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Taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, has announced that all men will be required to serve one year's military service. the announcement came after china carried out one of its biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan on sunday with fighterjets and warships deployed around the island. the taiwanese leader said it was needed to counter the growing military pressure beijing is exerting on taiwan, which it regards as an integral part of china. translation: the currentl four-month military training service system cannot provide sufficient troops or frequency of training to cope...

Translation: the current four-month military training service system - cannot provide sufficient troops or frequency of training to cope with the rapidly changing combat situation and satisfy the need for combat readiness. after two years of complete assessment and review, considering the demand for troops in the new strategic structure, we have decided to restore the one—year compulsory military service from 2024, applicable to male draftees born afterjanuary the 1st 2005. earlier we spoke to lin fei—fan, deputy secretary—general of the taiwanese majority ruling democratic progressive p...

Cannot provide sufficient troops or frequency of training to cope with the rapidly changing combat situation and satisfy the need for combat readiness. after two years of complete assessment and review, considering the demand for troops in the new strategic structure, we have decided to restore the one—year compulsory military service from 2024, applicable to male draftees born afterjanuary the 1st 2005. earlier we spoke to lin fei—fan, deputy secretary—general of the taiwanese majority ruling democratic progressive party. we started asking what he thought about the chinese explanation f...

Complexity to the calculus, whatever it is, that putin has. >> when you look, general clapper, at all these drastic moves by putin in recent days, the massive mobilization, the crackdown on protesters, the nuclear threats, the sham referendums, what does it all say to you about his mind-set right now? >> well, i think -- well, he's in trouble and i think he knows it. i think his options are declining, the mobilization is not going to change the outcome of the combat situation at all. the images, the two images of demonstrators opposing it, which is a brave thing to do in russia these days, and...

He's recruiting men from the age of 18 to the age of 60. now think about that for a minute bringing 60-year-olds into active combat situation. you don't do that as a normal course of business and thirdly, russia has significantly declining demographics losing people every year. this will be a tough live for putin. >> admiral, i want to ask you about afghanistan. what are your thoughts today as we mark one year after that attack on the airport and the u.s. withdrawal of 13 members of the united states armed forces that we lost? >> above all i say a prayer for the brave 13 marines that died with...