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Canadians and the others in the g7, our nato allies, plus japan, which is de facto a nato ally. and they don t buy that they should be punished with tariffs on national securities, that they pose a national security danger to the u.s. with their aluminum and steel tariffs. the other thing about this is the g7, since its creation in 1975, in the middle of an oil crisis, an economic crisis, was as a demonstration of western unit in the face of economic threats. and then national security threats. so it represented the one thing that the u.s. has that russia and china didn t have over the last 70 years, and that s allies. and if you have disunit among our allies at the g7, what kind of unit are you going to have if you actually face a national hurt the threat to one or any member of those allies? there was a blog post earlier this week by ambassador daniel frooed, a fellow at the atlantic council, former assistant ....
Experience in? andrea, one of the interesting things about the statement you just read is that s normally the sort of thing that senator hagel would say once he is nominated in his when he testifies before the senate, for senate committee. this is a very unusual situation. he hasn t even been nominated for the job, and he is being put you tloo a quasi-nomination process. every candidate has strengths and that are larger than others. this is a person with two purple hearts. this is a person who has been on the intelligence committee of the senate. he has been on the foreign relations committee of the senate. as with senator kerry, there isn t a learning curve here. he doesn t have to do a world tour to get to know world leaders. he knows them. he knows them personally. he didn t just know them in the senate. he has known them for the last four years as chairman of the atlantic council as well. so i think i think a senator with that kind of global reach brings something different ....
The former republican senator who, as we say, is possibly nominated to be defense secretary, but that nomination under fire from the right wing, and now as well from others in the lgbt community, but, fred, thank you very much for joining us. a lot has happened today. under the the letterhead of the atlantic council, chuck hagel has put out a statement saying my comments 14 years ago in 1998 about james hormel, the proposed mom knee to be ambassador to luxembourg, were insensitive. they do not reflect my views or the totally of my public record, and i apologized to ambassador hormel or & any lgbt americans who may question my support of their civil rights. i am fully open to open service and supportive of lgbt military families. this had become a big issue because arguably the white house could push back against republican critics, but not against this involving a core value of this president. it also it also underscores who senator hagel ....
I think this is more the issue, and certainly the president is going to have to deal with that, and it s not going to hurt him to have a republican in the senate even if he is a controversial republican. in the cabinet. thank you very much. in the pentagon is what i meant to say. thank you. thank you very much, fred kemp. thank you. from the atlantic council. coming up, in the wake of the newtown tragedy, the nra is calling for armed guards in the nation s schools. reaction from utah congressman jason chafitz coming up next. we re awaiting an official announcement from the president in the roosevelt room expected to nominate senator john kerry for secretary of state and we ll bring that to you life. i m glad we got cdw and cisco to design our data center. ....
Followed by nearly 30 years in the senate. all of them on the foreign relations committee and the last four as chairman. during his speech to the democratic national convepgs. stoo will he protect our country and our allies, advance our interests in our deal, do battle where we must and make peace where we can. our opponents like to talk about american exceptionalism, but all they do is talk, but forget that we are exceptional not because we say we are, but because we do exceptional things. we break out of the great depression, win two world wars, save lives fighting aids, pull people out of poverty, defend freedom, go to the moon, and produce exceptional people who even give their lives for civil rights and for human rights. john gary at the convention. fred kemp is president and ceo of the atlantic council, which is chaired by chuck hagel. ....