as we all get ready to see exactly what happens with just 12 days to go, brian, ains

department officials reviewed u.s. readiness for a biological attack and the response of the coronavirus and foreign adversaries. they appeared before two house subcommittees. >> good morning and welcome to the foreign affairs -- the armed services subcommittee on intelligence merging threats and capabilities but a moment the house rules and regulations fora a host other than saban put all participants are asked to not be actively engaged in the discussion. members yield back or conclude their time speaking but do not remember to repeat themselves. the host willth do so to limit background audio and represents our response bowl for a meeting themselves. may take a few seconds so please keep that in mind. a timekeeper will monitor the times of his hearing. if you're on a computer you can view the time limits are putting your personal view in the upper right corner of t your screen to rather active speaker. you can also pen the timer by right clicking over the timer and pressing the thumb icon. with that we are ready to begint chairmanan bera please -- so the system displays your video and paws for fivele additional secos and then start the proceedings. >> five, four, three, two, one. this joint subcommittee

foreign policy between the two nations. he is coed under and contributor to beyond 1917, american legacies of the great war, forthcoming from oxford university press. he recently began teaching for the international affairs departmentat the university colorado boulder. please help me in welcoming professor montoya. [applause] >> good afternoon. i think my comments will tell yes votes in a moment, but we will see. a raid on mexico in march 1916 would market permit and u.s. mexican relations. after that year, the united states would never again directly or indirectly try to steer the course of mexico's revolutionary politics. after its beginning in 1910, the united states was keenly interested in what was going on in mexico and really try to put a lot of effort into basically shaping the direction of that revolution, largely through regime change, largely through the denial of arms and so on. i will give a few examples. so in late 1912 and early 1913, the u.s. ambassador to mexico under taft, he played a key role in orchestrating the demise of the president. moderna was viewed as ineffectual in protecting u.s. interests in mexico, whether they had to do with business or special property. the following year in 1914, w