handed by its predecessor, shamelessly violated resolution of the security council, even punish others for abiding by a united nations security council resolution? and simultaneously claim to be seeking negotiations? the the united states can impose neither negotiations more war. life is hard on the sanctions. however, harder is life without independence. political freedom at home is important for us. we as the oldest democracy in the middle east are proud of our people determining their destiny and will not trade domestic freedom with foreign interference. democracy is the sovereign right of a nation and not the right of interference by an outsider. let alone a terrorist and interventionist outside of the remains captive to the illusions of the nineteenth of august 1953 when its predecessors overthrew the only democracy in the middle east through a coup d'État. dignity and prosperity of our nation are essential for us and diplomacy relying on national will coupled with resilience. we are not the bargaining chip in us elections and domestic policy. any us administration will have no choice but to surrender to the res

clear here let other up the markets not i mean russia did join other members of the united nations security council on sanctions to to how it ran into negotiations about its nuclear ambitions really what it did that ok it would have let me then we got an agreement and then the drug administration walked away from it so i think that you know you could you could comment russian foreign policy for pushing a diplomatic initiative which i've said repeatedly on this program and not to the markets right now repeatedly in the program that i meant the obama administration doing exactly that it's walking away from it that i'm critical of go him or his. friend to the russian federation in an icy icy snow so it has serious and disagree so united nations security council measures be an employee solid iran and there were questions longbox also some diplomats who privately were not happy with that but in tracy trend see if russia is very different russian territory is not pursuing a strategic asset or on russia has a strategic posture with iraq over flat roof in the rain. in front of his house and also remember t

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did to be clear here limited to marcus no i mean russia did join other members the united nations security council on sanctions to to have iran's interest negotiations about its nuclear ambitions really what it did that. it would have limited then we got an agreement and then the drug administration walked away. so i think that you know you could you could comment russian foreign policy for pushing a diplomatic initiative which i had said repeatedly on this program and not to the markets right now repeatedly a little program that i meant the obama administration doing exactly that it's walking away from it that i'm critical of go ahead this is absolutely correct to the russian federation in the eye to the ninety's and also in his 2000 disagree to the united nations security council measures being imposed on iran and i will say this there were questions along both also russian diplomats who privately were not happy with that but in tracy transceiver russia is very different russia to retreat is not pursuing a strategic partnership or on russia has a strategic partnership with iraq over flash frozen

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inclusive you and security council that we will be able to connect to fully resolve some of the world's most protracted conflicts nigeria support the explanation of the united nations security council to reflect the rusty and danny mix of the 21st century. design of prominent seats in the united nations security council and for more on this i'm joined by value he is a senior researcher at the institute for security studies he recently published a piece titled africa can become more influential in they go and say here's a council welcome to news africa why does this seemingly no interest in reforming the u.n. security council to include more representation because african leaders has been calling for a permanent seat on the council for the is. so to some extent permanent members of the u.n. security council seats in a very comfortable position position where the status quo is good for them but in a situation where the role of no to the truth that you should see is that through it and the reason the great divide amongst great powers if the un is not able to adapt the un is increasingly going to become where you are relevant and does the mindset of coming just from af

inclusive you and security council that we will be able to collect to fully resolve some of the world's most protracted conflicts nigeria has supported explanation of the united nations security council to reflect the diversity and then a mix of the 21st century. design of prominent seats in the united nations security council and for more on this i'm joined by value he is a senior researcher at the institute for security studies he recently published a piece titled africa can become more influential in they go and security council welcome to news africa why does this seemingly no interest in reforming the u.n. security council to include more representation because african leaders has been calling for a permanent seat on the council for you is. to some extent permanent members of the u.n. security council sit in a very comfortable position position what is status quo is good for them but in a situation where the role of no to the truth that you should see is that through it and the reason great divide amongst great powers if the u.n. is not able to adapt your mind is increasingly going to become where you are relevant and doesn't mind at all coming just from africa

. >>> the exclusive, high ranking army officer and national security council staffer who became a quay witness in the impeachment of president trump last year is speaking out tonight. alexander vindman explaining to me why he called out the president's reactions and the retaliation that he says derailed his career hechsz a star witness for democrats in their impeachment hearings. >> i was concerned by the call what i heard was inappropriate. >> reporter: tonight now retired lieutenant counselor alexander vindman says that's why he and his twin brother were later removed from staff positions on the national security council. >> you have no doubt that it was the president that ordered your dismissal from the white house >> i have no doubt. >> the decorated iraq war veteran then chose to leave the military all together after two decades. >> were you forced out of the army? >> nobody told me that i had to -- that i had to leave as a matter of fact, if the president were not to be reelected, for instance, i probably could have continued on but that's a huge if if you were to be reelected, t

national security strategies? >> i think we need to, i think the national security structure itself needs to be modernized. as an example, under the national security act of 1947, the only formal members of the national security council are the president, the vice president, the secretaries of state and defense, period. the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the joint chiefs are advisors to the n.s.c. those four are the only members. there is no one that has a guaranteed place at the table, if you will, that has anything to do with economics, international economics, not to mention the other problems that we're facing and why shouldn't you have a more flexible national security council that allows not only the permanent presence of the secretary of the treasury, but perhaps others in the economic arena, but also the ability to bring in public health officials and people focused on the environment because the truth of the matter is, the national security apparatus as strong as it is in 2020 is still far more effective than the domestic policy side of the white house and it has been that way almost forever. and part of it is that the president has so much more authority in the national security arena

i guess the takeaway is you look and see the national security council, especially matthew pottinger,ncerned. the state department, pentagon, national security council as i said before, of course the cdc, the hhs, all of these agencies, and the trump administration new about what was going on in china and were fearful that a full-blown pandemic could explode. and that was in early january. what did your reporting find the biggest obstacle was from them being able -- >> what was the bickering about? >> -- to turn the fears and concerns of the coming pandemic in early january into policy that could have saved so many americans' lives? >> i think there's a lot that happened here that sort of tells us about the trump administration. things that we've known for several years now but haven't had a crisis that was going to test the administration in a way this has. and the inability to make a decision, the disagreements among key members of the white house staff, the fact that you had a chief of staff that was on the way out and unable to have the respect of his colleagues and make decisive

we have not all those and we will keep doing so we went to the united spoke in the united nations security council i've spoken to the heads of states this is an extreme and justice not just for people of. it if this escalates and if this breaks up into a conflict between pakistan and india this has implications for the rest of the world that's why it's serious but it was not saying anything right around the problem because. this is we make it clear. let me make it clear show the reason why the word or or certain parts of the world are not responding because unfortunately countries worry about the commercial interest they look upon india as a huge market and so they are willing to ignore this huge travesty of justice that is taking place there it doesn't mean that we will sit down quietly and accept this we will keep trying i understand your anger and i understand your frustration is the reason why your foreign minister. delivered an unprecedented sharp rebuke of the organization of the islamic countries about kashmir him particular to the point where the saudis were really really angry about what

it was previously on the us national security council.r caster semenya has lost her appeal at switzerland's federal supreme court against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runners. this means that unless the olympic eight—hundred metres champion complies with the ruling and takes hormone—suppressing drugs, she will not be able to defend her title in tokyo next year. semenya has said she was disappointed with the decision. morgan carpenter is the co—executive director of intersex human rights australia. i asked him whether this was an issue of semenya wanting to self—identify as female. caster semenya was observed as female at birth and all she is asking for is the right to be accepted as that woman, assigned female at birth and wanting to compete on the basis of her natural gifts. so, what you of the decision? i think it was always a long shot. i think this with federal court has only a very narrow reading and not able to assess many of the implications of the cast judgement, the previous judgement, the previous judgement,

minutes before he went to air and very much is taking advantage of this split the united nations security council he china and russia who have been friends of iran and if that vote had happened at the united nations russia and china would have vetoed it that was iran's understanding but also he thanked those members of the security council of those member states that stood up to the united states and don't want those sanctions imposed and this is an unprecedented division act knighted nations and iran is really capitalizing they see this as a diplomatic victory. this diplomatic battle has been going on for a while now and the united states is internationally isolated and iran feels that the odds are stacked in its favor but what iran does next very much depends on what the united states does in polls those u.n. sanctions they are back in place everyone else disagrees but united states thinks that they are so whatever the united states does iran will respond and the rhetoric coming out of the problem is that response will be decisive against the united states and the really issued some warnings we

just give you a hint here you have been trying to rally international support the united nations security council met 3 times about kashmir absolutely no strong sign of solidarity with your country or symbolic gestures don't you feel like you've been have banned by western allies. number one. is a disputed territory between pakistan and india since 70 years no this disputed territory on 5th august last year was taken over by india by brute force it 1000000 people and in an open prison. and 800000 in the troops in the valley who are not oppressing them now we have not all those and we will keep doing so we went to the united spoke in the united nations security council i've spoken to the heads of states this is an extreme and justice not just for people of. it if this escalates and if this breaks up into a conflict between pakistan and india this has implications for the rest of the world that's why it's serious but it was not saying anything right around the problem because. this is we make it clear. let me make it clear show the reason why the word or or certain parts of the world are not respon

iran will come and make a deal with me in 30 days the europeans and others at the united nations security council think it has to go within me with an agreement and. in order to get iraq back into. a back less escalation in the region i'm going to have a minute here when i ask you what happens next year when the german chancellor steps down when when i go america is no longer in charge what happens to europe or germany in europe's support for israel any change no there is no change in the that you know all governments reviewed by social democrats or by greens or by or or by conservative parties if there is a broad understanding. about the security of israel. and peace and development in the middle east i even have that there would be more engagement driven by germany and france to foster modernization development in the mediterranean and in the southern neighborhood and $2.00 and $3.00 need to get a conflict in the region souls all right christiane with germany's bevels mint foundation mr holmes we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you it's a pleasure talking to you don. they we

further escalation already next monday they's again a fight on the united states united nations security council on the iranian issue so that is still an issue of concern is it likely that other countries are going to follow what we've seen today have in saudi arabia saying tonight that it is sticking by the plan of the arab world that 1st there has to be a resolution to the palestinian israeli problem before any other deals can be made . there is a paradigm shift since the arab peace initiative from 200002 which said all $22.00 arab states to wait for editing in state before normalizing with israel this is now changing more arab countries would like to go into more strong relations with the us and with israel and this is mainly driven by strong economic and technological. wishes you know that especially the countries in the gulf once one. or face. very late. country they see their economic links much more with the u.s. and with israel in order to get their country forward you know the states in in the gulf region they will have they can depend less on oil export in the future they need to look

iran will come and make a deal with me in 30 days the europeans and others at the united nations security council think it has to go within me with an agreement and. in order to get iraq back into. a back escalation in the region i'm going to have a minute here when i ask you what happens next year when the german chancellor steps down when when uncle americal is no longer in charge what happens to europe or germany in europe's support for israel any change no there is no change in the that you know all governments. by the social democrats or by greens or by our or by conservative parties if there is a broad understanding about the security of israel. and peace and development in the middle east i even have that there will be more engagement by germany and france to foster modernization development in the mediterranean and in the southern neighborhood and $2.00 and $3.00 need to get a conflict in the region souls all right christiane with germany's bevels when foundation mr holmes we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you it's a pleasure talking to you brant. they were sobering a

in this conflict at the same time diplomatically we're hearing the men's group the united nations security council being activated is a major international community intervention. there's been a lot of been a lot of calls for calm and for immediate cease fire as. we know that the u.n. security council will be meeting behind closed doors later today to discuss the situation. the mid-scale group has been the official body designated to resolving this crisis resolving the dispute but it's been more than 3 decades now and there's a loss of faith in that organization which is comprised of the united states france and russia now the expectation perhaps is all the play is the powers in the region that have the influence that's russia and turkey which are also rivals and that concern is that they could end up being brought into this conflict i mean already says that turkey is somehow involved militarily but of course russia has its presence you know armenia not incur so either these powers will be caught brought into this conflict or they ultimately will be the ones that would have to thrash out a deal to

support the exploration of the united nations security council to reflect the city and dad mix of the 21st century. and seats in the united nations security. mr president. but. nigeria's commitment to promote. peace and security and sustainable development as well as strengthening parts in the ships and of course was intended and you know the organization thank you. so you're watching the nigerian president model bihari there giving his previous coded speech to the united nations general assembly focusing very much on the coronavirus pandemic terrorism and climate change and the role of women he talked about the strong u.n. leadership in steering the fight against the pandemic he said that the efforts to tackle coronavirus are in keeping with the un's theme of multilateralism he said the world needs to be mobilized together to fight the virus he also talked about the rise in terrorism and violent extremism and the efforts nigeria is making in their fight to tackle the armed group boko haram insurgents in the northeast of the country where kristen salumi listening to that speech is at

have been reimposed but that's been rejected by every other prominent member of the united nations security council tehran says that it will give a crushing response to what it calls u.s. bullying president passed on rouhani is urging washington to respect international law and he's praised world powers for standing up to u.s. pressure iran is calling on international partners to defy the u.s. move. hey we could see the u.s. lost 3 times in the span of a month but the and security council and the americans always thought that they had the upper hand at the security council for many reasons including enjoying the veto power and having traditional friends they never imagined to be defeated at the same council we saw 13 out of the council 15 member states stood up to the u.s. they supported the j.c. and rejected the united states today we can say the u.s. policy of maximum political legal pressure against the iranian nation turned into maximum isolation for the united states. but the u.s. is not backing down secretary of state like pompei or threatened consequences if the u.n. member states fail to co

iran will come and make a deal with me in 30 days the europeans and others at the united nations security council think it has to go within me with an agreement and. by. indiana in order to get iraq back into. a back into less escalation in the region i'm going to have a minute here when i ask you what happens next year when the german chancellor steps down when when uncle americal is no longer in charge what happens to europe or germany in europe's of support for israel any change. no there is no change in the that you know all governments. by the social democrats or by greens or by our or by conservative parties if there is a broad understanding about the security of israel. and peace and development in the middle east i even have that there would be more engagement also driven by germany and france to foster modernization development in the mediterranean and in the southern neighborhood and to read to get a conflict in the region souls all right christiane hunted with germany's bevels mint validation mr holmes we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you it's a pleasure talking t

inclusive you and security council that we will be able to collect to fully resolve some of the world's most protracted conflicts nigeria support the explanation of the united nations security council to reflect the rusty and then mix of the 2 into france injury to her car design of prominent seats in the united nations security council and for more on this i'm joined by value he is a senior researcher at the institute for security studies he recently published a piece titled africa can become more influential in the u.n. security council welcome to news africa why does this seemingly no interest in reforming the u.n. security council to include more representation because african leaders have been calling for a permanent seat on the council for you is. so to some extent permanent members of the u.n. security council sit in a very comfortable position position what is status quo is good for them but in a situation where the role of move to lecture institutions is that threats and the reason great divide amongst great powers if the u.n. is not able to adapt the u.n. is increasingly going to become where you are relevant and those demands are not coming just from afr

and inclusive you and security council but we will be able to connect to fully resolve some of the world's most protracted conflicts nigeria support the expiration of the united nations security council to reflect the rusty and danny mix of the 21st century overcrowd design of prominent seats in the united nations security council and for more on this i'm joined by value he is a senior researcher at the institute for security studies he recently published a piece titled africa can become more influential in they go and security council welcome to africa why does this seemingly no interest in reforming the u.n. security council to include more representation because african leaders have been calling for a permanent seat on the council for you is. to some extent permanent members of the u.n. security council sit in a very comfortable position position what is status quo is good for them but in a situation where the role of motoring to do shoes is that threats and the reason great divide amongst great powers if the u.n. is not able to adapt the un is increasingly going to become way relevant and doesn't mind at all coming just from africa member states also coming from

iran will come and make a deal with me in 30 days the europeans and others at the united nations security council think it has to go within me with an agreement and. by. indiana in order to get iraq back into. a back. in the region i'm going to have a minute here want to ask you what happens next year when the german chancellor steps down when when i go america is no longer in charge what happens to europe or germany in europe's support for israel any change no there is no change in that you know all governments. by the social democrats or by greens or by our or by conservative parties if there is a broad understanding. about the security of israel. and peace and development in the middle east i even observe that there will be more engagement also driven by germany and france to foster modernization development in the mediterranean and in the southern neighborhood and to read to get a conflict in the region souls all right christiane with germany's bevels when foundation mr holmes we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you it's a pleasure talking to you don. they were sobering a w

we did get a national security council short series of tweets condemning it and saying that the u.s. will work with allies to hold russia accountable. i mean, i was happy to see that statement from the national security council. but that's kind of strange, right, to not have the president talking about it at all and instead have this subtle unsigned statement from an amorphous body. >> correct. because you probably can't even name that person, right? i can't. it means nothing compared to the words of the president of the united states. i want to underscore, this is not just a one-up. president trump has said nothing about the democratic protests in belarus. he said nothing about what russia is doing now if our democratic elections. in other words, he's not defending the sovereignty of the and i think this is hard for people to understand. like if the chinese ships came into the san francisco bay, we would expect our government to tell us about that threat because we could see it, you could do video of it. it would be physical. because it is a digital threat, we don't see it, but it's

national security interests, that i am absolutely a never trumper. >> i assume you worked closely with him when you were the national security adviser to the president. he worked on the national security councilder yourself now a never trumper? >> no, i don't look at it that way at all and i don't think when alex or his twin brother worked for me at the national security council there were any discussions about politics or anything like that. i think both of them did their job, and unfortunately they paid for it because the president didn't like their telling the truth. >> and we all remember that testimony during the hearing. lieutenant colonel vindman also told "the atlantic" magazine is vladimir putin is a useful idiot. do you agree with that characterization? >> well, that's vladimir lennon's phrase to describe capitalists that don't understand what the communists are up to. in the same article he used the phrase free chicken, just chicken that comes to you. trump is putin's free chicken. i think that's a pretty good assessment. >> elaborate what you mean by that. i want you to think about what bob woodward writes in his new book that the former director of national intelligence, dan coat

i'm with michael anton who served on the national security council during the early parts of the trumpfantastic new book, the states america at the point of no return and before we get to that, michael this bob woodward book, this guy goes around, he typically interviews disgruntled former employees, he interviewed the president and then he kind of stitches together a hitchcock so i don't really want to focus on this book. i will let the left-wing media promoted, but there is something in his book that's actually quite interesting about mattis and coates, the former dni in the former secretary of defense. what was that. >> it relates an anecdote which given this is about anonymously sourced, if it's true it's very troubling that former secretary mattis while he was secretary of defense contemplated polluting, i don't know what other verbal do, with other members of the cabinet to remove the president. that he had a conversation with former dni dan coats and discussed maybe the necessity of them coming together and bringing in other people to remove the president which i find utterly sh

when he was subpoenaed, about crimes he saw the president committing from his perch at the national security council in the white house. after what he has been through in terms of the retaliation against him for doing that, including getting fired from the white house, from the national security council and ultimately railroaded out of the military, it is really something to see him still willing to speak out. and you heard him explain there, because he thinks he can help -- he can continue to serve now. he can help warn people about how much worse things might be able to get in a second term given what he saw in the first term in the trump white house. again, like i said, incredible interview today. lester holt with alexander vindman. along a different plot line but showing some of the same characteristics of character and bravery, you may also remember a federal prosecutor named aaron zelinsky, who himself made a career sacrifice to warn the country about crimes, about corruption that he saw play out at the justice department in this administration. aaron zelinsky and three other prosecutors quit

demonstrates the power of the diplomatic effort undertaken by the department of state at the national security council, beginning in the first quarter of 2018 after the national security strategy was released. that diplomatic effort is something that we described in the national security council in 2017 as forging a new consensus. and really before you can address any problem or have planned or a strategy you willing to understand the problem. the main problem we were addressing was the inability of the united states to get its interests promoted within international institutions and this lack of geopolitical power in those institutions. and the primary reason was because most of the nation's in those institutions were beginning to look to china and chinese model, its economic and political and social model, as more beneficial to its furthering their own interests, then being aligned with the american view of the world about democracy, human rights, civil liberties, rule of law and free trade. the fact the united states needed to forge a new consensus similar to the western consensus that sought to re

he lost his job at the national security council.roke his silence. >> you have no doubt that it was the president that ordered your dismissal from the white house. >> i have no doubt. >> were you forced out of the army? >> nobody told me that i had to leave. as a matter of fact, if the president were not to be re-elected, for instance, i probably could continue, but that's a huge if. >> served as an army officer and was burned for speaking out. last week when donald trump attacked his generals as weak, the president called americans who died as war losers and suckers. here to talk about this rift between the president, the military and the pentagon. great to have you on. i feel like vindman's reemergence puts a spotlight on a whole slew of stories that showed there is, it seems to me, tremendous amount of tension right now between the sort of institutional pentagon and this white house and this president 50 years ago. >> it has been building for four years now. the interesting thing about alexander vindman, we all know what happened

just want to thank you and ambassador o'brien for giving me the opportunity to serve on the national security council staff and be part of something historic and be part of the team. bobby jared are tremendous leaders and the opportunity to work with them to do something important has been the highlight of my lifethank you for letting me do that . >> you never saw anything like this . we takea little bit of a different approach . anybody? come on. my friend. >> 19 years ago today my father and i almost got caught in the crosshairs of that first get that hit the twin towers. that didn't change the course of my life and it led me to become a united states marine area which led to other things that brought me through a strange half here. and i want to thank you for the leadership you shown. i'll walter reed recently wrote quoting churchill, but one said he got a ball of puttinghe said take it away, it has no theme. there's not been emerging in the middle east .and it is a theme of what is possible from strength, through not appeasing our enemies and holding our allies and friends close. so congratulatio

let me remind you that the leader of the opposition made a video statement in the united nations security councilhout the consensus of the permanent members of the security council, including russia. at least russia did not object that. so it seems that russia is playing both sides to some extent, probably,. whoever comes to power, if lukashenko was to be overthrown, whoever comes to power, it may not be an anti—russian. the uk prime minister, boris johnson, has condemned environmental activists for preventing the delivery of millions of newspapers on saturday morning. extinction rebellion targeted newspaper printing presses in england and scotland accusing the media of failing to report climate change. the metropolitan police say they‘ve arrested 600 people during a wave of protests in recent days. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt reports. what a turnout! it was late last night when vans containing dozens of extinction rebellion protesters blocked the entrances to three printing presses owned by rupert murdoch‘s news corp. some demonstrators locked themselves into elaborate bam

clear the dam was about more than elektra city the decision to build it was made by the national security council which includes the turkish military members of the government admitted that the dam which is 130 meters high and 1.7 kilometers long was designed in part as a safeguard against the band could a stand worker's party or p k k a designated terrorist dope. 'd this reservoir that formed as a result of the dam cuts off routes used by p k k militants. for decades the kurdish fighters have come from iraq crossing the mountains into turkey before there were points where the tigris was shallow enough for them to cross easily allowing them to launch attacks on turkish soil in their long running battle with ankara. the wider reservoir is designed to prevent that which held $199.00 towns and villages have had to be fully or partly evacuated for the cause more than $60000.00 people have lost their homes. and it's not just the tigris that's affected they gain our sewer and boateng rivers that flow into the tigris from the north have also expanded making them almost impossible for p.k. k. fighters to

security council resolution 2231. any one of the nations identified there had the right to say we want the sanctions that were in place prior to this that moment to snap back and that's what will do the rest of the world have ignored the u.s. declaration and in some ways more important than snap back is what happens on november the 3rd but one of the diplomats who negotiated the iran deal told me even if joe biden is elected president told that day getting back into the deal might not be that easy i mean i think it's as easy as some people have made it out to be that president i'm certain i want that yes and then. we go back to school and i think actually you're i mean why it's you argue that the man out on station or the sanctions or other countries receive the united states. now. you know as. much or. yeah diplomats say behind the scenes a great deal of pressure was put on the other members of the security council to support the u.s. position only one country the small nation of dominican republic did whatever washington says it seems tha

he lost his job at the national security council.lence and told nbc's lester holt about his experience. >> you have no doubt that it was the president that ordered your dismissal from the white house. >> i have no doubt. >> were you forced out of the army? >> nobody told me that i had to leave. as a matter of fact, if the president were not to be re-elected, for instance, i probably could have continued on. but that's a huge if. if he were to be elected the joke was i'd end up in a radar station in alaska. >> lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, who served as an army officer and earned the purple heart, finally speaking out. remember, it was just last week we learned donald trump attacked his generals for being weak. it was only a week and a half ago reporting came out that the president called americans dying in war losers and suckers. here to talk about the growing rift between the president and the military and the pentagon is eileen cooper who covers the pentagon for the "new york times." it's great to have you on. i feel like v