Back. We had a great session last night. This of course is the 2019 International Conference on the American Revolution. Were meeting at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. Were very thankful to our sponsors. Richard c von hess foundation, and john am jeanne roe. Theres a long genie all itchy to this topic. It goes back more than a quarter century. Very personal for me. It starts with insight thats brought out in the exhibition that is celebrated, here the life and death of a irish soldier. This explores connections between the American Revolution and ireland through the eyes of st. George, both a soldier and. Artist not a fine artist, a caricaturist. Of course we know that satire and mockery, something we use a lot here among the staff at the museum can reveal a lot about culture. This is certainly a theme that comes up. About 30 years ago when i was a graduate student doing research for a dissertation chapter in edinburgh, there was another graduate student at the
Pres. Trump and i think situation in ukraine is very important. The meetings coming up with russia and ukraine are very important. Theres a big possibility that very big progress can be made. I think its very important for ukraine. I think its very important from the standpoint of russia also to work out peace because theyve been fighting a long time, too long. I think theres a really good chance that that will happen. Also, with respect to nuclear weapons, ive spoken to president putin, and ive communicated with him. He very much wants to, and so do we, work out a treaty of some kind on nuclear weapons. That will probably then include china at some point, and yourselves, by the way, but it will include china and some other countries. We intend to see if we can work something out to stop the proliferation, to stop what is happening because we are making a lot, and we are renovating a lot, and frankly, the whole situation with nuclear is not a good situation. We ended the treaty because
Is the president damaging americas credibility . Plus President Trump declares a big break through with china. Is it real . Well talk to treasury secretary steven mnuchin. And you ready for the Bernie Sanders on his health, the campaign and a little baseball. Announcer from abc news its this week. Here now chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Good morning and welcome to this week. From the impeachment inquiry to a possible break through with china theres a lot to get to this morning. First the breaking news out of syria. A senior u. S. Official tells abc news at least 23 isis prisoners are believed to escape since turkey began its offensive against the kurds last week. Over 200,000 people have been displaced. Civilians in Northern Syria are now going to u. S. Bases seeking protection. Its a crisis that began after President Trump announced he was withdrawing u. S. Troops from syrias border. Abc news senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell is on the ground in Northern Syria a
Mastro, an assistant professor of Security Studies at the edmund a. Wilson school at Georgetown University and american scholar at American Enterprise institute. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks in wartime. And she is currently working on a book about chans challenges to u. S. Primacy. Next we hear from a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, a defense consulting firm. Hes previously served as president of the center for strategic and budgetary assessments in a department of Defenses Office of net assessment and on the personal staff of three secretaries of defense. Hes the author of several books, most recently publishing the declines of deterrents earlier this year. Our third panelist is dr. Michael green who is a Senior Vice President for asia and japan chair at the center for strategic and International Studies csis as well as director of Asian S
Next, look at the current relations between the United States and china with security and defense experts. U. S. China economic and Security Review Commission hosted this event. Thank you. We will catch up sometime here. We are not too far behind. I would like to introduce our second panel, which will explore major developments in the u. S. China security relations in 2019. We will start with doctor orianas carl mastro who is assistant professor of Security Studies at the admin a Wilson School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. And a resident scholar at the american enterprises. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks and more time. And currently working on a book about chinas challenge to u. S. Privacy. Next we hear from doctor andrew kirby voinovich senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, defense consulting firm. His previously served as presi