Deteriorated on one issue or the other host ukraine crisis and certainly. Particularly now with with still the investigations on what happened in the elections going on its very hard for tillerson or any or trump as weve discussed to make the case to the American Public that we should have better relations now despite the hostility if they americans and the russians so i say why when it came to fighting isis and now the terrorist state is all but defeated i mean should we expect the u. S. To distance itself from problems like syria and play out well. I would say under the troubled ministration there is been more disengagement. Although there are as efforts now in the state department elsewhere to begin thinking about reconstruction in syria i would say in my own mind i think you know both russia and the u. S. Have big interests and share big interests. In syria i mean both of us dont want to see more instability or terrorism but there is a huge disagreement on tactics you know u. S. Is
Past september. He will provide welcoming remarks. Hi. Thank you, john. General heighten, mr. Trachtenberg, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the National Defense university. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this policy seminar on the 2018 Nuclear Posture review. Proud that wend are able to help facilitate discussion and debate on th e npr, and as a former commander of some of the Strategic Forces, it is particularly satisfying for me to be able to contribute to a discussion so fundamental to the nations security. It is a vital part of our mission to support the development of national policy, and we are proud of the great work our Research Staff does in support of key initiatives like the Nuclear Posture review and the defense strategy. Such Research Also helps to ensure we can bring the most topical content and the deepest insights into our classrooms. That is where we are helping to prepare the next generation of National Security leade
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
This is really a brand new Political Party thats about to launch in the k. Its goals are quite ambitious pledging to transform british politics and reverse brigs it it wants a second referendum on it i think theres no chance of braggs it being reversed the brave people have spoken and thats an end of the matter they can bash their head against a brick wall although get is a sore head while the party is launching in the u. K. Its getting advice for of course the can all hear it from the helping hand coming from a manual much for his party the public on the march with advisors said to be at a recent meeting did something about tactics earned its north one your good friends was glad you came here like the us and like many other countries looking for a hole because it was feeling despair i think and today july increasing you can look at the future musical and i think the movement that greece and all others i meet with when you use the future you can embrace. During the ideas of mcewans whi