1969, when i first smuggled several hundred pages of top-secret documents out of my safe at the rand corporation. the study contained 47 volumes, 7000 pages. my plan was to xerox the study and reveal the secret history of the vietnam war to the american people. amy: pentagon papers whistleblower daniel ellsberg, has died at the age of 92 just months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. his actions helped take down president nixon, end the war in vietnam, and lead to a major victory for press freedom. henry kissinger once called ellsberg "the most dangerous man in america." today we honor the life and legacy of ellsberg in his own words. >> if i were asked what regrets i have today, they would have to do with doing a job i was asked to do that i knew was wrong for the country, and i did it to the best of my ability. the war was carried on by people who acted like that amy: we will also look at how dan ellsberg became deeply involved in the anti-nuclear movement, which he detailed in his book "the doomsday machine: confessions of a nuclear war planner" and his concerns about ukraine, chin

1969, when i first smuggled several hundred pages of top-secret documents out of my safe at the rand corporationd 47 volumes, 7000 pages. my plan was to xerox the study and reveal the secret history of the vietnam war to the american people.

there were studies by the rand corporation in 1962, president gave a speech at the u.n. general assembly. he talked about a world of 30 or 40 nuclear weapon states. that led to the negotiation as the culminated the nuclear inoperative nation treaty. we don't live in that world and one of the major reasons why we don't and there's an established literature on this is the us extended deterrence commitment why germany doesn't think it needs its own nuclear weapon. japan doesn't. south korea doesn't. the nuclear umbrella. the national security adviser, jake sullivan, talked about the hardware and, the software of extended deterrence. so the during the ukraine war the united states naito argument did its dual use nuclear capable aircraft in in europe. there are questions about northeast asia where the united states, russia and the then-soviet union withdrew two tactical nuclear weapons from the korean peninsula. and there's a question now about whether how the united states should address the nuclear balance in northeast asia to address this competition, risk taking that i al

there were studies by the rand corporation in 1962, president gave a speech at the u.n. general assembly. he talked about a world of 30 or 40 nuclear weapon states. that led to the negotiation as the culminated the nuclear inoperative nation treaty. we don't live in that world and one of the major reasons why we don't and there's an established literature on this is the us extended deterrence commitment why germany doesn't think it needs its own nuclear weapon. japan doesn't. south korea doesn't. the nuclear umbrella. the national security adviser, jake sullivan, talked about the hardware and, the software of extended deterrence. so the during the ukraine war the united states naito argument did its dual use nuclear capable aircraft in in europe. there are questions about northeast asia where the united states, russia and the then-soviet union withdrew two tactical nuclear weapons from the korean peninsula. and there's a question now about whether how the united states should address the nuclear balance in northeast asia to address this competition, risk taking that i al

1969, when i first smuggled several hundred pages of top-secret documents out of my safe at the rand corporation. the study contained 47 volumes, 7000 pages. my plan was to xerox the study and reveal the secret history of the vietnam war to the american people.

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know, other than a turkey and hungry, all of them are just following the rest of be, well, the rand corporation paper from 2019 extending russia. they want to extend rush as much as they can. and they don't care how many ukrainian or russian lives that takes so far be a nice, so some nation. so they coming up next week starting next tuesday. do you think that this is, he has mazing will set the, the tone and for how nato now regards ukraine and is potential membership membership into the, into the block. the nothing is really going to change because you know, the main architects of this war, you know, they're in washington, they're in london. and the 1st place, you know, they're not going to stop. they're going to sound as much you a or promise you way to credit as much as possible. on the other hand, they all have a consensus because usually the germans, a hi against ukraine's nato membership until the war is over. some gary is have been clearly against it. and as the hum, garrett foreign minister said today, lots of other nato countries are in fact against it, but they just don't have the cou

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ambassador william courtney, former us ambassador to kazakhstan and georgia, and seniorfellow at the rand corporationn. i want to ask you about what we are seeing. alexandr lukashenko said he granted yevgeny prigozhin exile in belarus and now he says yevgeny prigozhin is still in russia. what do you think is going on here?— russia. what do you think is going on here? there is a lot of mystery — going on here? there is a lot of mystery about _ going on here? there is a lot of mystery about this. - going on here? there is a lot i of mystery about this. alexandr lukashenko may have granted that permission but yevgeny prigozhin is a major powerbroker and a hardliner, unalterable hardliner who have been putting pressure on president putin and on the russian military for failed military activity in ukraine. so yevgeny prigozhin, by going to russia, still has enough support amongst hardliners that he will not be arrested despite the attended coup or mutiny. you say he has support. a former ambassador to ukraine said last week when you cross putin, bad things happen. why do you think yevgeny prigozhin, until

now, according to a recent rand corporation study, at least 46% of female servicemembers no longer have unrestricted access to care. now, as we all know, servicemembers and their families are stationed based not on the needs of themselves and families, so not personal preference, but based on the needs of the nation. their sacrifice and commitment to serve means they're uniquely affected by the restrictive health care laws that have come into effect in the post-roe era. to address the harm that these health care prohibitions have on servicemembers and military families, the secretary of defense issued commonsense guidance that protects the readiness of the force and family, and it's guidance that i will remind everybody the secretary of defense is legally empowered to issue and implement, and as senator king so rightly pointed out that has been in place for male members of our military for years, as long as we can remember. but the senior senator from alabama has chosen to break with precedent, to break with the decorum of this chamber, and to hold 273 noncontroversial military nominati

women on active duty have either limit order no access at all to abortion care, according to the rand corporation real life impact. >> it's my concern, there's future retention. we have more junior officers who say, if that's the challenge that i have to deal with in the future, i am going to balance between my family and serving in a senior position and we will lose talent because of those challenges. >> it's been more than a century since the u.s. marine corps has operated without a senate confirmed commandant. it's central to the defense of the united states. >> joining me now is mikey sheryl. i want to play thom tillis, just back from the summit, asked about this holdup. i think his reaction is notable. listen to this. >> i met a colonel held up by that. somebody who is on the front lines. there are a number of examples. the blanket hold is problematic. make no mistake, i'm against the same policy that senator tuberville is. >> you have them laying out the potential costs this. what do you see as the potential solution? >> certainly i think the senate has to act and move to unstick the promot

much and forth witness is doctor, and doctor revere is a senior position policy researcher, rand corporation and a practicing emergency physician. and during the pandemic, she led covid-19 related projects including identifying strategies to increase critical care capacity, in intensive care units and strategies to boost covid-19 vaccines except in separate thank you for sharing your expertise with us and we will start with the first witness, for your opening statement. >> good morning and thank you german casey and senator ron for having me here today and it's an honor to testify for the committee this is such an important issue most marginalized members of our society disproportionately impacted during sensors and negatively so these operations include older adopts the people with disabilities racial and ethic minorities low income population lgbtq communities among others in fact some research that estimates emerge lives movement our society or socially normal population account for nearly 50 percent of our relation or more. some of the concerns and people with disabilities in older adult

other authoritarian leaders. power projecting said derek grossman, senior defense analyst at the rand corporationnk tank we look at this region not only as our neighbors neighboring countries, but also as an extended family, the key event will be the participation of iran , which became the newest member of the group of eight iran is observer in the show since 2005. after a 15 year wait , his application for full and permanent membership was approved at the 21 year summit in dushanbe. in 2022, the iranian parliament approved the country's membership in the sco about russia and china supported tehran's entry into the sco, iran's full membership was approved at the summit chaired by the prime minister of india fashion dollar hegemony and sanctions are unacceptable. they affect global security and the global economy, therefore, drawing on our experience of the past decades. i can tell you that nothing but multipolarity can contribute to the development of the hegemony of the western world contributes only to the hegemony of the dollar in order to create a new economic order it is necessary to get ri

this is from rand corporation, the ceo -- a senior political scientist there who makes this point saying a protracted conflict would keep the risk of possible escalation to russian nato war and its current elevated level. ukraine would be a near-total the canonic life-support called -- cause budgetary challenges. the global economic fallout of war would persist. united states would be unable to focus on other priorities. although a long war would also further weaken russia the benefit does not outweigh the cost. western governments should do all they can to help ukraine prepare for the counteroffensive they need to adopt strategies, a vision for an endgame that's possible in these far from ideal circumstances. some thought when it comes to this conflict in ukraine. talking about the u.s. support there. if you support or oppose further eat aid in ukraine. a discussion about cluster bombs in support sending them to ukraine. appearing on the sunday shows in which he expressed concerns about the use of those weapons. here's what she had to say. [video clip] >> cluster bombs should never be u

now, according to a recent rand corporation study, at least 46% of female servicemembers no longer havenrestricted access to care. now, as we all know, servicemembers and their families are stationed based not on the needs of themselves and families, so not personal preference, but based on the needs of the nation. their sacrifice and commitment to serve means they're uniquely affected by the restrictive health care laws that have come into effect in the post-roe era. to address the harm that these health care prohibitions have on servicemembers and military families, the secretary of defense issued commonsense guidance that protects the readiness of the force and family, and it's guidance that i will remind everybody the secretary of defense is legally empowered to issue and implement, and as senator king so rightly pointed out that has been in place for male members of our military for years, as long as we can remember. but the senior senator from alabama has chosen to break with precedent, to break with the decorum of this chamber, and to hold 273 noncontroversial military nomination