Aisle, are rightly concerned about how he may respond when tested by russia, iran, north korea, and other transnational threats such as cyber. Considering some of these hotspots in the world in detail, i would like to start with iran, which remains a top concern for this committee. Their behavior with respect to forces across the region has not improved and irans unsafe actions have continued. I believe the joint plan of action is the most effective way to prevent iran from resuming their Nuclear Weapons program. General mattis, while you raise concerns about the jcpoa when it was being negotiated, you stated during a center for strategic and International Studies forum in april 2016 that in your words, there is no going back absent a real violation. I agree with that assessment. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about how we can build upon the jcpoa to address other
iranian threats including its malign influence in the region and Ballistic Missile programs. Violent Extremist Gro
bill: thank you for your insight and you suffered over 100 concussions. a jaw dropping number. we wish and your health the best and thank you so much for coming on this morning to share what you have been experiencing. god bless you bill and dana. i use the phrase you matter. we care about you. dana: thank you so much. 2024 republican hopeful miami mayor francis suarez had an awkward exchange on a foreign policy question. will you be talking about the uighurs in your campaign? the what? the uighurs. what s a uighur. you have to get smart on that. you gave me homework. i will look at what did you call it. the weeble? the uighurs. dana: a swift response after that i m well aware of suffering of the uighurs in china and being enslaved because of their
yeah, it s a very fair question hugh hewett tends to ask a lot of foreign policy questions, and very important ones and this isn t important just because of the humanitarian cost of this. and the crisis there, but, you know, this touches on trade, and economic issues, this was not a good look for anyone, but especially for someone hoz rap, as it were, that he s really not prepared to be president having been sort of this figure head as the mayor of miami. when that s, you know, the rap on you, this was probably the last thing you needed to be stumped on a foreign policy question, and look very unprepared for a national stage. ashley, is this stumble recoverable in your view, especially given that he is not a candidate that many americans are quite familiar with? i mean, to be honest, the first time i saw uighurs spelled
2024 republican presidential candidate and miami mayor francis suarez found himself in an awkward position during a radio interview on the hugh hewitt show. he was asked a foreign policy question about china but he appeared completely unaware of the issue. listen to how it went down. will you be talking about the uyghurs in your campaign? the what? the uyghurs? what s a uyghur? you gave me homerk, hugh, i will look at what was it, what did you call it a weeble? the uyghurs, you really need to talk about the uyghurs, mayor. i will search uyghurs. i m a good learner, i m a fast learner. cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is here with us, also notably a fast learner. jeff, not a good look for mayor suarez, but he has issued a statement. he issued a statement claiming he didn t quite hear
differences. we are being committed t meeting our responsibilities under the taiwan relations act including making sure that taiwan has the ability t defend itself. donald trump does not kno it but of course that was hi administration s position on taiwan, to in his fox interview tonight donald trump refused to answer another their-y, very simple foreign policy question. was it wrong to invad ukraine? he wouldn t have done it if it were me in china today, the secretary of state said this with regard to lethal aid t russia for the use in ukraine, we and other countries hav received assurances from china that it is not and will no provide lethal assistance to russia for use in ukraine. we appreciate that and we have not seen any evidence that