there is one thing the u.s. army can do and that is, we have got to be ready to ensure that we have military options that our president can employ if needed. are in atly diplomatically led effort and how many times have you seen the un security council vote tonimously, twice in a row impose stronger sanctions on north korea and remember, the security council has countries like france and russia, china, the u.s., you know who is on their. and all voted unanimously on this. the international community has spoken, but that means the u.s. army must stand ready. and so, if you are ready, that is your duty at this point in time, and i know the army will be there. thank you for having me here. have a great conference and to our allies, thank you for being there. [applause] >> in 45 minutes, a look at some of the governors elections happening next month. republican lieutenant governor kim [inaudible] and her opponent face-off in new jersey. and taking on the public and it blessed be. we will ring you those at 8:00 p.m. easte

the international community has spoken, but that means the u.s. army must stand ready. and so if you're ready, that's your duty at this point in time. and i know the army will always do its duty. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for having me here. have a great conference. and to our allies, thank you for being here. [applause]

that means the u.s. army must stand ready. so if you are ready, that is your duty at this point in time. donow the army will always it. thank you for having me here. have a great conference. to our allies, thank you for being here. [applause] ♪ c-span's washington journal, live it every day with news and and policy issues that impact you. coming up, the priorities the white house seeks from congress in exchange for allowing dreamers to remain in the u.s. then, a discussion on the deadly mass shooting and las vegas and how gun violence should be considered a public health issue. then a former cia deputy division chief for korea talks outreach to republican-leading policy experts to gain insight into president trump's thinking toward north korea. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> tomorrow, a look at strategy and afghanistan. hostedpart in an event by the cato institute live at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span. this week, president trump is expected to announ

that means the u.s. army must stand ready.o if you are ready, that is your duty at this point in time. benow the army will always ready. thank you for having me here. have a great conference. to our allies, thank you for being here. [applause] >> the remarks on q&a available online in our video library, c-span.org. live later today, a fo a forum on relations with u.s. and china. you can watch online at or listen live using the free c-span radio app. on capitol hill, both chambers out this columbus day holiday. house returning tomorrow for a four-day work week, working on the second supplemental request for hurricane relief that has come from the white house. the measure also includes funding for wildfire recovery and debt relief for the national flood insurance program. also, several bills to strengthen whistleblower protections. too a vote to go to congress settle differences between defense policies. you can watch this live on c-span. the senate is out next week and back next week. live senate coverage on c-span two. we will

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whether you spend a few years in your youth in the u.s. army, ladies and gentlemen, or grow gray in the service to our beloved nation and its constitution, rest assured you will always look back on the sacrifices of war, the demands of sergeants, and the frustrations of unpredictable deployments as the best years of your young lives. and even those of us denied the opportunity by our ranks to beside you ally every day, nonetheless we join your fellow citizens in humble awe of your willingness to besi every sign a blank check, payable to the american people. a blank check payable with your lives. toe defend our revolutionary ideas, enshrined in our declaration of independence and constitution, putting freedom above all else. if you want to know where i see modern war trending, i just ask you to reread general millie's remarks from a year ago at this very condition. if you want a reminder of war's primitive and unrelenting nature, reread farenbeck's, this kind of war. if you want to see wide belief and command feedback must supplement our approac

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lost the best battalion commander i ever saw in the u.s. army. after he made those public remarks criticizing the war david hackworth got out of the army in 1971, he had to after criticizing the war as a serving officer in that way, at least he believed he had to. gave up his medals in protest although they were eventually reinstated years later. david hackworth moved halfway around the world. he lived in australia and became a successful businessman there. then he started writing books, acclaimed books about the u.s. military and about our modern wars and ultimately he ended up coming back to the u.s. to become a military journalist. for a long time he served as defense editor at u.s. news magazine and he started to write a syndicated column for king features. in november 2004, a year and a half into the iraq war, david hackworth in one of his syndicated columns, he broke the news that donald rumsfeld was using an auto pen, a machine or stamp to automatically sign more than 1,000 condolence letters that the bush administration had to send to fami

first, and the war, we can fight against the u.s. army. >> reporter: you're ready to fight if you need to? tonight officials here not backing down from international condemnation of their nuclear program. north korea's vice foreign minister told us negotiation is only possible if u.s. nuclear weapons are also on the table. a nonstarter in washington. lester? >> all right. keir simmons inside north korea tonight. >>> now to a reality check on the situation on the ground in puerto rico. president trump today in the oval office with puerto rico's governor was asked how he would grade the white house's response so far. >> i give ourselves a ten. we have provided so so much so fast. we were actually there before the storm hit. >> the president grading the response a ten. but tonight on the eve of one month since the hurricane hit, nbc's gabe gutierrez remains on the island shows us the daily struggle the majority of the island still faces. >> reporter: in old san juan, eddie ramirez runs a bed and breakfast. but after hurricane maria, he's bec

first, and the war, we can fight against the u.s. army. >> reporter: you are ready to fight if you need to? tonight official here, not backing down fromdemn condemnation. north korea's vice foreign minister told us negotiation is only possible if u.s. nuclear weapons are also on the table. a nonstarter in washington. lester. >> kehr simmons, inside north korea tonight. >> now to a reality check on the situation on the ground in puerto rico. president trump today in the oval office with puerto rico's governor was asked how he would grade the white house's response so far. >> i give ourselves a 10. we have provided so much, so fast, we were actually there before the storm hit. >> of the president grading the response a 10. but tonight on the eve of one month since hurt cane hit, nbc's gabe gutterez, on the island shows us the struggle the island faces. >> in old san juan, he runs a bed and breakfast. after hurricane maria he became the island's power source. >> when he installed solar panels years ago he never dreamed they would become his

he was a sergeant in the u.s. army during world war ii. he served as chairman of the federal communications commission under president kennedy. he's one of the last remaining members of the kennedy administration alive. and that's just among a litany of other offices he has held in his long, notable career. just last year -- and you have to sit far second while i let people know. he was awarded, there it is, the presidential medal of freedom during president obama's last ceremony awarding the honor. ironically it was jfk who started that award and he was never around to award a single one of them. he recently penned two op-eds, newton did. one with an experience in the kennedy administration which is relative to this situation and another appealing to all other former presidents. thank you for joining us. i want to start with this conversation that you wrote in an op-ed about a year ago when you got the medal of freedom. you remembered a time when president kennedy phoned you because he was mad about something that nbc had reported. >> tha

in the u.s. army is teaching it more than three thousand public schools students who opt for the army are exempt from physical education. the biggest thing a look at as just make sure your hair does not touch your ears. they're facing a four year program created unfunded by the pentagon lots of fingernails right here what are some authorized colors. let me see your nails are right now hold them up right now tomorrow. if she doubt her nails like this right here she's got a little sports let me see goals come from back so with some fun stuff to them by and we know what it takes to create a structured environment regolith each as they graduate college they get is just a terrific get and then they they start teaching but i don't think they really understand classroom management or demand engine large groups of people in different. different ways of doing it like. we do this and maybe that's why we can get the kids to push up but a regular teacher. as i want to be you know become more of a better citizen i

bergdahl said taliban captors were more honest with him than the u.s. army has been since his release from the taliban. bergdahl saying this. at least the taliban was honest to say i'm the guy that's going to cut your throat. here it could be the guy that i pass in the corridor that's going to sign the paper that sends me away for life. bergdahl was captured in 2009 after leaving base in afghanistan, taliban eventually freed him may of 2014 as part of controversial prisoner exchange with five taliban fighters who were being detained at guantanamo bay. three soldiers suffered life-changing injuries. retired green beret led the special forces team that conducted that search. >> soldiers were injured, soldiers were killed directly in the search and what's more typical to prove indirectly, how many were harmed because they didn't get as fast as they should have because it was dedicated to look for him. >> bergdahl's defense attorneys may argue concerns about comments that president trump made as candidate trump repeatedly calling bergdahl a traitor. >> we are ti

the u.s. army is teaching at more than three thousand public schools students who aren't for the army are exempt from physical education. the biggest thing i look at as just make sure your hair does not hurt your ears. they're facing a four year program created unfunded by the pentagon writes of fingernails right here what are some of the rise colors. let me see your nails right now hold them up right now tomorrow. if she doubt her nails like this right here she's got a little sports let me see goals come from so we come from structure to it and we know what it takes to create a structured environment regular teacher is a graduate just a terrific and then they start teaching but i don't think they really understand classroom management or manage in large groups of people. different. different ways of doing it like we do this and maybe that's why we can get the kids do push ups but a regular teacher could you know as i want to you know become more of a better citizen in the country well i just want

u.s. army europe primary leadership development course, which furthered his ability to lead both on development and in the communities about which he cared so deeply. while ryan was always be remembered for his valor and his years of military service, he will also be remembered for what he brought to the communities of which he was a part. in his free time, ryan could be found playing monday night basketball with his friends at home and was an active member of the eagle base basketball team during his deployment. staff sergeant ryan ostrom prioritized the world around him, his country, his community, his family all over himself. his years of service and his records speak for themselves, but beyond that, ryan made a positive impact as a friend and a role model wherever he was. he was a soldier and a leader on his deployments and an active member of the community back home in wellsboro. i ask all members support this legislation by honoring ryan by renaming the post office as the staff sergeant r

joining me now is ryan deliveries a colonel in the u.s. army and spokesperson for the u.s. led coalition operation against the so-called islamic state in iraq and syria he's currently based in baghdad welcome colonel dillon now we saw pictures of the extent of devastation caused in iraq are there also reports that there was a huge number of civilian deaths during this operation to to retake the city what do you feel about this high cost of liberating iraq or. well first we have to recognize that isis in iraq this is really their wellspring of the terror and the brutality that the launched from morocco throughout the world so many attacks throughout the rope were planned and plotted and resourced in finance and launched from rocka and so for them to have sanctuary in this location for so long the important in most underlying piece of this is that they are no longer there they no longer have say two or three and it was a long grueling four months and the toll that the part of the forces the syrian democratic forces made up of the arab incurred elements was a sacrifice but it

. >> if u.s. army force, we can fight against the u.s. army. >> reporter: you are ready to fight if you need to? >> yes. >> that was keer simmons reporting. >> former president george w. bush was honored with an award at west point last night. in his speech bush spoke out against divisiveness in politics and bold show in white supremacy. >> it is blass if he am i against the american creed. our identity depends on the passing. civic ideals to the next generation. >> the former president's speech came during at state of emergency at the university of florida as white nation allegist richard spencer made a speaking engagement on campus. they took no chances of the repeat of the clashes in charlottesville in august that left a woman dead. in the end protesters greatly outnumbered supporters of spencer and drowned him out with chants during his remarks. they released a statement on facebook thanking the officers, thankfully they all get to go home tonight. >> the amount of time young kids spend in front of screens has nearly tripled in just fo

i refer to him as the mad of the u.s. army. he believes he knows better than anybody else what the army needs. to quote him, for those of you in the back -- it is not well understood that tactics are written around the weapon. field operations ordinarily do not generate ideas leading to new materiel. a new piece of equipment must first be produced, such as a machine gun, before the tactics can be designed for the exploitation abilities of the weapon. this is why it is necessary for the ordnance department to take a strong lead over that using services of the development of new equipment, and to get help -- where the weapon best fits into battlefield operations. if you talk to ordinance, technology drives doctrine. it is kind of hard to argue the know how, how can you to use a machine gun if you didn't know such a capability exists? this is what army grand forces thought. here is thatne army grand forces would draw specifications and they would then be submitted to ordinance. ordnance would design equipment to match what army gro

widow of u.s. army sergeant received a phone call from the president yesterday about loss of her husband in isis ambush. we learned about the content of that call late last night, what the president actually said to that grieving widow from the congress woman who represents the district where sergeant johnson's family lives, known the family for years and with the widow when she received the president as call. >> spoke to the widow of sergeant johnson, maisha. how is she doing? >> she's very distraught. we were in the car together, in the limousine, headed to meet the body at the airport. so i heard what he said. because the phone was on speaker. >> what did he say? >> well, basically he said -- well i guess he knew what he signed up for. but i guess it still hurts. that's what he said. >> president said to her, he knew what he signed up for. >> he knew what he was signing up for. >> but when it happens, it hurts anyway. >> uh-huh. almost as if this is a young, young woman, who has two children, who is

the u.s. armyps of engineers said it could take a yier before the entire island has power. puerto rico needs tens of thousands of new power line poles and power grid. the u.s. army corps of engineers says it plans to restore power to nearly 50% by december. >> i hope i am wrong and we go faster. i don't think it's smart to give false hope. >> the senate is expected to vote on a multi billion bill on monday that would bring more aid to areas impacted by recent disasters. >>> back home a record setting week on wall street. we'll is it down -- sit down and learn more about what is going on with your portfolios. ep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before st

horrible danger to the world all right thank you so much over and over right now it was retired u.s. army colonel and former u.s. diplomat and right thanks so much. and charlottesville virginia an african-american special education teacher who was brutally assaulted at a white supremacist rally that's on gets has been charged with felony assault police say twenty year old the andre harris was charged with unlawful wounding during an alleged incident and the area of the east market street parking garage however harris is attorney claims the magistrate circumvented the local charlottesville police department the charlottesville police detective sergeant told the washington post quote we were not expecting this we were expecting to do our own investigation into the man's allegations while the a.c.l.u. is calling the charges a desperate and vindictive afeard by the white nationalist to smear the victim. boom bust is coming up next year in our team america lindsey france joins us for a quick preview hi there lindsey chinese retail giant alibaba of course billions into overseas research hubs as

the soldier with the elite u.s. armyal forces, one of four who died nearly two weeks ago, only an hour before president trump calling miss johnson offering condolences but according to democratic representative frederica wilson in that call the president told the grief stricken johnson he knew what he signed up for but when it happens it hurts anyway. >> that's so insensitive. >> by her own admission wilson only heard parts of the more than five minute call. >> you don't say that. he is the president of the united states. this is a soldier who gave his life for his country. >> reporter: according to the white house, the president's conversations with the families of american heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice are private. but the new controversy coming after the president defended his claims that other presidents including president obama did not ever personally call grieving families of fallen soldiers. >> i mean, you could ask general kelly did he get a call from obama. >> reporter: kelly doesn't talk about hi

pain at that point we'll leave it there aside the u.s. army general paul vali thank you thank you thank you kate. now human rights organizations warn deaths could arise in poorly equipped greek refugee camps this winter more on that story after this short break. what holds us do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or interim. or somehow want to be. actually going to be for us this is what before three in the morning can't be good . i'm interested always in the waters of my. first city. in case you're new to the game this is how it works not the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington washington controls the media the media. voters elected businessmen to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. welcome back counting is underway in the czech republic where saturday's general election will decide its next leader with the votes counted in most areas in second place is the righ

neither you nor i can say, so there's one thing the u.s. army can do, and that is you have got to be ready to ensure that we have military options that our president can employ if needed. we currently -- we currently are in a diplomatically led effort. >> well, with us tonight sue my taer, former north korean analyst of the cia and former national security council director for korea, japan and on or aboutianic affairs. and barry mccaffrey. >> general, i'll start with you. where will our current policy -- if nothing changes, where will our current policy with the north lead us? >> i think, brian, inhe is escapeably we are sliding toward war. i think part of the problem is going to be the north koreans over the last 50 years have learned they can provoke, talk, gain compensation and provoke again. so i anticipate at some point kim jong-un, young, untested, probably rational. by the way, rational governments do stupid things all the time. the japanese attacking the united states, kennedy and johnson getting us into vietnam. so, you know, i think a

the soldier with the's let u.s. army special force, one of four who died nearly two weeks ago in niger. only an hour before president trump calling her offering condolences but according to democratic representative fredricka wilson, in that call the president told the grief-stricken johnson he knew what he signed up for but when it happens it hurts anyway. >> so insensitive. >> reporter: wilson only heard parts of the more than five-minute call. >> you don't say that he is the president of the united states. this is a soldier who gave his life. >> reporter: according to the white house the president's conversations with the families of american heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice are private. but the new controversy coming after the president defended his claim that other presidents including president obama did not ever personally call grieving families of fallen soldiers. >> i mean, you could ask general kelly, did he get a call from obama? >> reporter: kelly doesn't talk about his son's death and wouldn't go

thing will work with kim jong-un's regime, and defense secretary james mattis is now telling the u.s. army to, quote, stand ready in case diplomacy does not succeed in heading off the north korean threat. the army chief of staff wasrns there are no risk-free options. i'll speak with senator richard blumenthal of the armed services and judiciary committees. our corespondents, specialists and guests, they're all standing by with full coverage. >>> let's begin with the truly stunning feud between president trump and the top republican senator, foreign relations committee chairman bob corker. let's go live to our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, the two sides have been exchanging insults. what's the very latest there? >> reporter: wolf, it could be the calm before the tweet storm. both the president and the white house have yet to respond publicly to senator bob corker's comments. the battle between the president and a powerful gop lawmaker, that could create real problems for the white house agenda. as the president was hitting the trump golf course in virginia with senator l

you send these green beret troops and u.s. army specialists out into a dangerous area with only rifles and the air power that they have, these french mirage jets, they are not even allowed, according to the niger government, they are not even allowed to launch strikes. they can only fly over and try to scare these isis terrorists. they can fire at them. that sounds incredibly ridiculous. >> yeah. when i read that, that we got french air power there and that all they can do is fly over and not engage with the enemy, i was astounded because, very frankly, this is dangerous territory. we're fighting dangerous terrorists who will not hesitate to shoot and kill our men and women in uniform. and if you're putting our troops in that kind of situation, i think you have to back them up. not only with good intelligence to make sure they know where the enemy is but also to give them the air support that would come in and help protect them when a fire fight breaks out. >> and you know, general mattis, the defense secretary today, said there wa

military prison in guantanamo bay, cuba, for u.s. army sergeant bo bergdahl, who had been held by the taliban inside afghanistan for five years. mr. obama did not grant bergdahl clemency for what some military officials considered bergdahl's crime: desertion. that's because the taliban captured bergdahl in 2009 only after he abandoned his post. in the resulting search for him, fellow soldiers came under fire and several were seriously wounded. on the campaign trail, candidate donald trump called bergdahl a traitor, and this year bergdahl underwent a court martial proceeding. bergdahl pleaded guilty and now, at fort bragg, north carolina, he's undergoing a military justice hearing to determine his punishment, which could be a life sentence. national public radio reporter greg myre is covering the case and joins me now from washington. so, this is now the sort of prosecution phase, if you will. what's the government's case? >> well, their case is bergdahl's disappearance and his capture by the taliban led to this enormous, urgent effort to

our first speaker is u.s. army major maxwell pappas, a 2006 graduate of the u.s. military academy at west point he served a combat tour in iraq from late 2007 to early 2009 followed by three combat tours in afghanistan in 2010, 2011 and 2013. pappas completed army ranger training in 2007 and was assigned to the 25th infantry division during the iraq surge. he went to afghanistan as a member of a reconstruction team in 2010, returned to the states to complete additional training at ft. bening georgia and was assigned to the mountain division where he was over troops in afghanistan. major pappas earned a master's degree in security studies from georgetown university in 2016 and he graduated from the army's command and general staff college in kansas earlier this year. he is currently the executive officer of the fourth battalion, third infantry ledge men also known as the old guard at arlington cemetery. following major pappas' remarks we will hear from our three other distinguished panelists. michael hand long is a senior fellow at the brookings institution, also di

and robin by row former regional director for barack obama's presidency will campaign and a former u.s. army ranger ok we've just heard from another lawmaker who says he knew about our troops in nigeria generally what do you make of this whole controversy well i think it's a little soon to kind of drool conclusion we don't have the facts and it's a real tragedy what happened but it would be wrong to kind of jump to any real conclusion at this point robin what do you make of it. to my understanding they were briefed about this back in june i question larry if they're just not well read but i am deeply concerned that of all people senator lindsey graham and john mccain were unaware of this i would expect as veterans for them to both be very well well briefed on this as well as bob casey the three of them are saying they had no idea that we had one thousand troops in those years so i'm concerned but i agree with mr brown that i think we may be jumping to conclusions here and there will be a line of duty investigation and we will find out a lot more information the cut days and weeks ahead your

. >>> three u.s. army special forces were killed. u.s. officials said three u.s. army special operations commandos were killed wednesday and two others were wounded when they came under fire in southwest niger. the officials said the two wounded were taken to niamey, the capital, and are in stable condition. the officials were not authorized to discuss the incident publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity. this is one of many ongoing efforts in north africa as they battle terrorist groups. >>> coldplay performed for a packed house at levi stadium and went past the curfew. the management of the stadium wants that curfew extended.>> reporter: this is an ongoing debate. right now i am in front of levi stadium. coldplay performed last night. they took the stage after 9:00 and wrapped up at 11:00. the management company has been asking santa clara council to make an adjustment to the curfew rule, extending it up to 11:00 instead of 10. they have asked the city leaders to extend that at least four times this year. but that is been rejected. a city council member is he

he will be join by peter drumming, a u.s. army veteran, a graduate of columbia university, and has work at the massachusetts historical society since 1978. he is now the citien t. riley librarian for mhs. we are placed to coresponsible the northeastern university political science department for a brief greeting i'm happy to turn the mic over to bill mayer before he turns out to garrison nelson. >> excuse me for having doved my dote but it was hot. other like to say on behalf of the near political signs depth we're delight ode cosponsor this event. one of my very first academic conferences, i met a guy named garrison nelson, and he really is one of the great people in our profession. sewso with that in mine, and i'm also delighted to be a colleague of michael dukakis, who is really one of the great gems in our department. so, thank you for coming. [applause] >> okay. here we are, the two. >> this photograph which nobody knows where it came from. nobody knows who took the photograph or when it was taken or where it was taken. but a

the 12-member u.s. army team was meeting villagers in a town on the mali border.alking back to their vehicles when were not armored when up to 50 isis affiliated fighters attacked them with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. the americans fought back, but were only armed with light weapons such as rifles. >> there had been nearly 30 trips along this route already. sop they had reason to believe that they were in a per missive environment. >> reporter: after 30 minutes, french aircraft flew by to try to disperse the attackers from the air and later to evacuate the wounded. the u.s. had to rely on a private contractor to air lift out the dead. in the chaos, sergeant la david johnson was separated from the rest of the team and left behind. commanders launched a large, joint, u.s., nigerian and french u.s. rescue operation. 48 hours later, nigerian troops recovered his body. today secretary mattis attempted to answer hard questions about what went wrong, for one, why the military's own intelligence assessed it was unlikely the team would run into enemy forces