you to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for into security affairs. we have been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of our policy research over the past decade and while he is serving in the administration since 2017 and randy thank you for your service to our country an important role you play in the administration. randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense i president donald trump on january 82018 previously having served as deputy assistant secretary for pacific affairs under which portfolio he covered china taiwan hong kong and australia all the easy stuff. earlier he held the role of chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state from 2,122,003 and served as an active-duty nato intelligence officer deployed in operation desert shield and desert storm. beyond his government career randy has been a leading thinker on wings of issues in u.s.-china relationships over two decades and a robust voice on the future of that relations
regional power and president xi jinping s leadership. good morning. my name is bruce jones. i m the vice president and the director for foreign policy here at brookington. it s my pleasure to welcome you this morning. i see lots of old friends in the audience and several new ones and it s a pleasure to invite you to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for endo-pacific affairs, randall shriver. we ve been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of policy research over the past decade, and while he s been serving in the administration since 2017, and randy, thank you for your service to our country and the important role you play in this administration. randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense by president donald trump on january 8th, 2018. previously having served as deputy assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs, under which portfolio he covered china, tie won, hong kong and australia, all the easy stuff. earlier he hel
forces to contend the country s intelligence service for some. document on. the arabia. just seventy seven pm in hong kong on three in the afternoon here in moscow welcome to our to international i m in. our top story russian national marie have been sentenced to a year and a half in prison in the u.s. now after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent president putin described the decision as an attempt by washington to avoid humiliation. trying to save face to grab her seized her put her behind bars but there is nothing they can charge to. and to avoid looking ridiculous they sentenced her to eighteen months just to show she is guilty of something well some background to this maria already served nine months in jail the thirty year old was found guilty of trying to influence the national rifle association and other conservative groups in the u.s. several american politicians were suspected to be involved in the case to our correspondent killa
donald trump has painted a grim picture of the state of the u.s. and vows to confront its threats. he spoke to thousands in cleveland accepting the republican nomination as presidential candidate. while laying out his plans, he reiterated his mantra of putting america first. americanism, not globalism, will be our credo as long as we are led by politicians who will not put america first, then we can be assured that other nations will not treat america with respect, the respect that we deserve. trump says crime and violence have been on the rise under the current administration, and he vowed to restore law and order in the country. at the same time, he made his case against the presumptive democratic nominee who served as president obama s secretary of state. this is the legacy of hillary clinton. death, destruction, terrorism, and weakness. but hillary clinton s legacy does not have to be america s legacy. he also reiterated one of his most controversial proposals.
from afghanistan wielding an axe on a train injured several passengers. donald trump has painted a grim picture of the state of the u.s. and vows to confront its threats. he spoke to thousands in cleveland accepting the republican nomination as presidential candidate. while laying out his plans, he reiterated his mantra of putting america first. americanism, not globalism, will be our credo as long as we are led by politicians who will not put america first, then we can be assured that other nations will not treat america with respect, the respect that we deserve. trump says crime and violence have been on the rise under the current administration, and he vowed to restore law and order in the country. at the same time, he made his case against the presumptive democratic nominee who served as president obama s secretary of state. this is the legacy of hillary clinton. death, destruction, terrorism, and weakness. but hillary clinton s legacy does not have to be america