fighter jets as of yet. despite the ask, the continued asks over the last year from president zelenskyy that they in fact do. well, what i will tell you is that, no disrespect to the president. my assessment is, if you want the ukrainians to defeat the russians today, then we have to give them all the equipment that they need. that means attack helicopters, air defense, missiles, long-range artillery. and, if you want to go after those rockets that are being fired on the key infrastructure and the people, f-16s are perfect for doing that, they re also perfect for destroying villages sticks have of the russians. they are perfect for destroying the communication centers of the russians. and so, my assessment is they need the f-16s. the other thing that is key about this conversation is, of course the ukrainians will need training. they are going to need equipment to repair parts for these f-16s. it takes somewhere between 8 to 10 months to train a pilots on flying an f 16. so
and white house denying that the president brought up genocide during the call on thursday. and the latest developing story from the white house. hey, david. good afternoon to you, aishah and everyone watching right now. the speaker is en route to asia. she has some pre scheduled trips to singapore, japan, south korea, but the big question, the suspense, will she go to taiwan? she wants to go. some republicans who are her political enemies in congress are agreeing with her, they want her to go. some democrats are saying don t go. the white house is being mum on it, but the communist party in china is saying absolutely do not go. listen. well, i don t remember talk about my travel because as some of you know it s a security issue, it s a security issue for every member of congress travelling, especially abroad, but for the speaker, it is additional security issue and for those travelling with me, not just members, but staff, et cetera. it s an interesting issue because
Then something happens like the Veterans Affairs that the hospital where nothing is getting done and then there up in arms but there wasnt enough people to do this or that. All love these things make a lot of sense the way we know government and politics and how it works but the politics of how the town works is a oh my gosh. We will have to fix this and it cracked will throw money at it. But they dont understand the fundamental problems of the veterans administration. Wonderful people. A huge new management but the republicans say ptsd. Host they should be specialized off hostile mecca ready else should. I will end a little more political. To use the c word that their lawyer conservatives use witches compromise but democrats say common ground. But there is a difference. I mean in the democrats look to republicans they come from the french that pretty much basically one the same thing and you have allowed ourselves. But liberals would called names because they thank you decide does not
Almost three years ago, president obama and castro embarked on a historic opening in relations between the United States and cuba. The trumpgo, administration announced regulatory changes designed to partially roll back the Obama Administrations strategy of maximizing engagement with the people of cuba. A few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transition while reckoning with the economy, democratic challenges, and a relationship with the u. S. That is rapidly deteriorating as a result of trumps policy changes and still attacks against u. S. Diplomats. The diplomatic drawdown and have anna had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of Visa Services prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in todays discussion. To help us make sense of all that has happened in recent months and assess what the future might bring for people in the u. S. And for u. S. Cuba relations, we are privileged to welcome three distinguished friends and colleagues
Foreign Affairs Analysts on the relationship with cuba, and moves on the Trump Administration to limit travels to the caribbean nation. This is an hour and a half. Welcome to american dialogue. Almost three years ago, president obama and castro embarked on a historic opening in relations between the United States and cuba. Two days ago, the Trump Administration announced regulatory changes designed to partially roll back the Obama Administrations strategy of maximizing engagement with the people of cuba. A few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transition while reckoning with demographicconomy, challenges, and a relationship with the u. S. That is rapidly deteriorating as a result of trumps policy changes and still unresolved attacks against u. S. Diplomats. The diplomatic drawdown and have in havana had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of Visa Services prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in todays discussion. Nonetheless,