Leaving our equipment in different places. Dozens of journalists, including our colleagues at al jazeera, have been arrested. Security forces havent been afraid to use force. Were here to see what cairo looks like after the crackdown, and to find out why the United States is still backing those responsible egypts military leaders. On aug 14, egypt was poised for a bloody confrontation between Security Forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who were camped out in two squares in cairo. Six weeks earlier millions were on the streets protesting president mohamed morsi. Days later, on july 3rd, the military deposed morsi and seized control. The us appeared to support the take over but stopped short of calling it a coup. The military did not take over, to the best of our judgment so far. So far, to run the country, theres a civilian government. In effect, they were restoring democracy. But egypt was polarized as never before. On august 14, Security Forces moved to end the promorsi p
Leaving our equipment in different places. Dozens of journalists, including our colleagues at al jazeera, have been arrested. Security forces havent been afraid to use force. Were here to see what cairo looks like after the crackdown, and to find out why the United States is still backing those responsible egypts military leaders. On aug 14, egypt was poised for a bloody confrontation between Security Forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who were camped out in two squares in cairo. Six weeks earlier millions were on the streets protesting president mohamed morsi. Days later, on july 3rd, the military deposed morsi and seized control. The us appeared to support the take over but stopped short of calling it a coup. The military did not take over, to the best of our judgment so far. So far, to run the country, theres a civilian government. In effect, they were restoring democracy. But egypt was polarized as never before. On august 14, Security Forces moved to end the promorsi p
The resilience and development of our robust relations with taiwan over the past 35 years have been greatly fostered by the framework that congress established in the tra. The u. S. Taiwan relationship is grounded in history, shared values and our common commitment to democracy and human rights. Maintaining and deepening our strong relations with taiwan is an important part of the u. S. Rebalance to the asiapacific region. Through the American Institute in taiwan, we were close with taiwan authorities on a wide range of issues. Insecurity, maintenance of peace across the Taiwan Strait is crucial to stability and prosperity. The Obama Administration has notified congress of over 12 billion worth of arms sales to taiwan. This is a tangible sign of the seriousness with which we regard i want to secure. We encourage taiwan to adopt an innovative approaches to maintain a credible selfdefense capacity on an offspeed offense budget to deter coercion or aggression but a reasonable that is expe
Human rights at all and that is true but use that as a dodge and a way of precluding discussion on human rights. But should we have a one taiwan policy . And secondly, the taiwan act section two points out the enactment of this is necessary to maintain peace,s ability stability, and in their. What would happen if taiwan became under prc control and doing a will if a shift would have effects on Security Partners and allies in east asia, including japan and south asia . Thank you. I think i might have been in that meeting that you speak of. It was a few years ago. Thank you for your comments. To mostlike to point recently, you may have seen in the press that there has been more dialogue between two sides. The head of the Mainland Affairs councils from taiwan met with the head of their Taiwan Affairs office. We have gone on record as saying as we support that kind of warming of ties. One of the reasons why there has been such a discussion is because we have been so supportive of taiwan, g
There is a movement to territorial gain. The House Armed Service chairman buck talks about house security and later a look at mortgage lenders proposals fanny mae and freddy mack. Writing because any show of tre strength is akin to starting a war. The House Committee works on the 2015 Defense Program bill tomorrow and you can watch live coverage beginning at 10 a. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan. Org. First i welcome not just the heritage but our events this month. This is protect america and we emphasis defense related issue but we work on it all career around. We have a rare treat this morning. We have an opportunity in the midst of the ndaa markup and fight that has begive to have shh the chairman of the House Committee come speak to us. The chairman is an advocate for sensible reform. He is also anom enemy for irresponsible decisions that sometimes proliferate in this town. I decribe him as a true reaganrepublican on defense issues and he comes by that honestly since he represents hi