Cable satellite corp. 2014] news from ukraine this morning forces loyal to ukraines interim government battled prorussian militiamen today in the eastern ukrainian city of soviansk and four troops were killed and 30 wounded. Broke out asghting the Ukrainian Government moved to regain control in the eastern part of the country. Couple of ukraine related events to tell you about our Coverage Today includes the center for strategic and International Studies hosting a discussion on the ongoing tensions including the role of nato in the conflict. That is coming up at 1 30 p. M. Eastern here on cspan at 3 p. M. , state department, treasury, and Defense Department officials will testify for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the russian intervention in ukraine live on cspan three at 3 p. M. Eastern. Bring our viewers up to date on whats happening this week on capitol hill. I am joined by Christina Marcos. It mourned to you guest good morning. Host start with the house expected to come
Environment where gridlock is the watchword and tough political decisions do not come no matter how severe the provocation or how important the need. And that is what challenges American Leadership in the world. The gridlock is the issue, much more than the specifics of any given response, because the world understand how complicated these sorts of issues and responses are. I will wrap up with that. Thank you. Let me ask questions for the panel to pick up on the themes i heard throughout the comments. The first one is a question, a difference reference, the utility of the ambiguity in terms of options and leaving space for yourself as you manage a problem. One of the first things the president did and has repeatedly done was take military force off the table as an option. Andy, you had said before that the use of economic sanctions may be asked to look for in a way we do not anticipate. I assume taking military force off the table was done anyway to try to defuse the crisis a bit. What
That the secretary of defense has ordered the pentagon to let women serve besides men on the. Ront lines of battle that experiment is under the defense secretarys order. We will come back to that story throughout this first 45 minutes of the washington journal. Our phone lines are open to you. Also open is our twitter and facebook page. You can follow the conversation on facebook at facebook. Com face facebook outcome cspan. We want to talk about this morning. Like i said, we have a special line for active and retired military. I especially want to hear your thoughts on that. Some active and retired military members were interviewed last wate in in knoxville tennessee. Interviewed was u. S. Air force veteran ashley oughts. She was a utilitys apprentice doing Water Purification there. That is one of the veterans interviewed for that story on start with john in hot springs, North Carolina. John, good morning. Thanks, he made a lot of good points in your previous intro and came to fiscal
Of capabilities that they have. There has been a lot of focus, not surprisingly, to access denial to types of weapons, to raise the cost of particular of military interventions of the kind the United States have led over the years that the russians have found so noxious to their interests. I would look very closely at the Nuclear Balance and look at what the russians are doing with their Modernization Program and what we are not doing with our program. I would leave it to clark to comment on that. D vikrams comment about the longterm. Vladimir putin is 61 years old. He takes very, very good care of himself. He plans on being in power for a long time. And so you may sure, we would like to wish for the return back to a reforming russia, but i just dont see that happening any time soon. The logic of what he has done and where he has moved has constrained him and is actually encouraging him to go four they are. So im afraid, unless something happens to him personally, i dont see any way th
I have spent time with the parents of children, who suffer from seizure disorders. Last year when we voted in the senate to allow those lawabiding citizens and folks who care so much about their children to have access to that cannabis oil treatment, i was proud. I was disappointed that the gridlock prevent it from taking place and would like to see better leadership at the time. I do support that and will 30 to do so and would gladly signed legislation. With respect to marriage, i believe in religious liberty and personal freedom and i do not believe that anyone should tell a church or religious organization who can be married, but i do believe the government when it calls to doling out right should do it equally. I take an oath to the constitution and would certainly continue to apollo to the constitution as long as it remains valid under the law. Your turn to answer a question ask a question. During the report and primary, you agree to make your recent income tax available but you h