French president declares the worst of the 2nd wave of coronavirus over protests on the streets of paris over security bill to protect the police. Hes here because government says to grant forces a surrendering, but to p. L. F. Leaders say theyre still battling the advance on the capital. In sport favor president Jonathan Francine are predicting a Family Friendly world cup in qatar in france. In a believes coronavirus will be under control by the time the tournament kicks off in 2 years time. Joe biden is forging ahead with his preparations to take over as president as his margin of victory keeps growing. Hes just formally unveiled some of his top team, while pennsylvania and nevada have become the latest state to certify him as the winner. In the past hour, the president and it was joined by the men and women. Hes picked to be his Foreign Policy and National Security chiefs. Its a team he says is ready to lead the world. It comes after President Trump began to give way, allowing the o
happy new year and welcome to this week in defense news. i m vago muradian. the reporter who broke the story, plus britain s newest nuclear attack submarine has spent months in us waters, undergoing tests. but first, events in europe have always helped shape american history. during the american revolution france s hatred of britain prompted king louis 16 to the colonies. throughout the cold war europe and a divided germany were at the heart of the a nato alliance between between nato and the soviet union. washington struggles with budget cuts and shifts its focus to asia. what is next for the atlantic alliance? our next guest is fred kemp, president and ceo of the atlantic do council, an organization born in 1961 to foster close relations between the united states and europe. fred is an editor and the author of berlin 1961, kennedy, kruschev. i am a member of the atlantic counsel. and we are proud of it. the administration is in the midst of a strategic pivot from afg
this week, without banners or brass, the last remaining combat brigade rolled across the border into kuwait with their own sense of mission accomplished. we re going home, we won, and it s over! still, 50,000 u.s. troops will remain in iraq, scheduled to be out by the end of 2011. the role of the u.s. military in iraq is not over, but it s maybe closer to over. today, after the drawdown, with the u.s. commander in iraq, general ray odor yarn odor yarn owe. and three central players in the war. former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, former william falon and zalmay kahlil valued. then former presidential democrat, howard dean. people want change and this is a problem. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. to date more than 4,400 soldiers are dead, over 31,000 wounded, tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of iraqis have been killed and millions more displaced. in 2007 a dramatic shift in strategy in iraq by former president bush tur