Hi everybody, im jacob, editor of the National Interest and harry has magnanimously asked me to chair this discussion. Which looks like it will be a corker. It is can sanctions bring about denuclearization or are they, and i will play editorial prerogative, a bloody any waste of time . Our panelists today, first panelist to my immediate left is Lieutenant General Wallace Gregson who is retired former head of us marines in the pacific and a senior fellow here at the center for the National Interest. To my further left geographically but not politically is former Lieutenant Colonel danny davis who is a senior fellow at defense priorities and danny is also im pleased to say a regular contributor to the National Interest website and finally to my right henry farren, a senior fellow at the center for international policy. Im reckoning that with all the attention being the stowed upon tehran that pyongyang may be starting to feel a little lonely and so id like to ask chip, what are the prosp
Can everyone hear me . Id like to go ahead and get started. Good morning and thank you all for coming. My name is george bebe, im the vicepresident and director of studies here at the center of the National Interest. I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad, internationally, the headlines were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last w
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Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, george ford returns for england. He is in the starting xv for their Rugby World Cup semifinal against the reigning champions new zealand. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Police have released more details about the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex. They are all believed to have been chinese nationals, and they include eight women and 31 men. The driver of the lorry, mo robinson, has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and is being questioned. Officers in Northern Ireland have raided three houses and the National Crime agency said it was trying to identify organised Crime Networks which may have been involved. Essex police say the case is the largest Murder Investigation in its history. Lets join our correspondentjon kay whos in grays in essex where the lorry was found. Yes, the discovery that was made in that quiet road in the middle of this Industrial Estate in the early hours of yesterday m
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