At 202 7488003. You can join the conversation by texting us at that same number, also going to twitter cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. The acting defense secretary outlined the president s decision yesterday. [video clip] by january 15, 2021, our forces, their size and afghanistan will be 2500. Iraq will alsoin be 2500 by that date. With ouronsistent established plans and strategic objectives. Supported by the American People. It does not equate to a change in u. S. Policy or objectives. Moreover, this decision by the president is based on continuous engagement with his National Security cabinet over the month past. Including ongoing discussions with me and my colleagues across the u. S. Government. I have also spoken with our military commanders and we all will execute this repositioning in the way that protects our fighting men and women, partners in the Intelligence Community, diplomatic corps, and our superb allies that are critical to iraqiding afghan and Civil Society. Secretarya
Protests despite warnings from the police. The protests the hardliner wins the presidency of the self declared republic of Northern Cyprus and is israel steps cautiously out of its latest lockdown chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat is taken to hospital with koby 19. A complete program our top story after months of unrest and a campaign marred by violence polls have closed in guineas president ial election a vote appears to have been largely peaceful but dozens of opposition supporters say they refuse the chance to cast their ballots because of problems with their votes or cards the u. N. Is all parties to refrain from engaging in Ethnic Violence a concern also shared by the International Criminal court west african region is in a precarious situation after a recent. In mali and unrest as head of ivory coasts election 82 year old incumbent alpha conde has been in power since 2010 and leads the rally for the good name people party condi is backed by his 1000000 ethnic group but the
One of our students. She is in many respects a quintessential representative of the almost 500 students who come from more than 70 countries to enroll in are bachelors in Foreign Service program. The discussion underway this week, the discussions are urgently needed because the divisions we are witnessing globally are more pronounced and disconcerting than at any period in my lifetime. We are beset by wars and bear witness to unspeakable atrocities. Democratic principles and institutions including many elite universities in this country are on the receiving end of in sustained of sustained attacks. We know that the complex problems in humanity cannot and will be will not be solved by any single state actor. Yet too many of the people who we need to come to the table often do not show up or if they do, they talked down to others or at others. Ironically, at the same time when not enough people are sincerely communicating, we live in a world burying beneath an avalanche of words. Words t
A declaration of war in relation to the us, but remarks from the countrys foreign minister, accusing america of doing just that, are the latest in an increasingly angry war of words between the two countries. Ri yong hos comments were in response to a tweet by President Trump saying that the north korean leadership wouldnt be around for much longer. The white house has dismissed his statement as absurd and has warned pyongyang to stop provocations. Andrew plant has more. It isa it is a trading of insults were neither side shows any sign of backing down. A verbal game of chicken between north korea and the usa. Four weeks, antagonistic. Chicken between north korea and the usa. Fourweeks, antagonistic. Now increasingly alarming. The north Korean Foreign minister saying, thes criticism of his country and amounted to a declaration of war. Since the us declared war on our country we have every right to take countermeasures, including taking down us strategic bombers even when theyre not yet
In the fireside room. Today were going to be looking at items from our local History Collection which is called the boggs collection. So the collection is named after may bacon boggs. She moved as a child out to Shasta County in 1871, and she grew up here in old shasta. And she had had a love for history and particularly transportation and early california history. So she, throughout her life she was collecting items, and she did collect books, and she ended up giving some of her a portion of her collection plus a cabinet to the library, and that was the start of the boggs collection. Now the boggs collection has grown, and weve outgrown the cabinet [laughter] and we are now in many cabinets. It consists of probably about 5,000 items. And the collection focuses on early california history, native americans but then particularly the history of Shasta County. So this collection is important because it is a way for us to preserve the past and learn about the past in Shasta County. And wev