Request to reimpose sanctions on tehran is rejected by the remaining members of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Other thanks for joining us youre watching the weekly international. Lets start in belarus where another large protest against the presidency of Alexander Lukashenko is expected people have been taking to the streets for more than 2 weeks alleging that he rigged election the countrys been left deeply divided by that vote that followed it was dominated by opposition protests but on monday supporters of the president began to hold counter rallies and they gained the months of the 2 sides can be distinguished by the colors they support. If the boy does my hearts bleeding and i cant believe this is happening in bell. And i love i love the. Thanks it is opposition we are strong it is them who made us united we are the people weve been living in fear for a week weve been crying all these calls for change i was buying vegetables at the grocery i told the seller i was going to attend a meetin
Higher level of readiness. This is an hour. Mr. Secretary d afternoon, nicholas mr. Secretary how are you. Mark hi, nick. Nicholas i want to say what an honor it is for you, ladies and gentlemen. Bably the busiest person on the planet these days. I just want to say to welcome you what an honor it is for us ladies and gentlemen the 27 secretary of defense he has been for the past year and previously secretary of the army. Very distinguished record of Public Service activeduty after graduation from west point for ten years and then the reserve for 11 years. We look forward to a good conversation. I thank you have met our moderator before as a mutual friend of ours. From Bridgewater Associates he also has a distinguished career Public Service as under secretary of treasury and even i Work Together while we were in these two roles also a graduate of west point not the same year of secretary esper but at the same time. I will turn this over to you. Thank you. Secretary esper thank you for j
Very nice to see you its an honor to welcome you to the aspen insecurity for him. Youre probably the busiest person on the planet these days. I just want to say to welcome you what an honor it is for us ladies and gentlemen the 27 secretary of defense he has been for the past year and previously secretary of the army. Very distinguished record of Public Service activeduty after graduation from west point for ten years and then the reserve for 11 years. We look forward to a good conversation. I thank you have met our moderator before as a mutual friend of ours. From Bridgewater Associates he also has a distinguished career Public Service as under secretary of treasury and even i Work Together while we were in these two roles also a graduate of west point not the same year of secretary esper but at the same time. I will turn this over to you. Thank you. Secretary esper thank you for joining us today growing up in western pennsylvania and carry throughout your great career. I dressed appr
1922. It just recently had a birthday to her . Europe. Now did you grow up in gilbert fill . First 18 years i was in gilbert phil. I have not spent any time since then. As Gilbert Ville where you would consider to be your hometown . It would be considered to be my hometown. How many brothers and sisters did you have growing up what was your family size makeup . Two brothers and one sister. Where did you fit in . I was number three. Before we started recording, we were talking a bit about your family and growing up during the depression. Could you tell me a little bit about that what life was like for you coming up during that time . , well my father was an irish american. He emigrated from ireland to the United States to find a better place to live. He and his family came over here. Ive looked up their papers and found out they have 600 dollars for the whole family when they emigrated to the United States. My father spent most of his life and the clothing cloth industry. He was either
Public service activeduty after graduation from west point for ten years and then the reserve for 11 years. We look forward to a good conversation. I thank you have met our moderator before as a mutual friend of ours. From Bridgewater Associates he also has a distinguished Career Public Service as under secretary of treasury and even i Work Together while we were in these two roles also a graduate of west point not the same year of secretary esper but at the same time. I will turn this over to you. Thank you. Secretary esper thank you for joining us today growing up in western pennsylvania and carry throughout your great career. I dressed appropriately so were glad to have you here. Will turn it over to and then have a conversation. Thank you for that. Im glad to see you and that youre both doing well. So to say a few things up front to set the stage when i was confirmed over one year ago with the National Defense strategy. We are now in the era of great competition our chief competito