it's bad for the rugova region and all the citizens of kosovo.re was never a border here in the past. that's the whole reason our parents and grandparents moved here. >> back then, fitim dreshaj says this land was part of yugoslavia. after the bloody balkan wars of the 1990's, an exact border was never set. but now there are plans to place a new one between kosovo and montenegro. both states would like to join the e.u. for that, they need to have defined borders. the dreshajs' livelihood is at stake. the two brothers have invested all their money in vacation homes. they spent hundreds of hours building them. a border, they say, would spell an end to their dreams. mr. dreshaj: we live from tourism here. more and more hikers are coming -- germans, english, americans. but if we say, you're right next to the border, they probably won't come anymore. >> the situation is milar for the others who live in the region. zarife is another farmer who's afraid of losing her livelihood. her sole source of income, she says, are her sheep and cows. she doesn't kn

guy delauney in kosovo, there.lace in the mid—atlantic after a fleet of yachts that set out from the uk was hit by a severe storm. one boat sunk and several other crews had to abandon their vessels. caroline davies reports. close to safety after surviving what's been called a "once—in—a—lifetime storm". this is the moment a 73—year—old yachtsman was rescued by a luxury ocean liner, the queen mary 2. he had been taking part in a transatlantic race when a storm hit. at the end of last month, 22 boats set off from portsmouth in the uk as part of a race heading for newport, rhode island, in america. but across the atlantic, they hit 15 metre waves and 60 knot winds. many of the boats were damaged. tamarind, the boat rescued by the liner, was just one of them. a boat called happy suffered a damaged mast and another, called furia, sank. all the crews were rescued. even those who run the race were surprised by the conditions. i've has been involved with this race for 25 years. and i must say, we've never had this kind of

several nations refused to grant kosovo nation status.e agreed to set up a special court to investigate war crimes. guy delauney reports. kosovo had a violent birth. it unilaterally declared its independence from serbia in 2008. but in the late 1990s, a violent conflict killed more than 10,000 people and required nato intervention. and it may be that some war crimes committed then haven't been properly investigated by the international tribunal in the hague. kosovo's ethnic serbs say they've never received justice for the crimes committed against them — murdered by albanian terrorists, says this vandalised memorial. the allegations are gruesome. they include the torture and murder of civilians, and the harvesting of human organs. the european union has put pressure on kosovo to set up the special court to help reconciliation. former leaders of the kosovo liberation army are likely to face charges. many of them are now senior figures in the government. so to ensure neutrality, the special court will be held in the netherlands, with interna

former leaders of the kosovo liberation army are likely to face charges.the government. so to ensure neutrality, a special court will be held in the netherlands, with internationaljudicial officials. let's remind you of the top stories this hour. 10 downing street says theresa may has discussed a deal with the democratic unionist party to enable her minority government to pass laws in parliament. american specialforces american special forces have joined the fight against islamic state militants controlling the southern city in the philippines of marawi for almost three weeks. let's return to our top story. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has called the british prime minister to offer her congratulations following the uk election. according to a downing street spokesman, theresa may confirmed her intention for brexit talks to begin in the next couple of weeks as planned. mark urban has been speaking to one of angela merkel‘s ministers, peter altmaier in germany. he began by asking him whether brexit negotiations will still begin a week on monday. it

kosovo held its third election since it was founded in 2008. the new government will reduce high unemployment and lower tensions with serbia, a precondition before they can join the european union. we have more on the results. >> is nick name is rambo and he next track to be kosovo's prime minister. the democratic party has 135% of the vote. both the ruling democratic league have kosovo and the nationalists, they are garnering 25%. this could complicate relations with serbia, who have accused him of war crimes during kosovo's fight for independence. he greeted supporters at a victory party. >> my congratulations. i know we have a lot of work in front of us. we are ready to finish it together. >> he has failed to secure a clear majority and will need to form a coalition to establish a government. tonight's other big winner is the nationalists self-determination party. they will double its support since its last election. they will take on rampant corruption. >> are movement has grown a lot. >> a new government will face challenges ahead, the mos

a former prime minister, who was indicted by serbia for war crimes during the conflict in kosovo, coulde. rafael nadal of spain has won the french open for the tenth time. he beat the swiss player stan wawrinka in straight sets. nadal, who came back from a serious wrist injury last year didn't lose a set in the whole tournament. so, as the uk prime ministerfights to stay in power, experts warn prolonged political uncertainty will ta ke prolonged political uncertainty will take its toll on sterling and the economy. not so in france — the euro strengthens as macron's new party en marche takes control of french politics. this is world business report, where we will now focus on the business and economic implications of the elections in the uk and france. let's start with the uk. the prime minister, theresa may, has formed a new government but without a majority in parliament she is relying on an alliance with northern ireland's largest political party, the democratic unionist party. but while the dup insist their relationship with may's team has been close since she became prime minister,

preliminary results from the parliamentary election in kosovo indicate a victory for the centre—righte conflict in kosovo i9 years ago could return to office. ramush haradinaj has twice been acquitted by the international war crimes tribunal at the hague but serbia still wants to put him on trial. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has called on protesters to converge in moscow's city centre, despite warnings that police will take action against them. he had been given permission to hold an anti—corru ption protest at another site, but says he was forced to change plans after what he said were attempts by the authorities to "humiliate" protesters. people in the us territory of puerto rico have voted in favour of becoming america's 51st state, but on a turnout of less than a quarter. the result is non—binding and any change in status would require approval from the us congress in washington. the move is supported by the territory's governor, who hopes it might help solve the island's deep economic crisis and heavy debt. it is not just it is notjust politics going on around th

last year, usip conducted research why kosovo had the highest rates of foreign fighters traveling to fight with isis. youth found their messages particularly compelling because of their frustration with their own lives, lack of opportunity, complicating ideas about their idea, and an inherited legacy of conflict and violence. kosovo faces a multifaceted challenge, managing the return of those who went to iraq and syria as well as those who never left but are radicalized and intent on causing harm. and also preventing new recruits from forming new groups. kosovo is not alone, but their experience illustrates how important it is to have effective programs and strategies to prevent individuals from radicalizing and joining these groups or rejoining once they out of prison. i would like to offer that all are three critical areas in which efforts to prevent radicalization could be advanced and which our european partners have made significant progress. first, is increasing public awareness and engagement in preventing radicalization. preventing early stage radicalization, especially for t

the muslim people of bosnia and kosovo. >> let me explain it on two levels. you're talking about motivations and i think there is one part of that that exists, that nato and the united states intervene too late. so there is that. but i am actually talking about -- >> wait a minute. the muslim majority countries intervene not at all and saved almost no one. but those who saved people didn't do a good enough job. continue. >> i agree. what i want to point out is the logistics network that exists and the financing network that exists, that then funneled fighters and money into that conflict and then reversed. that network is what they're trying to root out now. >> the countries of kosovo and bosnia and the muslim majority area of bosnia exist because of nato. have their leaders and imams been helpful in pushing back against islamic extremism, given the fact that we saved them? >> i know you've done work on this. i'll just say one thing that i think is really interesting, about the dayton accord, which is that they actually required all of the foreign fighters wh

i was also in kosovo, a small country and it was problematic there but at least it was more containabley with a very proud people who believe they thought a ao—year plus civil war in order to gain their independence, only now to have it taken away and given to the un. i think that would... millions are at risk... absolutely but more millions could be at risk by going down a road where we have not thought out the repercussions and implications of what that would mean. so i thinkjust the basics, the spla, the south sudan people's liberation army is 200,000 strong. who's going to be on the ground there to be able to protect people and enable that to sort of come together? there's lots of implications around this which... it is just doing the best you can in a terrible situation. look, it is about doing the best you possibly can. i also worked in liberia and sierra leone and other places where they have turned a corner and moved into another direction. so i have optimism that an agreement will be found and we will be able to move forward. many countries, as they have started out, have start

i was in kosovo, a small country and it was problematic that but it was more containable.ir independence, only now to have it taken away independence, only now to have it ta ken away and independence, only now to have it taken away and given to the un. i think that would... millions are at risk... absolutely but more millions would be at risk by going down the road where we have not thought about the repercussions of what that would mean. i think just the repercussions of what that would mean. i thinkjust the basics, the salsa down people ‘s liberation army is 2000 strong. he was going to be on the ground to be able to protect people and enable that to come together? there are lots of implications around these... together? there are lots of implications around these. . m together? there are lots of implications around these... it is just doing the best you can in a terrible situation. look, it is about doing the best you possibly can. i also worked in liberia and sierra leone where they have turned a corner and moved into another direction. i have optimism that an agreemen

third placed turkey saw off kosovo and ukraine won in finland. 1966 by beating venezuela 1—0 in the under—20 world cup final on sunday. it was england's first appearance in the final of any global tournament since their world cup victory 51 years ago. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. it has only taken 51 years, but pinch yourself, yes, england is once again ina pinch yourself, yes, england is once again in a world cup final. the so—called young lions, hoping to win and end decades of disappointment. england recovered their poise, and before the break, they were ahead. second time lucky. with less than 20 minutes left, venezuela were handed a lifeline. penalty. butjust when england needed a hero, they found one. the keeper can to the rescue, to his teammates‘ relief. and from that, they held on very famous triumph. and england have won the under 20 world cup! it is england's first world cup in any age group since 1966. after years of looking to the past, the future has never seemed brighter. former england, real madrid and milan manager

the first time in americans have bought down a foreign jet since kosovo.ff as the raf being under threat as a big extreme. there was a suggestion that the russians will be tracking planes. it goes back to this problem that russia is there with the syrian airforce, that russia is there with the syrian air force, cooperating that russia is there with the syrian airforce, cooperating with that russia is there with the syrian air force, cooperating with the syrian government. we and the americans have certain preferred partners who are in the opposition, but there are other groups that neither the russians or the americans are very keen on. the americans are very keen on. the americans on the british are a lot more robust on syria than they were in the past. i don't think the russians have any right to complain about that given the way they have been behaving in the past five years. it also reminds us of this hideous situation in syria, that is continuing. we have been so... it's not getting any better. let's end. how else can we possibly end? nobody is quite

people of bosnia and kosovo, the two -- two of the three muslim majority states in europe today. godset of people saying, my , here nato is living up to its values and defending people regardless of their religion, instead somehow the narrative was now it is time to blow things up in the countries that andd the people of kosovo bosnia? the muslim people of bosnia and is about? >> you are talking about motivations and i think there is still part of that that exists. that nato and the united states intervened too late, so there is that. but i'm actually talking about -- >> wait a minute. muslim majority countries intervened not at all and saved almost no one. but those to save people did not do a good enough job? continue. >> no. i want to agree. but at what i want to point out is the logistics network that exists and the financing system that exists that funnel fighters and money into that conflict that has been reversed and that network is what they are trying now.ot out i think countries of kosovo and bosnia are in the muslim majority area of bosnia exist because of nato will st

plane an air to air combat the last time the last time this took place was back in ninety nine over kosovo.

plane an air to air combat the last time the last time this took place was back in ninety nine over kosovo. and what was the reason for this this attack the shooting down of a plane well according to time magazine the u.s. military said that it shot the syrian plane down in order to protect american backed syrian militia forces from an attack by pro regime troops. remember that the missile strike in april was also labeled a retaliatory action in response to the it lead province chemical weapons attack that was allegedly orchestrated by the syrian government. i think which time we need to ask ourselves at what point is retaliatory nothing more than just another excuse for military aggression let's find out and start watching the hawks. to. get the. real thing. as you put it out of it. like you know that i got. this.

another one down is first time i think i'm a correct me if i'm wrong i think that was done since kosovo so it's significant on that level but given that we now see every time there's an incident of some significance the cooperation gets suspended where we roade we going down here are we going to see more suspension than cooperation a. as you said yes it's the first time since the nineteen nineties that this has happened but regarding are we going towards you know more suspension of cooperation i think that's what some people in the u.s. administration actually want so they don't meaning they don't want to have the cooperation between the u.s. and russia maybe not necessarily trump himself but i think you do have think is who was very anti russian in the administration i would point here for example to the national security adviser. who is known to be an anti russian holkar i think he doesn't want to have any cooperation then step by step but a trump is bowing down to the anti russian voices in his in his administration like much like for example james mattis as well tonight another leve

the last time the last time this took place was back in ninety nine over kosovo. and what was the reason for this this attack the shooting down of a plane well according to time magazine the u.s. military said that it shot the syrian plane down in order to protect american backed syrian militia forces from an attack by pro regime troops. remember that the missile strike in april was also labeled the retaliatory action in response to the it leave province chemical weapons attack that was allegedly orchestrated by the syrian government. i think it's time we need to ask ourselves at what point is retaliatory nothing more than just another excuse for military aggression let's find out and start watching. what would you treat the. reels with this one. as it were the plot of. the day like you know i got. with the please. please please please. please. welcome to the in the watching the hard science art world with the earth and on top of the wall and. see. what you think. never ends it just gets bigger and bigger and bigger my head yeah yeah i got i mean that's the questi

engages in an air to air attack was back during the clinton era in the kosovo conflict but it's hard to tell just how much things might be ramping up in syria since the trumpet ministration ended the practice of making the number of troops on the ground public former pentagon official michael maloof says this sort of action is most certainly an indication of just that with the shoot down of the issue twenty two and now the latest drone and even prior to that u.s. . a text of this on. syrian troops as well as hezbollah and iranian. proxies if you will in the ultimate off area there really reflects something much more. an escalation for the united states and something much more serious for the united states in terms of what it intends to do there and right now we still don't have a strategic plan. for syria on top of that the united states is in syria without permission without the congressional approval and. the russians are tolerating this because they don't want to direct conflict with the united states and as ed mentioned an iranian made armed drone was shot down the second drone t

has asked for support of the macedonia commits delivered in bosnia, kosovo, afghanistan, and iraq.absurd to believe that the macedonian students that are trying to make some extra cash by creating fake news sites from macedonia worthy cause or the downfall of a well-funded, well staffed campaign here in the u.s. >> tucker: you're denying that macedonia tanks the hillary campaign and i'm going to take you at your word. theoretically, if macedonia was undermined a presidential campaign in 2020, who would it be? >> [laughs] thanks for putting me on the spot, i don't know who's going to be on the ticket in 2020. let's be honest. hillary clinton had not visited macedonia while she was secretary of state. macedonia was left on the sidelines during the entire obama administration, you haven't seen a secretary of state visit macedonia since 2003, nor a president since 1999 or a defense secretary since 2007. why target macedonia during this time when macedonia is facing some obstacles internally, particularly with a change of government which just happened yesterday. there's tons of website

i got the good news when i was in kosovo that it was likely to be completed then, that they had reached that transaction. i called it a transaction. they had put together the he lowe gistics so the plane was going to pick them up. i found myself then at the vatican shortly after that and kind of as maybe a little extra frosting on the cake i was offered the opportunity to do the bible reading at st. peter's basilica at the vatican that sunday and i don't know how that came to me unless it was just a little reward from god that said, well done. well done by a lot of people. and these young people are now reconstructed, they're -- their reconstructive surgery is completed and they're on the mend. two of the three are standing and walking and getting stronger and each of them are taking physical therapy and they're -- their attitudes are good, their pain levels are down and i -- the projection is that by mid to late august they'll be ready to go back to tanzania. that's an american success story, mr. speaker. and it's one that i'm happy to relay here on the floor of the house of representa

has shot down a military plane in a war zone since kosovo in 1989. this in and of itself, forget about how the russians are responding, is a significant event. >> now caused the downing of another tactical aircraft from another nation state. you can't deny that. the act itself was an act of self-defense. we were very public many, many months ago that we were going to protect those forces if they came under attack. we did what we said we were going to do. the pentagon hopes this is a deterrent effect. having to shoot this down, which they didn't want to do, that they can deter the syrian regime and russians from doing something like that in the future. >> now russia is saying any u.s. aircraft or allied craft west of the euphrates will be a target. even as political talk those are pretty alarming words. >> the russians wanted this deconfidential zone and communication channel in the first place. this was a russian idea not a u.s. idea. number two, they've threaten this had before and come right back to the table or, in fact, the military actually neve

a serbian plane over kosovo. officials say the jet dropped bombs near u.s. forces.the new warning, neither the united states or anybody else will take any action to threaten russian aircraft. today a pentagon spokesman fired back said that we don't seek conflict with any party in syria other than isis, but we will not hesitate to defend ourselves or our partners if threatened. here we go. the next level rhetorically. jennifer griffin has some explaining. hello, jen. >> hi, shepard. it looks like the u.s. is inching its way to a proxy war with russian and iran. the russians have threatened before. the hotline was still operational as of this morning. >> i'm confidence that we are still communicating between our operations center and the russian federation operation center and i'm confident that our forces have the capability to take care of themselves. >> general dunford said that will work to deescalate the situation. remember, u.s. war planes rarely fly west of the euphrates. >> shepard: and iran fired missiles, too? >> that's right. not to be outdone, the iranian

past record it's not good.rl the only time he seen intervention working are in small places like kosovo or the balkans for sierra leone at large countries.e >> they were more contained. >> you can look at that and say this is in gray. the other problem is that the united states is seemingly unaware of the perception of its own power. united leaders have got big mouth and they talk a big talk and when they talk the talk you can expect them to act. the first happened in iraq in 1991 when george w. bush said we will come and help you.rians hae that's exactly have the syrians have been treated. they called him bashar al-assads to stand down. he and his advisers seem to think this was policy and it was the right thing to do. what was interesting is the day after he made that statement he went on vacation for two weeks. this is not someone that was going in war footing but if youn spoke to syria for time and regional powers they think a regime change is not u.s. policv so they calculated a massive uptake in people taking up arms in syria. it was already happening but there was a point when un

90s began international engagement in a diplomatic marathon in suppor subordinate intervention in kosovo, and in the 21st century opened a transatlantic institute in brussels, helped raise money for victims of the south africa, south asian tsunami and hurricane katrina, and advocated for energy independence and green policies. i could go on about all ajc has done to engage in the world. clearly, ajc believes the united states and its people are a forceful global peace and security. ajc has never been an america first organization. nor should our country be. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, wendy. mike doran, you have an extra 30 seconds. >> thanks. and thanks to all of you for coming. thanks to agency for inviting me. i completely agree with ambassador sherman, it's a great honor to be in this company debating this consequential issue. i do have a slightly different position. i think that the starting point for understanding, a circle starting point for understanding america first is not charles lindbergh. aas a former educator i can guarantee you that nobody under the age of 65 in

we settled in the fictional world, resettled after the bosnian war, driven out of kosovo and have chosenlive right near the american nato bases in bosnia, which were there for a decade after the war, sort of to keep the peace. >> brown: so you have this big story, you have this history. but the way in, as always, is a particular character. in this case, a lawyer from kindle county. >> from kindle county. >> brown: yeah. >> the former u.s. attorney in kindle county. >> brown: a very successful man, but who is unfulfilled. >> right. thrown his life up for grabs, says that he has never felt fully at home with himself. and that helps explain why he'd be willing to leave the united states to work overseas. >> brown: and is that the way in for you, really? >> what interested me was when i found that the united states congress had passed a law called the u.s. service members protection act, which says that the president has authority to forcibly rescue anybody-- any american serviceman charged before the international criminal court. so of course, the novelist says, "ah, good, conflict." and so

it has operations in kosovo, in african countries like malia.u leads the eu we will have nothing to do with joint eu military operations u nless we do with joint eu military operations unless we the uk choose to join these operations bilaterally, to say we are doing this operation, would you like some help? the uk was to be pa rt you like some help? the uk was to be part of the commons committee defence policy of the european union which means we participate in these schemes but the whole idea of an eu army which are still a long way away, the uk will not be part of that leaves the eu. up until that point we can take part if we wish but most of the military co—operation eu does tends to be on an intergovernmental basis. take it or leave it option. very little it is done by decision—makers in brussels. very good to talk to you, thank you for all that information and answering all those questions. and at 5.30 we'll be putting your questions to the shadow international trade and also climate change minister — barry gardiner. you can get in touch vi

under renewed government, as a consequence of the kosovo policing budget, we have fewer police officersice office rs people reports background to police officers in the community and they pass it on and that helps keep the safes and there is no doubt fewer police officers mean more danger. labour is promising more police and more staff for the security services, the argument from the opposition ‘s parties is that those whose job it is to protect us need more resources more powers. it's not that we don't have the ability to track and detain people, it's quite likely that because of cuts made in police and intelligence services over the years that we don't have enough hands and eyes to track people and bring them tojustice. enough hands and eyes to track people and bring them to justice. we must also opened a debate in this country as to whether we routinely, our police force, especially in major cities. at the very least we must double the number of armed police officers as soon as possible. in these final days of the campaign, parties vying for votes, tackling terrorism now tops the age

kosovo. we will be joined by anna and nejra in just a second. but first here's first word news. >> let's get started with oil here. for countries like by saudi arabia cut diplomate ties with qatar and access to the nation started over and its support for the muslim brotherhood. rex tillerson has urged members of the gulf cooperation council to remain unified. we encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. if there is any role we can play in terms of helping them address those, we think it's important for the gcc remain unified. says -- present >> jamie dimon says the bank is hoping to get up on the license in the country and would consider another venture in asia's largest economy. progressave made huge in financial reforms, market reforms. they're going to have tough times and we should understand that. it's true for every single country that goes from emerging markets to a developed market. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm david inglis,

for all the time, an air-to-air shootdown but the last time they actually executed this move was in kosovo so this is a dramatic turn in syria. the american f-18 fighter jet launched from a nearby carrier locked on to the syrian jet after it dropped bombs on u.s.-backed rebel forces fighting isis. firing that air-to-air missile and shooting the syrian warplane out of the sky. the shootdown coming after the u.s. warned the syrians through the russians to halt their assault on the forces. >> the u.s. called the russians on a hotline and said stop attacking, minutes later a syrian jet rolled in and it continued to attack the sdf forces on the ground. >> reporter: the u.s. military said the shootdown was justified as part of the collective self-defense of coalition partner forces fighting isis but further complicating u.s. relations with russia which is backing the assad regime. >> the best case here is that the syrians and the russians say, okay, we've pushed the u.s. as far as they can go and they've drawn a line and we're not going to cross this again. on the other hand, if mr. putin decide

was a real possibility for other nations of the western balkans -- macedonia, bosnia-herzegovina, kosovo, and according to some optimistic voices in the region, perhaps even serbia. that's why montenegro's october 16 election was no ordinary one. in russia's eyes, it was a last chance to stop montenegro from joining nato to thwart montenegro's pursuit of a euroatlantic future and rye assert fiewrn influence in southeastern europe. that's why there was little doubt that russia would exert heavy pressure on montenegro ahead of the election. russia had already been accused of fomenting antigovernment demonstrations and funding opposition parties, yet few would have guessed how far russia was willing to go, but now we know. this april as part of my visit to several countries in southeastern europe to reaffirm america's commitment to the region, i visited montenegro and was briefed by montenegran officials on the status of the investigation into the coup attempt. on april 14, montenegro's special prosecutor filed indictments against two russians and 12 other people for their roles in the coup

we saw the attempt to overthrow the government of montenegro, kosovo? osnia, ambassador garcevic: i'm sure this is just one case and i'm sure russia will continue doing similar -- something similar in our neighborhood. senator mccain: that's pretty exciting. recruited people and willing to kill people and willing to send people in uniform to kill the prime minister. it reads out of a novel. ambassador garcevic: u.s. and european partners must remain active in the region. any retreat from the region is detrimental for democracies. senator mccain: came awfully close to succeeding if we hadn't had an informant on the inside, they might have succeeded. ambassador garcevic: in some ases ambassador garcevic: the informant was aware of the proportion of bloodshed and wouldn't happen if this action succeeded and he showed up to police to report. senator mccain: should we be concerned about that level of violence that the g.r.u. is willing to engage in in order to overthrow a free and elected government? ambassador burns: at this time is concerning. senator mcca

they shouldn't be allowed to serve people who served in world war ii or korea, panama, kosovo, so mall ark the gulf war, iraq, afghanistan, people shouldn't be given that honor lightly. it's exactly whey this bill, the department of veterans' affairs accountability and whistleblower protection act is so important. the bill establishes whistleblower protections so that we can ensure veterans get the best possible care and make sure that no veteran is ever dishonored twice by the same person. i want to thank you again for yielding me time. i want to thank you on behalf of every single veteran across this country for this great bill and with that, i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee reserve the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: thank you, congressman mast, for those kind words and words spoken for every american veteran. at this point i'd like to yield one minute to mr. fitzpatrick of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylva

together, nato members have served on the ground in bosnia, kosovo, afghanistan and has made the allegiance even stronger. now with russia putting forward an aggressive posture to its neighbors and the world in addition to visiting bosnia, we went to estonia and i visited denmark as well. there is no doubt that those neighbors of russia's feel a pressure that is over the last 15 years, not been as present. nato's common defense commitments is vital to global security and america's security as it has ever been. i know that russia interfered with our elections and used cyberattacks against our allies to subvert their democratic institutions as well. estonia in particular has developed and is developing defenses to cyberattacks. we, the united states, the leader of the free world, must to vladimir both putin and to our nato allies that the united states stands firmly by its commitments to the alliance and its collective defense. it is -- has only been once that article 5 has been implicated and that was after 9/11 when all of our european allies in nato said that an an attack in the united sta

we saw the attempt to overthrow government of montenegro at other nato aspirants such as bosnia, kosovo. >> what i mentioned in my introductory, i'm sure this is just one case, and i'm sure that the russia will continue doing something similar in our neighborhood. >> that's pretty exciting. they recruited people, they were willing to kill people, they were willing to send people in uniform to kill the prime minister. i mean, that's -- it reads out of a novel. >> therefore, i think that u.s. and european partners must remain active in the region. any further -- any threat from the region that's -- for the democracies. >> they came awfully close to succeeding. if we hadn't had an informant from the inside, they might have succeeded. >> what i answered previously, that in some cases, we simply had luck. i can not say that we were capable to fight back, simply it happened as a result of certain circumstances. one that you mention and had that helped us a lot. >> like an informant on the inside. >> yeah, this was an informant who came to -- who was aware of the proportion of bloodshed that w

alienate our allies in kosovo the wrong run. -- long way. i would if you could quickly, and other. >> my job was to go in and see if i could find value in the urine. u.n. that was the directed all of you gave peter that was directed the presidenthepresident gave me. there are a lot of places that the you is very effective. there's a lot of fat around the edges. bubut i do think it is very important that we make the most of it. i will tell you that from the president's budget, keep in mind that that was more of making a point. it was making a point that he wanted to strengthen the military, and he was putting the united nations on notice, and it worked. and i'd use that as leverage because now we're seeing a lot of the other countries come forward and say yes, we should do reform. when it comes to peacekeeping reform, they've worked with us on every single renewal to change it, to make it smarter, to make it better work for the people. when it comes to management reform they are working with us on changing it. i really do think the message wa