Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favori
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The subcommittee on Border Security facilitation and operations will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on assessing the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. The chair asks unanimous consent that representative underwood be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. The chair asks unanimous consent that represent garcia would be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jacqueline call mckean, 7 years old. Phillipe gomez alonso, 8 years old. Darlene krista bell cordova, 10 years old. Wanda leone gutierrez, 16 years old. Wilmer ramirez vasquez, 2 years old. Carlos hernandez vasquez, 16 years old. These six children died in the custody of the United States government just in the past 18 months. These children were migrants from Central America who died of preventible conditions that went untreated. And
You are pretty much up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Stephen sackur interviews author and explorer Ranulph Fiennes. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. My guest today is an extremist of a very special kind. Nothing to do with his political views, but recognition of a lifetime spent embracing physical challenges at the extreme limit of human endurance. Sir Ranulph Fiennes has taken on and conquered the polar ice, the worlds highest peaks and the most gruelling deserts. Hes been described as one of the worlds greatest living explorers. So, what is the motivation for this life of extreme adventure . Sir Ranulph Fiennes, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Seems to me, your entire life, you have spent testing yourself, challenging yourself. Why this preoccupation with tests . It doesnt come about in that particular way, it comes about because of being brought up in south africa, arriving in the uk, not getting a levels, thats what it comes from, because
London. Also on the program australias Prime Minister responds to public criticism and cut short his holiday to face the bushfire crisis to volunteer firefighters battling a blaze near sydney are killed crews are working to contain more than 100 fires fuelling temperatures and high winds. And police in india tackle renewed nationwide protests against its controversial new citizenship people die the rest and more than 4000 to detect. Im sure welcome to the program. Thirties Prime Minister baraks johnson has won the backing of lawmakers for his brags that bill to take britain out of the European Union todays vote comes after the conservative leader secured a big majority in last weeks general election the vote was 358 to 234 largely along party lines the government for and won the election on this issue it had been unable to pass the legislation and the only parliament busy moments when the results of the vote was announced a short while ago. The rise of the right track 358 a nurse on th