Intercept information and leave the backpack plugged in somewhere, thats so much low risk than trying to rob a bank. Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Four former chiefs of star, two from the u. S. Joint chiefs and two of the joint staff of Japans Defense Ministry participated in a Panel Discussion friday on the importance and future of the u. S. Japan Military alliance. This is almost two hours. Good afternoon. Im glad to see our audience survived the flash flood warning. Im Michael Green, Senior Vice President for asia and japan here at csis and professor at georgetown. And as the csis host i want to do our usual safety announcement. We survived the flash flood. If for any reason we need to evacuate, its my responsibility to give you instructions. And the general rule is well go out the way you came in and well make our way to either national geographic, which is around the corner, or well go straight down rhode island to st. Matthews. Our expectation is half
In need of aid including iraq, syria and ukraine. Responding must be a shared responsibility and there must be a determined collective effort through 2015 to close the growing gap between needs and resources. Another u. N. Agency has already warned of funding challenges. Last week, officials with the World Food Program said theyll have to temporarily suspend food aid for about 1. 7 million refugees in syria. Medical workers in four west african nations are receiving more japanese aid. Theyre getting thousands of sets of protective gear and will use the suits in their fight against the ebola outbreak. We have a report from ghana, where the u. N. Has based its Emergency Response team. A Japanese Air Defense force aircraft touched down on monday at the international airport. In ghanas this is a part time sdf personnel to be dispatched on the related mission. Japans Defense Force uploading 20,000 set of protective gears. They are part of japans assistance to the most hardest hit african co
In need of aid including iraq, syria and ukraine. Responding must be a shared responsibility and there must be a determined collective effort through 2015 to close the growing gap between needs and resources. Another u. N. Agency has already warned of funding challenges. Last week, officials with the World Food Program said theyll have to temporarily suspend food aid for about 1. 7 million refugees in syria. Medical workers in four west african nations are receiving more japanese aid. Theyre getting thousands of sets of protective gear and will use the suits in their fight against the ebola outbreak. We have a report from ghana, where the u. N. Has based its Emergency Response team. A Japanese Air Defense force aircraft touched down on monday at the international airport. In ghanas this is a part time sdf personnel to be dispatched on the related mission. Japans Defense Force uploading 20,000 set of protective gears. They are part of japans assistance to the most hardest hit african co
An effort to bolster the economy. Iraqi forces have launched counterattacks to halt the advance of islamist militants. The militants have swept through northern iraq, and are vowing to march on to baghdad. Iraqi commanders are determined to stop them. Nhk world reports. Reporter the militants have captured iraqs second largest city of mosul and other cities. More than half a Million People have fled their homes. Tents have been set up as more and more residents try to escape the violence. Translator i was at home when i heard an explosion. I thought id have a heart attack. Translator these two children have no place to go now that theyve lost their father. Reporter the militants reached mosul earlier this week. They pushed south to bajii and samarra. Theyre now about 100 kilometers from the capital baghdad. Government commanders are getting ready to take back the cities the militants have seized. They ordered helicopter crews to attack and they dispatched special units to fight on the
The militants swept through northern iraq. Iraqi commanders are determined to stop them. The militants captured iraqs second largest city mosul earlier this week. They pushed south to tikrit. Theyre now about 100 kilometers from the capital baghdad. Government commanders ordered helicopter crews to attack and they dispatched units for street to street fighting. Sunni muslims make up much of the populations of the cities that have been captured and many are critical of the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki who is a shia. Shia form the majority in the cities to the south and military officers are recruiting volunteers to join in the fight. U. S. President Barack Obama Says what hes seen suggests iraq is going to need more help. I dont rule out anything because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold. Drone attacks are believed to be one option under consideration. White house Officials Say theyre not considering sending in gr