Environmental degradation is lowered. Which is exactly what the Free Trade Agreement motives have done. In all of the countries. I believe there was a study done that showed that countries in which we did not have free trade think we hadth, i a better balance of trade with those countries then the ones we have Free Trade Agreements with. Agreement,ree trade negotiated by george w. Bush, campaignedbama against it but once in office, he supported it. And he renegotiated certain sections of it. Pork andtions included beef, bacon products and auto parts. And after the korea free trade , not only issed the trade deficit greater with korea than it was before, those to areas are renegotiating be better had the highest trade deficit. Wherehave a situation theuse of the trade and nafta template, even when you try to make things better and you renegotiate something, it can turn out worse. We have the korea Free Trade Agreement, it is a Free Trade Agreement based on the nafta template. , which is
Aim high, airmen. Aim high. Now it is my honor and privilege to welcome our commanderinchief, the president of the United States, president barack obama. [applause] president obama hello, air force. Thank you so much. Thank you. It is wonderful to be back at the United States air force academy. Thank you, secretary james, for your service to our air force and to our nation. Governor hickenlooper, academy leaders, faculty and staff, especially your outstanding superintendent, Lieutenant General michelle johnson. And most of all, congratulations to the class of 2016. [applause] as he prepares to conclude a remarkable 40year career in the air force, a career that started on this day 40 years ago, please join me in saluting someone who many of you look up to and whose counsel ive relied on as well, chief of staff general mark welsh. Thank you, mark. [applause] thank you, mark, and thank you, betty. And although hes not here today, i am proud to have nominated another academy graduate, and
Prisoners detained without trial. Plus im phil lavelle at the Venice Film Festival where theres a syrian wedding taking place, but its not quite what it seems. Find out what i mean shortly. Hello, there, welcome to the program. A ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine is now in its third hour, and so far it appears largely to be holding. But after nato meeting in wales, pressure continues to pile on russia. Well hear the latest from there in a moment. But first paul brennan reports on the ceasefire deal signed in minsk. Reporter central donetsk, late afternoon. Lennon square is once again a place where children can go roller blading. The Contact Group convinced in minsk under a heavy burden of expectation. Ahead of the talks there had been confident predictions that a deal would be possible. The military conflict in east ukraine is no longer winnable. At the nato summit, the ukrainian president described his interpretation of the plan. There are 12 practical steps to establish peace and stabilit
70 killed in three days. Plus. Im harris in la paz bolivia, where modern technology is being used to do more than improve the quality of life of the citizens of this country. We begin in iraq where the u. S. Carried out a new round of air strikes against fighters from the Islamic State group. U. S. And iraqi forces bombed areas where they are trying to protect the haditha dam. Its the first time the u. S. Hit factoring in the superiedominated sunni dominated area of anbar. Defense secretary chuck hagel commented on the situation. First the Iraqi Government asked for support in the strikes. Second it was the Iraqi Security forces on the ground who conceived of the operation. They, too, the Iraqi Security so far as air force is conducting strikes. Haditha dam is important facility for iraq. Lets go to jane arraf in baghdad for us. What is the latest on the battle for haditha, and why are the americans focussing on haditha . Haditha is important infrastructure, the dam, the secondlargest
The forests. Welcome to the programme. Both sides in the ukranian conflict are blaming each other for violating a ceasefire put in place in the east. Prorussian separatists and the government agreed on a truce on friday. Lets get more from paul brennan. Paul, bring us up to date on the ceasefire. What has been happening on the ground . Well, we are 20 hours into the ceasefire. For the most part it is quiet and holding pretty well. We have heard no artillery barrage here in donetsk. Its in contrast to what we have been hearing in the previous days and finding when we go to the residential areas in the north, where buildings have been destroyed, and we saw People Killed a couple of days ago. On the face of it it appears to be working. Both sides are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire in a sporadic way. In kiev, the colonel, the spokesperson for the National Security council gave a News Conference in the last hour and detailed in some detail the violations which he alleged the