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u.s. defense secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are growth in congress over the libyan campaign but both failed to clear up confusion over the aims of the operation and its mountain coffee. pots are present term for investing in georgia an israeli businessman gets seven years of jail for bribery but his lawyers claim he was entrapped by the country's top authorities which ody investor one hundred million dollars. coming up next martin andrews is in the french capital to explore the many russian influences on parisian life. hello and welcome to the show on this week's program i'll be taking a look at history and culture in paris and where better to start than the epicenter of. the lewis museum and unlikely place to find bush in contempt. who's pulling the exhibition holy russia. from ancient times the great blues decided to organize a major display at christian content that's the issue isn't the use of medieval section features works from top names of nature john. is to is to. see how other couples were. rooting for their past. for. both. classical for lecture and there

u.s. debate its future role in a libyan conflict, defense officials in washington have slam the brakes on any prada american participation. defense secretary robert gates says there will be no ground troops in the as long as he is on the job. guay to sketch out a largely limited role for the country's military. he also said that some other country could train the rebels trying to oust muammar gaddafi. fighting between rebels and muammar gaddafi's troops continues. >> their attacks failed and hours later, rebels are forced to retreat. despite almost two weeks of u.n.-backed air strikes, the gaddafi regime is far from won. the u.s. defense secretary said his military would not provide rebels with training. >> in terms of providing the training, in terms ofroviding assistance to them,ç frankly, there are many countries that can do that. that is not a unique capability for the u.s. and as far as i'm concerned, somebody else should do that. >> nato, which has taken over formal command of the military operations, has rejected the idea of arming the rebels. its mission has been limited to infras

u.s. defense secretary robert gates told american troops in iraq that they may stay longer than the agreed withdrawal date if they are needed. he was speaking during an unannounced visit to iraq. mr. gates said the u.s. will need to act quickly if troops are required to stay. authorities in northern mexico said they found 59 bodies in a total of eight mass graves. investigators are trying to establish whether the remains of bus passengers abducted two weeks ago by suspected drug gangs. a rivalry is developing over italy and france over what to do with migrants. hitly is granting temporary visas. these allow them to travel in most of the european union but the french government says they won't be allowed to stay in france and could be sent back to italy. the european central bank raised their interest rates for the first time since 2008. the bank said it was necessary because of troisk price staket. after portugal asked for emergency aid to cope with large debts spain said they won't need a similar international bail dellt out. they said their economy was larger and more productive than tha

u.s. spent more on its military and the next highest countries combined both presidents bush and obama have read that the wars defense spending in the u.s. has increased eighty one percent since two thousand and one this seems to reflect a bipartisan prioritization of military power and military conceptions of security even in the face of such difficult economic times and american earning the federal minimum wage and working forty hours a week fifty two weeks a year can expect to earn a little over fifteen thousand dollars this year well below the poverty line they can also expect to pay more than five hundred dollars directly to the pentagon and american earning fifty thousand dollars a year will see their income. over two thousand of them go directly to america's wars they thought they were controlling the oil fields and rolling the proctors back we're going to be just a real big drag those tax dollars also go to maintaining over one thousand u.s. bases insights the world why as well as the pentagon's chil hundred thirty four golf courses. i mean children who are wimmin homeless you know take care of the needs of o

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u.s. is going to spend around seven hundred billion dollars on the military and though this year makings of decided on thirty eight billion dollars in spending cuts but not coming out of the country's defense artist thought reports. plenty is on the u.s. chopping block this week health care education infrastructure. everything that is except for the pentagon my greatest fear is that in economic tough times the people will see that the pence budget as the place to solve the nation's deficit problems i would be very reluctant to cut defense spending until we see really how these two conflicts we're in we're going to come out like this worldwide military spending increased by twenty point six billion dollars in two thousand and ten and one thousand point six billion of that was the u.s. alone according to the stockholm international peace research institute us very much sees itself as a global military power it's the only global military superpower and so it perceives security interests as encompassing the whole world in two thousand and ten the u.s. spent more on its military and the next highest countries combined both presidents bush and obama have read that the war's defense spending in t

u.s. defense budget goes on touched off another series of sweeping cuts its social programs are losing out in favor of the pentagon. on moving commodity prices have done a lot to support russia's not its in the first quarter of the year to more china's in about twenty minutes time. that's one pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t welcome to the program two suspects have been arrested by police and their roots following that monday's metro bomb attack wednesday has been declared a day of mourning for the twelve people killed in that trusting. in that which over has been meeting some of the survivors. i started to scream for help i was bleeding heavily a man and woman can't be outside into the fresh air they tied up my leg and didn't leave me until the ambulance arrived that's man and woman might be unaware they saved not only irina but the life of your unborn child as well looking little xiv it's on the day i was going to the city center to buy vitamins it's terrible but i believe i got over not really there were people without eyes with missing legs and hands i'm six months pr

u.s. congressmen were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were still confusion about the u.s. is ending i think a policy success would be the removal of the khadafi regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into and of those who have risen against each element has its own agenda. and whether the us well armed them discuss our plans if you need regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting better but swept but keep in mind pass the buck and that one difference to the white house but if it was al qaeda decided to bristle in their story it would clearly have a problem with that how long the u.s. will stay a bottom line is no one can predict for you how long it will take. for that to happen and whether the u.s. is at war at all these are combat operations were intended to be combat operations for the i don't know why this administration has not been honest with the american people that this is about regime ch

u.s. defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are grilled in congress over the libyan campaign but both failed to clear up confusion over the aims of the operation and its mounting costs. also a prison term for investing in georgia and the israeli businessman gets seven years in jail for bribery but his lawyers claim he wasn't trying to try the country's top authorities richo the investor one hundred million dollars. for details and all those stories coming up at the top of the hour up next it's the sports news with kate. hello welcome to the sports news a new take partridge and here are the top stories could they be the ones getting their first pitch or final cyclist muscle. while miami nice maria sharapova fights back for the second down weeks and eriksson finally florida. and bosnia suspend little world all the political round was free for. all stars on the ice there and sol about she could become the first side through to the guardian cup finals this friday night all they need to do is reach mesler magnitogorsk in front of their own home crowd in far it's all about swirl th

u.s. defense secretary robert gates would agree he's now resorting to scolding allies for getting ready to abandon the war i mean while hillary clinton says the u.s. is losing when it comes to broadcasting its message abroad on state funded t.v. stations unfortunately we are paying a big price for it even though the u.s. is spent one billion dollars alone to broadcast its message to the arab world where it's at war through the state news network. the network has locked in just half a percent of you worship with reign over all showing perhaps you can't sell a war welcome to new day unless you have a buyer lauren mr r t igor and that's three can portugal has requested a bailout from the e.u. is rescue funds in another blow to europe's economy the country's call falls those from greece and ireland or to those prime minister says the appeal for financial aid was an option of last resort so while in the u.s. president barack obama has held an urgent round of talks with top congressman to agree on a budget if no deal is struck the government will be shut down the friday night as democrats and re

u.s. defense secretary gates admitted that the u.s. intelligence has no information that the qaddafi government with its air force strafed innocent civilians and that was used images of that reports from syria and from libyan opposition figures standing outside the white house in washington claiming that was a case were used without any international inquiry to prove whether or not it was true so this was run by a media barrage the they wanted qaddafi out because he's not playing according to washington could you could you know how argument sorry to interrupt a lot of time could use argument in syria because no journalists have there at the moment getting accurate reports apparently five hundred people have died during the six week uprising but is it fair to say that we're not too sure really war is going on in syria i don't think we can say with certainty what is going on in syria and the media reports that are coming out this is being run by pentagon propaganda. journalism in the in the same way that the iraq and the afghanistan wars

u.s. defense department's funding has somewhat above that last year's level bringing its annual budgets to around seven hundred billion dollars and that's despite washington making sweeping cuts in domestic spending to reduce the country's deficit asking for divestiture why american lawmakers are steadfastly committed to peace in the military at a time of economic uncertainty. plenty is on the u.s. chopping block this week health care education infrastructure. everything that is except for the pentagon my greatest fear is that in economic tough times the people will see the defense budget as a place to store the nation's deficit problems i would be very reluctant to cut defense spending until we see really how these two conflicts were and are going to come out like this worldwide military spending increased by twenty point six billion dollars in two thousand and ten and one thousand point six billion of that was the u.s. alone according to the stockholm international peace research institute us very much sees itself as a global military power it's the only global military. power. so it per

u.s. defense secretary robert gates would agree he's now resorting to scolding allies for getting ready to abandon the war meanwhile hillary clinton says the u.s. is losing when it comes to broadcasting its message abroad on state funded t.v. stations unfortunately we are paying a big price for it even though the u.s. is spent one billion dollars alone to broadcast its message to the arab world where it's at war through the state news network. the network has locked in just half a percent of viewership. you know with all showing perhaps you can't sell a war welcome to the new game unless you have a buyer lauren mr r.t. your. the difference between a p.r. campaign and there were reality is a striking want you can see that for yourself by checking out our exclusive photo gallery and report from afghanistan our website our team. well check now on the other on the other stories from around the world in ivory coast forces of the oil to get a nationally recognized president alassane ouattara a failed to drive incumbent leader along bought a boat from the presidential palace were and he's holed u

u.s. defense secretary robert gates would agree he's now resorting to scolding allies for getting ready to abandon the war i mean while hillary clinton says the u.s. is losing when it comes to broadcasting its message abroad on state funded t.v. stations unfortunately we are paying a big price for it even though the u.s. is spent one billion dollars alone to broadcast its message to the arab world where it's at war through the state news network. the network has locked in just half a percent of viewership i asked them or were they know where all showing perhaps you can't sell a war welcome to the new game unless you have a buyer lauren mr archie york. the difference between the p.r. campaign and the reality is striking while he can see that for yourself bite me out our exclusive photo gallery and report from afghanistan on our website that's our dot com. an offshoot of last resort that's how prime minister has described the country's request for a financial bailout from the e.u. analysts say the worst case scenario for the country that's long been predicted may be looming it's estimated th

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u.s. defense budget alone include veterans' health costs and all of that it was in the one trillion two trillion dollar range. if you don't factor those costs in you're not really going up the cost of work do you think it's a little ironic also the u.n. announced today they're backing this global day against military action but then again it's the u.n. where approval was just made to go in and attack libya. well you know in fairness here really if we didn't have these oars in the middle east. we wouldn't have oil we were going out with local economies so you know maybe this is just the cost of doing business. well i want to talk about that right of course your blog is called war is business and so i want to ask you do you think that libya ends up being the perfect sales tool for a lot of these you know weapons developers weapons manufacturers around the world because now you have a place not only to show off your technology but now that you can prove that it's actually you know worked in a combat zone. you know if you read the defense trade publications there's no replacement for testing out you

u.s. defense secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are brill then congress there were the libya campaign and both israel to clear up confusion over the aims of the operation and it's going to cost. us our prison term for investing in georgia an israeli businessman get seven years in jail for bribery but his lawyers claim he was entrapped by the country's top authorities which show the investor a hundred million dollars. coming up next more on the situation in libya and cross talk where peter the about ask his guests if nader's decision to back the opposition was a wise choice. can't . stand. alone when welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle arming to when the conflict in libya has reached a stalemate should western powers expand their intervention and arm the and take it off the rebels would this be tantamount to choosing sides in a growing civil war and as time passes does an end game in libya become even more elusive. can. you discuss the ongoing stalemate in libya i'm joined by jim el-gamal he's in london he's a libyan writer and political activists he's also a british

u.s. defense secretary robert gates was holding talks today in saudi arabia meeting with king abdullah now he told reporters coming out of that meeting they talked about developments in the region and of course iran but we're asking was really behind that meeting and what will we see in the aftermath what will be the outcome because we want to take you back a few weeks you may recall gates was in the region recently visiting another persian gulf ally bahrain that was back on march eleventh he had a meeting with the king there and just days after he left what happened saudi tranks what role didn't really see him right there and a thousand troops they wrote to the country to help the monarchy suppress anti-government protesters the bahraini government declared martial law and what you see right there violent images of a crackdown hit the internet protestors being shot apparently point blank now the u.s. stood by and as protesters died in bahrain they also urged for humanitarian help in libya a totally different position and with pointed this out about the reality of looking at american. i'm

u.s. defense secretary robert gates was holding talks in saudi arabia meeting with king abdullah on the upcoming on the upheaval in the region the influence of iran a sixty billion dollars arms package but we're asking what's really behind the meeting and what we see in the aftermath i want to remind you of what happened recently you may recall gates was in the region just earlier in march visiting another persian gulf ally that was back on march eleventh and was meeting with the king and just days after he left saudi trained and a thousand troops rolled into the country that was to help the monarchy suppress anti-government protesters the bahraini government declared martial law images like what you see right there a violent crackdowns hit the internet protesters being shot point blank it appeared now the u.s. stood by it as protesters died there the u.s. urge for humanitarian help in libya now analysts point of the reality to situation now take a listen. looking at american old. gun ships you know which are going to improve your street and look at the rim that is where the distance trains i'm

u.s. defense department saying this is a more suitable place for him to be held is the glass at least half full not half empty here so i think this is a victory for those who care about bradley manning and care about human rights he was never going to be treated properly at the clinic. or incapable of being fair and he fort leavenworth prison has been moved to has a pretrial detention area where we much more appropriate will probably be in the in the prison population having mills with people really much more. appropriate place for someone who's never been convicted of any crime in fact we don't believe this prosecution should continue or there's a whistleblower it was exposing work crimes and other missed years by government officials ok well do you believe that manning should have acted differently though i have to say you know as a constructed soldier in the u.s. army i would be right to think i know what you can to say you can say is right i don't even but as i say he was a constructed soldier and leaking secrets about his own government was it really right to do it well you know first

u.s. defense secretary robert gates has very begrudgingly complied with obama's orders while he officially stated that the mission is simply to protect libyan civilians but now the u.s. is providing material aid and france and italy have joined forces with britain to train of the rebels who by the way might be tied to al qaeda well as the war continues to expand the question really is what should nato do about it air strikes of expanded loyalist forces continue to be strong and the u.s. seems to remain stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to what they actually need to be doing there this mass is getting out of control and i think that a clear statement from obama as to what our role in libya is is in order. well it's so much more to come on tonight's show after being abused or quantico for several months p.f.c. bradley manning has been transferred to a different detention facility we'll have details on why he's being moved out of his new location in just a moment and then it's been a year since the explosion of the deepwater horizon oil rig the beginning of the worst acciden

u.s. defense secretary robert gates. afterwards, fox said there were reasons for optimism. >> in libya, we discussed how the situation is progressing. we've seen some momentum gained in the last few days. we've seen some progress made in misrata, and it's very clear that the regime is on the back foot. the sooner that colonel qaddafi recognizes that the game is up-- either today or shortly-- the better. >> warner: fox's visit comes in the sixth week of an allied bombing campaign under a u.n. mandate to protect libyan civilians. from the beginning, the british and french pushed for active intervention. british prime minister david cameron was first to propose a no-fly zone in libya in late february. >> it is not acceptable to have a situation where colonel moammar qaddafi can be murdering his own people, using airplanes and helicopter gun ships and the like, and we have to plan now to make sure, if that happens, we can do something to stop it. >> warner: after the u.s. took out qaddafi's air defenses in the first week, th

u.s. defense secretary robert gates is holding talks today in saudi arabia meeting with the king he told reporters afterwards they talked about developments in the region and of course iran but we're asking what's really behind the meeting and what will we see in the aftermath because we want to take you back a couple weeks you may recall gates was in the region recently visiting another persian gulf ally bahrain i was back on march eleventh he had a meeting with the king there and just days after he left look what happened saudi train rolled in along with a thousand troops they were in the country to help the monarchy suppress anti-government protesters and the bahraini government declared martial law and images like this of a violent crackdown hit the internet people being shot point blank presumably by the government that the u.s. stood by and as protesters died in bahrain the u.s. urged for humanitarian help in another country in libya and less pointed out what they saw as this reality looking at the. ships you know richard protesters in the capital groom that is were these my distant streams

u.s. defense secretary robert gates was holding talks today in saudi arabia meeting with the king he told reporters they talked about developments in the region and of course iran but we're asking what's really behind the meeting and what we see in the aftermath because we want to take a look back you may recall gates was in the region recently visiting another persian gulf ally bahrain that was back on march eleventh he had a meeting with the king there and just days later look what happened thirty troops tanks they rolled in thousands of troops a thousand troops excuse me rolled into the country to help the monarchy suppress anti-government protesters the bahraini government declared martial law images of violent crackdowns like what you just saw there hit the internet people being shot apparently point blank the u.s. did by and its protesters died in bahrain the u.s. urged humanitarian help in libya analysts pointed out the reality looking at american old. i'm sure you know richer protesters in the room that is where the united states stands on the issue. analysts such as rose off drew

missile defense is the longest running fraud in the in the history of the u.s. department of defense. if ballistic strikes are so improbable why seek to repel them such cost and from space. what if missile defense is a disguise for envision beyond simply destroying the sun. there's going to be an inherent in the satellite capability with any ballistic missile defense system regardless of whether it's located in space or elsewhere. and i think that that's effectively zero voidable. missile in some senses is more difficult than targeting a satellite and therefore targeting a satellite is almost always ok filippi that's associated with missile defense system. in february two thousand and eight the united states destroyed a disabled satellite of its own using missile defense interceptors in. the us demonstrated that these interceptors also called kill vehicles can obliterate any satellite and low earth orbit missile defense is a trojan horse that has nothing to do with defense whatsoever it's all about projecting power it's about office i've been to the bases in colo

u.s. debate its future role in a libyan conflict, defense officials in washington have slam the brakes on any prada american participation. defense secretary robert gates says there will be no ground troops in the as long as he is on the job. guay to sketch out a largely limited role for the country's military. he also said that some other country could train the rebels trying to oust muammar gaddafi. fighting between rebels and muammar gaddafi's troops continues. >> their attacks failed and hours later, rebels are forced to retreat. despite almost two weeks of u.n.-backed air strikes, the gaddafi regime is far from won. the u.s. defense secretary said his military would not provide rebels with training. >> in terms of providing the training, in terms of providing assistance to them, frankly, there are many countries that can do that. that is not a unique capability for the u.s. and as far as i'm concerned, somebody else should do that. >> nato, which has taken over formal command of the military operations, has rejected the idea of arming the rebels. its mission has been limited to infra

u.s. defense secretary gates announced armed predator drones will now further aid that effort from the air. he said nato has bright lines it will not cross on the ground: >> they are very concerned about not going beyond the mandate of the united nations security council resolution, and most of the opposition had said they don't want foreign troops on the ground. >> lehrer: but now, the british, french and italians have announced they are sending in small numbers of military advisers to aid the highly- inexperienced rebel forces. in a radio interview this morning, british prime minister cameron insisted it is not a prelude to inserting ground forces. >> the u.n. security council does limit us. we're not allowed, rightly, to have an invading army, or an occupying army. that's not what we want; that's not what the libyans want; it's not what the world wants. >> lehrer: in tripoli, a spokesman for the libyan government warned against any move to deploy outside forces on the ground. >> if nato comes to misrata or any libyan city we will unleash hell upon nato. >> lehrer: there will be no ameri