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Disproportionate response because the testing itself is already in violation of u.n. security council resolution. they have already violated resolutions. whether its a fissile material thats been used or fission as opposed to fusion, whether thermonuclear or not, that is almost irrelevant in terms of sanctions need to be intensified. now, the security council needs to take action. china is in a better position than anybody else at this point by reducing the level of subsidy that it provides to t...

Cooperation between our special operations forces sharing more information and stronger border security to prevent the flow of foreign fighters and increased enforcement to prevent terrorist financing. well step up our efforts to counter violent extremism, including online and broad you are on expansion on maritime security and work to harden critical infrastructure. third we will help our partners improve their own capacity to defend themselves. the united states will streamline and expedite th...

He also went on to say the country needs to guard its sovereignty to avoid becoming what he calls a chained bear. putin says russias economic downturn could last two years. the cyberattack on sony led the studio to pull the release of its film "the interview" about a fictional plot to assassinate north korean leader kim jong un. its a comedy. the hacking and its aftermath have raised eyebrows and anger in washington. one u.s. senator says expect congress to take action right after the holiday ...

Airs defense capability. i do believe their hands are all over this. >> colonel, when you look at the situation like that. no one is talking about putting troops on the ground. we might as well go fight russia because we are bulking up our military. you are the not talking about that today. where would you like to see the money go? where would you like to see the investment go within the pentagon that would make sense to a guy like you? >> well, the first thing we need to do is we need to really...

The czech republic on missile defense. i think that was a mistake, not following up with his threat on syria, the red line. it seems like putin is enjoying sort of like sticking his middle finger in barack obamas face like with edward snowden. what should the presidents response be? what would you recommend if you were the defense secretary right now? >> the only thing one can do, were not managing our economy responsibly, were cutting back our defense capability. eisenhower said through spring....

Well the white house says we can handle an incoming nuclear attack from north korea. here is press secretary jay carney on this yesterday. >> i can tell you that the united states is fully capable of defending against any north korean ballistic missile attack and our recent success in returning to testing of the upgraded version of the so-called gbi, or the ce-2 missile, will keep us on a good trajectory to improve our defense capability against limited ballistic missile threats such as those fr...

The budget. if were going to get cuts, this is the only opportunity to get them with this president. what message do you have to them today? >> my message to them is i agree with you that weve got a spending problem, that weve got a debt and deficit problem that need to be addressed. and weve got to look at cutting spending where we can. we all agree that reforming entitlements is the way to do it. but i also say defense cuts the way theyre done are not good for our defense and we can replace th...

Were behind and we have a long way to go to catch up. martha: this is very scary stuff and they trace it back to one building on the outskirts of shanghai, unit 31698. sounds like something from a spy movie. but when you talk about it in those terms, ambassador, going after pipelines, you think about how technical our warfare has become, with drones and all of this, everything, so much computer orchestrated and you say we are behind, we put out a report. lets put up a full screen. last week we t...

The congressional record signed by 100 senators. i told him he ought to sell it on ebay and get rich. this hasnt happened in years, and it sure isnt going to happen with chuck hagel whom we can discuss. but the whole idea that in this reckless fashion, congress is not stopping this move to sequester of the defense or the nondefense budget just boggles my mind. i havent been there in two years, but the people who are there are shaking their heads. let me say this. i was in munich recently for the...

Along those lines hes got a track record that sort of diminishes defense capability as opposed to building it up. we cant afford that. >> who would you like to see on this? >> im not in a position to make that kind of nomination. drastically different perspective than these two, and another piece on these theyre differential to international institutions, u.n., criminal courts, that i think that diminishes american democracy and i have the clear eye of the world in the we pave and susan rice, in...