Leaders are interestd in improving ties. Some ran their ships from against the country. Last month, chinese removed the oil rig one month ahead of schedule, helping to ease tensions. Leaders in the philippines have their own complaints. They say theyve confirmed that chinese authorities have started Building Military installations in another dispulted part of the south china sea. Both countries and others claim the spratlys islands. Nhk obtained the photos. The pictures show whats happening in iraqi area called johnson reef. The chinese have pushed more earth into the water, x up and downing the area of reclaimed land. Workers have put up a large building, surrounded by want appears to be a seawall. Philippine officials also took photos in february. They say the chinese have made a lot of progress. Photos of another area show the chinese have done more work there and Officials Say a large ship that appear toss be a tanker is anchored in deep water. Reporter these vietnamese wear tshirt
Improving ties. Some ran their ships from against the country. Last month, chinese removed the oil rig one month ahead of schedule, helping to ease tensions. Leaders in the philippines have their own complaints. They say theyve confirmed that chinese authorities have started Building Military installations in another dispulted part of the south china sea. Both countries and others claim the spratlys islands. Nhk obtained the photos. The pictures show whats happening in iraqi area called johnson reef. The chinese have pushed more earth into the water, x up and downing the area of reclaimed land. Workers have put up a large building, surrounded by want appears to be a seawall. Philippine officials also took photos in february. They say the chinese have made a lot of progress. Photos of another area show the chinese have done more work there and Officials Say a large ship that appear toss be a tanker is anchored in deep water. Reporter these vietnamese wear tshirts with their national fla
Crews have faced off against each other out on the water. And vietnamese have staged repeated protests against what they see as chinese aggressiveness. But now theyre leaders say theyre committing to negotiating the disputes. President xi jinping hosted special envoy in beijing. The staterun Xinhua News Agency quoted xi as saying that it shows that vietnamese leaders are wanting to improve ties. In may a Chinese Oil Company set up an oil rig near the parcel islands. Chinese and vietnamese crews converged on the area. Some rammed ships against those from the other country and votes demonstrators staged a number of protests against china. Last month the chinese removed the oil rig one month ahead of schedule, helping to ease tensions. Leaders in the philippines have their own complaints. They suspect chinese authorities have started Building Military installations in another part of the disputed south china sea. Both countries and others claim the separately islands. Last month Philippin
Senators about this and i think it is time for us to step up as congress and do something truly bipartisan that the people will applaud. We are going to increase by 5 and were going to do it on a bipartisan basis. I would say for the record if there is going to be some conversation about money going to the pentagon i want to i want to be part of that conversation and i want to stick to the rules that its shared equally. We make sure that there is money coming back into the nondefense side of the equation. I hope the administration will take the same position. If we can find oco money lets not do that at the expense of nondefense. I hope we can come to a conclusion that we are going to make our mark in bipartisanship when it comes to biomedical research. Id like to hear any comments youd like to make. We to believe in terms of the number in investments in the choices we need to make in getting the nation to function right now but also preparing for the future right now. Thats why we mak
Condolences to the families of would two hostages one american dr. Warren weinstein and an italian, giovanni lo porto, who were tragically killed in a u. S. Counterterrorism operation. Warren and giovanni were aid workers in pakistan, devoted to improving the lives of the pakistani people. After warren was abducted by al qaeda in 2011. I directed my National Security team to do Everything Possible to find him and to bring him home safely to his family. And dedicated professionals across our government worked tirelessly to do so. We also worked closely with our italian allies on behalf of giovanni who was kidnapped in 2012. Since 9 11 our course terrorism efforts have prevent terrorist attacks and saved innocent lives, both here in america and around the world. And that determination to protect innocent life only makes the loss of these two men especially painful for all of us. Based on information and intelligence we have obtained we believe that a u. S. Counterterrorism operation targ