He was the shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in a regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle for you face off in combat and everything is aboveboard and you know where everybody is. This isnt the battle of the bulge or the first gulf war. He used proxy forces including in the u. S. And the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage warfare by using means that the weaker power has developed against the far more powerful adversary like the United States. America is no longer a superpower as a french analyst claimed it. We are a hyperpower. Nobody can come close to us in our conventional capacity. We have 12 Nuclear Aircraft carriers. We have more special forces than some countries have soldiers. So use in direct means, proxies, terrorism and irregular warfare. Was the commander of that warfare. You also write and why we fight that we are not interventionists, but we are not isolationists. When it comes to this president , yes. As President Trumps former strate
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. October 31, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable paul tonko to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Dear god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We ask your special blessing upon the members of this peoples house. They face difficult decisions in difficult times with many forces and interests demanding their attention. Give them again rossity to enter into their work generosity to enter into their work. May they serve you in the work they do as you deserve. Give of themselves and not count the cost, fight for what is best for our nation and not count the political wounds. Toil until their work is done d not seek to rest and labor without
Into domestic law. Also on the programme donald Trump Defends his decision to pull troops out of syria and insists the ceasefire is holding. President Obamas National Security advisor susan rice joins us to discuss the moves. Prince william admits hes concerned for his brother and meghan after the couple acknowledged they were struggling in a revealing interview broadcast last night. We will always be brothers. We are certainly on different parts at the moment but i will always be there for him as he will always be there for him as he will always be there for me. We dont see each other as much as we used to. And you may know him as mitt romney but thanks to a secret twitter account Pierre Delecto has been defending the senator online. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in washingto and Christian Fraser is at college green. The uk is due to leave the eu in 10 days time, and although borisjohnson has negotiated a new deal setting out the terms, mps are yet to give the agreement their a
Erth the ceasefire in nor syria due to end tomorrow, President Trump defends his decision, while Barack Obamas National Security advisor tells the bbc the u. S. Has underminedl its lies. Prump we never agreed to protect the kurds for the rest of their lives. Ms. Rice it wasnt a treaty, but it was a moral oblation. Laura protesters take to the streets in lebanon for a fifth day, marng the biggest demonstratio in years. Will the Prime Ministers reforms calm thees u plus, the young victims of the opioid crisis. As more states settle with Drug Companies, many children cannot escape the damage that has been done. Show of hds, do you have a parent, cle friend, relative who has died of drug abuse . Eso ve got 100 of hands. Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. Today President Trump stood his ground over withdrawing u. S. Oops from syria. But in the region, tensions are still simmering. Angry people in a kurdishcontlled city pelted departing u. S.
Practitioner of trade, economics and Foreign Policy altogether and spent many years in the u. S. Primary to is latest and well talk about that as well as Foreign Policy and some trade. Please welcome lambrinidis. Thank you so much for joining us. I come from a bulgaria but lambrinidis its not switch so forgive me for hesitating. I thought you were gonna call it lamborghini laughs you have to work. Lamborghini us for later. Im going to start with you by talking about a very recent announcement that has to do with the u. S. And the eu. The u. S. Is putting seven and a half billion dollars in terror tariffs on the eu. Because of the eu subsidies. Where is all of this headed . Is the trade border now between the u. S. And europe feasible . Its not a great place to be in. They World Trade Organization moved and the official rulings that the European Union was subsidizing airbus and the United States with subsidizing boeing. Both were found to be in the tours. I found out from my american fr