podcasts. in our final program looking back for president george w. bush s decision to increase troop levels in iraq, scholars offered their analysis of the surge. from southern methodist university this is almost two hours. so it s my pleasure to introduce the chair of this panel who is the executive director of the center at the university of texas at austin. and he has, i think, not unique but certainly worth while perspective, duel perspective of being a person who has both studied decision making in the white house and been part of decision making in the white house. he was a valuable member of really making the network connections and the interviews that are the underlying factor and underlying base of this project work. will, i thank you for. that i turn the mike over to you. thank you very much, jeff. i m honored to be moderating this panel here with four very dear friends and valued colleagues. there is a concern afoot that as a moderator i may let i got to my
it s also struggled for years with pro russian rebels. moldova s president said hosting the summit, just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in chisinau for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many ye
moldova s president said hosting the summit just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in kishi no for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many years it s been heavily dependent on moscow for fuel, forf
and it s not just and it s notjust the uk temperature record that is likely to topple today and tomorrow. we are also looking at individual records for scotland, england and wales all being broken, and if anything tomorrow looks like it will be a bit hotter than today. i will have all the details throughout the programme. good morning. farms across the country, like this one in suffolk, are already dealing with a very dry first half of the year, as you can see from the reservoir levels behind me. now comes the heatwave. i will be looking at the effect it is having on the food they produce that we all rely on. also on breakfast this morning, one of the conservative mps vying to be party leader will be knocked out of the running today, when the latest round of voting takes place. in sport, how rory mcilroy let it slip away on the final day at st andrews, as cameron smith pockets a cool £2 million winner s cheque for winning the open. good morning. welcome to cambridge where th