His vital voting day mostly at the expense of progressive Bernie Sanders who supporters say the Party Establishment ganging up to get rid of him. And coping with coronavirus quarantine arties more advanced describes his 2 weeks in self isolation at home in russia on a trip to hong kong. I thought would be like good. As. It is a. Very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me thank you aaron our top story this hour what was supposed to be moved towards peace between the u. S. And the taliban appears to be unraveling this wednesday washington has conducted an hour strike against the Islamist Group in Afghanistans Helmand province reports emerge of a series of deadly taliban attacks overnight which killed more than 20 Afghan Soldiers and Police Officers arties maria for national is across the developments. A historic peace deal we heard that will pave the way to peace and prosperity in afghanistan we heard it took 19 years to come to this point and of course needless
His visor voting day closely at the expense of progressive Bernie Sanders who supporters say the Party Establishment and ganging up to get rid of him. Was coping with coronavirus quarantine arties more of gassier described his 2 weeks in self isolation at home in washington our trip to hong kong. I thought would be likely. As its a it isnt. A warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with mean icky air and its great to have you with us now our top story this hour theres supposed to be supposed to be a path towards peace between the u. S. And the taliban right now but that appears to be unraveling this wednesday washington has conducted an airstrike against the Islamist Group in Afghanistans Helmand province the series of deadly taliban attacks overnight which killed more than 20 Afghan Soldiers and Police Officers and all with the barely dry on a peace accord where for national is across developments. A historic peace deal we heard that will pave the way to peace and prosperity i
A michael local welcome to d w special coverage of the Munich Security Conference the annual event brings together World Leaders top ministers and experts the 1st day of talks have already shown potential progress talks between the u. S. And the taliban may lead to a fresh Peace Process for afghanistan and an unprecedented meeting between chinese and vatican diplomats has taken place for the 1st time in decades one topic has dominated the conference fears that the western powers could be losing their unified front on friday germanys president warned that a lack of western solidarity was fueling global insecurity todays panel is set to tackle that topic with nato chief u. N. Stoltenberg and u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei oh joined by pretentiously the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov we also. Understand that mark esper the u. S. Defense secretary may also be at the talk today at the event in munich we have de w. s chief Political Editor me. And here in the studio im joined b
Time it recognizes that our 2nd tier parties are rogue states such as north korea and iran and finally dealing with violent extremist organizations will likely be an enduring threat for years to come being in europe i know that there has been much discussion about the challenges from russia so this morning i want to focus on the pentagons top concern the peoples republic of china next year will mark the 20th anniversary of a decision that fundamentally altered the course of International Affairs chinas admission into the World Trade Organization i was working in the United States senate at the time and 2 competing arguments over chinas membership dominated the public debate. The prevailing notion of the day was that if we allowed the p. R. C. In the b. T. O. And other multilateral institutions china would continue on its path of economic reform and eventually become a market oriented trading partner more broadly increased engagement with the liberal world order would also spur politica
And i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. And general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with the from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his willingness to use force to achieve his political objectives, and then there is transcom, focused on fullspectrum mobility operations. Both of which face