states. that's— defensively their future is with the united states. s with the united states. that's what this - defensively their future is with the i united states. that's what this deal is about _ latika making an interesting point about the economic backdrop to this, david. it is interesting, how the americans have played this. i remember a speech lloyd austin, the us defence secretary, back injuly in singapore where he more or less said to the british, we don't need you in the pacific, guys. very grateful if you do a bit more in europe. is that basically putting the chinese off the scent? it might have been that. it certainly isn't what the british government wants to hear. the whole global britain agenda post—brexit is precisely about being everywhere, particularly in the fast—growing pacific region, and coincidentally or not, the royal navy's new aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth is right out in the pacific. it has just been visiting japan, it was in the south china sea rather publicly, as a show of presence. talk about a contested space! abs

ah, ever that because what do you know in washington the us secretary of state defense are now meeting with the restaurant in the account spots to discuss the new security deal. let's listen and this is the secretary state anthony banking. we will love have a lot to cover, but i just want to start by saying that the alliance between our countries quite simply has never been stronger. and it's never been more important this year. march the 70th anniversary of the signing of the ancestry, which is the foundation of the security partnership that's been vital for our countries for the endo pacific region. and i would argue for the world. we also recently marked the 20th anniversary of 911. the only time the collective defense article, the address treaty, was formerly invoked. that meant a great deal to us. we also remember how australia's parliament very swiftly past the motion offering support the united states after the 911 attacks. simply but we will always be deeply grateful for australia, solidarity for friendship. at one of the darkest moments in our history in afghanistan, australia

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states and the u.k. have been operating nuclear submarines for decades. i've asked secretary austen of the department of defense to lead this effort for the u.s. government in close collaboration with the department of energy and department of state. our governments will now launch an 18 month consultation period to determine every element of this program from workforce to training to production to safeguards and nonproliferation measures and to nuclear stewardship send safety to ensure full compliance with each of our commitments of a nuclear nonproliferation treaty. we will undertake this effort in a way that reflects the long-standing leadership and global non-proliferation and rigorous verification standards and partnership in consultation with the international atomic energy agency. i want to thank prime minister morrison and prime minister boris johnson for their friendship, but mostly for their leadership and partnership as we undertake this new phase in our security cooperation. the united states will continue to work with the quad, as stated earlier. our five treaty allies and other partners, as well a

the that civilian oversight and mandate from the president of united states to the secretary of defenseess passed a law in 40s and 50s, specifically prohibits chairman of joint chiefs of staff from executing any operational authority whatsoever. there is no calling china telling them i'll give you a heads up, that violates the consititution and statute passed by congress, governing joints chiefs of staff. our military has always and will always be run by civilian leaders, national command authority from president of united states and secretary of defense. not once did we delegate a way that national command authority of chairman to violate the constitution and the law, chairman said i coordinated with a junior staffer in defense department, i was allowed to make this phone call, that is outrageous mainstream media is carrying water for these deflecttions, they should be focusing on the failure to do their mission, which is protect the country. mark: you are right. this is a general taking it on himself to run american foreign policy, potentially cause a major war, or military operation,

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president biden immediately faced the choice between ending the war or escalating the secretary of state defense. the american military lead from us gaston and faces severe criticism. again, a congress hearing 3 former us intelligence operative secretes pay a $1700000.00 fine for working as mercenary hackers from the united arab emirates of california and so on. whether to recall democratic government, gavin use and has 46 people running to replace it. ah. but 1st, prime ministers, fax, the chief prosecutor after he asked the judge to charge the premier as a suspect in the merger of president jovan and luis. the chief prosecutor had also asked immigration agents to bar area a long re from leaving the country. president morris was assassinated in july in court documents say the prime minister was twice in the hours after his death by one of the main suspects. or michael divers is an author and journalist, whose covered hazy forms 25 years is leases booth is called hasty will not perish. joyce's note from philadelphia, this is a rather extraordinary story, and rather extraordinary turn of events w

from president of united states to secretary of defense.ed a law in 40s and 50s, prohibits chairman of joint chiefs of staff from executing any command authority. there is no extension. there isny -- exception. there is no delegating it down to him to have him call china, tell them, i'll give you a heads up regarding operational command authority. it violates the constitution and statutes passed by congress. governing joint chiefs of staff. our military has always and will always be run by civilian leaders. from president of united states toty secretary of defense. not ever. whether i was running counterterrorism, did we delegate away national command authority of chairman to violate the constitution and the law, because they said i coordinated it with a junior staffer, it is outrageous that the mainstream media is carrying water for the deflections, they should be focusing on failure to do the mission, that is to protect the country. mark: mainstream media is carry -- carrying the ball for a coop. that is what in would be. to cause i major

defense fund. kailey: when it comes to united states, you have exposure through europe.think there is any risk of reduced united states defense spending for afghanistan down the road? alessandro: you remember in february we were in the process of -- at the time the market was worried on the defense budget. then the first defense budget of the pandemic, which came out with a small growth. there would be relative stability. i do not think there will be a cut. guy: in terms of what is happening with the rs, as you say you postponed the ipo, where are we in the process? was there concern about valuation? do think that has been corrected. give us a timeline on how the process will work. alessandro: clearly it is not easy to foresee the markets. what we are seeing as there are different elements. in february there were three worries by the market. the first one was the defense budget. now it has stabilized. the second was inflation. inflation is still an issue for markets. the third main worry was materials capable to fill the promises. now after two quarters we are seeing it

it doesn't even stop with the secretary of state -- of defense.ssing or so forth but before that he said no he didn't tell me this, that he was having conversations with this communist regime, and that's a violation of the order of things and said he should resign. what do you make of this? >> absolutely. when was the last time in u.s. history do you remember a chairman of joint chiefs of staff being in the media so much? you hit it on the head. his job is to advise the president of the united states on military matters when asked. he reports to the secretary of defense. that's the national command authority. mark milley had made a name for himself, not just now, not just with afghanistan, not just with january 6th, but he's constantly in the media. these cronies are leaking to the media because here's the thing that ticks off my military friends the most that i served with, that i led, the 3 million people at the department of defense, no one cares about their name. everyone signs up to do the mission and execute the protection of this country. a

state. 12 yards there. tre'shaun ward. >> greg: this notre dame defense is on their heels, man. running backs moving to the outside. florida state is just a step ahead of the irish on every snap. >> joe: florida state was down by 18. mckenzie milton. pressure off the edge, he gets around it. beats a man, then goes down. look at his mother, teresa. can you imagine her heart rate right now as she watches this. two years removed from the sport. 1,017 days. surgeons from the mayo clinic say he's a medical mere cmiracl to even practice. toafili. hart comes up and makes the tackle. >> greg: it's getting to the point where you start to think about the clock. right now, notre dame, only one time-out remaining. florida is going to take this thing down as far as they possibly can. knowing they're already in field goal range. you just need to be smart, no negative plays on third down. >> joe: third down and seven. already in field goal range for ryan fitzgerald. do we smell overtime or something north of that? bad snap, and field goal range threatened until he throws it away. smart play by

the secretary of state defense heavily criticized withdraw from afghanistan during a 2nd day of grueling by congress un investigations paint a bleak picture of the situation in syria saying violence is worsening. and californians vote on whether to recall democratic governor gavin newsome's to has 46 people running to face him in school. christiana, rinaldo schools on his returns. european action from manchester, united. but it wasn't enough to avoid the fate switched champions. young boys cause a vague upset in the champions league. ah, we'll begin this news in haiti where the chief prosecutor has asked a judge to charge the prime minister as a suspect in the matter of the president. he also ordered migration services not to let him know he leave haiti. the a f p. news agency is now quoting an official, saying all he has fact the person to present driven emily's was assassinated in july and quote, documents say the prime minister was called twice in the hours after the death by one of the main suspects. the calls around for am local time lost its 7 minutes. 5 minutes. oh, he has not com

depending how you count them, between 15 and 17 different intelligence agencies in the united states. defense department, energy department has one, state department has one, the cia has one. the cia was one. etc., etc. the person in charge of all of those as the director of central intelligence was also head of the cia. so, we had a strange situation in which we had all this different intelligence reporting but the director of cia was human and trusted his own intelligence agency more than all the others he was supposed to be over. and we found some of the counterevidence about what was going on in iraq, weapons of mass destruction programs probably didn't get the airing and hearing it might have. so, we created the director of national intelligence, who is not the director of the cia. he's a separate person too, call intelligence, help the president understand when there are disagreements in the intelligence agency and give more of a total picture of what's going on with intelligence. that was the big reform that was made. >> you also have talked in, at least one speech i know of, about sel

president biden immediately faced the choice between ending the war or escalating the us secretary of state defense, the american military pulled out from us again. it's done and faces, criticism again the congress here $34.00, my us intelligence operatives agreed to pay a $1700000.00 fine for working for the united arab emirates and haiti's prime minister. in fact, the country's chief prosecutor who once in charge of the july destination apartment, governor more use the democratic governor of the us state of california has defeated an attempt to remove him from office. in a recall election, the republican led push to hold a vote was filled by anger of i've got a new some handling of the corona virus pandemic. it's in the 4th election of its kind in us history. but robert knows join us live now from beverly hills, rob, so california and have not rejected efforts to remove governor gavin newsom talk us through the results so far. well the result so far, darren indicate a very sweeping victory for gavin newsome with many of the counties and jurisdictions around the state heavily voting no on recall.

safetyactioncenter.pge.com >>> a republican senator says he will now hold up every single nominee for the state and defenseosh hawley is one of several to call for the leaders to step down in the wake of the chaotic u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. he said his hold would apply to anyone at the deputy and secretary levels as well as ambassadors. it would force senate majority leader chuck schumer to take steps to advance those nominees. >>> at the same time in kabul, the taliban are thanking global leaders for pledging more than a billion dollars to address the immediate humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. the u.n. says millions of people right now are at risk of running out of food and the economy is on the verge of collapse. lawmakers asked secretary blinken about this just yesterday. >> when it comes to food, when it comes to medicine, when it comes to the basics, we, the international community, irrespective of anything else, ought to be able to provide that, provided we can do that knowing that the assistance is going to get to the people who need it and not diverted or used in any other way. >> so he

president biden immediately faced the choice between ending war or escalating the us secretary of state defense, the american military pull out from us again. it's dawn and faced his criticism again that a congress here ah, prime minister ariel already had the chief prosecutor who once in charge of the murder of the president of anomalies chief prosecutor, had also asked immigration agents to bar the prime minister from leaving the country. president, my east was assassinated in july and court documents se already was called twice in the hours after his death by one of the main suspects. miko dba as an author and journalist who's covered have almost 25 years. he says, there's a lot of skepticism about how the investigation into the president's death is being handled. is an extremely convoluted state of affairs. as you mentioned, the president's murdered now little over 2 months ago. and it's quite clear from the circumstance that certainly his inner security was compromised, essentially to, to be assassinated by, by allegedly, by the board mercenary. and what's been swirling around or do you th

at your state defense, the american military pull out from us canister and faces criticism again, congress theory and haiti's prime minister has the country's chief prosecutor who wants to charge over the july assassination of president of and i the democratic governor of the us state of california has defeated an attempt to remove him from office and a recall election. the republican lead pushed to hold the vote was sealed by anger . but gavin knew some handling of the corona virus pandemic. it's in the 4th election of its kind in us history. robert knows has the latest, not from beverly hills, with many of the counties and jurisdictions around the state heavily voting no on recall. and so he has already given a speech, a very short speech, thanking the voters, saying he's humbled, are also calling out what he called. the spirit of trump ism, that remains throughout the society in the united states and saying that he was determined to continue to work, to bring california together and to try to defeat the what, what he criticized about the former president trump and his main opponent in t

now at that joint pressure, you have the us secretary of state us secretary of defense and i met with their counterparts, others for mr. shift how many tonight? i'm on a sunday and others minister of state for defense affairs, doctor ben hamilton, and all of the people involved in that press conference continue to say that it was a strong alliance between copper in the united states. the foreign minister, of course, and the secretary of state both reiterated that it was a priority to try to make sure that the cobbles airport was back up and running as soon as possible. and the, one of the reasons for that is they wanted to try to get as much humanitarian aid into afghanistan as quickly as possible. now, last night you had us secretary of say, blinking and us defense secretary austin, meeting with coppers a mirror shift. i mean, but how much sunny they discuss developments on, i can a stand and efforts to and he hand security there. they also thanked copper and specifically the mirror for all the help the invaluable assistance with others given and trying to ensure that evacuations hap

on page 2, the bill states the purpose for the procurement of iron dome defense system to counter short-rangeockets rights -- threats. >> this bill clearly states this funding is purely for defensive purposes you're at, i go back. >> time has expired. for what -- the gentlelady from arkansas, ranking member of the financial services and general government subcommittee for two minutes. >> gentlemen is recognized. >> i think my good friend, the republican leader, other appropriations committee for the time. i rise in steadfast support of this fund -- supplemental and of israel. in the same way president biden pledged to stand with our allies, his democrat counterparts removed critical defense resources for a long-standing ally and friend. we should not be surprised given the openly anti-semitic sentiments and comparisons of israel and america to terrorist organizations, expressed by some on the other side. the state of israel has the right to exist free of terror. this point should not be controversial. the bill is simple as evidenced, it replenishes the defensive iron dome system. i will say i

he says, but also adding to the defense of britain and at the same time getting more technological cooperation with the united states and defense policy. so there's really something of an arms race going on here. and the actual implications for this, this part of this region, which britain wants to hopefully get more trade from as part of its post breakfast situation. this is all a new policy, the u. k. following. and it's not, not going to be backed by everybody by any means in the house of commons, anderson and slot for us in london. now let's hear more about what the french have to say about australia, turning its back on their submarine. you know, once we sign a deal a deal that is not simply an industrial commercial deal. foster tejas partnership, and we bought a truck on a well, it's back truck in on one's wed. and in terms of jo, politics and international politics, it's serious. none of us, today's news had hope at last. how a few shipment from iran aims to be the fuel crisis in lebanon, also me one giant leap, a space tourism, and all amateur cruelly circling the earth on space axis. first private trip into

will you a secretary of state anthony blanket and defense secretary lloyd austin, have made the mayor of catherine bow, half a high level talks. galveston blinking at lloyd and a mere shake. coming been how much funny discuss the ongoing efforts to evacuate remaining us citizens from afghanistan earlier blinking release of statement, thanking catherine for supporting the us lead evacuation operation. and officials have confirmed that the u. s. has facilitated the 1st safe departure as of for americans via an overland route from afghanistan. live now to our white house correspondent to kimberly how kid. kimberly, what is the by the ministration hoping to achieve by having the secretaries of both state and defense in katherine right now? well, this is an administration that is still grappling with the aftermath of that botched evacuation that resulted in not only the deaths of africans, millions in american civilians, but was done in such haste that caused that to occur. and despite the efforts of the united states, they did leave behind dozens of people. and as you reported, there has

this woman was an interpreter for the us department of state and defense enough canister. first 5 years. she tried and failed to get in lifted. that makes me hopeless because we serve for the youth government. they say the social media, we are helping our allies. how many of your allies have been evacuated? she says she and her family were beaten and pushed back from the airport. gates by us funded militia, also known as n d. s 0 units. they were laid by the ca, my family members got injured because of the people, the in the people that the unit you want to do. they were trying to kill everybody . they didn't get even, you're a kid, you're young, you or whatever. they were just trying to harm you. oh, you 0 filmed a 0 units as they moved into position at the airport, seemingly with immunity one day after the taliban took control of cobble. enrique and 0 units have been widely accused of human rights abuses, conducting violent night rates and acting with impunity. it worst nightmare. and a lot of those guys were just bounty hunters. they were paid us often. symbol is not th

i'm a member of the subcommittee that funded the department of defense and state.we must hold hearings to examine the president's decision making process and consideration to give advice by his military and intelligence community leaders. we need to determine what steps if any were taken to prepare for the withdraw of the americans with v special immigrant visas. we also need to hear directly from the administration on how costly the lethal weapons and it up in the hands of the taliban. the high-ranking officialsho who were responsible for this failure must answer to the american people why this failed so spectacularly and why the taxpayer dollars were left behind in the form of helicopters, vehicles and weapons. howup is it that we came to rely on the taliban to help those we are responsible for and owe a debt toal to be able to escape from the taliban. the administration must be held accountable for its mismanagement and the precarious security situation that this incompetentom withdrawal create. hastily withdrawing thousands of troops apparently in the interest

one key point mentioned apparently in woodward and costa's book, then secretary of state defense, motivated by intelligence reports that the chinese leadership worried that in this kind of chaotic environment they saw, they might be subject to a wag-the-dog-style attack. esper and milley both concluded absolutely correctly that if the chinese leadership is in that kind of mood, they could make a miscalculation. they could also believe that we were in disarray, and they might seek to take advantage of it. so the notion that the rough a number of different levels that the you asked government would communicate to china -- don't misread the situation, take it easy, it would have been a dereliction of duty not to have made those zblaucalls. >> two more points. i don't know how meadows and pompeo knew what milley was doing and guys like cruz and rubio didn't know that. you know how close all these players are. you were there. and for them to sit quiet, especially secretary of state pompeo when he was told directly, according to general milley, and say this looks bad, this looks bad, don't you se

defense this year. as every year. the big debate in the united states on defense spending is whether it goes up 3 percent or it only goes up 2 percent, or maybe it should go up 5 percent. it's insane. the systems that we've got, many of which are, are antiquated, obsolete, are not a political to the nature of the future of conflict. the way that we promote people in our military is based on old models and modalities of fighting war. we don't even have doctrines for the next generation kind of conflicts that will have like cyber conflict. when you respond, how do you respond with force if ever to a cyber attack, consider etc. we need a complete reset, a 0 based look at how do we do defense in the united states. and i think you're absolutely right. one of the ways that you do that is, you know, just as you would with policing, is you stop saying that the military is the solution to everything. and you start re, you deploying those funds to entities that are better position to do. it would be better off if we spend more money on development assistance on d

he was secretary of state anthony blanket defense secretary lloyd austin, have made the mayor of catherine though half a high level talks of canister on lincoln austin and the in the year shaky coming. been hundreds of funny this discuss the ongoing efforts to evacuate remaining us citizens from afghanistan earlier blinking release the statement, thanking catherine for supporting the us lead evacuation operation. and officials have confirmed that the u. s. has facilitated the 1st safe departure as of for americans via an overland route from us can stop. well, coming up on this news, hour from london, widespread condemnation after bella, ruth's jails, leading opposition figure, maria loosely called her for 11 years. laugh alliance. we know they're liking and they know that we know that their line relatives of those killed when flight mh 17 were shot down. speak out in court even though none of the accused are present and enforce. mercedes are saying goodbye to one of their drivers. the latest formula, one news with found that they were in the program. ah, in other news guineas, military rul

occasions, he has remained steadfast on his sentiment of how this whole thing was done by the united states. defensesecretary lloyd austin spoke an hour ago during his visit to bahrain where he defended the us evacuation efforts. americans and allies were left behind by the administration. >> we evacuated 124,000 people from kabul, afghanistan, the largest airlift in our history and it was remarkably well done. jillian: in the last hour i spoke to a student who asked that we refer to her as as a har, she says she's a target for the television. >> finally able to study and be considered individuals. they are trying to imprison us once again. todd: as for those evacuated from afghanistan dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas said no credible or specific threats to the country on the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, reading out potential terrorists among thousands of refugees. jillian: vice president kamala harris is hitting the campaign trail for embattled california governor gavin newsom. todd: newsom is under fire for blm activist who called for the release of convicted cop killers. marianne rafferty has m

defense? i'm sorry, secretary of state. >> they said that george tenant, the cia director had gone to a bunker and they couldn't reach secretary rumsfeld. his phone was ringing. >> he was the secretary of defense. >> we look behind us in the tent -- and the plane had hit the pentagon and the secret service said you have to get to a bunker. planes are flying into buildings all over washington, d.c. and i don't remember how i felt. i just remember being levitated toward the bunker, stopping to call my relatives. i had to let them know i was all right. i talked one more time to the president and i did something i had never done before and would never do again. when he said i'm coming back, i raise my voice to the present of the united states and i said you cannot come back here, it's not safe. the united states is under attack. >> karen? where were you and how to this information reach you? >> i had never been asked that direct question before. i was actually in the shower in my home in washington. september 10 is my wedding anniversary. i made a last-minute decision not to travel to florida with

basically, united states, you case defense stuff, questioning americans role as a global sync for power. and the russian president white into saying that the african crisis says no one what's happened in us get this done is indeed a catastrophe. americans are pragmatic people and have spent over $1.00 trillion dollars on the afghan campaign. but to spend ah, hello, there is midnight here in moscow. you watching us into national. not the taliban trying to be in full control. soft gun stand tonight after reading the last pocket of resistance in the country. thousands of anti taliban fighters had formed a stronghold in the eastern pan. she proven scenario, which has seen fierce fighting in recent days, reporting from bull, his murdered gas, the f. what kind of button? incredible is absolutely sure. the. they have taken punchy province. the gunfire celebratory gun father was it was a rule coming from all over the city. the hundreds, perhaps thousands of rifles being fired and the race around screaming through the scot. they came absolutely sure that taliban had said yes, we have taken the e

tara -- counterterrorism officials from the federal bureau of investigation and department of defense, the state department, the national counterterrorism center and additional intelligent -- intelligence partners. as individuals, into airports to test for covid-19 and others who arrive in the united states as part of operation allies welcome. we continue to take every precaution to stop the spread of covid-19. with the help of cbp and uscis, we are coordinating for personnel to be available at every step of the process as appropriate. uscis has developed -- deployed personnel to adjudicate applications for employment, authorization and other immigration processes. for the well-being of those who transitioned into the different military facilities across the united states. we have facilities, fort bliss, fort lee, fort mccoy, joint base mcguire, marine corps base and then halderman airbase. lastly we are working across the federal government with help from our federal, state, a private nonprofit, local ngos, local governments to ensure that after the afghan nationals have left our care, they are

states. and some defense experts say the to remove you. me is a known starter for an operation such as the evacuation from cooper to such a large, viscous organization as the used to slow for that countries must join forces in opportunity collisions. oh thing is that i got a song was a wake up call. the new and it found itself blocking in military friends and military like warrenton said, that it was fantastic. the successful evacuation and you have boil saying no, it was a disaster. that's why they say now we should have a force that we can project a project across broke, but to go where they can or, i mean america is, is falling back behind its own borders. they become isolation is to get both republicans and democrats. you to fill out the european governments, feel that they're being let down by america in this, that bite and was much too fast. and so they, they wonder if natal is still a good idea. it's a, it's a real basic question that they're looking at is nato still alive? the breakup of afghanistan is not in any body's interest. t

state is responsible for overseas evacuations. many people don't realize this. it is not the department of defense. secretary of state. the secretary of state shall develop and implement policies and programs to provide for the safe and efficient evaluation of united states government personnel, defendants, and private -- dependents, and private united states citizens when their lives are endangered. such policies include identifying high-risk areas were evaluation may be necessary. ladies and gentlemen, afghanistan was one of those areas where evacuation was necessary. and even last week we were told by the secretary that no american who wants to leave will be left behind, and yet we know that over 100 americans who wanted to leave were left behind. this is the responsibility of the secretary of state. the secretary of state utterly failed in his duties to develop and implement an effective, safe, and efficient evacuation plan, you must be allocable. he has to be--and he has to be held accountable. he has to be healthy, but because russia, china, north korea, iran at this moment imminently threaten our allies, and we

states of america. ladies and gentlemen, it is now my pleasure and deep honor to introduce secretary of defense of the united, the honorable lloyd j austin. [applause] sec. austin: thank you. it is an honor to be here with you, especially with the families and loved ones of those taken from us 20 years ago. and with the first responders who raced to help. and with our brothers and sisters in arms, whose lives were changed forever on that day of fire. on behalf of the department of defense, let me renew our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all those lost on 9/11, including the 184 souls taken from us in the attack on the pentagon, in the building and on flight 77. we know that you carry pain every day. we know that you bear your losses not just at times of ceremony, but also in ordinary moments of absence. in quiet minutes that seemed to stretch on for hours. all of us are here because we remember. and i hope knowing that is at least some measure of comfort just as we once worked alongside so many of them, we now mourn alongside many of you. today, of all days, we gather their memory clos

on page 2, line 7, the bill clearly states the purpose and i quote, for the procurement of the iron dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats. end quote. and i yield back. ms. mccollum: this bill clearly states this funding is purely for defensive purposes. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. it the gentlelady -- ms. granger: arkansas, ranking member of the financial services, mr. womack, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman virginia tech for two minutes. m womack: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my good friend, the republican leader of the appropriations committee, ms. granger, for the time. i rise this afternoon in steadfast support of this supplemental and of israel. in the same week president biden pledged to stand with our allies, his democrat counterparts removed critical defense resources for our long-standing alley and friend. we shouldn't be surprised given the openly anti-semitic sentiments and comparisons of israel and america to terrorist organizations expressed by some on the other side. the state of

and we also look at how the pull out is even testing britton's relations with the united states review case defense minister questioning americans status as a global superpower. plus the russian president weighs in as well saying that the afghan crisis serves nobody. what's happened in afghanistan is indeed a catastrophe. americans are pragmatic people and have spent over $1.00 trillion dollars on the african campaign. but to spend awe broadcast my direct from a studio moscow. this is art international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to help you with us are now the telephone claims to be in full control of afghanistan tonight, after ending the last pocket of resistance in the country, thousands of anti taliban fighters had formed a strong hold in the eastern part of your province in area which has seen fierce fighting in recent days. reporting from couple here is our chief, but i guess jeff, well, the kind of button capital is absolutely sure that they have taken pension province the gunfire celebratory gun father, we heard was, it was a rule coming from all over the city, the hundreds of thousand

on page 2, line 7, the bill clearly states the purpose and i quote, for the procurement of the iron dome defenseystem to counter short-range rocket threats. end quote. and i yield back. ms. mccollum: this bill clearly states this funding is purely for defensive purposes. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. it the gentlelady -- ms. granger: arkansas, ranking member of the financial services, mr. womack, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman virginia tech for two minutes. m womack: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my good friend, the republican leader of the appropriations committee, ms. granger, for the time. i rise this afternoon in steadfast support of this supplemental and of israel. in the same week president biden pledged to stand with our allies, his democrat counterparts removed critical defense resources for our long-standing alley and friend. we shouldn't be surprised given the openly anti-semitic sentiments and comparisons of israel and america to terrorist organizations expressed by some on the other side. the state of is

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state. within the defense department, with the secretary of defense. within the nsc, with the national security adviser. you know, all of these entities and all of these bodies were integral to this failure. right now, 20 years ter 9/11, every conceivable terrorist organization, maybe with the exception of al qaeda -- every conceivable terrorist ganization is leaps and bounds more influential than they were two decades ago and where we have several groups that have sprung up that didn't exist, that have come to enormous -- come to be able to control territory in large swaths, at least temporarily. this was something we never saw in the pre-9/11 environment. >> help me just understand, then, who should resign. >> [ chuckles ] i -- >> is it political leadership? >> i think there should be political resignations. i'm surprised that there -- and, again, there's a difference between resigning because you disagreeh the course of action. that window has passed, right? the mattis-like resignation, that window passed. right now it's resigning because you realiz