Test. Test test. Test test. Test test test test. Test test test test. Neither of these will be resolved quickly, but they must be resolved. Were on the precipice of an agreement in afghanistan and more importantly enter discussions aimed at ending the conflict. We have to consider the view here at home, it matters, the United States is now one of the larger exporters of what we depended on from this region. There is fatigue on the home front that have expended significant american treasure and highlighted the problems of the region that have seemed unsolvable. It would be a mistake to under estimate how powerful this fatigue is. Not only in our policy makers but the broader american public. There is now a strategic imperati imperative. They make it very clear that maintaining our competitive advantage in these states is our overriding objective. Recent guidance in the last couple weeks for Service Chiefs makes it clear what a definite push towards great power competition. So where does
General joseph votel for a keynote address today. He currently serves for National Security. He joined there in january 2020 following 39 years of distinguished military service. He served in u. S. Central command. He prior to serving as the commander of central command, he commanded the u. S. Special operations command. Hes also a distinguished senior fellow at the middle east institute. Im happen foi welcome paul salem here. He is going to talk about a theme that has come up throughout the discussion this morning which were all aware of but werent sure of what to think of. I think in about 30 minutes well know exactly what to think about it. About how we should think about great power, competition in the gulf. So im delighted to introduce general joseph votel. [ applause ] thanks very much. Its great to be here, john. Thanks for the invitation to be here. Thanks for your flexibility in scheduling. I kind of smiled when i came up here. This little light i gave a speech up in new york
Eh, amazing things, tova. The minister of defense of germany once loved tver rugs , he was even the mayor of the city that became a sister city of our tver, and then at some point he changed his shoes and fell in love with american hamburgers, how this happened and why, lets figure it out. I studied russian, was in moscow, st. Petersburg, tver and other cities, those residents of russia with whom i met seemed cordial and hospitable to me. Boris pistorius has good russian, although he was born in western germany in the sixties year in lower saxony, claims that he chose this language because there was such an opportunity, and even took it at the final exams, although it is generally known that in the west no one simply chooses the russian language, and one fact is that in his native osnabruck there is clearly a sister city of tver, there are clearly 11 sister cities there, you could learn chinese, korean, turkish, dutch at worst, but each action has. I have a question that is forbidden t
Doing this. And allow direct contracts to be concluded with Ukrainian Companies that import drones and to do it much more and faster, because now the logistics of drones is very complicated, there is simply another problem that a lot of drones are transported, this is a lego constructor, it can be fully equipped, necessary for the performance of combat missions, or it can simply be a few parts from which the product cannot be fully made, that is, it is very important that it was highquality and well, we need to work on it, not everyone can do it, and now with the onset of cold weather, winter is ahead, the rains will probably be more foggy, is there any feature of the use of drones now, maybe you can do something for us, open some secrets, which will then make it easier for volunteers, in particular, to supply you with drones, well, the biggest enemy for us, if we talk about the weather, is the wind. And such heavy precipitation in the form of rain, when it rains, not only here and the
for his role on the sitcom, friends is dead tonight at the age of 54. the cause of death among still unclear. we will have a live report from l.a. and moments but first, the war between israel and hamas. israel is now in the middle of its second war of independence. a fight for survival, a fight he will win according to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressing the nation saturday as great operations inside gaza enter a new more intense more dangerous phase, israeli military panic hamas targets from land, air and sea and the potential for a wider regional conflict remains high. the president of turkey calling hamas quote freedom fighters and accusing israeli forces of war crimes. good evening, i am jonathan with special coverage of israel s war against hamas. this is a live look at the city of ashkelon where residents are children from potential rocket attacks. not far is israeli troops and tanks now inside the gaza strip. what lies ahead from of the possibility