Cavoli, the Deputy Director at the Atlantic Councils center for strategy and security. And Lieutenant General commander of land command. And our panel will be led and moderated by patrick tucker, defense ones Technology Editor. Thank you all. [ applause ] thank you all so much for joining us today. Im Technology Editor at defense one. Im pleased to have this Exceptional Panel here to discuss the future of the United States army in the european theater and ive been covering different aspects of Army Activity in europe for quite some time and its a question, and ill go to you, and i wonder if you can talk to me a little bit about the current status and your feelings about the militarytomilitary relationship with turkey. How is that right now and how quickly is that changing . I maintain strong relations with my counterparts in turkey on within the parameters of u. S. Policy at any given time. We spend time going back and forth and visiting each other. We exchange United States. We had th
Subsequent whistleblower complaint. At 9 30 a. M. , Family Research Council Center for religious freedom policies. Ravis weber host good morning. It is tuesday, september 24, 2019. President trump is in new york city where he will address the United Nations General Assembly. President trump became the First American president to convene a meeting on the issue of religious freedom and on the washington journal, we will begin on the topic of religion. We are asking your view of religion and public life. The phone number to call this morning, 2027488000. If you think religion doesnt play a large enough role, 2027488001. If you think american politics and civics gets that balance about right, 2027488002 is the number to call. You can also text us your thoughts. If you do, please include where you are from and your name. That number, 2027488003. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Very good tuesday morning, you can start calling in now. We are talking about the
Live on the free cspan radio app. Journal continues. Host travis weber is our guest for the last 30 minutes of our program today. He serves as director of the Family Research Councils Center for religious liberty, joining us for after President Trumps speech yesterday on religious freedom at the United Nations. What do you mean by the term religious freedom . Guest simply defined, the freedom to choose ones faith and live it out. And this includes the ability to change ones faith, and this is what we see an International Law in article 18, and domestically in the religious freedom restoration act, and in the first amendment, the courts have historically protected the freedom to choose and change and speak about ones beliefs. Host how does religious freedom stick with the idea of separation of church and state . Guest we have to look at the spirit of authority the sphere of authority of the governments, the church, and religious leaders. The governments role is to allow religious people
Vice President Joe Biden spoke about the whistleblower complaint against president trump. Here are his remarks. Joe biden hello, everyone. Thank you for being here. When i announced i was running for president , i said i believed that the core values of the nation, our very democracy, was at risk. And events in recent days have made that even clearer, not only to me, but i think to everyone. We have a president who believes there is no limit to his power. We have a president who believes he can do anything and get away with it. We have a president who believes he is above the law, pursuing the leader of another nation to investigate a political opponent to help win his election is not the conduct of an american president. The allegations that blocked hundreds of millions of dollars he blocked hundreds of millions of dollars in congressionally approved aid to another country and its an allegation unless he agreed to smear a political opponent is not the conduct of an american president.
In this first portion of it palis reflect on natos history and purpose and on data benefits the average american. They previewed the upcoming nato summit that will take place in washington, d. C. Over the summer. Good morning, everyone. On behalf of the Atlantic Council, its my pleasure to welcome you to todays event, nato at 75, an alliance for a better world. 75 years ago today, 12 countries came together to sign the washington treaty. Marking the very beginning of what would become the worlds most powerful and successful military alliance. In 1949, nato was founded to provide collective security and defense and prevent the outbreak of yet another world war. In the 75 years that have followed, nato has welcomed 20 additional allies, all committed to safeguarding Democratic Values and to promoting peace and stability in the euro Atlantic Region and beyond. This anniversary is unquestionably a moment to take stock and celebrate the accomplishments of the most successful alliance in his