Climb to glory and command the third corps and the commanding general of u. S. Army forces command. One accomplishment that is not in his bio and one he is very proud and he is a proud son of a marine and the picture is the Fourth Division going over the jima. At iwa general, we are proud to have you with us today. A difficult duty is coming up for you and remain neutral at this years armynavy game. We have Great Expectations for your neutrality. Thank you what you have done for our country and allies around the world. I would like to turn it around senior fell oove who will kick off the conversation about the defense challenges that you face and we face as a nation and hell conclude with questions and answers. The session is on the record today. If you have questions, send them. Edu. Nts ooth brookings over to you, mike. Mike thank you, john. And i add my personal gratitude not only for you joining us today and for the men and women in the military families and veterans who have sacri
And blast off as china launches its 1st unmanned spacecraft to the moon and to bring back rocks from the lunar surface. , so many weeks of delay and uncertainty, but u. S. , president elect joe biden, is formally beginning his transition to the white house, the head of the g. S. A. The General Services administration has now does ignited by the apparent winner of this months president ial election. It clears the way for the transition to finally begin. Donald trump, who has of course, refused to concede so far, did authorize the administration to initiate the process, but hes vowed to keep up the fight, insisting without evidence that the election was quote, corrupt bidens team. They are welcoming this move as they would. It frees up millions of dollars for the new administration. It can now work with federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a National Security strategy. Will start with a support from particle in washington. This is the letter president elect. Joe biden
2021 index of u. S. Military strength. This is the seventh edition of the index and the index has come one of the flagship publications. Our goal has been unchanged. It is to provide both the leaders of this country and the American Public a premiere open source and author tatetive of Armed Services and their ability to protect the nation. I think we have not only achieved that goal but continued with this effort. And this years edition is the best ever. In addition to our usual subjects, it includes National Security concerns and one of these is the emergent of the new space force. We have a new chapter on the subject of space this year and look more hearing from the editor of the new index in his presentation later. Today as part of our launch, we welcome a speaker with decades of matters, representative Mac Thornberry. He was the first elected to congress in 1994 and has supported a Strong National defense since. He is currently the Ranking Member of the house Armed Services committ
A discussion with the brookings institution. Topics included operations in afghanistan, military readiness and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is one hour. John ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured and honored guests today. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. Milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20th chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019, general milley has worked to realize the u. S National Defense strategy, which prioritizes competition with china and russia in American Defense planning. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today, including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of Great Power Competition. He simultaneously kep
Daily covert 19 death toll since the pandemic began. At a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackled the most important day in their academic calendar. Police in hong kong have detained media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jimmy lai the outspoken government critic has been charged with defrauding government owned businesses he remain in custody until a court case in april earlier this year lai was among 10 people arrested on suspicion of violating beijings National Security law and the japanese government says that it has grave concerns about the jailing of 3 hong kong activists joshua wong this child and ivan lamb were found guilty of Unlawful Assembly on tuesday they received 1310 and 7 month jail terms respectively agnes cho is fluent in japanese and well known in japan says that its conveyed its concerns to china several times lets go live to Hong Kong Aljazeera to vehicle pollen is that lets start with jimmy lai whats alleged. This is quite an a