the united states has been our sincealliance partner 1951, although we have been alongside the united states in every major conflict over the past 100 years. currently we are partnering with the united states in the fight against terrorist and extremist in iraq, syria, afghanistan and the philippines. --. leadership has been military and security operations worldwide. australian leadership has been timor-leste, where we have demonstrated our ability to contribute to regional security for the benefit of other nations. against this background, and in this context, to my mind, there has been no diminution in the united states engagement or commitment to our region. continues to build regional capacity through development assistance in maritime security, counterterrorism and intelligence sharing. this could also be evident by the number of frequency of high-level visits to our region by senior u.s. cabinet members. there have been visits from our reason -- region to united states to make president trump -- the president has emphasized personal rapport with world leaders. i met with prime

i worked in both units. worked in the operations center and i got to see a lot of the documentation, so i knew a lot of the history before. i think, more me, was the fact that a lot of the guys you served in the unit that i talked with did not know where they had come from, where their predecessors were, did not know the connection with the office of strategic service. that is another reason to put the stuff down into a bark. what you forget in the history you end up redoing. past is prologue. you have to really look at that when you are a soldier. have we done this before? what can i learn from my predecessor? that surprised me often when i am talking history or military. how many people do not know where they came from. could you have a clarification -- >> could you have a clear vacation? you mentioned yugoslavia. it was never part of the soviet army. did you have operations there? >> berlin did not. the sovietpart of organ, but it was tacitly toeeable to supplying forces the warsaw pact in the event of wa

sanctions against the united states to punish the united states for its overthrow of the government of libya and the creation of chaos throughout the world we suffer from what we call american exceptionalism we apply a very different standard to the united states when the united states screws up around the world our motives are always pure but somehow we made a mistake but we're innocent but we have a very very different standard and that's that corrosive environment that we live in in the united states where we judge ourselves by completely different stand than we judge everybody else and unless we begin to get past that we can understand how the world looks to anybody else from the standpoint of the rest of the world russia might be a problem in certain areas but the main threat to world peace over and over again in every survey around the world this is the united states the united states is viewed internationally as the main threat to world peace americans don't know that americans are very limited very parochial and they don't have a sense of how we are perceived in the world or

after world war two the united states has certainly made mistakes but again overall i think the united states is doing a lot of things well working now to address the north korean nuclear issue we worked for a decade building an international coalition to address the iran nuclear issue to to address isis so sure there are there are challenges but i think the united states is continuing to play an important leadership role in the international system and nobody is trying to diminish the international. the important international role that the united states is playing i just don't understand why the americans as the benton diminishing russia's role because because although each human is that you now listed they wouldn't have been possible without russia's participation all those issues that you have mentioned russia was right there at the table with the americans you know russia did play a helpful role in the iran nuclear negotiations i think that's true russia also played a helpful role and the six party talks but it would be great if russia would contribute to the rules based order i t

we disagree with the united states but we do not intervene against united states cooperating with the iraqi government. we have not intervene againsted that because we believe that's a decision that the iraq government should make. we may oppose it but it is their decision. >> rose: do you encourage the government of iraq to make sure that sunni, the immersion of the sunni and the islam do not be shut out from government so that they do not see what we have seen time after time. first allege -- al-qaeda and then isis come out -- >> exactly. we believe the iraqi government should be inclusive. >> rose: you encourage the iraqi government to do that. the maliki government did not do that and that was a very strong friend of iran. >> prime minister abadi is a strong friend of iraq. >> rose: true. >> every government in iraq thankfully has been a strong friend of iran and this is our advice to all of them. that iraq needs to be an inclusive government with all segments of the iraq population represented in the government. iran maintains extremely good relations with all segments of the ira

it's united states' law operating on the united states' official who is acting inside the united states. this case has, as far as the conduct is concerned, united states written all over it. nothing about mexico. the border patrol guard doesn't take these orders from mexico. >> i think it would be up to the united states to prosecute mr. may said criminal he is they were to choose to do so, which would provide a remedy to the petitioners via a -- >> why? they wouldn't get any damages for the death of their 15-year-old son, for their emotional suffering. but i think i have to follow up on what justice ginsburg is saying, a more fundamental question. which is, i don't think you or the u.s. government is suggesting that anyone is condoning people standing at the border and taking pop shots at passing mexicans. >> absolutely not. >> and yes, there is a criminal remedy for the government to vindicate its position. but why should there not be a civil remedy to ensure that border police are complying with the constitution? either under the fourth or fifth amendment, wouldn't shooting pop shots

states and russia the united. in the west of what we could call it they do not necessarily have to be friends and i think it's their trajectories that show that they will not be friends because the west is. a post cultural postmodern environment now russia is a very conservative place and people like it that way but it is perilous not to have some kind of understanding at least with russia in the west particularly with the united states because of so many issues that are happening in the world i think that is not clearly understood in particularly washington because it's groundhog day it's every day starts over and over again they're not thinking about the future go ahead and say well the point to understand about russia is first firstly he's saying you can have superpower it has the capacity to destroy the united states just as the united states has the capacity to destroy russia and the if they go to war with each other they will take down much of the world with them the russians are very conscious of this and t

a particular unit. our visitors are fascinated with the shoulder sleeve insignia, but they were not really worn until after the war. any time you see insignia on a uniform from the war on the american uniform, they're post armistice of 1918. they were developed by the units and by the american expeditionary forces to represent the great variety of americans that served in the war. about 4,800,000 americans were in uniform by the end of the war in june of 1919. to illustrate the variety of insignia that were worn on the american uniforms we've now moved over to the model 1917 u.s. service coats that were worn by the majority of the soldiers in the army during the war. one of the insignias that i'm standing by is the standing buffalo. this was a very important insignia and it was worn by the african-american soldiers of the 92nd division, and there were two african-american divisions in the war, 92nd and 93rd. both of them were segregated from the rest of the army. most of the soldiers, of course, were af

that had united our citizens for long times. we have never been closer to poland than we are right now. poland is not only a great friend but an important ally and a partner with respect to our military. we have had great cooperation with poland, we fought shoulder to shoulder in many different encounters, particularly grateful for the active role poland has taken and helping to defeat isis were we have made tremendous strides and tremendous gains, which you will be hearing about over the next period of time. poland has trained iraqi special forces and flying reconnaissance missions. anytime we requested, they have been just about their. their soldiers have fought and work side-by-side with americans in iraq and afghanistan can -- and behalf of all americans, i want to salute you and thank you, very special people. i want to thank the polish people for their kindness to more than 5000 american troops stationed in your country. our strong alliance with poland and nato remains critical to deterring conflict and making short work b

the united states, nato and the united nations has led since the end of the cold war. more recently the republic of portugal was hit especially hard by the 2008 global restoegs the point -- ecession. in 2014 we saw for ourselves what the wage and spending cuts and tax increases were doing to the business environment. at that time unemployment rates were over 15%. what we witnessed on that trip endeer endeared us to the people of portugal for life. god, family and the belief that hard wlorkork will ultimately help people to -- the united tates is now portugal's number one trading partner outside the e.u.'s single market and the fifth largest trading partner overall. in 2016 portugal one trad received the first ever shipment of liquified natural gas from the united states to europe. it is this newfound momentum in portuguese business that makes it an exciting time. lisbon is currently one of the hottest tech startup cities in he eu. i'm uniquely situated to help businesses build upon the technology boom we're seeing today. the emergence of startups looks like san francis

including the commander of the united states armed forces japan, general jerry martinez. and many distinguished members of congress from his home state. as well as the senators that i mentioned before. in fact, it's important to note that senator corker is in fact the chairman of the senate foreign affairs committee. and we're truly honored to have you and senator alexander here. we're also joined by members of congress from the house of representatives in tennessee, congressman john duncan, congresswoman diane black, congresswoman marsha blackburn, congressman scott dejar less, david cuss staff and congressman phil roe. will you give them a round of applause? [applause] and i know it's a particular honor to have with us bill's counterpart, japan's ambassador to the united states of america, ambassador sasei and his wife. [applause] as well as the special advisor to the prime minister and kawai.ki [applause] as i had the privilege of expressing during my trip to japan on the president's behalf earlier this year, under president donald trump, the united states is firmly co

the constitution of the united states. every one. and i don't think there's a single one that stood there and had their fingers crossed behind their back as they took their oath and said, oh, unless i don't -- it makes me politically uncomfortable or unless i have some sympathy for the people that might be facing the enforcement of this supreme law of the land, the constitution of the united states. they don't get to hold or cross their fingers behind their back and make an oath that they don't mean. so when we take this oath, all 435 of us in the house and 100 in the senate we better mean it. we better believe what we say because we tell our constituents, you send me to washington, d.c., send me to represent you in the united states congress. i will uphold the constitution. that's the number one duty, to uphold the constitution. it requires the president to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and under the take care clause, take care that the laws are faithfully executed. doesn't mean kill o

ford of the united states navy.god bless the ford and the navy, a comfort to our nation and our allies and a nightmare to our enemies. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, admiral richardson. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable sean stackley, secretary of the navy, acting. [applause] sec. stackley: susan, you have built well. your team of shipbuilders, they ir tremendous workmanship is only exceeded by their tremendous pager design. -- patriotism. your father would be very proud. mr. president, one of your predecessors famously remarked, "speak softly and carry a big stick." we offer you, sir, a big stick. [laughter] [applause] so many distinguished guests, officers and crew, who proudly , call yourselves the gerald r. ford. history will remember him as the man who, in the great constitutional crisis of the last century, would be chosen by congress to lead our nation. today, we remember him as the man who, when the seas were at the most tempest-tossed, gave orders to the home, steady she goes. and in doing

the united states-united kingdom, incredibly successful relationship. can you talk a bit about as the united kingdom is leaving the european union, you know, what opportunities exist, what challenges exist, great trade and investment between the two countries. >> thank you very much for that question, senator. and if confirmed, brexit will create, i'll be working on brexit, trying to help congress, the president, secretary tillerson figure out what opportunities and challenges that we can have access to. you're right, the -- exactly, the relationship has been robust. it's not as big as canada. i think it's about $200 million in trades and services. there are million jobs on either side of the atlantic that rely on that relationship. and our job is to encourage, as i said in my opening testimony, the overall relationship with the uk has to be enhanced. we want to enhance it and leave it better than we found it and a big part of that is trade. i don't know if that's a direct answer. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ms. mcfarland i want to talk about kind of

voter suppression is a hallmark of the united states in 2014. one of the top items on the agenda of this incoming republican congress will be ever more devious and devilish ways to circumscribe the right to vote. it is much too easy to suggest that the so-called bourgeois democratic rights -- it is not the argument they would make to the socialist camp. they say it was a disaster,. if you order -- if you argue otherwise, you are callous and maybe usually was her job. that is the argument used in regards to rationalizing what happened on these shores. what's that's a step forward -- why is it that canada, that did not revolt against british rule, has a better standard of living and is a more suitable place to live, particularly for working class people. they have this health care system that we should have in the united states. you may have heard two days after the election of tuesday, the supreme court has reached out to adjudicate once again the affordable care act. don't be surprised if it is left sprawling in the dust. we have a control group

they didn't bother to invite the united states. credibility was so low.dibility based on what mister trump announced today is very significant and he is going to meet with vladimir putin in a position of strength. >> do you think vladimir putin and donald trump get along? >> i think they do. they are both very confident in their own strength, very confident in their national power and confident in using national power, you asked earlier why america first rubs western european elites so badly and it is because they and people like the polls have different experiences with nationalism. they claim nationalism and things like america first for starting world war ii but in poland they look at polish nationalism and believe in individualism as a factor that allowed them to shirk off communism and russian domination so i think that is -- lennar putin and donald trump see eye to eye at least in the sense of their own uniqueness and the power of their countries. >> in terms of poland's experience that is one of the other things donald trump is going to include in

charlie: the united states and president trump in this case, believe that russia and the united statesk together in the interest of changing syria. do you believe that iran and russia and america, can work together? to change syria? to stop the war and heal the country and revealed the country? javad zarif: i think everybody should work together in order to end this tragedy in syria. you preparedare and would like to work with the united states and russia? javad zarif: we were a member of the international syria's support group which included united states and russia. and also it included countries in the region. we would not be able to do this without the support and assistance of other countries in the region. i believe you will not be able to end the conflict in russia -- in syria without saudi arabia, ,ithout turkey, without qatar without egypt. charlie: of course. javad zarif: and without iran. and most importantly you would not be able to end the conflict in syria without the syrians. at the end of the day they should decide. the rest of us should just facilitate. we should not d

you don't have that in the united states and we don't. you also have the polonium situation in great britain. the only way to get polonium is from a nuclear reactor. mr. -- the family sent home from the united states a few years ago, i could not tell of that family came from kansas or the youuralls. putin is a political virtuoso. host: let's give alina a chance to take on a couple of them. guest: since the collapse of the soviet union there has been a lot of confusion. not just on the side of the general american public, about local leaders as to what is russia today. are they friends, potential partners, are they have a series to the united states trying to undermine the u.s. national interests around the world? has set in confusion our political leaders. the bush and obama administrations tried to have a reset with russia. every single time it did not work. it did not work primarily not because the united states wasn't genuine or we did not try to have a better relationship and solvspecific problems -- specific problems togethere. the r

quite a diverse unit. to really get to the heart of the matter, we have to go back to just after world war ii. as you all know, we fought world war ii with our allies france, britain, of course, the commonwealth countries, a number of others, plus the soviet union. about 1946, we started to realize the soviet union was not the partner that we wanted to continue going to the ball with so to speak. stalin's rhetoric, the actions of the soviet union in poland and the czech republic -- well, not yet the czech republic, but czechoslovakia. czechoslovakia in late 1940's, the berlin airlift in 1949, 1950, were all signs that our relationships with the russians was going badly. a gentleman by the name of george cannon who wrote a very long telegram out of moscow which outlined his worries and fears. that really outlined american policy for about the next 30 years. his policy tilted the united states towards containment of the soviet union. and became even more offenses in the 1950's when south korea was invaded by

trump i'm leading the delegation on this official visit to the united states. we have been having a series of meetings and activities in new york, as well as here in washington, d.c. today. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: i have had a series of meeting with american secretaries, members of the cabinet and a number of major u.s. corporations. i also just before coming here had a very fruitful and successful meeting with president trump himself. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: i fully concur with you, what you said earlier, that the relationship between vietnam and the united states is entering a new state of development, opening up new opportunities for advanced cooperation. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: i also took the opportunity of my visit to celebrate the 40th anniversary of our membership to the united nations in new york and i have with me today the permanent representative of vietnam to the united nations. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: let me start by thanking you for giving me the oppor

china would like to hold the united states at risk so it will. it is up to the united states then to respond by closing that gap that we have remained vulnerable because of the, you know, abm treaty, and then just lack of policymakers interest in actually moving in that direction. that's why i think it's so important that congress had prudence and insight to actually amend that national act to make it clear that -- should the united states deem it responsible and technological comply possible to close gaps that we are free to do that. deterrent gap must -- i don't think i've heard that -- i haven't been paying attention just so you all know, and those of you watching at home. united states has about 5,000 nuclear warheads in its active stock mile. russia has approximately the same about 4,000 now. we've come down a little bit. that's enough to destroy human civilization maybe 20 to 30 times over. that's a pretty good deterrent i don't see any gap in either side. we could easily cut down to a few hundred each in would have robust deterrent so this

of russian espionage in the united states. evan perez along with pamela brown broke this story of more russian spies and an embolden russia after the election and, evan, what are you learning? >> we're learning that russian spies are ramping up their intelligence gathering efforts in the united states according to current and former u.s. intelligence officials who say they have noticed an increase since the election. the russians have not been slowed by retaliatory efforts after it meddled in the u.s. election according to u.s. intelligence community. since the election u.s. authorities have detected an uptick in suspected russian intelligence officers entering the country. they have been replenishing their ranks apparently since the u.s. expelled those 35 russian diplomats suspected of spying. they have tried to gain employment. the fbi would not comment for the story and the russian embassy in washington didn't respond, erin, to our request for comment. >> so if u.s. intelligence knows this, right, evan, they know this is ha

i respect the decision made by korea and the united states.owever, the korean government's endeavors to observe the due process of law will prove to be beneficial also to the advancement of our alliance. on that note, i ask for your deep understanding and support. ladies and gentlemen, let me now share my thoughts on great alliance, the title of my speech today. the alliance between our two countries is already a great one. still, it can be made even greater. i found that spirit in the battle of the reservoir. the divisional commander smith, who led that heroic battle, called the evacuation operation " an attack in a new direction, not a retreat." this is what defines the spirit of our alliance. ahead of us awaits a special undertaking, an undertaking that has remained unsolved for the last 20 years as a historic conundrum. it is none other than nuclear and missile programs of north korea. a threat that is already spreading beyond the boundaries of the korean peninsula toward the united states. even as we face the most imminent and dangerous m

states and the united kingdom. what would you say are the most important relationships today in our bilateral asian ships? >> if i look at the relationship from a macrostandpoint it's protecting conserving that relationship which has been valuable to the u.s. for a long time going back to world war ii but actually going back coined in world war ii by winston churchill puts relationship is relationship that's going back further than that. one based on trust and working together through thick and thin for many many decades. the security relationship is fundamental to that and that's based on trust and confidence in sharing information and gathering information and being very innovative to the task at hand which keeps changing. the world is getting more complicated with cyber and various types of terrorism occurring now. challenging us to be creative and working together stronger so this will continue to be an important relationship. very important. .. >> if you go back into the record you'll see multiple presidents h

the united states. military. ballistic missile tests. to reveal. all about.

the french were expecting the united states to stand by their side. i don't think anybody expected them to send battalions to march against britain, but to provision french ships. to help man and repair french ships, to use these harbors, beautiful harbors along the coast against british warfare, which the united states systematically refused to do. many historians will say this was a very wise division by george washington, but it was not what the french had gone as the revolution expected. so they began to decide by the late 1790s that it would be important to have colonies of their own, french colonies of their own in order to maintain their hold on the caribbean. this was while napoleon became interested in louisiana. it would serve all these purposes they were expecting from the united states, that is to say it would provide bases for naval support, it would provide supplies for the french colonies, that was why napoleon wanted. he saents a huge army over to take louisiana. the problem was that the caribbean from his perspective was the caribbean

states and the united kingdom. we share the same values and democracy, of justice, for freedom of tolerance. values we fought for throughout the past century. but, we didn't just fight, we also championed the causes of liberty. the free market. the innovation that technology demands. ever greater opportunities to live wealthier, healthier, happier, freer lives. demands. if we get this right, if we present our case strongly enough again, we will do more than simply build resilience in our countries. we can reawaken the hopes of those still living under oppressive regimes. reaganet thisin the 1980's, prt and margaret thatcher succeeded in shattering the shackles of communism. not just because they railed against the cruel and desolate creeds that lurked behind the iron curtain, but because they presented the vision of a better life. i remember a few years back being struck by the description of what was called the beautiful moment with news of reagan's evil empire speech reached siberia. it was "the brightest, most g

louis decided to sell along the shore of the united states --sail along the shore of the united states. and this is where it becomes an american story. there were many responses, many different levels. rebecca mentioned the response from that united states government. there was also responses from the newspapers and the american citizens as well. the st. louis was very well known, everyone purported about by the american newspapers. lots of news was published on the first page between may 28 pageune 28, on the front of 26 newspapers across 26 -- 20 states. over 115 times. all of the newspapers on the east coast and the west coast talked about the st. louis. it mostly produces factual information from the associated press and they are not very critical about what is going on but they actually report. the only article that is somehow critical was published by the washington post and it says something like there are a lot of refuge for birds and nature in the united states but there , is no refuge for 907 refugees. this is the response and the newspapers are covering the story and it beco

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the united nations has also become too reliant on one player on one major funder. on one major funding just because that is what we call assist contributions which amongst all the members do you know according to an accepted scheme of assessment but for me every contributor is important and i think our budgets sort of dropped by the general assembly in which only the countries are indeed represented i come every second year to a better because they believe that russian federation and the permanent member of the security company have the really critical role to play in shipping of the member and it very quickly ruled to play as the final ensued of the opposition. and finally a very important role to play into a bigger. and a drug when it comes to. the general assembly home absolutely but i think. the russian suspicion and perhaps also the chinese suspicion would be that this is devised that this coming from this capitals is not always deemed as valuable as the advice coming for example from washington a western capitals and. one thing that i think many observers not

cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle the republican controlled congress can't unite around trump's legislative agenda but with democrats there in unison when it comes to punishing russia for alleged meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election russia will brush off new sanctions as it did three years ago but the europeans won't. cross talking the sanctioning of russia i'm joined by my guest mitch firesign in new york he is a fund manager and author of the book planet ponzi in charlottesville we have david swanson he is director of world beyond war dot org and in london we have alexander make your us he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate alexander let me go to you first in london very broadly speaking what are these sanctions all about why now and most importantly what do they hope the u.s. congress and presumably trump is going to sign it and what do they want to achieve with this exercise go ahead alexander

the united nations.third, we agree that the established institutions of global governance need some reform. taking account of new power relations, taking account of new realities. yes, there are differences on what those reforms might be, but the is a shared agreement that we should be talking about what those reforms are. fourth, we want each other, both the u.s. and china want each other to be active players in global governance. the is some difference in the nuance that the united states has wanted china to be a full stakeholder, and china, by calling itself a developing country, has sometimes seem to the u.s. to want it both ways. but recently -- by both way is mean a partial stakeholer but i don't think that much of a concern anymore. it's clear that china has been stepping up and changing -- has changed both itself self-understanding and its ambitions in playing a full-throated global role. indeed, that may be create something problems for the united states that are more substantial than china bein

tension escalates over north korea the united states she would envoy threatens military force after pyongyang's latest ballistic missile we try to gauge where that's going to go. c.n.n. threat to reveal the creator of the viral trump wrestling clip backfires now the internet communities railed against child. warning for me just turned eleven am this thursday morning the sixth of july here in moscow and kevin i mean this is r.t. international first the six people have been arrested in a second night of protests ahead of the g. twenty summit in the german city of hamburg seems a porsche dealership was targeted in an arson attack destroying luxury vehicles there police believe left wing activists protesting the event were behind that incident this all happening just a few hours before the first delegation for the g. twenty arrived for playing the humbug and not all those participating are expected to be given a warm welcome here is why let's check out how couple of facts you may not have known it's known historical even having some far right left rather extremist living there local police say they

when it comes to the united states, attitudes towards the united states and how it is behaving with respect to the nuclear deal. those numbers increasingly people are saying that they're not confident that the united states will live up to its end of the bargain. now, what is interesting here, i think iranians expected the united states, trump in particular, to be less. basically forthcoming when it comes to nuclear deal. before trump actually took office, the higher number of people were saying that, you know, united states not going to live up to the end of the bargain. but we'll see that this number has come down actually. from 78 to 72. which is significant number. at the end of the day, 72% say they're not confident. 24% say they are confident. and i think the main issue for iranian people and for iranian policymakers as they talk to the iranian people when it comes to the u.s. is basically article 29 of the jcpoa. where iranians have obtained a promise from the united states and from the united states, from the european countries and from the united states, to refrain from doing anyth

admiral philip davidson, united states navy, commander, united states fleet forces command. admiral john richardson, united states navy, chief of naval operations. the honorable sean stackley, secretary of the navy, acting. the honorable donald rumsfeld, former secretary of defense. [applause] the honorable scott taylor, united states representative, second district, commonwealth of virginia. the honorable robert scott, united states representative, third district, commonwealth of virginia. the honorable richard cheney, former vice president of the united states. [applause] [cheers] the honorable rick snyder, governor, state of michigan. [applause] the honorable gary peters, united states senator, state of michigan. [applause] the honorable roger wicker, united states senator, state of mississippi. [applause] the honorable james mattis, secretary of defense. [applause] the honorable terry mcauliffe, governor, commonwealth of virginia. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, our ship's sponsor, mrs. susan ford bales. [applause] she is escorted today by master chief laura nunley, uni

for the united states. for a very long period of time we ignored iranian misbehavior in the region even when it's been focused directly at us. so the bay route embassy bombing-- bay rut embassy bombing trails back to iran, the united states does not respond. the marine baracks bombing in lebanon goes back to tehran, the united states did not spond. the kobah tower bombing goes back to tehran, the united states did nothing. shia militia getting advanced ied's from the iranians killing hundreds of u.s. soldier ntion iraq-- in iraq and in av ban stand, two administrations, the bush administration and the obama administration did nothing. really interesting as to why the history is what it is. but i think, i think it's changing. and i think it's a good thing that the united states along with our partners are going to push back against this hedgeemonic behavior, sucting ter rimp-- terrorism on their own, supporting terrorists in the region, .ing support to insurgents. iranian state policy to export their revolut

the united states and u.s. policymakers have to think -- potentially more difficult in a trump context rather than a more traditional u.s. foreign policy context. the question of how does the united states engage again in an ideological competition is something that's coming back fast and furious to washington. tarun: from your perspective focused more on china's relative influence? ely: about the u.s. influence as well. if you went to southeast asia and you have someone on the street, who do you think is the largest invester in your country, the answer i would imagine, a lot of them would say china. when it's only 8%. and the japanese are three or four fold. that and same in australia. the united states is the largest foreign investor. i don't think australians would think that. not only providing them more information about the realities of china's economic footprint, but also expressing the role of the united states and we haven't done a great job of that. in part because the u.s. government doesn't take cre

i think the united states military, i believe absolutely that the united states military in combination with the south korean military would destroy the north korean military, but that would be done at high cost in terms of human life and infrastructure and there are economic consequences to a war on the korean peninsula. it would be terrible, however a nuclear weapon detonating in los angeles would be terrible, the comment that has been out there, there are no good options is a very apt. at this point, for lots of reasons, we can go back through 25 years of history dealing with north korea, but the fact of the matter is we are at a point in time where choices have to be made one way or the other. none of these choices are particularly palatable. none of them are good. the consequences of doing nothing is not good for the consequences of accepting them with a nuclear weapon that could strike the united states is not good. the consequence of armed conflict is not good for the consequence of a collapsed north korea is not good and there's a wide variety of scenarios. the idea of the downs