Welcome back to the washington journal this morning. An hour next hour, we are talking about the Biden Administrations military and veterans policy. We are joined this morning by tyler and mary. Mary, i will begin with you. What is your group, what are your goals, and i will have you that answer the same question, tyler. We are a progressive Veterans Organization founded in 2006 by veterans of the iraq war. We now have over 1. 5 million veterans and military supporters. We work to advocate for progressive policies that benefit u. S. National security. Host give me some examples. We are strongly supportive of President Bidens authorization to end the war in afghanistan and it repeal the use of force in iraq, which has been used to authorize wars in far too many countries. We are strongly supportive of strong u. S. Support for ukraine and our nato allies. Host tyler, same question to you and how do you differ from this Progressive Group . Should think it thanks for having me on. Concern
Mornings attacks in israel and that the country has an absolute right to defend itself. Right to defend itself. Thousands of rockets were fired from the gaza strip in a surprise attack by the Hamas Militant Group. This video shows palestinians using a bulldozer to break through a fence separating gaza with southern israel as gunshots are heard in the distance. Israel defence minister said hamas has launched a war and its troops were fighting against the enemy at every location. Local news has reported israeli civilians barricading themselves in their homes in border towns near gaza, pleading for help in a televised message, the police chief told residents to stay put and that we will get to you all. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , who says his country netanyahu, who says his country will win this war as israel and hamas citizens of israel , we are hamas citizens of israel, we are at war, not in an operation or in rounds, but at war. This morning, hamas launched a murderous s
Brighter with a few showers and it is still going to be worn this weekend. Its wednesday the 4th of october. After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister is expected to use his leaders speech at the conservative Party Conference to confirm that hes scrapping the second leg of h52 from birmingham to manchester. Labours andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the government of treating people in the north as Second Class Citizens, while the West Midlands mayor andy street, a conservative, was said to be distraught. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from the conference in manchester. Pushing his way through the late night conference crowds, rishi sunak, relaxed and smiling. He has, it seems, made his mind up. Its the end of h52 to manchester. This was what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What i want to do is make the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayers money, everybody watching, billions and billions
The reminder, when you have a question for the speaker, please come up to the microphone. Say your name and university and your concise question. It is my great pleasure to have Michael Steele with us. He is a former chairman of the Republican National committee, and former lieutenant republican from maryland. He made history as the first africanamerican in 2003 elected to statewide office in maryland. Rnc, he wasof the charged with revitalizing the Republican Party. A selfdescribed lincoln republican, the rnc broke fundraising records over 198 million. 63 house seats. His commitment to Party Building and grassroots organizations at levelate and local produced results. As the Lieutenant Governor of maryland, his priorities included improving the quality of the Public Education system, expanding Economic Development in the states, and fostering cooperation between the government and faithbased organizations. Ability as a communicator and commentator has been role asd in his current an a