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it is in the soviet union. the continuing race between the united states of america and the soviet union the soviet union launched to in utmost secrecy. two new cosmonauts. the launching's of june put the soviet union ahead and a race that was not forecast to be over until the end of the decade. the history of man in's ace -- man in space is short of the conquests are many. the free press of the world was invited to photograph the launches of the united states. in 1961 the soviet union launched [indiscernible] into lift off. the united states launched over shepherd. next in spates -- in space, gus grissom, photographed by hundreds of international photographers. then the soviet union announced the launch of [indiscernible] and release this. -- and released this. in 1962, john glenn went into orbit and launched from an annapolis rooster at cape canaveral. -- annapolis booster at cape canaveral. followed three months later in the mercury capsule. in august of 1962 [indiscernible] orbited simultaneously launched b
it is in the soviet union. the continuing race between the united states of america and the soviet union the soviet union launched to in utmost secrecy. two new cosmonauts. the launching's of june put the soviet union ahead and a race that was not forecast to be over until the end of the decade. the history of man in's ace -- man in space is short of the conquests are many. the free press of the world was invited to photograph the launches of the united states. in 1961 the soviet union launched...
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as steve and toby said, it's not the same as the soviet union. we are not dealing with a country with a strong ideology that is trying to expand around the world. we have a basic authoritarian system that is attracted to dempt countries in different -- different countries in different areas. we are not competing with a determined ideology. is it nationalism. >> there's - russian nationalism existed for centuries, it's not something that is new or that confronts the west the same way that soviet union communism did. russia, it's behavinglike a 19th century imperial power, and that is something we are understand, both in terms of its ability to oppose us but we understand the craike directions -- contradictions, and its ability to mobilize forces. i don't think we are in the situation as we were with the coldar. in terms of ideology and russia's position, and economic power. during the cold war it was believed that the soviet union was relatively equal to the united states in terms of economic power. that is not the case today. we have seen this co
as steve and toby said, it's not the same as the soviet union. we are not dealing with a country with a strong ideology that is trying to expand around the world. we have a basic authoritarian system that is attracted to dempt countries in different -- different countries in different areas. we are not competing with a determined ideology. is it nationalism. >> there's - russian nationalism existed for centuries, it's not something that is new or that confronts the west the same way that...
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the soviet union did a lot of pretty horrible things. stalin murdered many more people even than hitler did. he eventually became anti-se mettic. few jews e remained communists by 1940s except for what you might call the true believers. a true believer really believes and it's impossible for a true believer to not find a rationalization for explaining almost anything. he kept his political believes all the way through up until 1944. i had long ago gotten rid of them and became much more interested in physics than i was in politics. our relation began to deteriorate as he kept trying to push me and eventually my bunk mate asked for a transfer and we got out of there. we got away from him. that's the beginning of my relationship with him. it didn't end there because when greenglass was caught he sung like a canary. he did mention to the fbi that it he considered contacting several sympathetic people to act as spies. he included me among this list and this is the reason he gave his handler. he said he's a good fellow. he organized a petitio
the soviet union did a lot of pretty horrible things. stalin murdered many more people even than hitler did. he eventually became anti-se mettic. few jews e remained communists by 1940s except for what you might call the true believers. a true believer really believes and it's impossible for a true believer to not find a rationalization for explaining almost anything. he kept his political believes all the way through up until 1944. i had long ago gotten rid of them and became much more...
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today, the soviet union's history. china is approaching certainly number two if not number one in the world economy. it has emerged, risen as an international force in no small measure because of the opening that president nixon and chairman mao initiated. but let's go back briefly to what the world look like when the soviet union and china had allied themselves. chairman mao had established a strategic alliance with the soviet union. eurasia, from eastern europe to the pacific ocean was controlled, dominated by a hostile alliance. it was a fundamental threat to american security. and that threat persisted. it was certainly one of the motivations for the vietnam war involvement. as the 1960's progressed, there were signs of real tension between moscow and beijing. and mr. nixon who was at that point out of office and would have been aware of these tensions. he was also very much aware of the degree to which the vietnam war had undermined political support for the lyndon johnson administration. it got so bad that presid
today, the soviet union's history. china is approaching certainly number two if not number one in the world economy. it has emerged, risen as an international force in no small measure because of the opening that president nixon and chairman mao initiated. but let's go back briefly to what the world look like when the soviet union and china had allied themselves. chairman mao had established a strategic alliance with the soviet union. eurasia, from eastern europe to the pacific ocean was...
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remember, we still desperately needed the soviet union. we didn't know the atomic bomb was going to work. it wasn't successfully tested until mid july. we agreed as far back as tehran that the red army would join our war in the far east. they went and their nonaggression pact with japan which they did in august. we assume this to be an enormous contribution to subdue in japan. in fact it was. we overlooked the fact that military contribution was such that when an event chariot and the red army was incredibly successful. marshal in particular thought we might be fighting them in chariot long after japan itself had been subdued because they were a million japanese settlers that might go on for some time. what was most important about the soviet contribution with this. diplomacy. japan and their devoted 1945 held out hope they could avoid unconditional surrender by using the good offices that the soviet union to pressure their ally come and the united states. when they declared war on japan the only avenue they have to send short of unconditi
remember, we still desperately needed the soviet union. we didn't know the atomic bomb was going to work. it wasn't successfully tested until mid july. we agreed as far back as tehran that the red army would join our war in the far east. they went and their nonaggression pact with japan which they did in august. we assume this to be an enormous contribution to subdue in japan. in fact it was. we overlooked the fact that military contribution was such that when an event chariot and the red army...
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tallinn has modernized at an astounding rate since the fall of the soviet union. its business district shines with the same glass and steel gleam you'll find in any modern city. yet nearby are the rugged and fully intact medieval walls, and the town within these ramparts has a beautifully preserved old-world ambiance. among medieval cities in the north of europe, none are as well preserved as tallinn. the town hall square was a marketplace through the centuries. its fine old buildings are a reminder that tallinn was once an important medieval trading center. today it's a touristy scene, full of people just having fun. through the season, each midday, cruise-ship groups congest the center as they blitz the town in the care of local guides. like many tourist zones, tallinn's is a commercial gauntlet. here there's a hokey torture museum, strolling russian dolls, medieval theme restaurants complete with touts, and enthusiastic hawkers of ye olde taste treats. woman: [ laughs ] steves: but just a couple blocks away is, for me, the real attraction of tallinn -- workaday
tallinn has modernized at an astounding rate since the fall of the soviet union. its business district shines with the same glass and steel gleam you'll find in any modern city. yet nearby are the rugged and fully intact medieval walls, and the town within these ramparts has a beautifully preserved old-world ambiance. among medieval cities in the north of europe, none are as well preserved as tallinn. the town hall square was a marketplace through the centuries. its fine old buildings are a...
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the soviet union did a lot of pretty horrible things. stalin murdered many more people even than hitler did. he eventually became anti-se mettic. few jews e remained communists by 1940s except for what you might call the true believers. a true believer really believes and it's impossible for a true believer to not find a rationalization for explaining almost anything. he kept his political believes all the way through up until 1944. i had long ago gotten rid of them and became much more interested in physics than i was in politics. our relation began to deteriorate as he kept trying to push me and eventually my bunk mate asked for a transfer and we got out of there. we got away from him. that's the beginning of my relationship with him. it didn't end there because when greenglass was caught he sung like a canary. he did mention to the fbi that it he considered contacting several sympathetic people to act as spies. he included me among this list and this is the reason he gave his handler. he said he's a good fellow. he organized a petitio
the soviet union did a lot of pretty horrible things. stalin murdered many more people even than hitler did. he eventually became anti-se mettic. few jews e remained communists by 1940s except for what you might call the true believers. a true believer really believes and it's impossible for a true believer to not find a rationalization for explaining almost anything. he kept his political believes all the way through up until 1944. i had long ago gotten rid of them and became much more...
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said it's over first to rescue its alliance because the soviet union were armed and supported my the united states and china which in the so-called second cold war was an ally of the united states, western union -- western europe and the soviet union. i'm not going to make the case for the argument that it was a defeat, i'm just going to set it out -- but i will make this statement -- in the year 2015 half a century after the u.s. abandoned indochina any historical account which treats the vietnam war as a three-way conflict among north vietnam south vietnam and the united states employee cannot be taken seriously. it was always a five way conflict with the united states, the soviet union and china playing a role along with their allies. none of this is to exclude the agency of the the enemies people . on the contrary, there was division and dissent and furthermore, their leaders were quite adept that disregarding or manipulating the advice and object lives of their great our sponsors. nevertheless, you cannot understand this in terms of proxy war in asia. the reason why the firs
said it's over first to rescue its alliance because the soviet union were armed and supported my the united states and china which in the so-called second cold war was an ally of the united states, western union -- western europe and the soviet union. i'm not going to make the case for the argument that it was a defeat, i'm just going to set it out -- but i will make this statement -- in the year 2015 half a century after the u.s. abandoned indochina any historical account which treats the...
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>> guest: in the soviet union former soviet union, over three years, the former soviet union in the unitedtes, in france c-span: over how many years did you do this? >> guest: three years. it was a three-year project. c-span: and you finished this book when? >> guest: the beginning of this year. i finished this book just around september 11th. c-span: of 2001? >> guest: 2001. c-span: ok. i want you to skip some of this personal stuff. time goes by so fast in this. you learn in here that yitzhak rabin, who is the chief of staff of the army, had a nervous breakdown? >> guest: he did, physical and nervous breakdown, yes. c-span: did he ever admit this? >> guest: eventually he did yes. c-span: and when did he have this? >> guest: he had it about a week into the crisis, a week after egyptian forces enter sinai and a week after the egyptians evicted unef. c-span: but before the june 5th attack? >> guest: well before, two weeks before. c-span: you also learn that moshe dayan had a nervous breakdown in the '73 war? >> guest: in the '73 war he did, yes, very similar to rabin's. c-span: did he admit
>> guest: in the soviet union former soviet union, over three years, the former soviet union in the unitedtes, in france c-span: over how many years did you do this? >> guest: three years. it was a three-year project. c-span: and you finished this book when? >> guest: the beginning of this year. i finished this book just around september 11th. c-span: of 2001? >> guest: 2001. c-span: ok. i want you to skip some of this personal stuff. time goes by so fast in this. you...
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they governed at a time when the world's enemy was the soviet union. it was a bilateral world. and had not governed in a world where we were threatened by people living in caves. i spent a lot of time with condi and president bush trying to explain that this world has changed. so that was a particular emphasis of hours going out -- of ours going out. i am not sure it was perfectly well heard. we spent a lot of time focusing on what we were handing over and making sure that they had the benefit of what we could tell them and they took some of our advice and not others. ken: i would add that friendly takeovers in some ways are more difficult than hostile takeovers. because people expect to stay in their current job. and your responsibility -- and i ran the outgoing transition for president reagan -- is to find, no, it's a new administration. and the caret i used was, if you resign before we ask you or bush asks you, you will get a hand signed letter from ronald reagan , and enough people jumped on that. let me talk about the last day of an administration. i made a mistake on janu
they governed at a time when the world's enemy was the soviet union. it was a bilateral world. and had not governed in a world where we were threatened by people living in caves. i spent a lot of time with condi and president bush trying to explain that this world has changed. so that was a particular emphasis of hours going out -- of ours going out. i am not sure it was perfectly well heard. we spent a lot of time focusing on what we were handing over and making sure that they had the benefit...
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we had to rebuild our military capability and contest the soviet union and we had to revive the spirit of the american people, and that is what he set out to do. by 1984 when he was running for reelection, he had most of those things under way. in terms of the economy, he had a relatively simple program. reduce tax rates across the board. reduce the amount of regulation that was stifling industry. work with the fed to maintain stable monetary policy and slow the growth of federal spending. in terms of the national security situation, it was to rebuild our military capabilities, to contest the soviet union on a moral basis to stop them from the aggression that was taking place around the world, and to roll back the previous aggression by supporting freedom fighters. in terms of the american people, it was his calming of their concerns, his talking with them directly from the oval office in numerous speeches and talks on television and so by 1984, we had the start of the longest period of peacetime economic growth in history. we had the military being built up to the point where it ultim
we had to rebuild our military capability and contest the soviet union and we had to revive the spirit of the american people, and that is what he set out to do. by 1984 when he was running for reelection, he had most of those things under way. in terms of the economy, he had a relatively simple program. reduce tax rates across the board. reduce the amount of regulation that was stifling industry. work with the fed to maintain stable monetary policy and slow the growth of federal spending. in...
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there is no soviet union anymore. hasn't been for a long time. we have to wait for the castros to fall. they are still living on, the consensus among cuban americans that they are anti-castro but in favor of diplomatic relations so they can go back and forth, cultural exchange and the rest. the grip of the so-called cuban lobby in congress for why it has taken so long. >> host: richard in alaska. >> caller: my question is how could we have handled the cuban revolution differently? maybe we wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place? >> guest: good question. is that where sarah palin is from? nice to hear from you. i leave it to the reader. jimmy carter came very close. he had andrew young as his view and representative, elected in 76, and he ran on a platform of normalizing relations with cuba. they started to make a lot of small steps significant steps in that direction. that was his policy, it conflicted with the policy of stopping soviet communism. the cubans are in africa fighting against apartheid. they are doing so, it is helpful to
there is no soviet union anymore. hasn't been for a long time. we have to wait for the castros to fall. they are still living on, the consensus among cuban americans that they are anti-castro but in favor of diplomatic relations so they can go back and forth, cultural exchange and the rest. the grip of the so-called cuban lobby in congress for why it has taken so long. >> host: richard in alaska. >> caller: my question is how could we have handled the cuban revolution differently?...
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years of isolation the collapse of the soviet union has a dwindling supply of fossil fuels, and it hasdy dickcally altered practices. >> we're also in bangladesh for a social look where a rising sea levels are threatening lives and livelihoods. >> welcome back. let's recap the headlines al jazeera now. in iraq 45 soldiers have been killed. it follows another suicide attack near fallujah, which left 4 policemen dead. >>> u.s. laws which allow security services to spy on american citizens have expired. the senate failed to pass legislation extending powers to monitor phones and e-mails. returning to our top story the battle in iraq. the deputy assistant to president obama he said that the united states will continue to equip iraqi forces. >> we've actually already sent a considerable amount of equipment both to the iraqi security forces and kurdish peshmerga forces up in the north of iraq. all that have going through the iraqi government in baghdad and we'll continue to do so. we have previn yengich monitoring on all of--but in these dire times times, as prime minister al abadi has asked
years of isolation the collapse of the soviet union has a dwindling supply of fossil fuels, and it hasdy dickcally altered practices. >> we're also in bangladesh for a social look where a rising sea levels are threatening lives and livelihoods. >> welcome back. let's recap the headlines al jazeera now. in iraq 45 soldiers have been killed. it follows another suicide attack near fallujah, which left 4 policemen dead. >>> u.s. laws which allow security services to spy on...
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he changed the way in which we approached the soviet union, which was the major threat to the world in terms of world peace. he certainly came in with new ideas in terms of government. smaller government, slowing the growth of spending, those kinds of things that i mentioned. so he was really an agent of change, if you will, as far as most of the policies. now today, it's very interesting that we have a laboratory case in this country of ronald reagan's policies versus the opposite. i would say president obama has probably on the key areas i mentioned -- taxes, regulation stable monetary policies, and growth of government -- has gone 180 degrees in the opposite direction, so we have a laboratory test of ronald reagan's policies, which resulted in great economic growth versus the lack of a recovery, essentially, and the very slow economic growth we have at the present time. in terms of national security, ronald reagan's peace through strength is now countered with reducing our armed forces, and we see the problems we have today. and so i think -- the same is true, i think, with the conf
he changed the way in which we approached the soviet union, which was the major threat to the world in terms of world peace. he certainly came in with new ideas in terms of government. smaller government, slowing the growth of spending, those kinds of things that i mentioned. so he was really an agent of change, if you will, as far as most of the policies. now today, it's very interesting that we have a laboratory case in this country of ronald reagan's policies versus the opposite. i would say...
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he has been very shocked by the dislocation of the soviet union because the soviet union was the secondworld power with the u.s. for years, and now it went down. >> rose: we conclude with journalist and author richard reeves, his new book is called "infamy: the shocking story of the japenese-american internment in world war ii. >> the japanese-americans were totally patriotic, they allowed themselves to be put in what amounted to concentration camps because they thought that was their debt to the country. but after three or four years of living in the wilderness in terrible places, yes some of them had turned against the united states. >> rose: david petraeus valeÉry giscard d'estaing and richard reeves when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin with david petraeus, the former four-star general and c.i.a. direct
he has been very shocked by the dislocation of the soviet union because the soviet union was the secondworld power with the u.s. for years, and now it went down. >> rose: we conclude with journalist and author richard reeves, his new book is called "infamy: the shocking story of the japenese-american internment in world war ii. >> the japanese-americans were totally patriotic, they allowed themselves to be put in what amounted to concentration camps because they thought that...
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the orthodox church sides membership swelled halloween the collapse of the soviet union. the country's diversity is call silly under threat from groups who -- groups who preach intolerance. >> in the early 2000's it was jehovah's witnesses targeted by the fundamentalist christian groups. for the past few years it is gays and lesbians. they also target jews. >> while the separation of church and state may be enshrined in georgia's constitution, the reality is different. the church is more different than ever. the progress -- pro-western policies are the target of george's unorthodox church, and that benefits russia. >> one of them is the orthodox belief. another is the common historical past. reporter: the outpouring of support they get on facebook shows they are not alone. >> belgium is at the center of a veritable history as people celebrate the 200th anniversary of the battle of waterloo. in 1815 this is the battle that changed european history. to mark the anniversary, thousands of enthusiasts feverishly preparing for a week of playacting. one of the clashes leading up
the orthodox church sides membership swelled halloween the collapse of the soviet union. the country's diversity is call silly under threat from groups who -- groups who preach intolerance. >> in the early 2000's it was jehovah's witnesses targeted by the fundamentalist christian groups. for the past few years it is gays and lesbians. they also target jews. >> while the separation of church and state may be enshrined in georgia's constitution, the reality is different. the church is...
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north americans they don't understand what the defection of stalin's daughter from the soviet union meantuld be like president obama's daughter going to china and saying i'm fed up with this you know with united states. so she carried a weight for the soviet government in her defection that was not to be forgiven. >> woodruff: finally, chris what part of your mother do you think is most in you? >> she had incredible faith. and i did not really develop that sense of faith until after she passed away. and the sense of her being with me. i have a sense of accomplishment that i didn't have before that i know that she lft with me. she was always proud of me when i hadn't even really accomplished anything. the unconditional love which i haven't felt from anybody else ever because she was my mother. and that warment of friendship which i probably will look for for the rest of my life in other people. but i know that it's possible. >> well, so much comes through t is a remarkable book. stalin's daughter the extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> s
north americans they don't understand what the defection of stalin's daughter from the soviet union meantuld be like president obama's daughter going to china and saying i'm fed up with this you know with united states. so she carried a weight for the soviet government in her defection that was not to be forgiven. >> woodruff: finally, chris what part of your mother do you think is most in you? >> she had incredible faith. and i did not really develop that sense of faith until after...
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sununu that put the soviet union on its heels.st: you are absolutely right and i'm not trying to take anything away from ronald reagan. this was a 1-2 punch. ronald reagan built up the u.s. military strength and made gorbachev and the soviet leaders know they could not win the game and george bush then took that asset and put together the coalition of the night toe leaders and -- nato leaders and a partnership with gorbachev to keep the process going that allowed the soviet union, encouraged the soviet union to leave eastern europe and end the occupation of europe and allow germany to be reunified. but that took delicate diplomacy to take advantage of the unit that ronald reagan created. host: jack, are you still there? caller: yes, i'm still here. he interrupted me. as i said, he is a brilliant guy but that position mr. bush was in after the fact as you did state ronald reagan did create. it was ronald reagan's leadership over eight years that won and took the job. that man was the greatest president from 1950 forward. host: ok,
sununu that put the soviet union on its heels.st: you are absolutely right and i'm not trying to take anything away from ronald reagan. this was a 1-2 punch. ronald reagan built up the u.s. military strength and made gorbachev and the soviet leaders know they could not win the game and george bush then took that asset and put together the coalition of the night toe leaders and -- nato leaders and a partnership with gorbachev to keep the process going that allowed the soviet union, encouraged...
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but the way it was used in the soviet context was it was a tool to end the soviet union. and so too it can be used in the iranian context. and we -- when you look at the boldness of someone like senator jackson who confronted the soviet union and directly linked most favored status, that was a tool which drove them absolutely crazy. and if you read the memoirs of these guys, you see that when carter or reagan would bring up the names of dissidents, they really hated it. and i think that's one sign that it's the right approach. i think that human rights is a real achilles heel of the iranian regime because they are depend bt upon external actors to some degree. their economy is being hit hard. and i think if we understand this human rights issue not just as the right thing to do morally but that opening up this closed society is absolutely critical to the peace and stability of the region, we'll begin to utilize it as a tool in the war against dictatorship. michael ledeen: i've been writing this for 30 years that there's a real identity, and i think david put it exactly ri
but the way it was used in the soviet context was it was a tool to end the soviet union. and so too it can be used in the iranian context. and we -- when you look at the boldness of someone like senator jackson who confronted the soviet union and directly linked most favored status, that was a tool which drove them absolutely crazy. and if you read the memoirs of these guys, you see that when carter or reagan would bring up the names of dissidents, they really hated it. and i think that's one...
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but nonetheless, they were still importing 57% of the calories even on the island, from the soviet unionsoviet bloc countries. when the soviet union fell apart, cuba lost those imports immediately, within two to three years, along with the 34%, 35% contraction of their gdp. it launched cuba into a major economic crisis, and that was a food and never culture crisis. -- a food and agriculture crisis , also due to the loss of the many other imports into the agriculture sector upon which national food production had become dependent. again, pesticides, fertilizers petroleum tractors, spare parts, spare parts for other kind of agriculture machinery. so they were faced with the daunting task of meeting to greatly increase food production with a fraction of the resources available. immediately, city residents in particular havana has 2 million of the 11 million people on the island, the largest city in the caribbean, havana residents started going out and growing food on empty lots that were close to their homes using any seeds they could find with any tools available. and literally, on any spa
but nonetheless, they were still importing 57% of the calories even on the island, from the soviet unionsoviet bloc countries. when the soviet union fell apart, cuba lost those imports immediately, within two to three years, along with the 34%, 35% contraction of their gdp. it launched cuba into a major economic crisis, and that was a food and never culture crisis. -- a food and agriculture crisis , also due to the loss of the many other imports into the agriculture sector upon which national...
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there is no soviet union anymore, but nato was created as a counter-weight to the soviet union and the-- nato keeps expanding, but we don't create any military lines with china. we do not tend to adopt a bloc-based approach. what we're trying to do is aadopt a global approach. we are trying to distribute the responsibilities to find acceptable compromises. they are never based on the position of force. we are trying to find new solutions within the framework of negotiations. ( applause ) >> rose: to have read much about you and your country there are three things that i constantly see. one is your sense of wanting to be respected. another is to want to have an equal conversation. a third is a sense of, perhaps in your history, a great concern about borders and having a buffer zone for russia. am i accurate in that? a buffer zone would be ukraine. a buffer zone would be-- >> ( translated ): well, i keep hearing that russia wants to be respected. don't you want to be respected? isn't there anyone who wants to be-- to be humiliated? that is a strange way to see things. an exclusion which
there is no soviet union anymore, but nato was created as a counter-weight to the soviet union and the-- nato keeps expanding, but we don't create any military lines with china. we do not tend to adopt a bloc-based approach. what we're trying to do is aadopt a global approach. we are trying to distribute the responsibilities to find acceptable compromises. they are never based on the position of force. we are trying to find new solutions within the framework of negotiations. ( applause )...
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and the soviet union began. the soviet union closed all roads rails and canals between east and west germany. the i soviets cut off all electricity. if we withdraw our position in berlin, europe is threatened, communism will run rampant. president truman agreed and took action. on june 24th, 1948, the u.s. and western allies began flying planes through soviet occupied territories into berlin. they were loaded with food, coal, and medical supplies. >> food, still more food and raw materials had to be poured across the aerial bridge into the blockaded city. >> the soviet union watched but the allies say never stopped the flights for fear of retaliation. at one point western aircraft were taking off or landing every 90 seconds in berlin, and carrying with them 13 tons of supplies every day. >> we had people come from japan panama from china all to bring the airplanes in and we were one of the groups, we had fossberg viesbazen and main. >> ended the blockade in may of 1949. the air lift helped heal the wounds betwee
and the soviet union began. the soviet union closed all roads rails and canals between east and west germany. the i soviets cut off all electricity. if we withdraw our position in berlin, europe is threatened, communism will run rampant. president truman agreed and took action. on june 24th, 1948, the u.s. and western allies began flying planes through soviet occupied territories into berlin. they were loaded with food, coal, and medical supplies. >> food, still more food and raw...
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this book is a response to a policy that is not about obama, it's since the soviet union collapse. we overreacted. we said wacamoll. our allies don't know what we stand for, our adversaries are infringing on our interests globally and we have to determine what we think the country stands for. >> what you are describing seemed to work under the regan administration, a place where the foreign policy was clear and the wacamoll was consistent and we were beating people lack. >> look, i think when the soviet union existed even though some presidents were stronger, some weaker, we talked about voice of america, radio free europe making the world safe from communism, n.a.t.o. and others, it was clear we had an indispensable american, we were going to be the global police many, support our allies and promote human democracy and the free market. if you look around a lot say they want to do those things, but few that want to pay the bill for it. this is true in the middle eastern asia and all of the environments. geopolitical conflict. so many presidential candidates are really making talkin
this book is a response to a policy that is not about obama, it's since the soviet union collapse. we overreacted. we said wacamoll. our allies don't know what we stand for, our adversaries are infringing on our interests globally and we have to determine what we think the country stands for. >> what you are describing seemed to work under the regan administration, a place where the foreign policy was clear and the wacamoll was consistent and we were beating people lack. >> look, i...
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i wrote about how he faced off with the soviet union and nuclear weapons. but he was a little dull.on might want to make himself dull and he sort of did. he was a grown up -- >> the guy in the suit it was good. >> yeah the country was blowing up cities were burning, cities were in revolt. so his media advisor, roger ales a talk show producer did a brilliant job packaging nixon -- >> how about that. >> i want to close with this question. you wrote some op-eds about it. what are lesson that's hillary clinton could learn from nixon. what he did in 68 she is attempts to do in '16. >> i thought there were moments she tries to lighten up and she said in her speech on saturday "i've made misattacks, best part of the speech. she showed humility. nixon could not show humility people like it it is appealing. even dwight eisenhower showed humility. if she is arrogant saint hillary, that will defeat her. if she is someone who has learned, that will helper. >> her view of the media -- >> yes, e you know picking a fight with the media is a lose/lose. you can put them down run them around for awhi
i wrote about how he faced off with the soviet union and nuclear weapons. but he was a little dull.on might want to make himself dull and he sort of did. he was a grown up -- >> the guy in the suit it was good. >> yeah the country was blowing up cities were burning, cities were in revolt. so his media advisor, roger ales a talk show producer did a brilliant job packaging nixon -- >> how about that. >> i want to close with this question. you wrote some op-eds about it....
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he was negotiating with the soviet union from a position of strength. gorbachev recognize he was dealing with a focus without militarize him. he recognized that he would never recognize his economy if he didn't get a partnership with the west. those are the two things you have to do any time with a power as strong as russia is now. we have failed to maintain our military might. we have had a tendency to cut back on spending because we thought it was no longer needed. we have chosen not to leave the world from the front that from behind. when you do things like that you create a power vacuum that an ambitious leader likee putin will rush to fill. we will create that opportunity for him. the next president will have to reestablish the united states as a superpower willing to lead and a superpower willing to work simultaneously to provide opportunities for economic benefit to russia. host: some say you have to go to the russian people themselves jointly. one way is to boycott the world cup and embarrass the russian people. they know they have been put on t
he was negotiating with the soviet union from a position of strength. gorbachev recognize he was dealing with a focus without militarize him. he recognized that he would never recognize his economy if he didn't get a partnership with the west. those are the two things you have to do any time with a power as strong as russia is now. we have failed to maintain our military might. we have had a tendency to cut back on spending because we thought it was no longer needed. we have chosen not to leave...
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is making a movie it hasn't taken since the cold war with the former soviet union.in club. the team jet runners. what we do is fun. but so is what comes next. in fact what originally brought us together isn't the only thing that keeps us coming back. for friends who come together to reach for better we brew a superior tasting light beer with fewer carbs and calories. michelob ultra. the superior light beer. vo: today's the day. more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®. as my diabetes changed it got harder to control my blood sugar. today, i'm asking about levemir®. vo: levemir® is an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. and levemir® helps lower your a1c. levemir® lasts 42 days without refrigeration. that's 50% longer than lantus® which lasts 28 days. levemir® comes in flextouch® the latest in insulin pen technology from novo nordisk. levemir® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes and is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidos
is making a movie it hasn't taken since the cold war with the former soviet union.in club. the team jet runners. what we do is fun. but so is what comes next. in fact what originally brought us together isn't the only thing that keeps us coming back. for friends who come together to reach for better we brew a superior tasting light beer with fewer carbs and calories. michelob ultra. the superior light beer. vo: today's the day. more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about...
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today in havana harbor the sugar ships bound for the soviet union are gone and on the outskirts of thearm and organic supplying the community and for artificial fertilizer is worms and processing manure and marigolds and corn and it's not like the government was enlightened about the environment or agriculture and farmers were forces to be sustainable because of the years of isolation and the lack of resources. the severing of the soviet supply line meant it had to be replaced by small multi crop farms and they were expert organic growers. he says it's a lesson the world can learn moving to sustainable methods of food production. >> translator: it's a myth that organic farming cannot feed the world and until 70 years ago there were no chemicals and in the time span of humanity is nothing and this is more labor intensive and need to pay farmers better to come out of the cities and back to the countryside. >> reporter: two hours outside of havana the sustainable approach has a reserve and cubans come to enjoy the weekend and tourists can feast on locally produced organic food but there i
today in havana harbor the sugar ships bound for the soviet union are gone and on the outskirts of thearm and organic supplying the community and for artificial fertilizer is worms and processing manure and marigolds and corn and it's not like the government was enlightened about the environment or agriculture and farmers were forces to be sustainable because of the years of isolation and the lack of resources. the severing of the soviet supply line meant it had to be replaced by small multi...
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was quite confident after the bipolar system went into oblivion and after the collapse of the soviet unionin western partners of ours particularly the united states were in a kind of euphoria, and instead of trying to create a new situation, good neighbors partner relations they started to explore new free, geopolitical spaces, well free in their view. and that is why we are witnessing expansion nato eastwards. >> wooduff: i spoke to charlie rose immediately following his question and answer session with president putin. >> wooduff: charlie, you pressed him about what he thinks ukraine needs to do defuse the situation. what did he say? >> he said the people in kiev need to talk to the separatists. that is not a new idea from him. he has always said that. that they have to have a real conversation with the separatists. and i raised the question of if he was helping the situation by supplying arms to the separatists. and by the engagement of russian soldiers and other connections russia has to this. i think that putin has a real fear about nato being on his borders. he's always had that. the
was quite confident after the bipolar system went into oblivion and after the collapse of the soviet unionin western partners of ours particularly the united states were in a kind of euphoria, and instead of trying to create a new situation, good neighbors partner relations they started to explore new free, geopolitical spaces, well free in their view. and that is why we are witnessing expansion nato eastwards. >> wooduff: i spoke to charlie rose immediately following his question and...
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be much more aggressive and more involved in helping the countries that used to be part of the soviet union beat back on the aggression of vladimir putin. he even called him a bully on this trip. that is a big part of the trip and reason why he is here. there is another reason. to give him and his campaign a reset button, if you will. he has not been able to break-away from the pack. he has not been able to scare other competitors off of the field. that has hurt him unfairly. his last name is bush and the expectation is he would be more ahead of the game at this point. they are hoping this trip will wipe the slate clean. he will be able to go back in just a few hours after he lands back in the united states he will make his announcement official and hit the ground running. that is what we will see from jeb bush over the next several days. not your typical pre-announcement trip. >> dana bash thank you. if hillary clinton is elected president, her husband stands to lose millions. bill clinton says if hillary does win, he will likely step off the lecture circuit which has earned him more than
be much more aggressive and more involved in helping the countries that used to be part of the soviet union beat back on the aggression of vladimir putin. he even called him a bully on this trip. that is a big part of the trip and reason why he is here. there is another reason. to give him and his campaign a reset button, if you will. he has not been able to break-away from the pack. he has not been able to scare other competitors off of the field. that has hurt him unfairly. his last name is...
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part of the russian empire which just happens to be matched up a pretty closely to the former soviet union. this this is what he wants his legacy to be a long-term for him, and thinks he will be learning running the country. so this the first piece of context. ukraine is particularly important. particularly important for a couple reasons. what one is history. when the original records days the ninth or tenth pcs ukraine was part of russia, and the capitol was not in moscow with give. if you are in russia you think of ukraine is part of russia. one part of this is history. the other part is that the city. russians are slavs, ukrainians are slobs. they think of themselves as brothers. the third is, the third is vladimir putin has a great fear that the people of russia will wake up someday and have their own arab spring come out of the streets of moscow and say we don't like the direction you are taking our country. we don't like you anymore and what you hope to go away what a greater say in how we are governed. he is scared to death of that. that happened in the streets of give the slavic co
part of the russian empire which just happens to be matched up a pretty closely to the former soviet union. this this is what he wants his legacy to be a long-term for him, and thinks he will be learning running the country. so this the first piece of context. ukraine is particularly important. particularly important for a couple reasons. what one is history. when the original records days the ninth or tenth pcs ukraine was part of russia, and the capitol was not in moscow with give. if you are...
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one has to do with the migration of former engineers from the former soviet union to israel in the 1990of them are retiring. the second thing is to take more particularlyses math and engineering, that may be more challenging for the student body and they dumped want to lower their average grade. things.e two specific you've got those issues and as you mentioned, so much of the , maybe 40% of the economy's exports, our technology driven. this becomes a critical issue for the country. they are trying to enlist new ways to get the arabs to become part of the workforce. they want orthodox jews to be part of the workforce. if they don't, they will end up with a situation that they already have, companies have to xook outside israel like wi to make up for this lack of talent. we have a similar problem in the united states. i can't wait to see you animate. the next half and hour, we are going to discuss amazon thinking outside the box. how they are teaming up with the minions film. that's next. ♪ olivia: good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. in new york .ul this morning >> we have a strategist expect
one has to do with the migration of former engineers from the former soviet union to israel in the 1990of them are retiring. the second thing is to take more particularlyses math and engineering, that may be more challenging for the student body and they dumped want to lower their average grade. things.e two specific you've got those issues and as you mentioned, so much of the , maybe 40% of the economy's exports, our technology driven. this becomes a critical issue for the country. they are...
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the world has changed enormously over the last 25 years since the soviet union has collapsed. china has gotten a lot stronger. a lot more countries are capable of saying no to the united states and many are more willing. and yet when you think about how important it is for the united states to articulate our values around the world, it was hillary clinton when she was secretary of state that actually said you know it's not necessarily wise to try to preach human rights to your banker. and that's china, of course. >> and that's what's interesting to me. so make the case for why we should have saudi arabia as an ally and make the case for why america's values say we shouldn't have saudi arabia an ally. isn't that a conundrum in and of itself? >> i think it is less of a conundrum in the sense that u.s. and saudi interests are not as aligned as they were 10 20 years ago. why? number one, because the united states is right now the world's largest oil and gas producer. so doing a deal with iran which absolutely they're going to cheat. and we're going to have problems with them on th
the world has changed enormously over the last 25 years since the soviet union has collapsed. china has gotten a lot stronger. a lot more countries are capable of saying no to the united states and many are more willing. and yet when you think about how important it is for the united states to articulate our values around the world, it was hillary clinton when she was secretary of state that actually said you know it's not necessarily wise to try to preach human rights to your banker. and...
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the soviet union tested its first atomic bomb in 1949. in the months preceding the 1950 white house conference on children and youth, ethel and julius rosenberg were accused of being soviet spies and arrested. the next year, they were will arrested. -- executed. in 1950, joseph mccarthy was making his accusations of communist sympathizers in and out of government, and just days before this white house conference convened, the chinese communists launched a surprise counteroffensive in korea, driving you and forces including u.s. troops, into retreat. the korean conflict was not to be over by christmas, as general douglas macarthur had previously, very confidently predicted. america's youth were part of the nation's defense in the cold war against communism. time and again, the rhetoric about what was good for kids in the country was couched in cold war terms. young people had to be better educated, mentally prepared, healthy, and physically fit to ensure that america remains democratic, economically sound and secure against its enemies. fed
the soviet union tested its first atomic bomb in 1949. in the months preceding the 1950 white house conference on children and youth, ethel and julius rosenberg were accused of being soviet spies and arrested. the next year, they were will arrested. -- executed. in 1950, joseph mccarthy was making his accusations of communist sympathizers in and out of government, and just days before this white house conference convened, the chinese communists launched a surprise counteroffensive in korea,...
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i can mention the soviet union and its time, china, pakistan et cetera. so given all of the input that iran has had in the regime has had for all of these years from north korea, pakistan, russia, china in the technical assistance and all kinds of expert assistance and so forth it's inconceivable to me that they do not already have at least warheads. again go back to the joint venture with north korea and the exchange in the presence of their officials in each other's country at test sites and so forth. north korea is as far advanced as we do know that it is another failure of deterrence or containment and that iran does not have or is using north korea to test nuclear components or warheads for it. when iran finally decides to demonstrate its nuclear capability, whether it's out in the desert like the pakistanis and the indians did, underground just a demonstration of we have this, or a mushroom cloud over tel aviv or something over kansas, it's a game changer and it's too late by that point. michael is absolutely right, we have to be ready now. we have
i can mention the soviet union and its time, china, pakistan et cetera. so given all of the input that iran has had in the regime has had for all of these years from north korea, pakistan, russia, china in the technical assistance and all kinds of expert assistance and so forth it's inconceivable to me that they do not already have at least warheads. again go back to the joint venture with north korea and the exchange in the presence of their officials in each other's country at test sites and...
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the 2nd piece is that every part of that former soviet union, every part of that former russian empire is important, what ukraine is particularly important for a couple reasons. history. with the original russian state was founded in the 9th or 10th bc ukraine was part of russia and the capitol was not in moscow, it was a gift. so if you're in russia you think of ukraine as part of russia so one part of this is history, the other part of this is ethnicity. russians are slavs slavs ukrainians are slobs. they think of themselves brothers. third is vladimir putin does have a great fear. his fear is that the people of russia are going to wake up someday have their own arab spring, come out in the streets of moscow and saint what we don't like the direction you are taking our country. we don't like you anymore. we want you to go away and we want a greater say in how we are governed. he is scared to death of that. when that happened? it happened in the streets and kia, it happened in the slavic countries. he does not want to become what happened. he is not want to have what happened think yo
the 2nd piece is that every part of that former soviet union, every part of that former russian empire is important, what ukraine is particularly important for a couple reasons. history. with the original russian state was founded in the 9th or 10th bc ukraine was part of russia and the capitol was not in moscow, it was a gift. so if you're in russia you think of ukraine as part of russia so one part of this is history, the other part of this is ethnicity. russians are slavs slavs ukrainians...
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trying to secure more money from his credit ministers, his president was signing a pipeline deal in soviet union. >> sticking to policies of austerity and sticking to social co-cohesion this unfortunately is impossible. >> greece may become the first euro zone men to go broke. a european leaders meeting on monday is now seen as the very last chance to come to a deal. >> translator: we do not have a guarantee for that. if the greeks are seriously ready, committed to getting their budget in order and to make steps towards it then it is possible. >> we hope for the best but we now must be prepared for the worst. >> reporter: the pressure on greece's cash machines mirrors the pressure on their finance ministers. john siropolous, al jazeera athens. >> autonomy the rebels have spent decades fight being for. mohammed val reports their people accepting it hasn't been easy. >> they've repeatedly said their goal is an independent state. now they try to convince their people much less than that. arab and tuareg movements have a tough task on their hands. >> translator: we think this is the most we can get
trying to secure more money from his credit ministers, his president was signing a pipeline deal in soviet union. >> sticking to policies of austerity and sticking to social co-cohesion this unfortunately is impossible. >> greece may become the first euro zone men to go broke. a european leaders meeting on monday is now seen as the very last chance to come to a deal. >> translator: we do not have a guarantee for that. if the greeks are seriously ready, committed to getting...