And chair, eddie junior. A conversation on the u. S. Military readiness and the Global Threats we face. Defense Program Senior research fellow, served two decades in the marine corps. Assessing u. S. Military strength, a pretty major undertaking. How does the Heritage Foundation try to do that . Guest we gather all publicly available information we can come across, official testimony from the pentagon, acquisition reports on major programs, general news reporting from the defense reporting community, our own personal contacts in the services and the pentagon and on capitol hill, and we gather all that all year long, go through a several month analysis and writing process, compare last years information to this years information, and then basically issue a report card on the military, and this year on a scale of one to five, we would give it a three, or in the words we use, we call it marginal, and we feel that the u. S. Military writ large is marginally able to meet the demands of u. S
Theyll inherit. Tension, issues posed by dprk, china, and interpreting all the signs around the region. Our guests this week, john brennan is perfectly positioned to address this critical and evolving set of issues an we are lucky to have him here today. He needs no introduction but let me go through it. Former director of c. I. A. , former director of former principal advisor assistant to the president for counterterrorism and Homeland Security in the white house to president obama, former director of the National Counterterrorism center, career c. I. A. Officer, arabic speaker and author of the bestselling and i would add having read it myself, very interesting book undaunted my fight against americas enemies at home and abroad, he is someone who sits at the nexus of intelligence, Foreign Policy, at the white house, abroad and at langley, also knows a Little Something about northeast asia, the pride of hudson county, i should also add he holds a masters degree from the university of
Move joe bidens transition to the white house can now begin until now hes been doing it without the support of the federal office thats tasked with overseeing the transfer of power. Well, more than 2 weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration is filing told the president elects that the transition can formally begin. It means bidens new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response and National Security. Will trump took to twitter to announce that he is ready for the transition . He wrote, she wants to thank emily murphy at the g. S. A. For his steadfast dedication and loyalty to a country he went on to say shes been harassed and threatened that he doesnt want this for her or her family or anyone at the g. S. A. He went on to say that case, strongly continues wanting to keep up the good fight and believing that he will prevail, nevertheless, that he is recommending emily and her team do what needs to be done with re
Led to green forces refuse to step aside. And china launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon with ambitions to eventually set foot on the surface. U. S. President donald trump has accepted that a full transition can begin for joe biden to take office. The head of the General Services administration, told biden the process can begin. Trump said in a tweet, hes directing his team to cooperate, but hes promising to keep up the fight. Joe bidens Transition Team has welcomed the move. It frees up millions of dollars for the president elects new administration. And bidens team can now work with federal officials on the Pandemic Response and National Security has the latest from washington. This is the letter president elect. Joe biden has been waiting for, giving him the federal resources he needs to begin putting his administration in place. Trump loyalists, emily murphy had delayed for weeks, but monday in this letter, she says she decided on her own, not the biden was going to be presi
Hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, reminding you that while cinemas may be closed, there is still plenty of new movies to enjoy in the comfort and safety of your own home. The most mainstream release this week is the dig, A Bittersweet Real Life Drama about the unearthing of the sutton hoo treasures on the the eve of world war ii. What are they . Do you hazard a guess . Burials, men, id expect. We are standing in somebodys graveyard i reckon. Viking. Maybe older. Apparently local girls used to lie down on them in the hope of falling pregnant. Ive read plenty of legends. Ive heard plenty of legends. Is that why you want to dig, mrs pretty . Details of Buried Treasure . Ralph fiennes stars as basil brown, the self taught archaeologist who wears his immense learning lightly and who is enlisted by carrie mulligan s wealthy widow, edith pretty, to excavate the imposing Burial Mounds on her property. My interest in archaeology began like yours, edith tells the initia