Next a virtual discussion on current u. S. Strategy in the indopacific region. We heard about u. S. Relations with china and india, the impact of covid19 in those countries, and u. S. Troop withdrawal from germany. Held during a virtual discussion by the center or strategic and international studies, this is half an hour. Good morning. Im cynthia nics. Im happy to have with me general james mcconville. Gen. Mcconville its great to be here with you. Dr. Hicks i know we have a time ount of your ms. Hicks, i know we have a limited amount of your time. Theyre not often thinking about the pacific. Is the pacific really a priority for the army . What does it mean if it is . Gen. Mcconville historically were focused on europe. With the National Defense strategy puts the indopacific a top priority, its certainly a priority for us. When we take a look throughout the pacific that was my first overseas trip as a chief in september, 2019. I just did my first trip with covid out into the region and
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Features a great friend. Someone is become very involved with us in the last year or so. James holland. Who last week published the second book in his trilogy. Before i get into the introductions, i want to follow a tradition we have here. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans here with us tonight that i can recognize, do we have any veterans . If not i would like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifice. This evening come we will have on stage together, two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field, i was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing, this ability paper view match we would have on the stage tonight. Historianr own senior who publishes his book this month and he will be interviewing james holland, a ,istorian, broadcaster, author he is written 19 books on world war ii. Mostly nonfiction but also historical novels and young adult titles. You probably re
Override trumps veto of a resolution that would override the student loan forgiveness rule. Charles hanley is joining us. He is a former peak correspondent out with a new planes, life and death in a hidden war. We thank you for being with us on cspan. Thank you. Host the historical significance of the korean war what is it 70 years later . Guest we can see it simply and the tension that still exists on the peninsula with the. Nuclear crisis. It is sometimes called the forgotten war. It was an indecisive conflict in a faroff place. It came just five years after world war ii. Eventually, it was overshadowed by the vietnam war. But when we look back, we would can see we can see it is a watershed moment in 20thcentury history. It militarized the cold war between the communist and capitalist worlds. It was the first undeclared war by the United States and its history. Conflicts the last between great powers, in this case, american china with soviet with america and china soviet help. It per
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