In keeping with a tradition that has existed between the Ministry and its media partners for the past few years, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources on Tuesday, 2nd January 2024 treated members of its press corps to a delightful engagement that served as a platform for reflection and stock-taking of 2023 and the outlook for 2024.
spend more time with his family. as you know, he s been a staple here for decades. the dean of the press corps. without question a gentleman in every sense of the word. a great dogged reporter but a gentleman. i d like to just take a minute to read something from a book written by one of my predecessors called confirm or deny. written by phil golding. he wrote this back after he left after the mcnamara administration. he says something here about the pentagon press corps that i think suits not just all of you but certainly bottle burns to a tee. so if you ll just indulge me for a few minutes. the responsible members of the underrated press corps of the pentagon sit in their grubby room on the second floor of the big building martha: we ll take a moment to bring in curt volcker, that
0 tending to them. john: babies are being born in the shelters as well. and moldova doesn t like what s going on because of the russian forces there and on to the baltics, which are also under threat. sandra: good to be with you, john. i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. martha: thanks very much, john and sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. here s what s breaking right now on this huge story. we re about to get a live update from the pentagon. we heard from the department of state. in a moment we ll hear from john kirby in terms of the military pentagon involvement and nato involvement in this war in ukraine. that as we just keep seeing these incredible individual stories of sheer bravery and courage in ukraine. citizens cobbling what they can to build road blocks to block russian convoys. reports of street signs being changed to confuse the incoming russian troops, this man from a small village in kiev is andre. he is 6