president obama visited texas this week and addressed the problem of unaccompanied minors crossing into the united states. it brings me to my question this week, which country received the most new asylum claims last year? france? germany? turkey? or the united states? stay tuned and we ll tell you the correct answer. this week s book is beach reading for nerds john brock man s the universe. it explains the major fascinating debates and advances in understanding, well, the universe. it deals with cosmic inflation, the big bang, the aftermath of the big bang. basically some of the most
do you believe that the west has responded with enough in terms of putting costs on russia for this? there have been some sanctions from the united states, even fewer from the eu. it seems not a lot compared with the gravity of the situation you describe. no, but i think there has been other indirect costs to russia that has been and has to be even more substantial. it s true that the formal sanctions or restricted measures have not been that extensive but there is no question it has unsettled russia. it has also made and made by president put tune, he has made russia an unpredictable country. if there s anything that a businessman wants to have is predictability. i think virtually all decisions to invest in russia are on hold for quite some time to come. russia desperately needs technology, capital, trade with the west in order to undertake the modernization that russia
miliband s campaign in the parliamentary elections next year. obama s most recent manager will advice the other team, david cameron s conservative party. many elected officials around the world are asking for help, understanding microtargeting, messaging, and the dynamics of social media. but can one really transplant america s strange hyper charged political campaigns to other parts of the world thousands of miles away? i guess the answer is [ chanting ] the correct answer to the challenge question was a. the philippines declared its independence from spain, but that declaration didn t work. it was then sold to america for $20 million. on july 4th, 1946, the united states officially granted the philippines independence, and they celebrated independence day on the fourth of july until the
the correct answer to the gps challenge question was a. on june 12th, 1988 they declared their independence from spain. that declaration didn t work and it was sold to america for $20 million. on july 4th, 1946, the united states officially granted the philippines independence and they celebrated independence day on the fourth of july until the filipino president changed the date to june 12th in 1962. he said that the anniversary of their independence from spain represented a greater struggle and was more inspiring. if you guessed rwanda, july 4th is liberation day commemorating the end of the genocide. happy liberation day, independence day, republic day, friendship day to all who mark this as a holiday. thanks to all of you for being part of the program this week.
this was always the deal. there was no we ll send you maybe two people or three people. the deal for these five guys was a deal. you either have a deal or you don t. what do you think when listening to this question of is he a prisoner of war or hostage of a terrorist group. you were a hostage as a reporter. i m surprised this case unfolded that there s been so little scrutiny of pakistan. i was held for seven months in pakistan. bowe bergdahl was held there for five years. last night on cnn, david said the pakistani military made no effort to pressure them to get bowe released. it s a huge question to me. if i can just interrupt. in your original new york times article where you escape with a couple people, afghans, you escape from the taliban and