My career when i was a fourstar admirals initiating up the us Southern Command, peterma in charge of all activities south of the United States as the commander of us Pacific Command a very traditionalos position for senior admiral my boss wonderful by secretary gates called me up to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato. Was the first and as far the only admirable to be a lien supreme allied commander in nato. Is just an accident of timing and fate and secretary gates decision. From a nato perspective i was the accidental admiral who became the supreme allied commander. Host the naming was an accident as well . Someone. So lets go way back i grew up in the marine corps family my father fought in korea and vietnam. I grew up in the environment going to Quantico High School and went on to the Naval Academy thinking it would be a marine Corps Officer after my first year the navy sends everybody out on a cruise so you go out on a ship i went out on a beautiful cruise around
Ten admirals and the voyage of character, which was published late last year. Admiral james stavridis. Why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. Guest what a great question. First of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. You can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the wont will come, youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So
Conquer the soviet union known as operation barbarossa he viewed much of whats now Eastern Europe as a site of repopulation for the germans the plan would have meant the extermination of the people already there that was of course the systematic massacre of millions of jews nearly all extermination camps were located in Eastern Europe some scholars estimate almost half of the 6000000 Holocaust Victims were soviet citizens camps are also established for soviet prisoners of war the nazis acted with exceptional savagery in their abuse of captured troops there was shot experimented on with gas or worked to death more than 3000000. 00 soviet prisoners were killed most of them by deliberate starvation. One war crime a was the hunt for about 500 soviet officers who discovered from the motos in nazi concentration camp in austria one of the witnesses to those events was her cult her family managed to save the lives of 2 soviet offices as wright n. T. I. Sarin salad they drove around the village
Linked to the spread of the virus. And scientists warn the virus can spread through people even if they dont show clear symptoms. The u. S. Could be about to introduce new restrictions after the number of corona virus infections passed 200002 be the highest number in the world President Trump says hes now looking at bans on domestic flights and governors have pleaded for more help and resources but trump told weapons is briefing but thousands of ventilators would soon be ready and he may be able to give them away to other countries in europe italy has recorded its lowest number of deaths in nearly a week with 727 fatalities but spain has reported more than 800 deaths for the past 5 days in a role and theres a new concern a study by researchers in Singapore Says around 10 percent of new infections may be spread by people with no symptoms maicon is joining us now live from washington d. C. Mike we saw a very bullish President Trump earlier on didnt wait compared to the the the president
Democratic and republican members of the House Armed Services committee over the pentagon plan to devote 3. 8 billion to construct more border wall. The pentagon is asking congress to approve a 705 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 2021. This hearing is three hours 35 minutes. We will go ahead and call the committee to order. Good morning, everyone. We are gathered here this morning from secretary of defense doctor mark esper and chairman joint chiefs of staff general to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of d