Published December 15, 2020, 3:15 PM
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will conduct a fleet review and wing flyby to showcase the military’s current roster of ships, choppers, and land vehicles including the newly purchased equipment under the revised modernization program in a ceremony to be held in Morong, Bataan on Wednesday.
Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana
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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana will spearhead the AFP’s fleet review, a traditional gathering of ships, which will be conducted in connection with the military’s 85th founding anniversary that carries the theme, “Pinag-isang Lakas na Maaasahan ng Pilipino.”
the breaking news, secretary pompeo spoke moments ago, and he is in brazil but faced his first questions about the american detained in russia accused of spying. with respect to mr. we willen who is being held, and we will learn more about the charges and come to understand what it is he has been accused of, and if the detention is not appropriate we will demand his immediate return. joining us now to discuss this and more, cnn correspondent, barbara starr and army commanding general, retired general, general hertling.
president met with north korean defectors while he was in south korea. i want to bring in my panel. douglas brinkley is a cnn presidential historian. lieutenant general mark hertling former army commanding general. and rear admiral john kirby is a cnn military and diplomatic analyst and a former spokesman for the u.s. state department. all right, good to see you all. all right, so, doug, you first, you know, on the surface this invitation for a meeting in north korea seems to be pretty big diplomatic development. how significant is it if there s a yes involved? well, we always have to remember that north korea is a dictatorial crazy unreliable country. anything they say one second can change the next. there s no reason to believe that they re good faith operators in any way, shape or form. with that said, historians are going to look at donald trump s
russia is fighting back with economic restrictions and saying it s, quote, fully mobilized to fight what it calls a threat from turkey. with me now, a cnn military analyst and retired army commanding general, europe and seventh army. thank you for coming on, general. do you think this relationship between turkey and russia will only go downhill from here? what do you think will happen? it hasn t been very good for the last couple of years, pamela. i think we re going to see certainly some tenseness this week in paris. these are both very mercurial leaders. they both have their very strong views on the way things should be happening. and they re not hesitant at all to act, as we ve seen turkey do th this week, and mr. putin do for the last year and a half. we ve seen these tensions between these two countries not only for the last few years but actually for the last hundred years or so. you will see some tenseness in
to deal with isis and you bring the different groups, element, countries, leaders together on some unification. we re going to have differences with iran for years and years weather russia for year, but you can t let those differences dictate or you can t become captive to the differences. let s center on the core threat, the common threat, build out from there. if you can build some platform of stability, that gettious to a point where you can start to maybe unravel some of this. let s discuss this further with lieutenant general mark hurdley, a cnn military analyst and retired army commanding general out of europe and as well as the 7th army. good to see you. your title gets longer and longer every time we talk. but i learn new stuff all the time. all right, general. so, you know, the president is pretty confident when he says, you know, isis will be destroyed. so is the president s confidence in your view i guess gaining strength in large part because