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october 25th is kind of in japan and the big event on okinawa it commemorates the meeting of the great masters in 1906 when the martial law was officially named and its future as a competitive sport was decided or error the japanese are simply and beatable see. if the japanese will also be favorites at their home a lympics in tokyo. a centuries old heritage is difficult for other nations to catch up. i learned the secret behind the strength of the japanese is that they pay close attention to every detail during the training and always give 100 percent. as a sign only because in order to qualify for the olympics you had to compete in the premier league every month but although the total number of participants in the premier league is limited there is no limit on the number of current take up from one country depending on their score. in the case of the olympic games it was decided from the outset that only 10 people per nation would be allowed so just getting there is already a challenge home to me that in the competition level will be very high and not comparable to the premier league.
october 25th is kind of in japan and the big event on okinawa it commemorates the meeting of the great masters in 1906 when the martial law was officially named and its future as a competitive sport was decided or error the japanese are simply and beatable see. if the japanese will also be favorites at their home a lympics in tokyo. a centuries old heritage is difficult for other nations to catch up. i learned the secret behind the strength of the japanese is that they pay close attention to...
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mainly because okinawa is part japan. and there is still this bitter undercurrent between the okinawans and the japanese over their treatment back then as symbolic of their whole issue of being second-class citizens and discriminated against. >> gentlemen, the last question will be in the back to your right, please. >> i would like to ask james where the incident -- would the incident play into what would later become slightly known that american commanders and some allied commanders started issuing orders for revivals against ss units? or would that be more after malady and whatnot? yeah, ok, a lot of this stuff is really hearsay. i remember when i was doing my normandy book, i read an autobiography who was in the 29th infantry division and landed on d-day until he was wounded. he says in his book that he was told, don't take any prisoners. just shoot them. he made a big point about how he didn't do that but that is what they were told. sergeant west at this car he says i was told by the standing commander, this is what
mainly because okinawa is part japan. and there is still this bitter undercurrent between the okinawans and the japanese over their treatment back then as symbolic of their whole issue of being second-class citizens and discriminated against. >> gentlemen, the last question will be in the back to your right, please. >> i would like to ask james where the incident -- would the incident play into what would later become slightly known that american commanders and some allied...
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missile imus figures accuse the regime of a cover up also coming up on high alert in the philippines of okinawa near manila appears to be on the verge of a major eruption it's spilling gallons.
missile imus figures accuse the regime of a cover up also coming up on high alert in the philippines of okinawa near manila appears to be on the verge of a major eruption it's spilling gallons.
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husband of a and a 10 year old son story on church who now wants to become a doctor i want to be in okinawa just because the cancer spreading in india continues isn't going to get so we have to stop disturbing pollution is every bit that it's affecting my mom and some of the people. i'm trying hard to become a father and i would be. she was my best friend she was my losses my love and she well it's like. meeting some of the worst affected. and has made me realise there is little time to lose in the fight for clean up and. grieving is the most important. fact is that you know that you're doing it every moment and that's your source of life. the government really needs to take it up as a one of its priorities before anything else. really is so that it's causing so many deaths every day. as i leave. my beloved city is facing its greatest challenge from an invisible killer. and the government and citizens treat this as an emergency millions will continue to risk their lives just by creating. in this life the most incredible stories are often true. and cheering go on experiences. makes the unfam
husband of a and a 10 year old son story on church who now wants to become a doctor i want to be in okinawa just because the cancer spreading in india continues isn't going to get so we have to stop disturbing pollution is every bit that it's affecting my mom and some of the people. i'm trying hard to become a father and i would be. she was my best friend she was my losses my love and she well it's like. meeting some of the worst affected. and has made me realise there is little time to lose in...
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missile imus figures accuse the regime of a cover up also coming up on high alert in the philippines of okinawa near manila appears to be on the verge of a major eruption it's spewing gaffs and lava and thousands of people have been forced to flee we'll have more full our correspondents on site. the mayor of a small town in northern germany resides after receiving death threats from your nazi is surely under estimating the danger from far right extremism. on little rock that you so much for your company everyone the government in iran has denied a cover up after admitting it accidently shot down a ukrainian passenger jet killing all 176 people on board while protests took place in a number of cities over the weekend demonstrators have criticized the government for initially denying it was behind the disaster and tehran security forces have used tear gas to disperse protesters but they deny accusations that they used live ammunition. shouting and chaos as onlookers help people. shot and bleeding on the streets of tehran this video was taken near the square where crowds have gathered outraged at
missile imus figures accuse the regime of a cover up also coming up on high alert in the philippines of okinawa near manila appears to be on the verge of a major eruption it's spewing gaffs and lava and thousands of people have been forced to flee we'll have more full our correspondents on site. the mayor of a small town in northern germany resides after receiving death threats from your nazi is surely under estimating the danger from far right extremism. on little rock that you so much for...
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i i'm here -- okinawa, japan. >> yay. >> thank you. >> and talking about japan last year, we have female and women --. >> yay. >> and talking today, so my question is regarding the -- regarding the emerging technologies such as ai. ask your comment regarding the ai to the management, thank you. >> so first of all, when i was a commander in the pacific, my good friend, we had the opportunity to spend, my husband and i had an opportunity to spend a lot of time with him and i just saw him a couple of months ago here in washington d.c., he was-- he's a wonderful person and i enjoyed working with him. so ai and air battle management, you'll have to show me about the capability of ai to make a decision. you know, one of the things in -- and obviously it's supposed to be learning machine, right? so the more you work, the more it learns. because when you're sitting up there in an e3, as an example, there are times that the situation isn't exactly what we thought it was going to be. and so the human interface to that machine and the human voice to whatever's happening out there, is very time crit
i i'm here -- okinawa, japan. >> yay. >> thank you. >> and talking about japan last year, we have female and women --. >> yay. >> and talking today, so my question is regarding the -- regarding the emerging technologies such as ai. ask your comment regarding the ai to the management, thank you. >> so first of all, when i was a commander in the pacific, my good friend, we had the opportunity to spend, my husband and i had an opportunity to spend a lot of time...
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okinawa is smaller than allowed in, county virginia.hen you look at okinawa, there are only so many places you can put forces. all of those forces today would be eliminated in about an hour or less by conventional missiles with conventional warheads, precision guided fire from the chinese mainland. who are we kidding? it is crazy. it is silly. now, north korea has fallen apart. there is no question about it. militarily, it is a shadow of its former self, 30, 5:40 years ago. much like the forces that we saw in eastern europe when the wall fell. those things were in ruin, the whole thing. south korea is brilliantly equipped. it really is, and north koreans know, it there is no mystery about this, so i think trump understood from the very beginning that disengagement from overseas commitments with foreign military power was an essential feature of adapting to change in the world, so i think he always had that on his mind and still does. now, how do you do that? that is something that you sit down with your korean ally insole and you say al
okinawa is smaller than allowed in, county virginia.hen you look at okinawa, there are only so many places you can put forces. all of those forces today would be eliminated in about an hour or less by conventional missiles with conventional warheads, precision guided fire from the chinese mainland. who are we kidding? it is crazy. it is silly. now, north korea has fallen apart. there is no question about it. militarily, it is a shadow of its former self, 30, 5:40 years ago. much like the forces...
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as something i would save lives, particularly in light of the horrendously flooded experience in okinawand what he pretended and japan. how best to use it given the fact that only two bombs were available to give the real possibility that owed failed to explode properly, it didn't make sense to announce the demonstration explosion and on inhabited area to prove it was powerful. for one thing, it might fail and make american threats look hollow. even if a demonstration prompted explode, it might not have the entire effect anyway. how could truman possibly justify to the world is use of the weapon? it resulted in hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. he concluded the only realistic choice open to him was to demand japanese surrender in the most threatening terms with the deadline attached and when it passed, they drop one of the bombs without warning. that's what he did. it was a warning on july 262 surrender, it prompted other construction and when there is no surrender early in the morning august 6, the 29, dropped the first bomb unannounced anna major naval center. a few words in
as something i would save lives, particularly in light of the horrendously flooded experience in okinawand what he pretended and japan. how best to use it given the fact that only two bombs were available to give the real possibility that owed failed to explode properly, it didn't make sense to announce the demonstration explosion and on inhabited area to prove it was powerful. for one thing, it might fail and make american threats look hollow. even if a demonstration prompted explode, it might...
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he served at okinawa and iwo jima. take a bow, sir. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for a wonderful panel and we will see you back in half an hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] tv is onan history social media. follow us at c-span history. >> madame c.j. walker was thought to be the wealthiest african-american business woman of her time. up next, we visit the madame c.j. walker, empowering women exhibit to learn about her impact on indianapolis and the rest of the country in the early 20th century. >> madame walker was mainly known for being an entrepreneur, having her own hair care line and cosmetics company, and being a millionaire. she was born in 1867 in delta, louisiana. at that time, that is two years post emancipation. we are talking about the throes of the vestiges of slavery. she was the child of enslaved
he served at okinawa and iwo jima. take a bow, sir. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for a wonderful panel and we will see you back in half an hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] tv is onan history social media. follow us at c-span history. >> madame c.j. walker was thought to be the wealthiest african-american business...
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if you answer yes, you can go to okinawa, korea, germany.who are the diplomats and military officers who you felt really understood the region and why? what was it they had that the others didn't. we met some that were completely lost there. others who, the region flowed through them. >> over the years particularly in baghdad and then again in yemen, i had considerable contact with the military at various levels. also teaching at nyu and the - - i interacted with lieutenant colonel's. there's usually a positive, fresh look at some of our officers have that people in government, elected officials don't have. >> - - actually learned middle east studies in falluja and not princeton. >> i will give you one example of - - a lebanese american. he was the head of centcom when i was at the u.s. embassy. he came over for a visit. it was 2004 and the war had just started between - -. we were waiting outside to go in. he said what's going on in the north? is that something we should be involved in? i said the short answer is no. not militarily. this is
if you answer yes, you can go to okinawa, korea, germany.who are the diplomats and military officers who you felt really understood the region and why? what was it they had that the others didn't. we met some that were completely lost there. others who, the region flowed through them. >> over the years particularly in baghdad and then again in yemen, i had considerable contact with the military at various levels. also teaching at nyu and the - - i interacted with lieutenant colonel's....
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husband of a and a 10 year old son story on church who now wants to become a doctor i want to be in okinawa just because the cancer spreading in india continues isn't going to get so we have to stop disturbing pollution is every bit that it's affecting my mom and some of the people. i'm going hard become a fog. she was my best friend she was my last season my love and she what i love it's like. meeting some of the worst affected. and has made me realize there is little time to lose in the fight folk clean up and. grieving is the most important. fact is that you know that you're doing it every moment and that's your source of life. the government really needs to take it up as a one of its priorities before anything else. we breed is so polluted that it's causing so many deaths every day. as i leave. my beloved city is facing its greatest challenge from an invisible killer. and until the government and citizens treat this as an emergency millions will continue to risk their lives just by creating. violence is power. tools is the political wild card that consummately shapes world order the str
husband of a and a 10 year old son story on church who now wants to become a doctor i want to be in okinawa just because the cancer spreading in india continues isn't going to get so we have to stop disturbing pollution is every bit that it's affecting my mom and some of the people. i'm going hard become a fog. she was my best friend she was my last season my love and she what i love it's like. meeting some of the worst affected. and has made me realize there is little time to lose in the fight...
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as something that would save lives, particularly in light of the horrendously bloody experience in okinawa and what it pore portended for occupation of japan. how best to use it? given the fact that only two bombs were available and given the very real possibility their failing to explode properly did not make sense to announce a demonstration explosion in some uninhabited area to prove the weapon's awesome power. for oning the the debt mights faith and make american threats look hollow. even if a demonstration bomb exploded, might not have the desired effect anyway. and how -- usually scores -- how could truman possibly justify in the world his declining the use the weapon? if that declining resulted in hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. he concluded the only realistic choice open to him was to demand japanese surrender in the starkest and most threatening terms with a deadline attached and when the deadline passed to drop one of the becomes without warn ago an valuable japanese target and what's he did. a warning on july 26th to surrender or face the film reality that, quote, t
as something that would save lives, particularly in light of the horrendously bloody experience in okinawa and what it pore portended for occupation of japan. how best to use it? given the fact that only two bombs were available and given the very real possibility their failing to explode properly did not make sense to announce a demonstration explosion in some uninhabited area to prove the weapon's awesome power. for oning the the debt mights faith and make american threats look hollow. even...
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also excitement about sapporo, okinawa, and osaka too. >> reporter: and with high-speed trains and shorth of japan in just one trip. >> so next we're heading to mexico. and of course cancun and puerto vallarta will always be popular with tourists, but we're actually seeing more excitement in 2020 about the culture-rich cities like oaxaca and mexico city. so i actually just got back from oaxaca for day of the dead. it's such a beautiful colonial city. so colorful. there's beautiful outdoor markets. one of the best foodie scenes i've seen maybe in the world. definitely in mexico. then moving up to mexico city, it's one of the places that i go and i always think i need to spend more time next time because there's so much to see and do. over 100 museums, top chefs, quaint neighborhoods like condesa and roma. and incredible nightlife. just palpable energy in mexico city that really is infectious. >> so many places to travel. >> i love it. i'm wanderlust right now. i want to go back to cape town. just anywhere. just beaches, mountains. >> these days i'm only doing the beach. janai is on a flig
also excitement about sapporo, okinawa, and osaka too. >> reporter: and with high-speed trains and shorth of japan in just one trip. >> so next we're heading to mexico. and of course cancun and puerto vallarta will always be popular with tourists, but we're actually seeing more excitement in 2020 about the culture-rich cities like oaxaca and mexico city. so i actually just got back from oaxaca for day of the dead. it's such a beautiful colonial city. so colorful. there's beautiful...
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about this, the south china sea, why not talk about the distance between the vesuvik bay, vietnam, okinawa, taiwan, to china? is there a different calculus that we should look to, and increase the capability of our navy in surveillance, and not only that, to deter china? i am afraid, when i heard the recent news that our assistant secretary randal shivel just resigned, because he is the top pentagon asia hand, and he resigned because what he proposed had not been approved, not go through. i know there are direct consultation, ideas to the current administration. would you give some consultation to, the budget, to the state department, to the allies, and to our human resources in the defense department, in the state departments, especially as it has been stressed that in the indo-pacific strategy, asean is at the heart of it and our recent eas, the u.s. have no presence. would that somehow understand mine your work? thank you. >> whole government approaches have been to the question of china, for example, have been discussed at high levels of government, for example, vice president pence ad
about this, the south china sea, why not talk about the distance between the vesuvik bay, vietnam, okinawa, taiwan, to china? is there a different calculus that we should look to, and increase the capability of our navy in surveillance, and not only that, to deter china? i am afraid, when i heard the recent news that our assistant secretary randal shivel just resigned, because he is the top pentagon asia hand, and he resigned because what he proposed had not been approved, not go through. i...
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crew members were brought back to the blue ridge while the other ones were taken to naval hospital okinawa for evaluation. harvey weinstein's can all try was pressing on in new york city, we have new details and the allegations that are coming to light. the latest updates from his trial after a short break. where's the truck? what? parked it right there. male voice: what did i tell you, boys? tonight we eat like kings! (chuckling) you're a genius, gordon! brake! hit the brake! uh, which one's the brake? (crash, bottles smashing) stop! stop! sto-o-op! (brakes squealing) what's happening? what? there's a half of cheesesteak back there. with geico, the savings keep on going. just like this sequel. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. raccoon: i got the cheesesteak! until i found out what itst it actually was.ed me. dust mite droppings! eeeeeww! dead skin cells! gross! so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavy-duty dusters. duster extends to three feet to get all that gross stuff gotcha! and for that nasty dust on my floors, my sweeper's on it. the textured cloths grab and
crew members were brought back to the blue ridge while the other ones were taken to naval hospital okinawa for evaluation. harvey weinstein's can all try was pressing on in new york city, we have new details and the allegations that are coming to light. the latest updates from his trial after a short break. where's the truck? what? parked it right there. male voice: what did i tell you, boys? tonight we eat like kings! (chuckling) you're a genius, gordon! brake! hit the brake! uh, which one's...
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okinawa was japanese, taiwan, and in the south japanese war of 1995, it had been a chat -- attacked by the japanese at least once before. we have the japanese empire, but next to it, if you can senior mongolia and china, is the mongol republic. the japanese are on the side of the mongolian nationalists, who some of you might be in the , mongolian and nationalist, who fought against communist china, who fought against nationalist russia for the independence of mongolia. early on in the war, the japanese mongolian province had been one of the justifications the japanese used for the occupation of manchuria. south of that province we see the occupied territory of japan, of china, that japan had occupied. japan had been at war for three or four years and suffered nearly half a million casualties. at least 340 million casualties, more left dead, long before the attack on pearl harbor. what does that do to a nation? japan has fought every war and its history, modern history, on sure terms -- short terms. they defeated russia in 1904, 1905, thanks to teddy roosevelt they were saved from a rus
okinawa was japanese, taiwan, and in the south japanese war of 1995, it had been a chat -- attacked by the japanese at least once before. we have the japanese empire, but next to it, if you can senior mongolia and china, is the mongol republic. the japanese are on the side of the mongolian nationalists, who some of you might be in the , mongolian and nationalist, who fought against communist china, who fought against nationalist russia for the independence of mongolia. early on in the war, the...
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even if they can't hit the united states today, presumably they could hit guam, american forces on okinawa, et cetera, we have to get korea right. the great achievement after the korean war is we have not had another war. it's been 70 years. you know, we have not had a war that that is good. we want to keep that, and i think that requires us to move ahead even in difficulty, working with south korea, and taking chances, i think that dr. moon is exactly right. flexibility, willingness to take chances, you know, these are things that are necessary, and i hope that the president can do this. i would like see support on both sides of the aisle of him doing this. thank you. >> thank you, doug, appreciate those comments. that was great. thank you. so next let's move to jessica lee. you may not know jessica but you may have seen her on tv recently. she has been doing a lot of media with everything going on with north korea. she was on cnn's wolf blitzer on friday, she's a senior research fellow at the quincy institute which is a think tank here in washington that focuses on realism and restraint.
even if they can't hit the united states today, presumably they could hit guam, american forces on okinawa, et cetera, we have to get korea right. the great achievement after the korean war is we have not had another war. it's been 70 years. you know, we have not had a war that that is good. we want to keep that, and i think that requires us to move ahead even in difficulty, working with south korea, and taking chances, i think that dr. moon is exactly right. flexibility, willingness to take...
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okinawa, japan, longest lived man. longest lived man in sardinia.sts in and around loma linda, california. we are finding the places where people have the lowest level of chronic disease, heart disease, diabetes, dementia. potentially saving many millions of dollars of unneeded health care costs. neil: is there a theme to their longevity? is there some commonality with their life span? >> there is. i have just written this book, the blue zones kitchen. we reverse engineered and did an analysis of what the people in these places have been eating for the last hundred years, and you see 90% to 100% of their dietary intake comes from plant-based foods. the five foods of every longevity place in the world are whole grains, greens, nuts, tubers like sweet potatoes and beans. if you are eating about a cup of beans a day it is probably adding about four years to your life expectancy and cutting the chances of you getting one of the chronic diseases that is costing our country so much. neil: i notice you don't cite italian sausage or processed meats and chee
okinawa, japan, longest lived man. longest lived man in sardinia.sts in and around loma linda, california. we are finding the places where people have the lowest level of chronic disease, heart disease, diabetes, dementia. potentially saving many millions of dollars of unneeded health care costs. neil: is there a theme to their longevity? is there some commonality with their life span? >> there is. i have just written this book, the blue zones kitchen. we reverse engineered and did an...
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even if they can't get the united states today presumably they could get whomp, american forces on okinawa, et cetera. -- on guam. we have not had another war since 70 years. we not had a war. that is good if we want to keep it and that requires us to move it even in difficult to work with south korea and taking chances. i think doctor g-men was right, flexibility, a willingness to take chances, these are things that are necessary and hope the president do this and i like to see support both sides of the aisle for him doing it. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, doctor appreciate the comments. that was great, thank you. [applause] next let's move to jessica. he may seen on tv recently. she's been doing a lot of meeting with have been going on north korea pictures just on cnet what blitzer on fight if i'm not mistaken. she's a senior research fellow at a new quincy is that it which may have heard up which is a new think tank and washed in the focus on realism and restraint. with that i will give it to jessica. >> thank you very much. good morning. is this on? perfect. happy new year. it's
even if they can't get the united states today presumably they could get whomp, american forces on okinawa, et cetera. -- on guam. we have not had another war since 70 years. we not had a war. that is good if we want to keep it and that requires us to move it even in difficult to work with south korea and taking chances. i think doctor g-men was right, flexibility, a willingness to take chances, these are things that are necessary and hope the president do this and i like to see support both...
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service members are rescued after a navy helicopter crashe crashes in was off okinawa, japan.opper to crash. and check this out. a stray dog springs into action to help a group of kids. watch. [dog barking] griff: that a boy lassie barking at stopped cars as kinder gart necessary cross the street in the country georgia. the dog sausage not lassie becoming a local hero as the video went viral. that pete, is why dogs are man's best friend. lisa: make sure sausage gets the credit. pete: that was in the country of georgia. griff: yes. pete: i prefer american dogs. griff: rick loves dogs. rick: do you guys love dog and dog owners? >> yeah. rick: there you go, pete, outnumbered. this morning one storm across the east coast. cold air. way up towards the north. this is your when i will, feels like 23 in fargo. coldest air really we have got anywhere across the u.s. 68 in miami. as you are waking up this morning. front has kind of moved through across parts of florida. you will see a very dry day across the south. later on tonight, rain moves in across south texas. southern part of lou
service members are rescued after a navy helicopter crashe crashes in was off okinawa, japan.opper to crash. and check this out. a stray dog springs into action to help a group of kids. watch. [dog barking] griff: that a boy lassie barking at stopped cars as kinder gart necessary cross the street in the country georgia. the dog sausage not lassie becoming a local hero as the video went viral. that pete, is why dogs are man's best friend. lisa: make sure sausage gets the credit. pete: that was...
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we flew from okinawa. the japanese brought one of the ships with not only soldiers but professional, nongovernmental organizations that specialize in disaster response. three months later i listeneds to the philippine ambassador to japan addressing a public conference openly depart from his talking points and say we considered japan an ally. we're the philippines, there was a war here 70 years ago, we had a part in it, but we consider japan an ally. our friends in taiwan can join this task force for disaster response operations and therefore we help to eliminate a bit of the isolation of taiwan. looking beyond the immediate area of japan we can use this combined maritime joint task force organization to take advantage of the expansion of our alliance presence to guam. besides moving american forces to guam there is a subsequent agreement that talks about guam and all that, that says the united states will provide for the continuous presence in the japanese forces in guam and by extension the commonwealth o
we flew from okinawa. the japanese brought one of the ships with not only soldiers but professional, nongovernmental organizations that specialize in disaster response. three months later i listeneds to the philippine ambassador to japan addressing a public conference openly depart from his talking points and say we considered japan an ally. we're the philippines, there was a war here 70 years ago, we had a part in it, but we consider japan an ally. our friends in taiwan can join this task...