Postponed the match against monaco, and president zumas 75th birthday, but he is not invited to this party. South africas opposition pushes to get rid of the controversial president. And germans in a photographer michael ball house known for his contribution to hollywood movies has died at the age of 81. We will take a look at his life and his work. German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus. Im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. After a day of talks in moscow, u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson in moscow said u. S. Russia relations are at a low point, marked by what he says is a severe lack of trust. His russian counterpart, sergey lavrov, could not offer much encouragement, either, saying only that some progress has been made on syria and that a working group will be set up to examine the poor state of u. S. Russia talks. He said moscow and washington have agreed to continue cooperating to try to find a political solution for syria. What a difference a week makes. Once consid
News conference where the president expressed his support for nato and discussed syria russia, and china. This event is 30 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States jensis excellency stoltenberg. Secretarygeneral, it is a pleasure to welcome you to the momentorse and such a and our great alliance. I also want to take knowledge the great work being done by our secretary of state, Rex Tillerson to strengthen the Nato Alliance as well as the secretarys trip to moscow to to pull mode to promote the United States and our allies. He did a terrific job. 68 years ago, this month, not far from where we are, gathered today. Harry truman spoke at the signing of the north atlantic treaty. In the seven decades since he spoke those words, the Nato Alliance has been people work of international peace, and security. Nato allies defeated communism and liberated the captive nations of the cold war. They secured the longest. Of unbroken peace that europe has ever known. This Endur
Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the National Direct their of the freedom are youill stop encouraged . Are you feeling it . You understand now why we pulled and invited people to participate, at least for me, incredibly encouraging to hear and see and feel and reach out and touched the actual people who carry the very burdens that we ourselves carry and our own hearts and minds. So thank you for those remarks. Making it happen. As the senator just told us. It is a different animal. It is a different skill set. We want quick results. We want fast, urgent, immediate results. He know what . Sometimes the longterm results take a longer game. A longer perspective they had just one congressional cycle. One is election cycle. Next presentation is going to come from a gentleman that understands that intrinsically. The United States senate is a complicated body. The personalities involved are sometimes elaborate personalities. The rules themselves are nuanced and intricate. The poli
Say is under the control of extremist groups like isil . Isil and daesh control the area in and around sirt. I couldnt give you exact percentage. The other places have transitory effect. Would you consider libya at this point a failed state . Yes, sir. Thank you all very much for your service. Thank you, mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses. I echo the comments about the appreciation for the service. The many times you have been before this committee. General rodriguez, i want to ask a couple of questions touching on each of your expertise about the training we do with foreign militaries and in africa i know the u. S. Military is a preferred training partner in many nations seek our assistance. I kind of like to have you talk about the success of those training efforts over the course of your three years in the position and what other nations do significant training of African Military . I view this as one of the most Cost Effective investments that we make. I would like to hear y
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