Former division chief of the cia office of soviet affairs argues that our current level of spending on defense is excessive and is making us less secure. This 45 Minute Program is next on book tv. Thank you for that introduction and for the invitation to come out here to discuss the book. Let me say a few things on why i wrote the book in the first place. Several years ago, bob gates the secretary of defense noted before he announced he was going to leave the administration that he was going to go back to the state of washington. This is someone i followed closely over the years. I testified against him in 1991 when he was nominated to be the cia director. And as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places
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The egyptian president is meeting with senior judges today to assume a sweeping new powers. Moving north towards autocratic rule. The of called a nationwide strike. He says his new powers are temporary but they want him to revoke his president ial orders immediately. For a fourth day, they swarm Tahrir Square to topple the president. They are outraged at his sweeping power grab. A massive protest is planned for tuesday. We demand the president of days the people who voted for him. They elected him to work on their behalf, not to do as he pleases. The political unrest is growing in scope. The judges sidelined are organizing their run protests. Turbulence on the Cairo Stock Exchange in the wake of sundays major selloff. Traders and market analysts fear a lengthy political crisis. He has since tried to assure his seizure of powers will be temporary. Hes has confidence in the search for a compromise. Theyre asking him to use restraint. Democracy means the rule of law and the division of po
High expectations. And the egyptian president is meeting with senior judges today to assume a sweeping new powers. Moving north towards autocratic rule. The of called a nationwide strike. He says his new powers are temporary but they want him to revoke his president ial orders immediately. For a fourth day, they swarm Tahrir Square to topple the president. They are outraged at his sweeping power grab. A massive protest is planned for tuesday. We demand the president of days the people who voted for him. They elected him to work on their behalf, not to do as he pleases. The political unrest is growing in scope. The judges sidelined are organizing their run protests. Turbulence on the Cairo Stock Exchange in the wake of sundays major selloff. Traders and market analysts fear a lengthy political crisis. He has since tried to assure his seizure of powers will be temporary. Hes has confidence in the search for a compromise. Theyre asking him to use restraint. Democracy means the rule of law
This is bbc news, the headlines six million children in spain have been allowed out for an hour for the first time in six weeks. It comes after the daily number of coronavirus deaths in the country fell to fewer than 300 for the first time in more than a month. Italy, which has recorded more coronavirus deaths than any other european country, is to begin easing lockdown measures. The Prime Minister, giuseppe conte, said restaurants and bars will be allowed to serve takeaway food from may the fourth. Parks will also reopen that schools are to remain closed until september. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson september. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has september. The british Prime Minister borisjohnson has returned to downing street two weeks after being discharged from hospital to he has officially resumed control of the uk response to the pandemic including the task ofjudging how and when the lockdown should be eased. More than £45 million has been raised by uk chariti