because my friends just before the tragic suicide of master sergeant marcus sato the united states house armed service committee led by congressional democrats were patting themselves on the back after passing an amendment.

because my friends just before the tragic suicide of master sergeant marcus sato the united states house armed service committee led by congressional democrats were patting themselves on the back after passing an amendment to this year's annual n.d.a. the natural national defense authorization act which would prohibit the expenditure of monies to reduce the number of u.s. troops deployed in afghanistan below 8000 without a series of conditions 1st being met yes reduced and just what are these so-called conditions well according to the men according to the amendment the department of war sorry the department of defense must be able to certify that leaving afghanistan will not will not increase the risk for the expansion of existing or formation of new terrorist safe havens inside of afghanistan and that it will not compromise or otherwise negatively affect the ongoing united states counterterrorism mission against the islamic state al qaeda and associated forces. in other words my friends let's set the bar for leaving afghanistan so high so impossible to reach. that no president no matter how just or unjust in t

my friends just before the tragic suicide of master sergeant mark assad on the united states house armed service committee led by congressional democrats were patting themselves on the back after passing an amendment to this year's annual n.d.a. the natural national defense authorization act which would prohibit the expenditure of monies to reduce the number of u.s. troops deployed in afghanistan below 8000 without a series of conditions 1st being met yes reduced and just what are these so-called conditions well according to the men according to the amendment the department of war sorry the department of defense must be able to certify that leaving afghanistan.

house armed services committee. congressman, good to have you with us. the secretary of state sounds like a secretary who is keenly aware that the united states is now in ar with the people's republic of china. your thoughts. >> lou, this speech that secretary pompeo gave at the nixon library, ironically, is the best and most important speech the secretary has given as secretary of state. and it tells you everything you need to know about this administration. you have to go back to 2017 when president trump first became president, his national security team came together, they published a national security strategy that named a great power competition with china and said we need to pivot away from the wars in the middle east and focus on great power competition with china. now fast forward to the pompeo speech yesterday calling for the rest of the free world to join the united states of america in that cause because now, if we don't do something about this now, the time has run out to ever do something about it. this new cold war -- [inaudible] lou: let's look at what this administration is doing. the president has ordered two aircraft carrier groups int

the house armed services committee have gone as far as to call for both esper and milley to resign. both esper and milley have since apologized for attending the president's photo-op united states military hold dear the constitution and the principal of an apolitical military that is so deeply rooted. >>and the very essence of our republic esper and milley defended deploying national guard troops in response to recent protests but told lawmakers that no active duty military have taken part active duty forces in a direct law enforcement role should remain a last resort and both leaders commended peaceful protesters for standing against injustice in washington, i'm joe khaleel. as we head to break just a quick programming reminder kron 4 is hosting a live town hall next week with police chiefs from across the bay area we'll be discussing the changes they've made to their departments. >>in the wake of this national call for police reform so if you have a question you'd like us to pose just go to website at kron 4 dot com. we have instructions on how you can submit it and then tune into that town hall next wednesday, july 15th at 09:00pm to hear their answers that's right >>the 30

between the united states and china rising, china ordering the closure of the consolate in sheen du chengu overnight. joining me now, indiana congressman and house armed services committeeessman, the timing may be awkward for our economy, our market, but this is necessary, is it not. >> it's absolutely necessary, dagen. and this is a sign of probably much more what's to come in the months and years ahead. we finally have a president after 40 years of presidents who have turned a blind eye to the activities of china, we have a president and a secretary of state, by the way, who have ventured to do something about it. yesterday, secretary pompeo gave i believe the most pivotal speech of the entire four years that the trump administration has been in office, in talking about uniting the free world against communist china. and what you saw in closing the consolate in houston is a necessary step, is a hub of intellectual property theft on behalf of the chinese and united states of america but there is so much more to do. dagen: speaking of the secretary of state, let's listen to a little bit of what he says. he doubled down on his hard line against china announcing the end o