We had the last time speeded we believe this portion ofat washington journal. You can watch this and all of our programs online at cspan. Org. Now with former special president ial envoy for the Global Coalition to defeat isis brett mcgurk is expected to talk about some of the ramifications of President Trumps decisions withdraw u. S. Troops from sears you. This is hosted by the foundation for defense of democracies. Live coverage on cspan2. This event is hosted by fdds center on military and political power which seeks to understand of the military and diplomatic strategies, policies and capabilities necessary to defeat threats to the United States and its allies while advancing american influence. Many of our audience members no fdd is a nonpartisan policy institute. We take no for an government funding or corporate funding, and we never will. Were glad to be joined by a distinguished audience of diplomats, represented from congress, the department of state, the pentagon, active mili
Caused me to sympathize with her when i watched that usually sympathize with you. Surely i mean you believe the plan was just spy a all in the u. N. Security Council Members and then potentially blackmail them into voting for the war on iraq that these 2 guys supported yes that was and that is what happened i mean they did actually send out you know send out people to africa to african nations to south america to you know talk about withdrawing aid or giving aid and various things in the run up to the war there was a big campaign to get people on board to vote for this u. N. Security Council Resolution over this is this really blackmail and thats what the memo yes the read there g. C. H. Q. Said because david obey the former head of g. C. A. Be enormous show actually proudly about g c h q he said. He said everything was by the book at him did not ask him directly about what you did g c h q that there was some solidarity with the fact you blew the whistle on this memo that appeared in y
News, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alongside the humanitarian fallout from turkeys invasion of northern syria, there are grave security concerns. Not least, what will happen to the thousands of so called Islamic State militants imprisoned by Syrian Kurdish forces . My guests today, john letts and sally lane, are the parents of one such prisoner british born jack letts. He left the uk in 2014 to live in the so called is caliphate. Since then hes had his british citizenship revoked and his parents have been convicted under uk anti terror laws for sending him money. What will become what should become ofjack letts . Sally lane and john letts, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. You are in a very difficult situation right now because your son jack is, as far as we know imprisoned, held by Kurdish Forces in northern syria. Those forces currently under attack from the turkish army. What is the latest information you have about what is happening to you
A new agreement to force kurdish fighters away from the syria border. Alzheimers breakthrough a us company says its ready to market a new drug that can slow down the disease. Hello to you. In the latest twist in the saga of britain trying to leave the European Union, Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered another major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. He did actually win another vote to advance the legislation itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new extension may be needed, from european leaders. This from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave, but even for those who do, a majority
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