Lieutenant James Robinson was largely for godness is family new that he had a medal. But this is one of those Amazing Stories that that had been just kind of forgotten over time in the enormity of the war. And so our researchers had uncovered this i mean, you know, and i just want to kind of highlight it lieutenant James Robinson was a ford observer attached to an empty company in the 60 Third Infantry Division in the european theater of operations. On april 6 1945 during a fierce battle in southern germany lieutenant robinson rallied the troops. Led the counter attack with a 78 pound field radio on its back. So thats the thing in the in the program. Its Pretty Amazing and took command of the remnants of the empty company. The Company Commander had been killed the platoon leader was wounded. And he shouted the words that american soldiers continued to echo on battlefields today. Lets go. The company down to 19 soldiers were ordered to continue the attack against superior numbers. So ss
show the ukrainian people america s unwavering support. you can hear them there, those are the air raid sirens as the two presidents walked the capitol streets. they laid a wreath outside st. michael s monastery to honor fallen ukrainian soldiers. the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion is just days away. wearing tie with the colors of ukraine s flag, president biden pledged more aid and promised the u.s. will never abandon its allies. one year later, kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americas stand with you, and the world stands with you. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes and that s how long we ll be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. cnn chief white house correspondent phil mattingly joins us from warsaw, poland, and alex marquardt is in kyiv. we have heard the president say time and time again the united states will be at ukraine s side for as long as it takes. it does make a huge difference to say that from was
This weeks to the point. Im javier. Its good to have you with us and im joined by this weeks guests, catherine kluver ashbrook is a german american political scientist and a Senior Adviser for germanys beman foundation. Thomas is a journalist specializing in International Defense and Security Policy and ben hodges, former Commander Us Army europe and chairman of the glob future security and Defense Council to all of you. Welcome. Thank you very much for being with us and thomas, id like to start with you. Because were constantly trying to assess the state of this war. Crimea seems to be an increasingly frequent target for the Ukrainian Military and they now seem to have hit the Russian Black Sea fleet severely. How significant is that . Thats pretty significant. It shows the ability of the ukrainians to hit targets in crimea, especially the headquarters of the russian fleet significant. It shows the ability of the ukrainians to hit there. And uh so ukraine makes clear its willing and a
American abrams tax already arrived in ukraine. So onto the point we asked us to attack thems missiles and abrams tanks. Is russia losing crime . You the welcome to this weeks to the point im have you ever yes, its good to have you with us and im joined by this weeks guest catherine clue. Ashbrook is a german american political scientist and a Senior Adviser for germanys that. Its my cell nation to most of the gods as a journalist, specializing and International Defense and security policy. And ben hodges, former commander u. S. Army, europe, and chairman of the globe sex future security and defense council. So all of you welcome to thank you very much for being with us. And so once id like to start with you, because were constantly trying to assess, the state of this war seems to be an increasingly frequent target for the ukraine in military. And they now seem to have hit the russian lexi fleet severely. How significant is that . Thats pretty significant. It shows the ability of ukrai
Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense acquisition Reform Efforts and we welcome our witnesses, ellen lord undersecretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics. Mark esper, secretary the army. Heather wilson, secretary the air force and james geurts assistant secretary of the navy for acquisition, technology, and logistics acquisition reform is one of the most important and frustrating topics committee addresses. Four years we have been warned that america is losing its technological advantage. I hope you have seen the work on the topic. Thats why the department of defense needs acquisition reform not just for efficiency or to save money, simply put we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I went to witnesses to pay attention. We are still dealing with a trillion dollar after 35 program that continues to operate i