Increased the sway of neighboring iran and militia groups aligned with tehran. As u. S. Soldiers head home, they could risk leaving the field to americas adversaries. For some analysis on this, lets bring in ben hodges is a retired u. S. General who is currently holding the persian chance to teach these of the center for european policy analysis joins us from frankfurt. General, its been nearly 20 years, isnt president. Right . That its time to close the chapter on afghanistan and iraq. Well, if theres 2 aspects of this, of course, i do not like the way that this has been done, and apparently without consultation with all of our allies whove been with us there for almost 2 decades from the very beginning that have lost the way the americans have lost casualties as well as money. So i dont like that. And of course the consultation that has to be done with the afghans. On the other hand, millions of americans are racist to see this terminated. My only sense is that if the United States w
In about 15 minutes, President Trump pulled the Campaign Rally with voters and supporters in des moines, iowa. A portion of washington journal on Election Security. We are back with david, a Global Fellow Wilson Center and author of Great America russia in 100 years of electoral interference. Here to discuss the book on the history of russias electoral affairs. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Im excited to be here. What prompted you to write this book . I was alarmed when, after 2016, so many commentators and analysts tweeted interference in the 2016 election as unprecedented somehow. To me, when something is treated as unprecedented, it suggests theres no historye behind it suggesting its easy to create myths and lies about something so what i do is restore history to the subject and devote the dangerous myth that this is all combined to the 2016 election. Soviet Union Interference election, the cia and during the cold war, russia is and is interfering all over the world today
A deadline to step down and the opposition in seychelles wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 years. Security forces in iraq have fired tear gas at protesters who were trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone. Thousands of antigovernment protesters are back on the streets of the capital after suspending their demonstrations because of restrictions the protests against corruption and unemployment 1st began a year ago hundreds of people have been killed since then aljazeera simona 14 is following developments in back that. There has been from violence just about a half an hour ago on the republican bridge which is if you go behind us to the left which crosses over to the green zone which houses the federal government offices there was a group of protesters who would try to cross the concrete barricades there are several levels of concrete barrier to all 3 i believe so they crossed the 1st barricade at which point the Security Forces the boys here gassed to push th
On the streets and bella who says president Alexander Lukashenko faces a deadline to step down and the opposition in seychelles wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 years im joining us there with the sports as britains Lewis Hamilton wins his 92nd race at the portuguese grand prix to eclipse Michael Schumacher in time or. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in iraq where thousands of people have returned to the streets refusing to back down until their demands for political change are met the rallies mark a year since the beginning of a mass protest movement against government corruption a lack of jobs and the growing influence of iran but the protests lost momentum then came to a stop because of coronavirus restrictions early as security for. Fired tear gas at crowds trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone since the unrest began last year at least 600. 00 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured the outrage forced Prime Min
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