Affairs Committee Member looks at what the relations mean for u. S. Taiwan relations. Hello. Welcome everyone. Im walter logan. Im director of the Asian Studies center here at the heritage foundation. I really appreciate all of you coming out, thank you. I want to thank rustle shou for partnering with us on this program today. Im so glad we could work this out. You know, there was a little election over the weekend. I dont know if everyone noticed, but judging by the turnout, perhaps you did. You know, at the outset here i just want to say a couple of things about the elections in taiwan on saturday, just a couple, and turn it over to our guests and our Panel Speakers to offer real advice on it, real insight. First of all, i think that the election says more about taiwan than it says about anything else. I not only highlight that because i think we all are immediately moving to what this means for china. For all practical purposes, all practical purposes, taiwan is really not a part of
Im for welcome to the Program Police in iran have denied firing live ammunition of protesters during the 3rd day of demonstrations across the capital tehran public out because growing up to the government admitted that it did accidentally shoot down a ukrainian passenger jet last week killing 176 people on board had initially denied military involvement claiming the crash had been caused by mechanical fault protesters now accuse the government of a coverup. Shouting and chaos as onlookers helped people shot and bleeding on the streets of tehran. The video was taken near a saudi square where crowds have gathered out right at the perceived cover up after iran shot down a ukrainian passenger plane. Video shows tear gas being fired into the crowd they disperse leaving a trail of blood as they flee. In signs of increasing defiance images of irans heroes of being desecrated. Ordinary iranians speaking critically about the crash that even talking about it makes my heart beat faster and makes
Noticed, but judging by the turnout perhaps you did. Outset, i wanted to say a couple words about the election in taiwan on saturday, just a couple, and then turned over turn it over to our Panel Speakers to offer insight. First, i think that the election says more about taiwan then it says about anything else. That only highlight because i think we all are immediately moving to what it means for china. For all practical purposes, taiwan is not a part of china. Why do we move immediately to talk about what this means for china . What it means most is that taiwan values the same things the rest of the free world values. It has conducted its seventh residential election president ial election. It is getting to be such a normal thing that it barely even merits congratulations anymore. We have an election every four years, every two years. The world does not congratulate us on having made this achievement. It has become commonplace in taiwan. It has become commonplace because they value th
I mean, Great Respect for the position. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, senator. Vermont senator and 2020 democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders also held a News Conference earlier today. He spoke to reporters about current u. S. Relations with iran. This is about half an hour. Thank you all for being here. And let me thank all of my colleagues who are here with me this morning. And were joining together for this enormously important piece of legislation. A bill which would prevent any funds from being used for a war with iran without congressional approval. In the senate this bill has been cosponsored by senator schumer, leahy, and others. Let me also say that im very pleased that the house leadership has committed to seeing that congresswoman lees repeal of the 2002 iraq aumf both come up for votes and i look forward to working with them to get our legislation passed in the senate. When i look back upon american history, i remember the two most significant Foreign Policy mista
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