United states will not abandon the region in the wake of this agreement. The may 2015 joint statement following the u. S. And Gulf Cooperation Council meetings at camp david provided a road map. It also makes clear the department of defense will be at the forefront of these efforts. Critics of the agreement point to flaws related to irans Ballistic Missile capability. The camp david joint statement outlines our commitment to the gcc and improving inner operability in defense. The joint statement indicates we will be increasing our training and exercise arrangements with gcc operations developments. These are important efforts that i look forward to today. These negotiations focus on denies iran a pathway to a Nuclear Weapon. As it as repeated demonstrated a force that supports terror and seeks to impose its will throughout the middle east. A nuclear iran would likely fuel a Nuclear Arms Race. None of us will support iran in terror. The history of arms control makes this point, the Unit
Will unlikely to ever. And well continue to stand alongside them. The may 2015 joint statement following the u. S. And Gulf Cooperation Council or gcc meetings at camp david provided a road map for how the administration plans to proceed. Critics of the vienna agreement point to flaws related to irans missile capability and support of terrorist proxies across the region. The camp david statement outline ours commitment to enhancing Ballistic Missile defense capabilities of the gcc and improving their operability to enhance defense. It sates well be increasing training and exercise engagements with gcc special Operation Forces developments to better defend against iran. These are important efforts i look forward to hearing about today. One final point. These negotiations focused on denying iran a pathway to a Nuclear Weapon. A nuclear iran would be a more Formidable Force in the region. And as it has repeatedly demonstrated, not a force for peace and stability but one that invokinge ing
Was the white house aware an indictment was imminent you flew on air force one with the president to philadelphia or criminal Justice Reform . No squl sgl and on the minimum wage, 15 minimum wage im wondering if the white house is willing to support 15 minimum wage. Jordan president obama has made clear eight years since the federal minimum wage increase last passed that action by congress to raise the minimum wage is long overdue. In a previous state of the Union Address we suggested congress raise the minimum wage to 10. 10. More recently we supported legislation by senator congressman scott raising wage to 12 an hour by 2020. Theres a number of proposals pending before congress. We just want them to move on one that we believe that despite this president s leadership in bringing this country out of an economic downturn that we havent seen since the great depression, that despite the longest stretch of private sector job growth in our nations history that wages have not grown fast en
Splash on the catwalk. Weekr makes its fashion debut. Hear from its ceo about taking the british brand global. And how not to get burned by a secondhand car. We will talk to an entrepreneur using the clout to stop you from getting ripped off at the dealership. We begin with the political shakeup in italy. Napolitanomeet with this hour. It could mark the First Step Towards a new italian government. Hans nichols is back from rome with the latest. What are the first hurdles for renzi . It has to be the senate. Renzi has a complicated task. He needs to form a cabinet and allocate all the positions and then he needs to face both votes of confidence in both chambers. Expectt 25 minutes, we him to be summoned by the president. We expect the president to making the offer to formally form a cabinet and a government. Then he needs to figure out who gets what positions. He needs to have a confidence vote. In the senate, it could be more of a challenge. It is not just personnel. What we saw in the
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Walter Pincus is a contributing senior national security columnist for The Cipher Brief. He spent forty years at The Washington Post, writing on topics from nuclear weapons to politics. In 2002, he and a team of Post reporters won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
OPINION The worldwide cyber war was on full display last Tuesday during the Senate Armed Services Committee’s confirmation hearing for Kathleen H. Hicks to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.