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0 theres no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan which was our core original mission. and everyone who served in that war should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when the ambassador signed the doha agreement...

0 theres no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core original mission. and everyone who has served in that war has been proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calisade signed the agree...

Theres a lot of people giving a little leeway in this unprecedented time. but theyre also a lot of other people that really want to hold the law of civilian military law and say it shouldnt matter that -- you know, the because that milley is trying to protect the military are going over the line. what phil is saying is there is a big -- the bigger request he that were seeing in our pages which is the presidents ability to have unilateral launch authority for first strike nuclear action has not b...

With figures showing the number of people drowning in ports, harbours and marinas on the increase, and those who work in the fishing industry at…

Dunmore East RNLI lifeboat launched today (Sunday, June 6) to a report of a 4m fishing vessel with four people...

Dinghy passengers grateful after rescue by Howth RNLI Updated / Saturday, 8 May 2021 21:19 The scene in Howth harbour, Dublin today after the dinghy was towed ashore Four people in an inflatable dinghy, who were struggling to make it back to shore against strong winds and tides, have been rescued by Howth RNLI in Dublin. There was a request to launch the inshore lifeboat at 6.50pm today after reports of an inflatable dinghy in difficulties while returning from Irelands Eye to Howth harbour. We...

Prior to giving the final launch authority, he asked the question, and you know, there is this rule of law called proportionality, and i think it just popped in his head that 150 dead innocents in iran was a disproportionate price to pay for knocking down a piece of american materiel. so in a way, there is a strategy here, but it was an impulsive move, and i think in the minds of most people in this town, probably the right move. >> if indeed, ambassador, there was a strategy here or at least in...

>> joe, its scenario dependent, but the system is designed for speed and decisiveness, not to debate the decision. >> let me read you one more thing before we dive into this together. politico, a piece on nuclear authorization wrote that unilateral launch authority is so powerful, so unchecked and so scary that years before watergate, nixon had turned it into its own geopolitical strategy. the so-called madman theory with which he threatened the soefvie and vietnamese. we have a lot of conversat...