most of those arrested or who have a warrant out for their arrest, a kosovo, albanians. so we cannot say that this is state repression against any one server, brussels and call for dialogue and, and, and we did end to the violence cause for declared independence from serbia back in 2008, but ties between them, remained tense, thousands of international peacekeepers are still stationed in kosovo to this day. we spoke with international affairs commentator who said certain, it's nothing but ethnic cleansing though. this is just the latest in the series of low level provocations which the albanian authorities are constantly directing out . the surviving serbians in the north of the province will cost me to scare the surviving serbians into submission to force them to give up, to leave, if possible, to aid in their own ethnic cleansing of hands. we'll be doing this for fall longer than you would have been on this planet. we've had a person wounded with a bully in the back, which means bullets have been fired by the albanian police or storm season coming to this area. and it'

this operation was against the criminals who smuggle the legal goods into kosovo territory. i've informed me that the prostate cancer of the case of serbia nationality as well as in the judge maturity on the rapid response, not from not only trav it's or or of serbian nationality. most of those arrests who have a warrant out for their arrest and families. so we can all day that this is state repression off against any one or service. or sentence broke out the use called for dialogue and an immediate end to the violence. a customer declared independence from serbia, or in 2008, but ties between the remain tent. thousands of international peacekeepers are still stationed in cost about to this day. well, let's talk about it now with international affairs expert marker, gathered back into the program as far as you're aware from what you know with these fairly standard rates or did something out of the ordinary take place. well, a standard re doesn't involve live firearms. going to find a way to deal with low level criminal accusation. these people are you. we've had a person wou

kosovo's refusal to recognise serbian vehicle numberplates had caused outrage among ethnic serbs.e try to control rival marches for and against migration from venezuela and haiti. several people were injured as protesters threw stones when the two marchers converged in the city centre. authorities in oman have urged people in northern coastal areas to evacuate their homes as a cyclone is due to make landfall in the next 2a hours. cyclone shaheen is advancing towards the northern omani coast with winds up to 150km/h. it's expected to bring heavy rain and high waves. after very successful covid—19 immunisation programmes using vaccines from the likes of pfizer and moderna, some richer countries already rolling out booster shots. but at the same time many lower income nations have been forced to turn providers, including some not approved by the world health organization. this professor is ahead of a research group, the doherty institute, in melbourne and he told me about the key issues. access to supplies the most important. the international initiative covax signed up to by many go

kosovo's refusal to recognise serbian vehicle number plates had caused outrage among ethnic serbs.es in a mine have urged people in northern coastal areas to evacuate their homes as a cyclone is due to make landfall in the next 2a hours. cyclone shaheen is advancing towards the northern coast with winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour. is expected to bring heavy rain and high waves. there have been chaotic scenes in the chilean capital santiago as police tried to control rival marches for and against migration from venezuela and haiti. several people were injured as protesters threw stones when the two marches converged in the two marches converged in the city centre. chilli has accepted hundreds of thousands of migrants in recent years. fire has ravaged the honduran resort island of guanaja. this footage shows people desperately trying to douse the flames, the fire breaking out in the early hours of saturday morning, and the inferno was raging by daybreak. hundreds were forced to evacuate with the honduran air force sent to fight the fire. dozens of homes have been destroyed. the

also this, our several people are injured as clashes erupted and served majority areas of kosovo with fear that the violence may grow into a wider regional conflict. ah, a good happy with his life from moscow. this is alta internationals, world news at 10 o'clock we'll get on to our headline stories in a moment. at 1st, some troubling news coming to us from norway that several people have been killed. a number of others have been injured in an attack in the town of cones berg which is to the west of all. slo reports say that a man shot people with a bow and arrow. and as we understand, a suspect has been detained. a cause norway is a very low cry, merrier suddenly in terms of killings and murders. but this is certainly a tragic development for the people of norway when we get more information on this . we will of course, update you later in the program. next though, our speaking at the russian energy week, international forum president putin as waiting on the gas price hike in europe, and feel the tough questions, dispelling what he called false narratives of moscow strategy on the gl

kosovo refuses to recognised serbian numberplates which caused outrage among ethnic serbs.from haiti. protesters threw stones when the two marchers converged in the two marchers converged in the city centre. now, the authorities in oman have urged people in northern coastal areas as a cyclone is due to make landfall in the next 2a hours. cyclone advancing towards the northern 0mani coast with winds, and heavy rain. fire has ravaged the honduran island, this incredible footage shows people desperately trying to douse the flames. the fire broke out in the early hours of saturday morning. i daybreak the inferno was raging and hundreds were forced to evacuate with the honduran air force sent to by the fire. hundreds of homes have been destroyed but remarkably no lives, reportedly, have been lost. getting more of this from linda coelho,. shejoins me live from san pedro in honduras. what is the picture on the ground at the picture on the ground at the moment?— the moment? thank you for havin: the moment? thank you for having me- _ the moment? thank you for having me. so _ the mom

to implement you laws, albania, and north macedonia have yet to begin such talks, and bosnia and kosovo are only listed as potential candidate countries. the integration has been slowed by their hesitancy to adopt reforms and reluctance among the members to allowing states who aren't in line with the block standards. the usa biggest for an investor and trade partner and some members are concerned if integration is delayed, the states could turn to other international please let speak to jell. mouse about this. he's a founding chairman at the european stability initiative and is joining us from berlin. thank you very much, gerald to being with us so that they seem to be widespread passes and pessimism over the e u being expanded to include these 6 balkan countries. i want to ask you 1st about the face of the relationship right now between the 2 sides, who needs whom the most right now? well, it should of course be, and the only way it can work is if it will be a win win relationship. so the western balkans are hoping to join the soul of peace and prosperity, a region western europe, cent

the ear will officially unveil its proposals later . police in kosovo have scuffled with ethnic serbs during an operation to crack down on smuggling. raids were held in 4 areas. police use tear gas as the ethnic serbs through stones and other objects. and they blocked the main road of north mitrovica south with trucks, kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008. but large communities of ethnic serbs still live within cosello's quarters. protestors in peru have gathered around a statue of christopher columbus in the capital to call attention to the treatment of indigenous people. they say colonization created deep inequities on the continent. the protest comes during hispanic heritage month, which commemorates the arrival of columbus in the america. a 2nd group gathered to protect a statue. tens of thousands of government supporters have been rallying in some of bolivia as big as cities. it follows days of anti government protest against a proposed law. the bill gives authorities the power to investigate citizens assets without a court order, daniel shamela report, and when his h

in the fragile horn of africa, region believes in kosovo, have scaffold with the ethnic serbs during operation to crack down on smuggling raids were held in 4 areas. police use t gas as the ethnic serbs through stones and other objects. they blocked the main road of north nitro victor with trucks, kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 large communities of ethnic. still lived within the cause of those borders. protest is in peru have gathered around the statue of christopher columbus in the capital to call attention to the treatment of indigenous people. they say colonization created deep inequities on the continent. the protest comes during hispanic heritage month, which commemorates the arrival of columbus in the americas. a 2nd group gathered to protect the statute. tens of thousands of government support as have been rallying in. some of the live is biggest cities. it follows days of anti government demonstrations against the proposed law. the bill gaves authorities, the power to investigate citizens assets without a court order al jazeera is daniel schwein, law reports

it is still engaged in kosovo, just to mention some of the operations. nato took over responsibility for the operation in in libya in 2011. it has really engaged in operations. the philosophy is that total defense is very much dependent on peace and stability in our neighborhood. this is the reason why china will also be included as one of her new security challenges. host: we welcome your calls and comments. the phone lines are like this. for those of you the eastern central time zones, (202) 748-8000. permanent pacific, (202) 748-8001. shortly after the withdrawal from afghanistan, you had an opinion piece in the wall street journal. i want to read you an opinion piece. america and its allies cannot abandon the fight for democracy. you wrote that. it is time for those europeans to confront the new global reality. america is back but the world is changed. there are still security threats in europe, not the least from russia. but from russia, the campaign's hedge. it's the right priority. if america loses dominance in the indo pacific, it will cause a sh

kosovo's refusal to recognise serbian vehicle number plates had caused outrage among ethnic serbs.thered in italy say a lot more progress needs to be made by wealthy countries before a crucial un summit in glasgow in november, where it's hoped global leaders will agree to accelerate their programmes for tackling climate change. from milan, here's our environment correspondent victoria gill. frustration on the streets... ..as young activists marched to the milan climate conference on friday. this is our future and we have to fight for our futures. inside the conference today, a mood of quiet formality, as negotiators brought this meeting to a close. what's been discussed though could hardly be more urgent. the fires, the floods, the melting of the ice and the rising of the sea... the overall message from leaders here is one of cautious optimism, that it will be possible to reach a decisive climate agreement in glasgow, but that it won't be easy. glasgow is the starting point. people who are here in milan representing some of the most vulnerable and small island nations are really co

i am a shall come saba, religion from kosovo. from phillip with a c. r before lynette misty. bought a mirror to support your solution for full dialog. me see julian just due to having the pony. she rational, but i think what it says t mobile operators. lensky. sure. of on clue. the journal up was yes. so she can she do it for you? but it should go in with a few more, you click on the quote. all so, so 2012, so animal planet, when you get a new plan opportunity to excuse your cheap the feeling is good. anyway, for the positive, because you know, we're the one positive month or less on jack on this also can join us in a beetle is i don't suppose you also gonna blow it all more. do him some good dancing. don't want to proceed about going to or you know, a budget. if you fail will know so new come, fail, contin all subsidies, these, all the prestige. they used to see molecular eel sheet all the time in the did that a, with a, with my mostly much the problem. did you want like those we up some of us to measure i was not just you fail. oh, you don't to, i me

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general freddy franks and we were called up to general powell's office, this was when the war in kosovo and albania was going on. general franks was asked by general powell to lay out maps and what are the problems going into bosnia at the time and general franks and i were crawling around the floor of his office. he gave me a coin afterwards but this is the kind of guy he was. he wanted the details of europe. he wanted the details of the world and he listened closely to his sbard nationals. he mentored general franks and dealt with the characteristics of a guy like general schwarzkopf. powell was a great leader. he pulled different kinds of people together and during desert storm, he was one of the individuals who pulled a coalition together. there were jordanians and egyptians fighting on the same battle we were when we invaded iraq to reestablish the boundaries of kuwait. that's the individual military and political that he was, a perfect pick for the chairman of the joint chiefs. >> also a fairly unique figure in american history. there are people for whom there is a genuine movemen

i was talking about this, just as our son beau was in kosovo for six months and iraq for a year she was a chief law enforcement officer for the attorney general. i would watch every morning because she left for school before i got on the train. jill standing there mouthing a prayer as she drank a cup of coffee over the sink praying for beau. you do it every day. you did it every day. there was a line from an english poet, john milton, he said they also serve what we stand and wait. how long have you had to stand and wait and wonder? you heard something on the news or you saw it on television, thousands and thousands of american families stand and wait so their husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters can serve the rest of us. we not only owe them, we owe you. it is not hyperbole. i mean this from the bottom of my heart, we owe you. too many of you sitting out there ever see that terrible call that your loved one would not be coming home at the end of his or her shift. to the mothers and fathers here today, my heart aches for you. believe it or not jill and i understand. we got

i was talking about this, just as our son beau was in kosovo for six months and iraq for a year she was a chief law enforcement officer for the attorney general. i would watch every morning because she left for school before i got on the train. jill standing there mouthing a prayer as she drank a cup of coffee over the sink praying for beau. you do it every day. you did it every day. there was a line from an english poet, john milton, he said they also serve what we stand and wait. how long have you had to stand and wait and wonder? you heard something on the news or you saw it on television, thousands and thousands of american families stand and wait so their husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters can serve the rest of us. we not only owe them, we owe you. it is not hyperbole. i mean this from the bottom of my heart, we owe you. too many of you sitting out there ever see that terrible call that your loved one would not be coming home at the end of his or her shift. to the mothers and fathers here today, my heart aches for you. believe it or not jill and i understand. we got

that the political class had seen success in kosovo, sierra leone, seen some success dealing with saddamght they could make the world a better place? i think if you look back, you'll recall that was the era was about benign interventions. tony blair had a view on how we could make the world a better place. but i think it's deeper than that, and a lot has been written about the interaction between senior military leadership and policy makers. and i think how that relationship works is pretty fundamental to the lessons that we learned from the campaigns of the first 20 years of this century. the military has a very important responsibility to make sure they receive the right political guidance, and policymakers have a very important responsibility to give the right political guidance. is there a difficulty that you're hinting at in the way the military talk? you are by definition can—do people. some people describe it as happy talk. "no, we can do this, it's going well!" because you're asking people to risk their lives. and politicians, particularly with no experience in the armed forces,

one european family by the leaders of albania, balls near montenegro, north macedonia, serbia, and kosovo are increasingly frustrated with the u promises. they say they want more progress on membership talks that have stalled in recent years. we are hopeful that the summit will make you stay faithful, took its essence and that is enlargement. during the meeting at you, leaders acknowledge that western balkan countries had made some reforms, but they said there was still work to be done on the rule of law corruption and major freedom. ongoing rivalries in the region are also impeding progress. historic tensions between crossover in serbia recently flared up again for border dispute. the issue of enlargement may have slipped down. they use list of priorities in recent times. but some you lead to say that if the western balkans become disillusioned with the process, they may turn away from the block. russia and china's influence is already being felt in the region. join is building its 1st european cove. it vaccine plot in serbia. if we want to make europe stronger and also extend our geopol

why trotted direction on the actual jesse police in kosovo, have scuffled with ethnic serbs during operation to crack down on smuggling rights were held in 4 areas. police use t gas ethnic threw stones and other objects and they blocked the main road of north mit tributes. with trunks, because of declared independence from soviet, in 2008. but last communities of ethnic still live within the cause of our border. russia heat, another record number of covey. 19 deaths in a single day with $984.00 fatalities on wednesday. but the government is refusing to consider a nationwide lockdown will than $28000.00 new cases for also reported another record in spite of infections that began last month, the kremlin blamed the slow progress of vaccination. chili's president has imposed a state of emergency in response to a recent conflict with the country's largest indigenous group. members of them, the chair has been fighting to recover ancestral land. troops being sent to southern regions hits by violence. latin american, lucy and human report come a peculiar government. this video posted on social netwo

and most notably between serbian kosovo dispute over call registration plates on the border fled up just recently. natasha if by some book and leaders that they're frustrated by the slow progress, what are the risks of, of the e u. dragging its feet when there is a sense that if the e u is are seen by the western vulcans as perhaps not doing enough to push along progress on its future membership that the west of balkan nations might look elsewhere if you like. and certainly clear that the influence of russia and china is being felt much more as strongly in the region than it was before. for example, serbia has become the 1st european country to produce chinese coven 19 vaccine. so that is a real risk. and some say that that you simply cannot afford to let the western balkans perhaps drift away if you like, because they all are on the european continent. and that could be a security risk, or what the e u is expected, at least to pledge at the end of this summit is more than $30000000.00 of investment investment in the could be used for infrastructure projects. also, coven, 19 recovery. as

the protocol that is created trade at checks between great britain and northern ireland police in kosovo. have scaffold with ethnic says during operation to crack down on smuggling rides were held in 4 areas . please use t gas as the ethnic says through stones and other objects. they blocked the main road of north mit travis with trunks because of declared independence from serbia in 2008 large communities of ethnic says will live within because of those borders . protested in peru have gathered around the statue of christopher columbus in the capital to call attention to the treatment of indigenous people. they say colonization created deep inequities on the continent. and the united nations has recalled to senior officials working in ethiopia because of concerns about their safety. it comes after an unverified recordings surfaced in which to you and workers say official steamboat, sympathize, rather with rebels into grime. those are the headlines i am emily angry and the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story by finance. ah rex, it travels escalade between the u. k and t

the rule of law and there are tensions in the region, most notably between serbia on kosovo. but there were those who say that the you cannot turn it back on the western balkans or leave them disillusioned with goals because then they may look elsewhere. we've already seen the growing influence of russia and china are in the region. and that is something of course that you would want to avoid. a western balkans are on the european continent and they don't want them to become a security risk. the nobel prize in chemistry has been jointly awarded to, to sciences for the developments of a precise new tool for molecular construction. the roll, swedish academy of sciences, say the working benjamin list, and david mcmillan had a great impact on pharmaceutical research was already benefiting humankind greatly for jennifer newton as the content editor for chemistry world, the monthly chemistry news magazine, published by the royal society of chemistry. she explains the significance of the discover melanie list showed that you cookies, small organic molecules, say things made from car

there are also things like ongoing tensions in the region historic tensions which in kosovo in serbia. that's a flare dock in recent weeks again. so a lot there that needs to be sorted out before any future membership could be decided or before some of the negotiations could be reopened. but eli does, did a promise of a $35000000000.00 investment plan for the region for things i infrastructure to help with a covey to recovery. they are saying that that is a sign of their commitment. and tasha thank you very much for that, natasha. but by reporting their from slovenia, still ahead on al jazeera, more questions and answers in the oil spill off the coast of southern california. will tell you what a preliminary investigation has uncovered. ross will look at how the current of iris pandemic has led to an economic and social crisis in brazil as left millions, desperate and hungry. and after a few weeks of downtime, the us open champion is ready to resume play more later in sports with peter. ah, another world news for his tie wants defense minister says tensions with neighboring china are a

also this our several people are injured as classes erupt instead majority areas of kosovo with fear that the violence may grow into a wider regional conflict.

and there are tensions in the region, most notably between serbia on kosovo, ongoing, his sorry tension there. that of recently been flared up again with border patrols being stepped up on the border between these 2 countries over dispute over car registration place. so there are lots of things that need to be sorted out 1st, as say you leaders before these western balkan nations could become part of the you . of course, natasha. this is also a real transition moment, isn't it? for the you with power dynamics potentially shifting, given the elections we've seen, and germany and elections next year and in france. is there a sense that any of that transition might play into the relationship there with these western balkan states? i think there's clearly a sense of enlargement fatigue. among some you member states, most notably a frogs netherlands. and the denmark, for example, have brought up concerns that they have over enlargement. blueberry 27 member states ready added the best of times. it can be challenging to find unanimity on a variety of issues. you also have an issue in which som

debacle in afghanistan, going to add to that the tensions and hostilities along the border between kosovo and serbia, the balkans are now feeling appear this is a vacuum of lewis leadership. elections matter. elections actually matter to our safety as the congressman is talking about. i do not think we are more safe just from eight months ago since biden took over we are less safe. we need to be able to face that fact very clearly when our enemies smell weakness, they see a difference between the threat of military action and a credible threat to military action. right now we don't have a credible threat. look at the chinese, the russians, leaders in the balkans, 100,000 troops in the ukrainian border. we can go country by country that absolutely is taking advantage can we don't have leadership in washington, leadership in the white house. >> sean: joe turn the page in 60 days later he's abandoned fellow americans and hasn't mentioned them in 45 days. unbelievable. thank you too, thank you for sharing all the information with us. when we come back straight ahead, new american saying it's

the tensions and the hostilities along the border between kosovo and serbia. the balkans are feeling it. this is a vacuum of u.s. leadership. elections matter. elections matter to our safety as the congressman is talking about. i don't think that we are more safe. just from eight months ago. from biden took over, we're less safe. we need to be able to face that fact very clearly. when our enemies, they smell weakness, they see a difference between the threat of military action and a credible threat of military action. right now we don't have a credible threat. you look at the chinese, look at the russians, look at the leaders in the balkans. we have troops on the ukrainian border. we can go through country by country that is absolutely taking advantage of us right now why don't have leadership in washington or the white house. >> sean: joe has just turned the page and 62 days later, he's abandoned fellow americans and has not mentioned them in 45 days. unbelievable. when we come back, america's new favorite saying is viral. "let's go brandon." features to go a

the 2000s and before, from his experience in challenging war waged by the clinton administration in kosovoo say very specifically the idea of humanitarian war is impossible. because it is just a mask for u.s. forms of hegemony. professor moyn has somewhat walked back his critique, suggesting the title was chosen by the editor and not him, but i think the content of this article stands and is profoundly misguided. michael understood that lawyering has a particular role in society. it is not where the war is won, but where the battle has to be fought, alongde all sorts of other means to leverage. the power of movements to challenge repression. that is what michael stood for, and in no way did he ever sanitize war. amy: lizzy ratner, michael ratner was known for these court challenges, from guantanamo to actual wars, taking on rumsfeld and others, suing against illegal war. he also most deeply believed in the streets. lizzy: i just want to echo what baher was saying. reading that piece was an out of body experience where he had someone speak authoritarian late and make sweeping claims. and th

are taken to find them and incarcerate them and i recognize that there are a number of people in kosovo who were identified. my last round of questioning really goes to the terrible attacks that occurred in fort mccoy and other places. we have a significant number of afghan/american bound individuals who are currently committing crimes. and who have committed crimes. i'd like to know, that one to come to the best of your ability, how many cases you are following, not what the cases specifically are about. and of what that you've been given or that need to be given to do with these individuals including revocation of their parole which of course is an executive prerogative. but, that's one that we would like to know. and they begin the deportation process. >> we will try to get back to you on what we are able to sell you one. and we are happy to accept it in an environment where it's not disclosed but i really think that this committee has an obligation to have a good feel for the nature of the individual, the nature of the crimes and how we are going to deal with them. this is an awful

talking to steny about this, just as our son beau was in kosovo for about six months, iraq for a yearer for the state of delaware. the attorney general. i'd watch every morning, because she left for school before i got on the train. jill standing there mouthing a prayer. as she drank a cup of coffee over the sink, praying. praying for beau. we do that every day, you did it every day. there's a line from an english poet john milton. he said they also served as we stand and wait. how long have you had to stand and wait and wonder when you heard something on the news or saw it on television. thousands and thousands of american families stand and wait for their husbands, wives, their fathers, their mother, sons and daughters can serve the rest of us. we not only know them, we owe you. it's not hyperbole. i mean this from the bottom of my heart. we owe you. we'll need to support them. and too many of you sitting out there received that terrible call that your loved one won't be coming home at the end of his or her shift. to the mothers and fathers here today, my heart aches for you. believ

>> i think the message needs to be as it has been that delta kosovo i covid, that's what's in control of the country. the only way to get out of this is higher vaccination rates and biden will emphasize his efforts to get employers to require vaccination or encourage it at the very least, depending where the rule ends up. and that's the way out of this. because as christine pointed out, there had been high expectations that the numbers would be better in september because expanded unemployment insurance had ended, schools were reopening, there were a lot of conditions that seemed conducive to strong growth and yet covid took over. >> there is a bigger issue going on here than the cyclical one, rises and falls in the job market. there appears to be a mismatch between the jobs that are available, and the jobs that people want. right? and some of this is in the data -- or jobs and one reason the restaurant industry seems to be having an issue hiring people. what -- how big a deal is that right now, right? and what is the solution to that? >> well, the easy solution, is to say raise wages

being taken to find them and to incarcerate them and i recognize that there are a number of people in kosovowho were identified so we would certainly include that. my last round of questioning really goes to the terrible attacks that occurred at ft. mccoy and other places. we have a significant number of afghan/american bound individuals who are currently committing crimes. and who have committed crimes. and so i would like to know one, to the best of your ability, how many cases you're following, not what the cases specifically are about? and what authorities you have been given or need to be given to deal with these individuals, including irevocation of their paroles which is an executive prerogative, but one we would like to know will individuals who have committed crimes have their paroles pulled and if so, can they then be deported or begin the deportation process? >> we'll try to get back to you on what we're able to tell you on the questions of the crimes you're talking about. >> and we're happy to accept it in an environment where it's not disclosed, but i really think this committee

talking about this, just as our son beau was in kosovo for six months and in iraq for a year, he waseral and i'd watched every morning, and she left before i did, and i left for the train, jill mouthing a prayer over the cup of coffee at the sink, praying, praying, for beau, he did it every day. and there was a line from an english poet, john milton, he said they also serve while we stand and wait. how long have you had to stand and wait and wonder when you heard something on the news or saw it on television? thousands and thousands of american families stand and wait for their husbands, wives, their fathers, their mothers, sons and daughters can serve the rest of us. we not only owe them, we owe you. it's not hyperbole, i mean this from the bottom of my heart, we owe you, fully to support them and too many of you sitting out there have received that terrible call that your loved one won't be coming home at the end of his or her shift. to the mothers and fathers here today, my heart aches for you. believe it or not, jill and i understand. we got one of those calls in a different circ

it is still engaged in kosovo, just to mention some of the operations. over responsibility for the operation in in libya in 2011. it has really engaged in operations. the philosophy is that total defense is very much dependent on peace and stability in our neighborhood. this is the reason why china will also be included as one of her new security challenges. host: we welcome your calls and comments. the phone lines are like this. for those of you the eastern central time zones, (202) 748-8000. permanent pacific, (202) 748-8001. shortly after the withdrawal from afghanistan, you had an opinion piece in the wall street journal. i want to read you an opinion piece. america and its allies cannot abandon the fight for democracy. you wrote that. it is time for those europeans to confront the new global reality. america is back but the world is changed. there are still security threats in europe, not the least from russia. but from russia, the campaign's hedge. it's the right priority. if america loses dominance in the indo pacific, it will cause a shocking pow

bosnia, kosovo. i think the people in those regions prefer much the situation they are in now rather than going through what they had gone through. you had the intervention and panama that was -- intervention in panama that was successful. our support for columbia, an utterly failed state in 1999, still not a pretty place in many ways. how about south korea, though? in 1953, he looked pretty bleak. there are no short-term solutions to long-term problems. i think we understood it well enough in afghanistan. i would just ask afghans. i think the problem is our policies were based on fantasy in washington instead of the reality on the ground. think about what our leaders told us. even until recently, they said something utterly delusional, that the taliban would share power, adopt a more benign form of sharia. it would be laughable if not so devastating. >> after our 20 year experience in afghanistan, do you think there is any development or security component of what we tried to do that is sustainable?

taken to find them and to incarcerate them, and i recognize that there are a number of people in kosovo who were identified, so we would certainly include that. my last round of questioning really goes to the terrible attacks that occurred at ft. mccoy and other places. we have a significant number of afghan/american bound individuals who are currently committing crimes. and who have committed crimes. and so i would like to know, one, to the best of your ability, how many cases you're following, not what the cases specifically are about? and what authorities you have been given or need to be given to deal with these individuals, including irevocation of their paroles which is an executive prerogative, but one we would like to know, will individuals who have committed crimes have their paroles pulled, and if so, can they then be deported or begin the deportation process? >> we'll try to get back to you on what we're able to tell you on the questions of the crimes you're talking about. >> and we're happy to accept it in an environment where it's not disclosed, but i really think this comm