Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Commanders u. S. Northern command u. S. Southern command testify on security challenges affecting the western hemisphere from the Senate Armed Services committee this is just under two hours. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] the Committee Meets today to receive testimony from general gregory geo commander of Northern Command and aerospace defensee command and Laura Richardson of u. S. Southern commands. Hearing as commander and we welcome you sir. I would also note this is general richardsons alaska. Before the committee and her current role. General, i would like to express my appreciation for your decades service to the nation including outstanding leadership for the forces, thank you very much maam. I like to take aoing crisis in haiti. The situation is very concerning and i understand the u. S. Military forces have beenrfdeployed to augment security at her embassy in portauprince and evacuate nonessential personnel. This cri
The iraqi invasion of kuwait. This is one of the big ones, because it puts israels existence at stake. It cannot deal with a hamas capable of attacking much of the population of israel at the same time as facing hezbollah in the north by the lebanese border, syria, and iran. That is why israel feels it has to act. Host how is the u. S. Are fonts and we have seen the last couple of weeks how do you rate that . Guest that has been an a so f ar. President biden is committed to israel, and he is very shocked, as we saw yesterday, tony blinken reacting to what happened yesterday. There support diplomatically their support will magically is 100 . More importantly, they deployed forces, including two aircraft carriers, to deter liberties has below, or their patrons, iran ians, from intervening and put israel in existential threat. Host we heard the defense secretary say, when it comes to the aid, it was going over without conditions. Was that the right approach . Guest that is the right appro
Taking his name out of consideration to become the next House Speaker. Some republicans reportedly ok with working with democrats to get the winning votes. Outside of d. C. The defense secretary and the secretary of state in israel to show u. S. Support for the country as the war with hamas continues. You can comment on these events on republicans 202 7488000, democrats 202 7488000, and independents 202 7488002. If you want to text us do that at 202 7488003. You can post on facebook and on x and also follow the show on twitter. Republicans were set to meet going into that meeting and coming out of that meeting a distinct change at Steve Scalise announcing he would no longer be in the race to be the next House Speaker. After that meeting he went before cameras and gave an explanation. I just shared with my colleagues i am withdrawing my name as a candidate for the speaker designee. If you look over the last few weeks, if you look at where our conference is, there is still work to be don
Our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, latinx, and public literacy, from washington and across the country. Coming up friday morning, the chair of the Wilson Centers middle east program discusses the latest in the israelhamas conflict. And the Senior Editor of the dispatch talks about the House Speaker contest in the future of the gop. Cspans washington journal. Join in the conversation live at 7 00 eastern friday morning on cspan, cspan now, our cspan video app, or online at cspan. Org. Secretary of defense lloyd austin addressed reporters following a meeting with his nato counterparts at the organizations headquarters in brussels. He talks about the ongoing war in ukraine and the latest governments in israel. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense boyd j austin iii. The secretary will deliver opening remarks and then has time to take a few questions. Please n
Conflicts, not like this. In the middle east, you have these fights, conflicts, bombing campaigns, and such. We have done them, israel, other countries, but they usually return to the status quo. Only a few times do you see a few big ones. The yom kippur war 50 years ago. The iraqi invasion of kuwait. This is one of the big ones, because it puts israels existence at stake. It cannot deal with a hamas capable of attacking much of the population of israel at the same time as facing hezbollah in the north by the lebanese border, syria, and iran. That is why israel feels it has to act. Host how is the u. S. Are fonts and we have seen the last couple of weeks how do you rate that . Guest that has been an a so f ar. President biden is committed to israel, and he is very shocked, as we saw yesterday, tony blinken reacting to what happened yesterday. There support diplomatically their support will magically is 100 . More importantly, they deployed forces, including two aircraft carriers, to de