Amy Donald Trumps pick for secretary of defense, retired general James Mad Dog Mattis , testified at his confirmation hearing that russia is a principal threat. He also sasaid he supports the Iran Nuclear Deal, whihich trump hahas repeatedly criticized. I think to publicly display what i iran is up to, that their surrogates and proxies, their terrorist units that they support, to recognize the Ballistic Missile threat, to deal with the maritime threat, and to publicly make clear to everyone what theyre doing in the cyber realm all helps to constrain iran. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with Andrew Bacevich, author of americas wawar for e greater middle east, trita parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council and author losing an enemy obama, iran, and the legacy of diplomacy, and with reporter aaron glantz, whose latest investigation asks did defense , secretary nominee james mattis commit war crimes in iraq . Then earlier this week, at another confirmation heari
Amy Donald Trumps pick for secretary of defense, retired general James Mad Dog Mattis , testified at his confirmation hearing that russia is a principal threat. He also sasaid he supports the Iran Nuclear Deal, whihich trump hahas repeatedly criticized. I think to publicly display what i iran is up to, that their surrogates and proxies, their terrorist units that they support, to recognize the Ballistic Missile threat, to deal with the maritime threat, and to publicly make clear to everyone what theyre doing in the cyber realm all helps to constrain iran. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with Andrew Bacevich, author of americas wawar for e greater middle east, trita parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council and author losing an enemy obama, iran, and the legacy of diplomacy, and with reporter aaron glantz, whose latest investigation asks did defense , secretary nominee james mattis commit war crimes in iraq . Then earlier this week, at another confirmation heari
Totallyadds up to a unprecedented situation, a grave and profound crisis and the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. Amy we will speak to former u. S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman who served on the Watergate Committee and former assistant watergate prosecutor jill wine banks. She was the first woman to serve as u. S. Army general counsel. Then sarsour versus trump. This is an important time for many communitys desk communities. This is an opportunity for us to say we will protect the most marginalized amongst us. Amy palestinianamerican activist Linda Sarsour and other prominent Muslim Americans sue donald trump over the muslim ban. We will speak with her and trita parsi of the National Iranian american council. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump fired acting attorney general sally yates on monday night just hours after she
When the attorney general Elliot Richardson resigned after president Richard Nixon ordered him to fire the special prosecutor investigating the watergate scandal. Totallyadds up to a unprecedented situation, a grave and profound crisis andnd the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. Amy we will speak to former u. S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman who served on the Watergate Committee and former assistant watergate prosecutor jill wine banks. She was the first woman to serve as u. S. Army general counsel. Then sarsour versus trump. This is an important time for many communitys desk communities. This is an opportunity for us to say we will protect the most marginalized amongst us. Amy palestinianamerican activist Linda Sarsour and other prominent Muslim Americans s sue donald trump over the muslim ban. We will speak with her and trita parsi of the National Iranian american council. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy no
When the attorney general Elliot Richardson resigned after president Richard Nixon ordered him to fire the special prosecutor investigating the watergate scandal. Totallyadds up to a unprecedented situation, a grave and profound crisis andnd the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. Amy we will speak to former u. S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman who served on the Watergate Committee and former assistant watergate prosecutor jill wine banks. She was the first woman to serve as u. S. Army general counsel. Then sarsour versus trump. This is an important time for many communitys desk communities. This is an opportunity for us to say we will protect the most marginalized amongst us. Amy palestinianamerican activist Linda Sarsour and other prominent Muslim Americans s sue donald trump over the muslim ban. We will speak with her and trita parsi of the National Iranian american council. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy no