Held a discussion on the state of u. S. Transatlantic relations and had different European Countries are addressing issues, including russian aggression, trade, and immigration. This is an hour and a half. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us here. My name is rick jones, vicepresident and director of the program here a the brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you for todays event hosted by the brookings center. This event is part of expanding with our partnership with the brookings transatlantic initiative. This is a multiyear platform that will spur a range of new activities not only on global issues, but that the transatlantic partners can get together. Were grateful they recognize that the value that brookings brings to this is our in depth high quality and independent research. Were pleased to be able to announce a fellow that will be joining us and add capacity to our team in answering questions in the relationship and as you see in todays discussions those are subst
This is the annual event the Stimson Center hosts. To listen to here in washington. This year i am extremely honored to have these leaders. Have been my mentors and i respect them deeply. They have taught me 70 things over the years and that time that i have known them. Im very happy that they agreed to come to washington and talk to us this morning. You all have a bio, their detailed bio in the program in your seat. I will save you from a lengthy introduction. Very quickly to my immediate left is general transport next to him is admiral and lieutenant general. They are all retired but demonstrate the importance of a joint operations on the forces. We will listen to what they have in mind about japans defense posture. Before we start i am late in introducing myself. I yuki tatsumi. I am the Japan Program director. This could not have happened without a lot of the sponsors and supporters of the Japan Program. I would very much like to thank all of the Japan Program supporters at this lo
Arrive at solutions for the american people. That is what they want to see. Washington journal continues. Host we will get to your calls in a moment about the story of jemele hill at espn. Starting out with the original tweet she put out earlier this week. She wrote that donald trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself with other white supremacists. This drew a ton of action out there. Including from the president. That espn is paying a big price for its politics. Cordin capital letters. Calls outa lot of there for apologies but the white house is calling for the firing of the espn host and Sarah Sanders mentioned this yesterday at a white house briefing. [video clip] the point is that espn has been hypocritical. They should hold anchors to a fair and consistent standard. Linda cohn not too long ago for expressing a political viewpoint. The public editor has said that there is the perception that espn has become political and that has harmed the network. Whatever
Host we are talking now with leo shane, Capitol Hill Bureau chief of the military times. Thend us first about what senate is up to now. Is their big policy measure that sets the priorities and focus of the budget next year. We have a wide range of things in here. We have military pay raise, bonuses, troop levels, a wide ange of issues for the defense on capitol hill. Host how different is the senate bill . Almost 700 billion. We saw the house version is slightly less. All of these have a base Defense Budget well over 650 billion, which is what sequestration caps on us at. One of the things that has to be resolved is how to pay for this. So far we havent seen anything. Democrats say this is a great exercise, but it is ridiculous. We are not getting anywhere with this bill because if we were to pass this, we would see budget cuts across the board. They have not really presented a path on how this will become loaw. Host the senate was in session last week on this bill what are some of the
Were talking out with leo shane, a capitol hill sheath the future of defense programs is the topic. Remind us of first of what the senate is up to now. What is the Defense Authorization bill . This is their big policy measure. This is in conjunction with the appropriations bill. This is for the purpose of the budget for next year. We have a military pay raise, all sorts of bonuses, equipment a wide range. Measure forthe key defense on capitol hill, ill as well as with the appropriations bill. What else does the Senate Version have in it . At 700 billion. We saw the house version thats havetly less, all of these a base Defense Budget of over 600 billion, well above what the caps on are for the fiscal 2018. One of the things that had to be resolved is how to pay for this. We havent seen anything so far. Democrats are saying, this is great exercise, but its ridiculous. Were not getting anywhere. This, wee to pass would see budget cuts across the board. Pathreally presented a here on how t