Its time to fly the state flag of the russian federation. And the victory banner is at attention to meet on the left, on the edge, military personnel of the honorary carua bring the russian state flag to red square. Federation and the banner of victory in the great patriotic war. In the spring of 1945, soldiers of the 150th idret Rifle Division hoisted a red assault flag onto the reichstag tupol, which became the main symbol of victory over fascism. For every russian, the banner of victory. Sacred, this is a relic that was handed down to us by our grandfathers and greatgrandfathers, who gave their lives for the sake of the world of our future. As part of the banner group, the best military personnel of the 154th separate commandants preobrazhensky regiment. The right to fly the flag of the russian federation. Presented to Senior Sergeant anton mikhailov, the victory banner is in the hands of Senior Sergeant dmitry monastyrev, the banner groups are headed by senior lieutenants gennady z
Authority, really, on the cold war. He needs no introduction, so let me keep it brief. He is a professor of modern russian history as well as the codirector of the center for cold war studies at the university of california, santa barbara. From the his phd , and hety of washington has a distinguished, long a publication list that precedes his new book, racing the enemy. Let me just mention a couple of the major publications, he has on russianion relations, he has the the february revolution in russia, and russia and japan an unresolved dilemma between distant neighbors, and of course, has published numerous articles in journals in the field. His new book, racing the enemy , is a reassessment of the pacific war, particularly in light of russian and other evidence previously not taken into consideration. One that will one could probably say would be the end of the war and i look forward to his remarks. Now professor Tsuyoshi Hasegawa has the floor. Tsuyoshi thank you, christian, thank yo
Because you havent been see havenest anyone been gaming on office anyway he had been gaming on us anyone. This month marks the 70 anniversary of the end of the war in the pacific. Hasegawasuyshi discusses this. Following the authors remarks, American University Professor Emeritus robert reflects on the event. Theamerican heritage Woodrow Wilson International Center posted this event in 2006. It is a little under 90 minutes. Christian with that, let me briefly our distinguished speaker, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, an authority, really, in the field of Cold War International history. He needs no introduction, so let me keep it brief. Because time is brief as well. He is a professor of modern russian history as well as the codirector of the center for cold war studies at the university of california, santa barbara. He earned his phd from the university of washington, and he has a distinguished, long a publication list that precedes his new book, racing the enemy. Let me just mention a couple of th
We have an obligation and thats safety and security of the homeland. Theres going to be handoff between the various agencies. How do we make sure with this increased workload and increased pressure to help the refugees that we dont make a mistake that could potentially put our homeland at risk . And ill start with anybody in the agency. Maybe Homeland Security. I was concerned of the numbers and well go to the security. Just to be clear, yes, we are our goal, whatever you want to call it for physical year is 85,000. Within the 85,000 we are thriving to admit ten thousand syrians. That is not a capt. The only clarification i have is that secretary kerry said its not a ceiling. Its the floor. I think if that were to be raised it would be a higher number. The hundred thousand refers to the aspiration, the goal to do a hundred thousand refugees to ky 2017. I can assure you on our side there will be no shortcuts on security or medical screening. There will be no shortcuts on processing. We
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