Good morning and welcome to this Commonwealth Club online program. I am Gloria Duffey president and ceo of the Commonwealth Fund and was honored to serve as the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense in the 1990s. Peer are many issues today surrounding National Defense in our military and to the military be used to quell domestic unrest such as the recent protests and should the u. S. Be terminating many of our arms control treaties and contemplating resuming nuclear testing. Should the names of Confederate Military leaders be removed from u. S. Military bases and their statues be removed from our public places. To address these questions and many more today we will have a unique conversation between two recent secretary of defense, doctor robert gates and general james mattis. The bipartisan secretary of defense secretary robert gates served under president george w. Bush and barack obama. He is the author of a new book exercise of power american failures, successes and a new path forw
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Change in thailand. Lockdown restrictions are tightened in colombias capital but the government is under pressure to do more to protect Small Businesses and 3 weeks after running aground memory a japanese ship begins to break apart spilling more fuel on to the pristine coastline. We begin in belarus were to mulch 1st week of protest and the government crackdown has now culminated in the largest demonstrations yet against president Alexander Lukashenko a week after he declared an overwhelming victory in the president ial election is government is facing its greatest challenge since he came to power nearly 3 decades ago speaking at a progovernment rally looking shanker rejected calls for his resignation or a rerun of the vote he. Accuse nato of sending tanks and planes the countrys western border claim promptly rejected by the military alliance across minsk a larger crowd gathered for they called a day of freedom longstanding grievances over the economy and the governments response to th
Tighfi big surge in cases, axing inperson classes for the next two weeks. More trouble at big name schools. Some unc students packing up after one week, and startling video overnight. Los Angeles Police breaking up this massive Birthday Party for tiktok star bryce hall, and from the initial epicenter of the pandemic these stunning photos of a massive pool party and no masks. All this as coronavirus cases t. Abc news exclusive. The College Football star leading the charge to get the big ten back on the field this season. 270,000 signatures in two days. Ohio state quarterback Justin Fields joins us live only on gma. State of emergency. Dozens o more than 30,000 acres in northern california. Thousands forced to flee their homes, lightning fires super charged tripledigit wetrngatis morning. You got me feeling emotions and all the emotions running high on the court. Trouble in the bubble. Overnight, the top teams falling in two stunning upsets. Powerhouse lebron james playing a historic gam
Testify today. Before the hearing we will discuss the Postal Service with kevin gosar. Washington journal is next. Former Vice President biden. I am proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election with great honor and humility paid i accept your nomination for president of the United States of america. That is joe biden from last night. Hey did not mention the president by name, but he criticize the president on several fronts. He expressed aspects of what he would like to accomplish if he becomes president. For is washington journal today, august 20 first. Today we will take you to the Senate Hearing featuring the post mentor postmaster general. Heres how you can call us and let us know your thoughts, 202 7488000 if you support joe biden, 202 7488001 if you support the president and if you are undecided give us a call at 202 7488002. You can text us if you wish at 202 7488003, and you can tweet cspanwj. One writer says he gave his remarks absent a crowd because of the