I know personally who have given their lives for this country, who have been severely injured for their country, who did it because they want to protect our security and, so, i will be prepared and will do everything i can to get our soldiers prepared to do that. But those of us have experienced it, you dont want to do it unless you have to. Charlie and we conclude with general h. R. Mcmaster. Theres never been a Silver Bullet solution to war. You had the submarine, bomb, radar, machine gun, tank. So we have to recognize our future adversaries will have some capabilities we have now and disrupt what they perceive our strengths. Its a balanced force that you play Rock Paper Scissors with anybody. Charlie on this memorial day weekend, we hear from three generals Stanley Mcchrystal, Raymond Odierno, and h. R. Mcmaster, next. Theres a saying around here you stand behind what you say. Around here, we dont make excuses, we make commitments. And when you cant live up to them, you own up and m
It is wednesday, july 22nd. And im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning. Yesterday, the United States reported its highest number of deaths from the coronavirus this month. More than 1,000 people. According to nbc news data, deaths from arizona, florida and texas were among the highest on record, with each state reporting more than 120 deaths yesterday. And that also reported its highest single day toll. The president is hoping to turn around his dismal poll numbers resumed his press briefings on the coronavirus yesterday. With a moderated tone. Some areas of our country are doing very well. Others are doing less well. It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better. Something i dont like saying about things, but thats the way it is. Were asking everybody that when you are not able to social distance, wear a mask. Get a mask. Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact. All right. So despite his shift in tone during that briefing, the pres
That is going to happen next week on the 20th when joe biden is sworn in as president. You know, this is only going to make matters worse in a country thats deeply divided right now. Sandra impeachment heads to the senate where Mitch Mcconnell is telling republican colleagues he has not made a final decision on how he plans to vote but his office is telling fox news he wont reconvene the senate early for a trial. John roberts is live from the north lawn this morning. Have we heard directly from the president on how he plans to handle impeachment . We did. Good morning sandra and trace. Speaking with a Top White House official this morning who told me that if the paperwork goes over to the senate today, the white house expects that the trial would probably begin on the 21st. Well see how that unfolds. One thing we do know is the legal team that handled the president s last impeachment trial in the senate from the White House Counsels Office as well as jay sekulow and other outside couns
Welcome. I want to thank you for joining us today. I am cliff may, fdd founder and president and we are pleased to have you here today joining us this event, cohosted with the center for new american security. To mark the release of Michael Gordon excellent new book degrade destroy. Because michael has had exceptional access to top u. S. Officials and military commanders and because of his extraordinary firsthand reporting from battlefields hes produced a must read book on this historic conflict. We were very proud to have michael with us inhouse at fdd while he was working on the book and we understand you also spent time at cns during the same. Are all happy to see it on the shelves today. Its available for purchase all major booksellers, online info that you here in person in the back of the room at the conclusion of todaysen events. Michael gordon currently serves as as a National Security correspondent for the wall street journal. In addition to his latest book he is the coauthor
Ill be glad to read them and directing to the right person. Without further ado we have welcome max boot lissa Jeane Kirkpatrick fellow and National Security studies at the council on Foreign Relations and established contributor to the washington post. We have general Philip Breedlove who is the former supreme allied commander in joke and a great friend of the Eurasia Center and a board director. We have dara massicot is a Senior Policy Research at the Rand Corporation and anything she writes is worth reading. We have Vivian Salama whos a National Security correspondent of the wall street journal and choose fresh back from glad to have her. And finally we have andriy zagorodnyuk, he will be a a ce minutes late but he is is a former mayors of defense, distinguished fellow at the Eurasia Center and is chairman of a great think tank in key have called the centre for Defense Strategies. If youre not getting his daily updates get online and have a look. Centre for Defense Strategies really