u.s. military and they are also bidding for a controversial pentagon deal called jet i jet either joint enterprise defense infrastructure cloud is expected to cost ten billion dollars will be a part of the u.s. defense department's efforts to upgrade its i.t. systems but microsoft not the only one competing for this lucrative contract is on its vying with microsoft for the jet ideal as well google had been in the running though it dropped out saying the contract would be inconsistent with its principles . now the u.s. defense department says it strictly adhered to ethical standards when conducting its operations it's something that some people disagree with and we spoke to roger kay a technology analyst. it is interesting that you know you know one of the younger cultures are all lying on the doses. so studiousness the all seems. you know we want to have at least you pression there were actually no we're not doing various things you probably for any correlation between forty years use done with the knowledge you're really firing various to corporations and how the they are of their own. radio stations across the u.s. have been dropping the christmas classic baby it's cold outside from play lists following a back

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department of defense saudi airplanes and airplanes from the united arab emirates have been refueling themselves at the expense of the american taxpayers apparently it's all due to an accounting error u.s. central command recently reviewed its records and found errors in accounting where the department of defense for to charge this sort of. adequately for fuel and refueling services now it's quite an expensive mistake the costs are still being added up but apparently it's in the millions of dollars u.s. aerial refueling assistance was provided to the saudi led coalition for more than three point five use activities that likely cost tens of millions of dollars we must ensure that u.s. taxpayers a fully reimbursed for that support the united states uses k c one thirty five stratotanker and casein ten extenders to refuel planes mid air a mere hour of work with these aircraft costs over ten thousand dollars now these refueling were stopped in mid november but that was after over two thousand operations had been carried out in which the united states was helping the saudis to wage their war against yemen and that is not a popular war seventy five percent of the u.s. public according to the

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u.s. department of defense they declined to pass on our questions as his not retired our own procedures are internationally recognized for his bay detention of proper interrogation today the us has a new commander in chief during his election campaign and pretty cool for the return of waterboarding a practice condemned by un special rapporteur as torture they said what do you think of waterboarding i said i think we absolutely need it we should have it and if we can't we should have worse. when the president of the united states most powerful person on earth says these things that just encourages people to behave in the most. paraguay lawyer clive stafford smith organization reprieve has represented eighty prisoners at guantanamo has been released one of the great truisms is if you don't know your history years you wrote learn from history and your mistakes and you know we have someone in the white house right now who knows nothing about history. of repeat any mistake that's been made back to the spanish inquisition and so we need to truth out there. but today some say the american administ

u.s. department of defense to respond to the allegation concerning periodic review boards at one time but they did not address this the cia did trying to comment on gina hospitals role classifying material referring us to her public confirmation hearing where she denied any conflict of interest in that role the white house declined to explain president trump's remarks about. as britain prepares to exit the e.u. people in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the winning leave campaign we know that the law was broken and we know that campaigns overspent we know that russia tried to build a relationship with one of the key campaigns who paid for bricks it people in power on al-jazeera. the latest news as a free press yellow that the failure will continue not only into the night but into the next week with detailed coverage plastic of criticism of capitalist economics two zero eight fifty six billion dollar i am answerable to argentina from around the world these are the victims of one of the world's most forgotten conflicts and without agent help they could bec

u.s. department of defense to respond to the allegation concerning periodic review boards at one time but they did not address this the cia agent trying to comment on gina hospital's role classifying material referring us to her public confirmation hearing where she denied any conflict of interest in that role the white house declined to explain president trump's remarks about. as britain prepares to exit the e.u. people in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the winning leave campaign we know that the law was broken and we know that campaigns overspent we know that russia tried to build a relationship with one of the key campaigns who paid for breaks it people in power on al-jazeera. i really felt liberated as a journalist while she was going to the pros as an eyewitness that's what this jobs bill. protests move into the night. and we shall carry this is our life and also coming up. disagreements over a transitional government and other critical issues dominate talks aimed at ending their men's war. protest against the arrest of a one way executive. and ir

they have received criticism for not renewing a department of defense contract with u.s. intelligence. and he also said an interesting argument that google had not said before, that getting access to information is a human right. the compass woman talk about claims of diversity, that google is not doing enough to foster a

>> yeah, that's the department of defense and u.s. army, but it's a department of defense regulation that you don't maintain political paraphernalia, and you don't paw lig politicize events, and they were not doing that when they were greeting the president, and the hats are not something they allow at these events. we tell them beforehand, do as much selfie taking, but we would like you to keep the politics back home, and truthfully all the commanders and in two cases the presidents have done that. this was over the edge. >> over the top. >> this is shows what is going on and it's not appropriate for a military audience. >> the other thing that was interesting is these visits, obviously, they are important for the troops and importance in terms of morale and also important to give the president a sense of what is on the ground by meetinging with leaders there and iraqi leaders there. he did have a phone call, and was enough of that done, do you think? did the president, from what we know, get a good sense of what the situation is ther

u.s. official from the defense department quoting an israeli official saying that the strike hit senior hezbollah leaders who had just boarded a plane and that there are injuries now if that is true and of course it is impossible to confirm these things is wrong never comments officially it would be an escalation because the way israel usually open operates within syria is targeting weapons shipments that it believes are headed to hezbollah or weapons warehouses that are being used for the same purposes the thing israel does confirm is that it air defenses were activated when it intercepted syrian surface to air missiles so this is it seems to be the first major involvement of israel certainly that made it into the news since september when a russian reconnaissance plane was downed by syrian air defenses but is rose as it was accused its planes were in the sky at the time carrying out a vase of maneuvers of the syrian air defense systems that led to the downing of the plane it led to a complicated escalation to russia and israel but again russia and israel do talk behind the scenes there is an op

u.s. department of defense on their side and thirdly the cable news and all of our elite sort of basically progressive they call themselves progressive but they'll say that we have no empire we don't behave like this we don't use force to you know basically exact advantageous trade deals for ourselves we're just like hollywood's just superior and that's why we're wealthy it's not anything to do with the senate it's all about her kidnapping union and the collective unconscious is the playing field of the twenty first century war craft to get mind share to get mean share to get market share means to get the majority of folks as many people as you can to pay up a monthly fee to have access to their own mines that's why google owns all people don't use their brains they use google if i have a question like how do i make maple sugar or why is there no deputy secretary in the united kingdom they have no brain of their own to use they have no knowledge they have no education they go to google they've outsourced their mind and that collective mind the hive mind it that's what everyone wants to con

u.s. department of defense they declined to pass on our questions as his not retired our own procedures for internationally recognized for his bay detention of proper interrogation today the u.s. has a new commander in chief who during his election campaign completely cooled for the return of waterboarding a practice condemned by un special rapporteur as torture they said what do you think of waterboarding i said i think we absolutely need it we should have it and if we can't we should have worse. when the president of the united states most powerful person on earth says these things that just encourages people to behave in the most. paraguay lawyer clive stafford smith organization reprieve has represented eighty prisoners at guantanamo has been released one of the great truisms is if you don't know your history years you wrote in your mistakes you know we have someone in the white house right now who knows nothing about history. of the repute and a mistake has been made back to the spanish inquisition and so we need to truth out there. but today some say the american administration seems

u.s. department of defense is a customer. who else? >> i can't talk about specific customers.-- on a privacy standpoint. we are working, most of our customers are fortune 500, fortune 1000 companies, working in industrials, co, goals, advanced materials, ags and some medicine. emily: the big story about softbank has been the ties with saudi arabia.is that something you considered ? >> no. we have got a long-standing relationship with softbank. they led the investment in the b round. we've work closely and with great success with softbank. our part of for this round based on the strata that relationship. their relationship with saudi arabia, we never see it or feel it or touch it. yet, you are dealing with other moral congeries. moral quandaries, bio weapons and opioids. >> first of all, anybody who is running a technology company and it needs to be thoughtful about what they are going to do. we have a moral obligation to be thoughtful about the use of our technology. in a broad-based platform, you can use it for anything. we think there are so much stuff to do in the world. we

>> stuart, we learned how google turning down a contract with the department of defense, u.s. artment of defense, to build technology to recognize images on drones. there was up road in google bit. they had updated the code of ethics saying they will not do evil. you read the fact they're building a special search engine for china the last two or three years in complete seacrest system this search engine will put lives of chinese dissidents at risk. it will give china all the new powers, all the information. what is wrong with google? they won't help us defend our country but on the other hand they will go to china to help them kill their people? this is outrageous. i lost respect for google as a result of this. stuart: a lot of people have said this. are they immune to this kind of criticism? will they keep on doing it no matter what? >> i hope sundar sundar peget ht kicked by congress. i rarely write to him. but as i told him, you're selling your soul over here. you're destroying other legacy. your founders will hang you out to dry. they will do with zuckerberg doing with she

defense department. >> do they know what the stakes are of pulling u.s. oops out and leaving the syrian defense force to the turkish slaughter and the issues for iran? >> ordinary americans have no idea. they elect the president so he does. >> the one thing the president did not immediately recognize was that mattis was resigning in protest. once that became clear, aides say the president remarked that mattis was portrayed as the smartest guy in the world because he was leaving the trump administration. now sources tell us, senior military officials are worried about the uncertainty that the upheaval is causing with mattis on the way out. who is in charge for now? here is correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: patrick shanahan has been named by the president to become acting secretary of defense. there was a feeling inside the white house officially that they needed to get a new person in that they didn't want mattis in a lame duck position. administration officials will tell you that behind the scenes, the president was not happy with the extensive new

u.s. troops from syria. but the d-o-d is also saying that the campaign against isis is not over. camila bernal explains and has the latest reaction from washington. the department of defensethe process to remove all u.s. troops from syria.on capitol hill, some are applauding the move,sen. rand paul / -r- kentucky: for the first time in my lifetime we have a president with the courage to declare victory and bring the troops home. others are concerned isis is not yet fully defeated,sen. marco rubio / -r- florida: the decision to withdraw an american presence in syria is a colossal, in my mind, mistake. a grave error that's going to have significant repercussions in the years and months to come.sen. lindsey graham / -r- south carolina: i have not found one person national security-wise who believes it's a good idea to remove the 2,200 troopsand it's also unclear what the russian and iranian backed forces will do, a worry for some republicans.sen. marco rubio / -r- florida: now that the u.s. is going to withdraw from syria, we have basically turned the country over to russia and to an even greater extent, iran.it's that fear of an unchecked iran, which has israel worried, as

obama department of defense and the trump administration department of defense have worked hard to minimize casualties. does anyone actually believe that the situation in yemen will improve without u.s. assistance and guidance? the question almost answers itself. having our military involved has helped the saudis improve their coordination, improve their targeting, to minimize civilian casualties. having our military involved has helped the saudis manage disagreements between them and the gulf coalition partners. these partners also play an important role in helping to bring an end to this war. having our military involved has also helped provide critical leverage as we move into the hopeful peace negotiations underway right now as we speak in sweden. yemen's government and the houthi rebels have evidently agreed to a prison swap, and it could be the beginning of a diplomatic breakthrough. i had the opportunity to talk with secretary mattis and pompeo this weekend. both said this would be exactly the wrong time, at a key diplomatic moment, to have the u.s. limit and end its military assistance to saudi arabia. mr. president, i know sometimes people do not like to think this way, but

u.s. army, the department of defense or the u.s. government. [laughter] and we have also with us the author of the book, professor robert brigham, who is a professor of international relations and history at vassar college. they're going to talk for about 40 minutes or so, open it up to questions and answers, and then we will adjourn to a reception and a book signing, and there will be books for sale at the reception. so over to the two of you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> so, bob, i wonder if i could just start asking about your motion vegas for the book. this is clearly not your first book about the vietnam war. i'd like to just start by asking what made you want to go back to the vietnam war now and to do so new the lens of the role of national security adviser and then-secretary of state henry kissinger. >> i think vietnam is still casting a long shadow over american foreign policy, so i think my research agenda's pretty much settled for the rest of my career on vietnam. on kissinger, "the washington post" asked me to review his bo