Testified. Nguyen van da is facing a 20 year sentence on charges of conducting propaganda against the state. This is an hour. The hearing comes to order and good afternoon to everyone. One of the potential partners in the transpacific partnership, vietnam is the only country banning religious groups, violating internet freedom, harbors child violators and regularly jails those who speak out for human rights. There are over a hundred prisoners of conscious. Nguyen van da spent four years in jail and four additional under house arrest. He was detained again and brutally beaten last december for continuing his work. His arbitrary detention undercuts claims that vietnams leadership can become a trusted partner. I had the privilege of meeting with him at his law office at of vu minh and i was taken by his love for the country. His wife is here to speak on his behalf and her testimony is timely because president obama is traveling to vietnam at the end of the month. A steady stream of state
Forces in disarray, many militia groups hold sway in tripoli and elsewhere, supposedly enlisted to prop up the government, but in most cases, mostly loyal to their own leaders and agendas. The cicely why the Prime Minister was taken may remain murky, but it is thought many militias were angered by the recent seizure by u. S. Forces of an al qaeda suspect on the streets of chirpily and accuse the government of complicity, although it denied this. What has unfolded now in tripoli raises further questions and alarms about the stability of libya. What do we know about the libyan Prime Minister . Who he is and the challenges he faces as libyas leader. Mr. Zeidan was a career diplomat but affected from colonel qaddafi in 1980 and was working as a human rights lawyer in geneva when the 2011 civil war began. He then returned to libya and then became the main point of contact with europe and the opposition. He is credited with winning recognition from several european countries. Entering parlia
With a position that we have sure schools are common experiences and all of those kinds of things. We have training components were military officers come here for training and is that an aspect that takes place in the Pacific Theater . Yes it is and in our partners direction we have a list of going in their direction and that last for years and it builds an inherent ability into the security environment. And it makes a difference when we have to deal with crisis. Would we provide the capabilities that we need or will gaps be created by the retirement . And what do you think of what is going on in your region . First of all, i understand the air forces need in those platforms. As the operational commander in korea youtube provides a unique capability that presently not everything will provide. Its very important for educators. We have so rapidly configure that this is of the utmost importance. Yes, it is. Ive looked for persistence because of this. On the question really briefly, air f
About going to take 100,000 out of the force structure. The air force had made it clear that they would like to close bases under the brac process. We are looking at a situation in which the structure is likely to decline unless we make a decision to reverse that. Host is it easier to close a branch base . Dont think so. I think what is challenging as relocating the unit. If it is a Research Unit that has very Sensitive Research equipment, that has to be handled carefully. It depends on what the nature is. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. What isious as to really going to happen with Guantanamo Bay. To know if Guantanamo Bay is on the list foreclosures four closures. There has been so much talk in the media. As far as being in a hot zone can you comment on that . Guantanamo bay is in an overseas location, in cuba. It is not covered by the brac process. It is only focused on u. S. Domestic installations. Lepore, thank you for your time. The Atlantic Council is where we
A government. Ah, hello there, im associate a and this is al jazeera live from doha. Also coming up ukrainian president brought him lensky orders, a mandatory evacuation of the dumbass region. Where fighting has intensified in recent days. New york state and San Francisco to cat states of emergency. Hundreds of monkey pox cases had been recorded in both places and debris from the chinese spacecraft falls on earth as it re enters the atmosphere. Raising questions about the space, john ah, where we begin in baghdad, where protesters remain camped inside rocks parliament after storming the building for a 2nd time this week. Police fire tear gas at the crowds and the so called greens earn more than a 125. 00 people have been injured. Supporters of shia cleric knocked out al serra protesting against the nomination of mohammed shire. Ill su donny as Prime Minister mock, but i will y had reports. Ah, once again, supporters of shia cleric mob to the southern occupy Iraqs Parliament. But this t