John the program is entitled the origins of the militaryindustrial complex and features dr. Daniel ellis, who is this years staff fellow, a prestigious position. He has been using items to investigate the origins of the militaryindustrial complex through wartime and immediate postwar, meaning postworld war ii, evolution between Scientific Research, industry and National Defense. Dan has advised congress on defense issues. I was a colleague of his at crs for several years. Dan did things in connection with things i knew, a whole range of things, defense production act, appropriations, military construction, and he does many more things at crs. He holds a phd in Political Science from George Washington university. And at crs, as many of you know, he is the author of many reports on defense, trade and security. , this project is the latest example of the work undertaken by staff fellows showcasing their knowledge and passion of their areas of expertise. This is funded by a gift left by th
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to the brookings institution. Before i begin my remarks, i would just like to say on behalf of the institution that we are thinking every moment about the challenges that australia is facing, with the wildfires that are impacting australia in such a dramatic and negative way, and they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. As well, we also are focused on the passenger list of the aircraft that was lost in iran two days ago. All of those souls are in our thoughts and in our prayers today. Im john allen, president of the brookings institution. We are very honored to have you with us. Happy new year. We are very pleased this morning to welcome the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy. He is our distinguished guest and our great ally in helping to study the future of the United States army, the Defense Department and the challenges that we face in the security environment. Secretary mccarthy was confirmed last year by the u. S. Senate and after
Thanks for joining us on marian evans team we begin in france where president amano micron has showcased europes defense capabilities at this years day parade the focus on European Military cooperation on the French National day comes at a time of growing tensions with the United States king you leaders including german chancellor Angela Merkel joined micron to watch the annual parade down the shops every day which marks the anniversary of the start of the french revolution speaking after the parade americal called it a great gesture for a European Defense policy. Our correspondent lisa lewis was in paris at the parade. The theme of todays busy day parade was European Defense Corporation President in myanmar call had invited the 19 and the other Member States of his socalled European Intervention initiative launched about one year ago he wanted to depict himself as the european leader germanys Angela Merkel one of the guests of honor here today said that this was a great step towards E
History with the launch of its 1st litter landing all goes to plan each hungary out to probe to explore the south pole of the moon for the 1st time. Thanks for joining us police and protesters have clashed in hong kong as public anger over a controversial extradition law shows no sign of letting up the confrontations came at the end of another huge rally against what protesters see as chinas tightening grip on the semi autonomous former british colony. They turned out in their tens of thousands in shot in a suburb between hong kongs main city sprawl around the harbor and the chinese border. Like most of the protests over the last month that started out peacefully the mood resolute well pretty well you know it was the killer right and. Ive read all. The demonstrators unwavering in their main demands the resignation of the territories beijing backed chief executive kerry lamb and the formal withdrawal of a hated bill allowing suspects to be sent for trial in mainland china. Were on the i
from the coast guard at a briefing set for 3:00 eastern time. meanwhile, we are learning that canada is stepping up its rescue efforts sending in a ship, the hmcs glace bay, equipped with a hyperbaric recompression, and we will be joined in just moments. sandra: molly line outside the u.s. headquarters in boston. first get to mike tobin, live at the staging area for the search in st. john s, canada. mike, exactly what we know, officials are reporting the remote operated robot discovered this debris field near the titanic and they are saying it could be linked to the missing titan but cannot confirm that to be the case. what else are we learning? well, we have learned that certainly very discouraging news for the people who are holding out hope for a miracle in this case. i spoke with larry david who is larry daily, i should say, logistics specialist for titanic expeditions, he was down to the wreckage in 2003, and 1 of the things he points out is when you go down to the