Bidding farewell to its late leader a state funeral is being held for the president here. And joining us roscoe with the sports. Fans celebrate as a whole takes the English Premier League title for the 1st time in 30 years when they were scrabble set up in the race for the crown. To start this news in iraq where the Security Officials there have raided a base belonging to an iranian backed armed group 10 rockets were seized and at least 13 members of hezbollah were detained including its commanders the groups fighters and are demanding their release lets go straight to baghdad where correspondent Simona Fulton is standing by for us so mona can you walk us through just what happened here. Well last night the Iraq Counterterrorism forces received an order from the Prime Minister to carry out a raid on one of the basis of. A southern neighborhood of baghdad they detained at least 13 people and seized 10 rockets and this operation was according to my sources in an effort to prevent an impe
Cspan, created by americas Cable Television programs as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Secretary of state mike pompeo responded to questions about recent reports of russian bounties on u. S. Troops in afghanistan while speaking to reporters at the state department. He was also asked about chinas National Security law and hong kong and u. S. Policy toward iran. This is 35 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Seeing as we are in the fourth of july, i thought i would lead off with americas founding principles for us this morning. The u. S. Was the first nation established on the premise that government exists to protect our godgiven, unalienable rights. I will say more on that in a couple of weeks. Wewas a revolutionary idea, shouldnt forget about these complex Foreign Policy issues. Important andns was unique. We dont get it right every day. Touse our unmatched power protect rights at home and abroad. Happy early fourth of july to you all and your fami
To have the secretary of defense in the 19 nineties there are many issues today surrounding National Defense and our military. Should they be used to quell domestic unrest like the recent protest or should they be terminating arms control treaties . And even contemplating resuming nuclear testing. Should the names of leaders be removed from bases and statues be removed from Public Places . To address these questions and many more, today we will have unique conversation between two recent secretaries of defense, doctor robert gates and general james matus. As secretary of defense secretary gates served under george w. Bush and barack obama and author of new book exercise of power. Doctor gates was an officer in the was therefore spending 27 years at in the cia and served as cia director to become the first career officer in history to move from entrylevel employee to head of the agency serving as a matter of the National Security staff in four different generations and each president of
Sec. Pompeo good morning, everyone. Seeing as we are in the fourth of july, i thought i would lead off with americas founding principles for us this morning. The u. S. Was the first nation established on the premise that government exists to protect our godgiven, unalienable rights. I will say more on that in a couple of weeks. It was a revolutionary idea, we shouldnt forget about these complex Foreign Policy issues. The idea remains important and was unique. We are all striving for a more perfect union, we dont get it right every day. We use our unmatched power to protect rights at home and abroad. Happy early fourth of july to you all and your families. Now turning to the substance of my remarks today. I want to talk about one of the worlds most unfree countries. Yesterday, the Chinese Communist party implemented its Draconian National security law on hong kong in violation commitments it violation of commitments it made to the hong kong people and the united kingdom. In a u. N. Regi
For more than a century the Hoover Institution has been dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, National Security and democratic were excited to be able to connect virtually with you to showcase the work coming out of our institution. These policy briefings provide an opportunity for you to her directly from some of our nations top scholars on pressing issues facing the road during this difficult time. We hope you enjoy and find out in our discussion. We will be taking audience question state and encourage you to submit yours at the q a buttons located at the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from general h. R. Mcmaster, the senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was a 26 National Security adviser to the the president of the United States. He also served as commissioned officer in the United States army for 34 years before retiring as Lieutenant General in june for the 2018. His latest book is entitled battlegrounds and will be released in se