In the spirit of marking his own homework, President Trump has already declared his Foreign Policy an outstanding success. So called Islamic State vanquished, iran put on notice, the middle east reminded that america sticks by its friends and stands up to enemies. My guest today is andrew peek, Deputy Assistant secretary of state with responsibility for iran and iraq. Is the Trump Presidency really changing the rules of the game in the middle east . Andrew peek in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks so much, its great to be here. If i may, im going to begin with some words of yours, written right after Donald Trumps extraordinary election win back in november 2016. You said, americas role in the world will be fundamentally altered by this election and in the middle east, most of all. Well, now that you are inside the state department, do you stand by that . And in what way do you think this fundamental alteration has happened . Oh, i think there is a lot of Common Threads that
What are the numbers that we are spending in the middle east well it its been at least seven trillion dollars six trillion dollars in iraq when you consider the out years alone for your veterans for your for the handicapped for dealing with families and this is for out to ten years that that some hasnt even been figured in yet that doesnt include afghanistan and afghanistan the still a slippery slope so seven trillion isnt even enough in our view no no not when you consider the out years because we would probably have already spent about two trillion in afghanistan weve been at it for sixteen years now hes increasing troop levels that means more supplies more more training plus you gotta. Keep that government float in afghanistan otherwise u. S. Influence in that area wanes so you mentioned supplies and Training Need seven trillion plus as you say over and over about another ten years ok remember the Everett Dirksen quote right i mean sooner or later youre talking about real money soun
Worlds doping chiefs respond to the alarm as reports say a third of the medals won by athletes over a decade could be taped by drugs. Turkeys military is denying allegations airstrikes against p. K. K. Targets have hit civilians. There are growing fears of civilian deathion since bombings. An attack on a Police Station killed two soldiers. Zeina hodor reports. A suicide truck bomb killed at least two soldiers and injured 20. Authorities are blaming the outallowed Kurdistan Workers Party or the p. K. K. Sundays bombs is seen as an escalation in the continuing conflict between turkey and the p. K. K. Which has spilled on to this street. Scenes like these have been recurring in mainly kurdish areas of the country. We wanted to organize a match urging the continuation of peace talks. There is chaos in kurdistan. Who wanted to create this atmosphere . It was the government. Turkey disagrees. It blamed the p. K. K. For violating a ceasefire and killing a civilian and 21 security personnel ov
Good morning warm welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im wilfred frost. Im Contessa Brewer in for sara eisen welcome back from texas thank you had a great team with me a lot of stories to cover. Hope you had a relaxing weekend off of what was a busy week lets look in on the Global Market picture comes off a pretty decent end to august when you consider the amount of negative news markets werent under pressure as much as perhaps the headlines for the month may have suggested a slightly positive day towards the end of last week markets in the u. S. Were closed yesterday for labor day. Theyre starting just in negative territory we were not negative around the world today, but we were negative a bit yesterday the dow down 42 points or so in the premarket. Tenyear treasury note for you which has been stuck below the 2. 2 level, had a belief flirtation below 2. 1 , but at the moment back in the middle ground between the two handles, 2. 15 . Lets look at asian equities now. Acraoss the board a mix
Rate. Sydney, its just past 8 00 a. M. , im paul allen. For we are two hours away from the opening of asias first major market. It is just past 6 00 p. M. In new york, im Kathleen Hays. Elections made the headlines today, conclusive ones in germany, new england new zealand, and a possible snap vote in japan. Angela merkel now faces drawn out Coalition Talks after former partner, the fpb says they go into office opposition. News from germany is the return of the far right to Parliament First time since world war ii. New zealand also faces possibly weeks of uncertainty after Prime Minister bill english fell just short of the majority in the house of representatives. His National Party, claiming 58 of the 120 states leading labor to 45 states. Those never could change those numbers could change. Now its back to to talk to the antiimmigrant new Zealand First party. Westin peters is going to be the kingmaker there. Lets take a look at new zealand stocks. The clock have changed, let us see w