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Everything? >> we have important equities with the saudis. its naive to think we shouldnt be talking to them. but we can remove any hint of legitimacy that meeting gives by downgrading our security relationship, removing their liability. there are steps we can take to make it clear to the saudis there theres going to be a price to be paid if you take our weapons, if you accept the royal cover we give you for your human rights crimes and you get in bed with the russians on oil production. >> anot...

>> listen, we sell massive amounts of arms to the saudis. i think we need to rethink those sales. i think we need to lift the exemption that we have given this opec-plus cartel from u.s. price fixing liability. i think we need to look at our troop presence in the middle east and saudi arabia. for years we have looked the other way as saudi arabia -- >> decades. >> chopped up journalists, has engaged in massive political repression, for one reason. we wanted to know that when the chips were down,...

The U.S. government should develop a coherent and coordinated strategy for South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The United States has a number of vital interests at stake in the region that includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the vast Indian Ocean. Perhaps most important, the region has become an increasingly vital theater of competition with China, which poses a direct threat to the security and prosperity of the United States ...

New Delhi, Aug 9: The US and the Maldives have kick-started the Tempest Wind 2022 joint counter-terrorism exercise from August 7 to 18. These are being held in capital Male and the central Maldives as planned by the Maldives Defence Force ...

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Blitzer reporting live from jerusalem. were awaiting a joint news conference from president joe biden and the israeli prime minister yair lapid. the two are signing a new joint declaration in the meantime aimed at expanding the security relationship between the two nations while countering efforts by iran to destabilize the region. and this event comes as president biden faces crises not only abroad but also back in the united states as we all know inflation levels surging to 40-year highs, memb...

Especially when it comes to defense, given all the moves by north korea, even in the last few days? he seems to be a man whos talking more about deterrence rather than diplomacy. >> paula, this is a man who was inaugurated just 11 days ago, so clearly we are learning more about him every day that we see him in the public eye. certainly when he was campaigning to be president, he focused very much on the fact he wanted a stronger relationship with the united states. he wanted a strong defense pos...

>> deliverables, the weirdest word ever. what are the tangible results leaders can take home from a trip like this? what are the possibilities, admiral? >> well, i think the biggest tangible is the meeting itself. the fact that president biden has chosen asia and south korea and japan as his first visit to asia. if he gets a strong signal from president union will deliver on his campaign promises, to stand up to china, increase the relationship, security relationship within the alliance with the...

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Ukrainians die and tanks roll in and air strikes, nato is going to get stronger. the nato response is going to be incredibly aligned. its going to be a military response in terms of positioning of forces, permanent bases in the baltics and the likes, and an enormous economic response. but if its not that. if its more cyber attacks, some of which we saw last week and there was no international response. if its not that and its annexing and sending troops and tanks in to defend russians that putin...