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Introduction In a speech to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the People’s Armed Police Force (PAP) delegation to the National People’s Congress (NPC) on March 8, Chinese President and Central Military Commission Chairman Xi Jinping called for accelerating the development of “integrated national strategies and strategic capabilities” (INSSC:一体化国家战略体系和能力) (Xinhua, March 8). Xi defined the key elements of developing INSSC …

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Quarterback. yes, he can run. but he also can stand in the pocket and throw the ball and re-defense and run if he has to. he is not playing a position because he can run. he was playing because you could think and he could get the ball down the field. and, when you talk about patrick, i dont think anybody can say anything about patrick. but what hes done since he started quarterback is because nobody can play the way that hes played it and the toughness is there. so, when you have to guys like, ...

Assistance to ukraine, which some interpret as an explicit admission of quid pro quo. joining me now, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos who knows what a quid pro quo is. are those tweets admission of that? >> not for rudy giuliani theyre not. theyre part of the core defense of republicans and the white house which is this. this is the only direction this defense is ultimately go. because trump happen admitted to the request, admitted he asked the president of ukraine for a favor. the only path ...

The key thing to remember, zelensky cannot say anything now, then, two weeks from now, that in any way could annoy donald trump. he needs the american president a . any ukrainian president doesful? whatever do you make of what has popped up what seems to most to be obvious? hey, look, it never happen. there is no damage. no real threat here. they did not get any dirt on the bds. they got the aid. everything is fine. and the other is, hey, it may have happened. the president may have known nothin...

Presidents core defense. >> from ambassador sondland, theres no quid pro quo. he said that. >> reporter: but nbc news has learned from a source close to sondland that he will tell congress that he wasnt speaking for himself but relyiaying the presidents assurance there was no quid pro quo. sondland does not know indefinite independently if thats true. another former insider, fiona hill who had been the presidents expert on russia and europe on the national security council will testify today, an...

Stabbing was self-defense. fox news legal analyst mercedes colwin on this today. >> what a cautionary tale. the italian judicial system is different from us. no jury, judge making the decision. already the judge is indicating that she is a little suspicious of the self-defense that theyre claiming that took place and that resulted in the stabbing of the police officer. she said it is lack of self-control. so already shes suspicious of self-defense. thats their core defense. coming forward and sa...

Veterans. in fact, 68% of veterans aged 18 to 34, successful compared to only 2% age 55 or older. asked specifically about north korea, 40% of the younger group says u.s. intervention in north korea would make the u.s. safer compared to only 28% of military individuals aged 55 plus. joining me two of the folks behind this poll. will ruger, vice president for research and policy at the charles coke institute and an officer in the u.s. navy reserve and david craig, editor of real core defense. bot...