The headlines the bbc sees evidence that staff at Nasser Hospital in gaza were mistreated by israeli forces. A ship loaded with 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid finally leaves cyprus for gaza where people are dying of starvation. Haitis Prime Minister resigns and calls for calm after Gang Violence plunged the country into chaos. Social Media Influencer andrew tate and his Brother Triston are arrested by Romanian Police over alleged sex offences committed in britain. And surf s up on the river severn,. We start this half hour in haiti where the Prime Minister, ariel henry, has agreed to resign and make way for a transitional authority. It comes as heavily armed gangs take control of the capital and dead bodies pile up on its streets. It has a complicated past. Since breaking free from French Colonial rule over two centuries ago, the caribbean state has weathered multiple foreign interventions. Well start in 1915, when the us invaded and occupied haiti following local unrest. It maintained
Missiles, and Electronic Warfare systems to youpossible orders to create antiaccess zones from which to project power. We met with the u. S. Army europe commander, ben hodges, last week. Wasked him if moscow bolstering its position in europe and what russian capabilities worry him the most. The ability the russians have move a lot of forces very quickly if the thing that worries me the most about what they can do. The lack of indicators and warning that we have, and their ability to move stuff real fast, thats not a good combination. Then you match that with the area and access denial capability they invested in denyingrad, where they can access, what they have invested in the crimea more than 25,000 any ship capability to the black sea, and as you alluded to, they have the ability to create a bubble over a corner of the mediterranean with their Defense Systems they have put into syria. This is not healthy. It certaly is not the action of a nation that wants to be a reonsible partner i
I thought that was very good thing t was very much in our countrys interest. I think it has worked out well. But i think we have to wait and see what the president comes up with. And you know i dont know what that is going to be. I know at the moment the ayatollah and u. S. Congress are not making his life and that effort any easier. But, i i just urge you once again, weve had many estimates of iranian capabilities. Im not persuaded given what i saw in iraq that we know much more about iran than we knew about iraq. I hope we do but i couldnt count on it and im not actively reporting that right now anyway. There is plenty more material in the book. So we hope you buy the book and buy it here in support of the wonderful work that brad and elissa do at politics prose. Thank you all for coming. [applause] booktv is on twitter. Follow us to get publishing news scheduling updates author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. Twitter. Com slash booktv. Next on
Our guest today, general ann dunwoody, has scored a number of firsts. She is the first woman in u. S. Military history to achieve the fourstar rank, she was the first woman to command a battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division, and she was the first woman to command the combined arm support command. For the last four years of her active duty, ann helded the u. S. Army material command. Now retired, she was in charge of the Largest Global Logistics Command in the army comprised of 69000 military and civilians located in all 50 states and more than 140 countries. She managed a budget of 60 billion. Im jealous. And was responsible for oversight of approximately 70 billion in service contracts. Army chief of staff general ray odierno called ann quite simply the best loy sticks the army has ever had. And has pads ann has passed on some of the strategies she used to earn this praise in her new book. Walter isaacson, president and ceo of the Aspen Institute and author of the innovators, has sa
Our guest today, general ann dunwoody, has scored a number of firsts. She is the first woman in u. S. Military history to achieve the fourstar rank, she was the first woman to command a battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division, and she was the first woman to command the combined arm support command. For the last four years of her active duty, ann helded the u. S. Army material command. Now retired, she was in charge of the Largest Global Logistics Command in the army comprised of 69000 military and civilians located in all 50 states and more than 140 countries. She managed a budget of 60 billion. Im jealous. And was responsible for oversight of approximately 70 billion in service contracts. Army chief of staff general ray odierno called ann quite simply the best loy sticks the army has ever had. And has pads ann has passed on some of the strategies she used to earn this praise in her new book. Walter isaacson, president and ceo of the Aspen Institute and author of the innovators, has sa