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Civil war in 1949 and so its tempting for americans to think well, 72 years, why are we worried about the risk if nothing has happened for more than seven decades why would it happen now? the answer is, something has changed which is dramatically. china now has the capability to potentially seize taiwan and although it could end up a difficult fight in the short term and the united states could take the fight to the chinese mainland, theyre at a military point where theres a question mark there....

Independent state or challenge the assertion. it also continues to argue that it is committed to taiwans capability of self-defense. beijing uses this position to block the united nations position of blocking taiwan from an independent state and uses its power against much smaller countries like the tiny baltic state of lithuania. they said it would welcome a taiwanese representative office in its capitolal. issuing a statement saying taiwan rejects the formula of one country, two systems that x...

To 10 years. particularly with the demographic population of losing a lot of their workforce due to their one child only policy very much aware, bribe, they do have an upper hand militarily in the region, because the united states has deterrence eroded of that as our allies as well. and we are trying to move quickly to correct those deficiencies and get greater capability into the region. but thats going to take some time. and they know there is a window of opportunity in the next five or so yea...

Experience, as a colleague of mitch mcconnell for a dozen years. how is this playing out? mcconnell saying a flat no, do it on your own, when it has been bipartisan. >> well, to me at some point in time, and that time i think has passed, you have to put the well-being of the nation ahead of the political effect of our parties. and in this particular case, this is the equivalent for me of saying uncle sam just fired a warning shot to his temple. you have members of congress that are not going to ...

Communication intelligence assessments and documents on ending the war and also at that hearing widespread criticism of how the evacuation is handled and what it means for the future. >> i cant recall, one that was more chaotic than the one experienced in afghanistan. it goes to talk about capability, for terrorism operations. >> it emerged in afghanistans thousands of american weapons received by the taliban on them, and around the country, $83 billion towards supplying the afghan army with tho...

The taliban have been responding with raids here in the capital and throughout the east of the country, but it appears they face a pretty significant challenge now in the form of the isis-k insurgency, jim. >> no question. so much there for the people to bear. clarissa ward, thank you. taiwans defense minister warning china could have the capability to launch a full-scale attack on them by 2025. china has thrown multiple aircraft into the defense zone in the past few days, more than 150. >> pr...

Air defence zone is not the same as taiwans territorial airspace, but it is causing alarm in taipei. for its part, beijing has blamed rising tension on the presence of us and allied warships in the region. here is what america makes of the latest development. well, we remain concerned by the peoples republic of chinas military activity near taiwan, which undermines regional peace and stability. we urge beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, pressure and caution against taiwan and we have an ...

Them is what i just mentioned. if you look at the countries i mentioned, lets take russia and china, in terms of digital capability, if you want to talk to somebody over the internet, compared to 20 years ago, what do you think the russians and the chinese are good at? not only targeting us in terms of digital but also numbers of people. you look at the chinese security service. thats hundreds of thousands of people looking across the internet saying what are we seeing in terms of something that...

Needs to be done and lawmakers are committed to doing something now. >> what is your best sense of what that would look like? i heard one of the early funders of facebook was on a different network saying you need an fda-style new agency actually to regulate all of tech and look at it on a daily basis. do we need to stand up a new agency in washington? are there current agencies that could handle this or even have this technique, capability? >> so, some democrats have proposed creating a new dig...

One that we experienced in afghanistan over the capability or limited knowledge of what it takes. >> of the thousands of american-made weapons seized by the taliban, some sold by dealers and they pop up around afghanistan. $83 billion put towards supplying the afghan army. the marine officer locked up for criticizing the evacuation has been released from a military brig. he spoke out 3 days from retirement, uphold the way the situation unfolded and lieutenant scheller is subject to a gag order b...