Good day. Welcome to the Hudson Institute. Im todd linberg, a seen the yor fe senior fellow here. Were having a conversation today with peter burkowitz, the developer of planning at the state department. Peter is on leave from the stanford university, peters undergraduated years, he has an m. A. In philosophy from the Hebrew University in jerusalem, and then a j. D. And ph. D. From yale. And so hes obviously rather overqualified for any position he finds himself in. But were glad hes able to join us today to talk about this report. The elements of the china challenge. This is a report by the policy planning staff in the office of the secretary of state. Ill just say a word or two about that office. The policy planning staff is an office within the secretarys office. So it is tasked principally by the secretary to undertake such research and policy planning, indeed, as he zeem deems fit and this staff is, of course, a political appointee and has led the office since early in 2019. Let m
And it concerns the peak is just weeks away. Irans revolutionary guard says the country is now able to monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit the u. S. Has accused iran in the past of using its Space Program as a cover for Missile Development allegations iran denies israel has condemned the latest launch without addressing the launch director the us President Donald Trump has gone on twitter saying he has a warning about iran how are seeing american ships at sea is what the head of the revolutionary guard said about the launch. It is a necessity for such powerful Defense Forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they dont have a place in space. Today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for the i. R. G. C. Within it putting the satellite into orbit gives us the technological advantage
Associationat the of the United States army and thank you for being here. I cant think of a better way to the 2020ausa Breakfast Series than to do so in this location with the chief of staff, general james mcconville. Appreciate everyone being here and wish you a happy new year. Toget started, im going introduce ms. Tammy call, the director here at the museum. Thingsike to say a few about this Wonderful Museum were all in today. Please help me welcome mrs. Tammy call. [applause] good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. Mcconville, general ham, all of our guests, welcome to museum of the United States army. We look forward with great excitement of opening the doors june 4, 2020. On and a half months away but nobodys counting. Youre getting a glimpse of what phenomenal museum this is going to be and we encourage all of you to help us spread the to become thepare front door to americas army. So with that, welcome to the museum where we will honor and welcome hundreds of thousands
And that 2 people are killed after numerous shootings in the german town of landsberg one of them reportedly took place outside a synagogue one suspect has already been arrested at this point in time earlier police said multiple armed suspects were at large. Also this hour in ecuador a violent anti austerity protest lead to the government relocating from the capital. Here watching our team to National Bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. We start with breaking news this hour turkey has announced the launch of a military offensive in syria president says its aimed at the Kurdish Workers Party and Islamic State terrorists Syrian State Television reports that operation peace spring began with turkish fighter jets delivering airstrikes on the town of a. Elaine in northern syria. Now prior to the operation donald trump withdrew troops from the area moved out was both condemned within the u. S. And abroad with republicans and democrats saying
Viewers joining us from All Around The World and to everyone streaming us on cnn max, im always with church just ahead. As ramadan begins in gaza, theres still no ceasefire between israel and hamas. What israels Prime Minister says about the possibility of Military Action in the Southern City of rafah. Questions about the wellbeing of the Princess Of Wales have started a new after this photo released by Kensington Palace was recalled by several media organizations cnn has new analysis of the closure that those groups say may have been manipulated. Plus, it was hollywoods biggest night and the results of the oscars are in, we will have more on the big winners and the memorable performances live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with Rosemary Church good to have. You with us. Well, us President Joe Biden says the humanitarian crisis in gaza is quote front of mind in a statement marking the start of the holy muslim month of ramadan. Mr. Biden acknowledged the terrible suffering of the Pal