Fourteenth of february nine am here in moscow welcome to r. T. International and your hourly news update with me calling bright first off embarrassment for the Dutch Foreign minister who has been forced to quit after admitting that he lied for more than a decade about meeting president putin she explained a little she. Might. To be ashamed of my state to go to. Myspace in my house. But in a full over. Let me guess that when voters are gifted. If. People over all get to vote for it it is. An emotional resignation is dissolved his departure comes just a day before he was supposed to meet his russian counterpart in moscow lets look at whether those false claims were worth it after all. Because. In early two thousand and six i was of glad to meet putins countryside house but i stopped at the back of a room or a meeting was being held but i could hear very worldwide amir peretz and talking about a greater russia he said this included russia roofs ukraine and the Baltic States and that kazak
Delving into how defense secretary mattis has changed his position on Nuclear Weapon developments since becoming defense secretary. Among the highlights in the article, secretary mattis used to question the u. S. s nuclear ar san nal andcalled for certain elements to be removed or reduced . But since joining the trump administration, secretary mattis has seemingly reverse the his position and now supports building more. His u turn suggests it has become important as the u. S. Conference china and russia. You can read the article at business insider. Com. This hearing should get under way in just a moment. The meeting will come to order. The Committee Meets today to hear testimony on the Administrations National Defense Strategy and Nuclear Posture review, both of which were recently released. We welcome back the secretary of defense and the advice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to discuss these important documents. I cannot count the number of times i have heard members of this
To the closed session. [gavel clacks] the committee will come to order. The Committee Meets today to hear testimony on the administrations Defense Strategy and Nuclear Posture review. We welcome back the secretary of defense and vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to discuss these important documents. I cannot count the number of times i have heard members of this Committee Talk about the importance of having a Defense Strategy to help guide decisions that we executive branch have to make. Now we have one. It is a component of the Broader National Security strategy released in december, and it has within it the Nuclear Posture review, the first of its kind since 2000. Kind since 2010. A lot has changed since 2010. Both documents, at a critical time. As the National Security strategy points out, americas military remains the strongest in the world. However, u. S. Advantages are shrinking as rival states modernize and build up their conventional and nuclear forces. There will undo
Commander, general john titan. He looked at the nuclear interviews with past and present included the emergence of new and complex threats are on the rise. Potential threats include those from russia, china, iran and north korea. This is little more than one hour. Thank you very much. Seated. If it is my pleasure to introduce vice adam all of the u. S. Navy in his a submariner can [inaudible] use since his current post of the 16th president of National Defense university this past december he will provide welcoming remarks. Thank you, john. General heitman, mr. Trachtenberg, distinguished guest, ladies investment, good morning. Welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar in the 2018 Nuclear Posture review. As president im pleased and proud that we are able to help facilitate discussion and debate on the npr. As a career summering officer and former commander of several strategic courses is particularly satisfying for me to b
Program to what extent it is a threat or not to its neighbors what might reasonably be expected in way of any kind of follow agreement perhaps any agreement is not feasible at this time. And so we have assembled quite a panel and im going to briefly introduce them and turn over the moderateing responsibilities to my director at the south asia center he in addition to directing our south asia center, of course, our iran program is part of the south asia center. He is a true rocket scientist. He managed the program in arms control disarmament in International Security at the university of illinois at champagne overu saw developing projects on south Asian Security issue ors. Hes also worked with Cornell University and he is a true rocket scientist. He had ph. D. With a specialization numerical accusics i dont know what that is. Buts thats brought and then we have a terrific panel. The go to men in washington on all things missiles mike senior fellow for missile selfdefense at the internat