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Flying military satellites. This event is hosted by space news. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks everyone for joining us. Were happy to have you. And wed like to welcome our panelists. Good afternoon general sean, Major General john sean joining us from Vandenberg Air force base. Welcome, can you hear us. I can hear you. Can you hear me . Perfect. So Major General john shaw is the commander of the Space Operations command under the u. S. Space force and hes also the commander of the combined force Space Component under u. S. Space command. So general shaw, im sure this was a very exciting weekend. You commanded the task force 45 that was responsible for being on alert in the event that the nasa astronauts had to be rescued. So i guess maybe if you wouldnt mind starting walking us through what happened with this launch and also telling us more broadly in the Space Force Im sure a lot of people ask you what do you do in the space force and im sure you tell them everything that you do, we
29, when hundreds of american citizens were evacuated from wuhan and quarantined in california. Since then we have been doing everything in our power to protect their personnel, families, and the American People during this challenging time. I would like to provide an the response to the pandemic. S big over 50,000 Service Members are working tirelessly to help protect the American People. We continue to stay ahead of and remain responsive to the requests of state and local authorities so we meet the need as the situation changes around the country. Our most important resource in this fight continues to be the brave men and women of the u. S. Military. To date we have employed over 4000 doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel across all components to bolster the capacity of some of the nations most severely affected areas. I have had numerous conversations with both Governor Cuomo and mayor de blasio, as we continue to surge resources into new york city and make adjustments to our
Financial markets have continued their relentless move upwards as the threat of war has eased. Emily learned a a ukrainian plane that crashed just outside tehran just about the same time is that missile attack was probably shut shutdown by by an iranian missile. By accident. This puts further pressure on the islamic republic. While these are early days, many critics here and around the world denounced president trumps decision to kill general soleimani are not looking quite so clever. And for the moment at least iran seems to be on the defensive. Meanwhile back in the United States members of congress return from their holiday break and the party dispute on the impeachment trial for the president left off just as it did before christmas. Democrats wanted witnesses called when mcconnell said the decision does not need to be made until after the trial is underway. Now after weeks of delay House Speaker pelosi will move next week to finally send the articles of impeachment. 2020 we are to
Republic. Demonstrators who had been marched against the u. S. Calling for death to america have changed course. Now they are protesting against their own government. After tyrone admitted late last week that its own missile shot down the ukrainian passenger plane by mistake. Causing the death of 176 people including dozens of armenians. The shifting sentiment could impose validation for President Trump who is facing a lot of criticism on the justification on the attack on Qassem Soleimani. Mr. Trump went on twitter to pray for demonstrators and told iran not to kill their protesters because the world is watching, more importantly the usa is watching. Information inside iran is hard to get, the riot police have been out in force to control the marches. Many of them are demanding more from the president resigned over the plane crash. Adding to the leadership trouble as european nations are still party to the 2015 are run nuclear deal, which of course the United States has suspended its