Host a conversation on military readiness and the threat we face. Od, served two decades in the marine corps. Assessing military strength is a major undertaking. How does the Heritage Foundation try to do that . Gather all Public Information we can come across. Thecial testimonies from pentagon, acquisition reports on major programs. General news reporting from the community and our personal contacts in the services and pentagon. We gather all that all year long, go through analysis and writing processes, prepare last years information and this years and then issue a report card on the military. This year on a scale of one to five we would give it a marginal. We feel the u. S. Military at large is marginally able to meet the demands of National Security requirements. Meaning they can handle one major conflict in one part of the world, but not much more than that. We think it needs to be more than that because the u. S. Has global interests and responsibilities. Host the u. S. Military
Had a broad streak of paranoia and mistrustful, and that sometimes worked against the instruments of government like the state department. In the end he ruined of self by bragging about his own catastrophic downfall in the watergate scandal of 1972 to 74. We are going to look at the good and bad side of the nixon presidency, and his partnership with National Security adviser kissinger. Im going to share this screens we can look at powerpoint pictures as we go through the sequence. First of all, here is nixon himself, he would be back in 1913 in california, grown up in a lower middle class family in california, went to the local college there. He graduated and went to Duke University law school and this was the worst years of the great depression, the mid 19 thirties. During the Second World War he joined the u. S. Navy, how the left you can see the photo of him as a young navy officer, he served with distinction, as a logistics expert getting the right equipment to the right place at t
And protesters demonstrating what they say i was an Economic Conditions and deteriorating social rights and freedoms in france the protests comes as president among no qualms a Government Faces heavy criticism for trying to push through a new controversy security people. To 6 years and 6000000000 kilometers a japanese space capsule has touched down in these struggling outback with samples from a distant asteroid that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on our planet its roundtrip journey took 6 he. This is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram the handle is a day w news or visit our website to be found dot com. Wherever we go there are always with us microbes are everywhere. On our hands before and after we wash them behind our ears. On our little toes on the teeth and yes inside those 2 especially deep in our gut. Today well be talking about our micro biome the countless tiny organisms inside our bodies and in our feces it may not b
It seems investors once again looking past the difficult months that may be ahead. Pricing forwards month statements are nine months ahead hoping we get past the virus. There could be difficult time ahead but this week you will not know it. David i should say. Thank you to Abigail Doolittle for that report on the markets. Overnight we were reminded of the complexities of the u. S. China relationship as a Foreign Ministry spokesman congratulated Vice President biden even as the trumpet ministration was bidding u. S. Investments in unspecified Chinese Company they say is tied to the chinese army. Richard haass published a Foreign Affairs piece called repairing the world in which he lays out the issues that will be in President Bidens inbox the day he walks into the oval office. Welcome. Great to have you with us. China is in the inbox but is not the first thing. The first thing is covid19. Richard i agree. China is in the inbox and will be for president as for the eye can see your the br
All vote to ensure a totally Read Parliament will drive out the dirty unpatriotic opposition who in the last 5 years have sought to destroy the success of the revolution. Martinez has been told many times not to give up hope but he fears his country could slip even deeper into crisis. Im now joined by d. W. Correspondent Johan Ramirez he joins us from bogota the 100 most western nations and the venezuelan opposition called this parliamentary election a fraud and yet all indications are that president maduro will be a big winner in this election detail for us just what he stands to gain here. He is going to win the control of the National Assembly something that he that is in the hands of the opposition since 2015 it means that hes going to get control on every state institution in venice all of this is also also its involved because Nicolas Maduro is already half past the control off of the country. In venezuela but he wants to crush the opposition but at the same time hes going to los