Building infrastructure over the next ten years. Its not easy to do if you dont have to pick up a 30 million tab to defend your country. The European Community is in a position to pay a lot more than they have in the past. I agree with the president. And for us to bring the money back and here and we can only be a super power if were an economic superpower. One minute, sir. I agree with the general statement. I disagree we need 150,000 troops to fulfill our role in europe. We must maintain an engagement there. Theres dangers there. Theres other trouble spots in the world, which are closer to europe than the United States. But two former defense secretaries recently issued reports saying that 100,000 or slightly fewer troop troops would be enough. We have to do things that are costly and i dont believe nor do we need to keep 150,000 troops in europe given how much the red army under the control of russia has been cut. The arms control agreement concluded between mr. Push. I dont think w
Now, president bush. About 30 seconds we will be going on the air. In about 30 seconds we will be going on the air. Good evening, welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the United States, sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The candidates are independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, republican nominee. I am jim lehrer and i will be the moderator for this 98 minute event, taking place before an audience here in the Athletic Complex on the campus of Washington University in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions tonight. They are john mack she of the boston globe, and compton, and sandra van ocher. A format agreed to by representatives of the clinton and bush campaigns. That agreement contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. Each candidate will have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The order o
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Our opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to first look, Washington Post live stop shop for news and analysis, all about this week, the Republican National convention. Lets get started with White House Reporter ann geron. In chief Political Correspondent dan. It is a tuesday morning. Welcome, both of you. Thank you. Glad to be here. Jonathan dan, to get your take on what we saw on night 1, was there any one particular thing that stood out to you . Dan i would say there were a couple of things that stood out. This was not quite the optimistic Convention Many organizers had been advertising. There were speakers who tried to do that, but for the most part this was a night if attacks on of attacks on Vice President biden and kamala harris. What struck me was that last week the democrats went after President Trump on basically character and temperament. Last night i thought the republican attacks were basically focused on ideology and policy of the democrats. The republicans were