that strategy is nato. a strong and agile nato reduces risks and enables us to deal with surprises when they happen, and they will happen. nato is the most successful alliance in history because we have always been able to change as the world changes. and because despite our differences, we're united in our commitment to each other. nato is an alliance of sovereign nations, united by democracy, liberty, and the rule of law. by a person's right to live a life in pursuit of happiness, free from oppression, values that lie at the heart of the united states and at the heart of nato. as president eisenhower nato's first supreme allied commander said, we're concerned not only with the protection of territory, but with the defense of a way of life. europe and north america are not separated by the atlantic ocean, we're united by it. and just like atlantic, nato unites our continents, our nations, and our people. it has done so for 70 years. and today we must do everything in our power to maintain that unity for fu

that strategy is nato. a strong and agile nato reduces risks and enables us to deal with surprises when they happen, and they will happen. nato is the most successful alliance in history because we have always been able to change as the world changes. and because despite our differences, we're united in our commitment to each other. nato is an alliance of sovereign nations, united by democracy, liberty, and the rule of law. by a person's right to live a life in pursuit of happiness, free from oppression, values that lie at the heart of the united states and at the heart of nato. as president eisenhower nato's first supreme allied commander said, we're concerned not only with the protection of territory, but with the defense of a way of life. europe and north america are not separated by the atlantic ocean, we're united by it. and just like atlantic, nato unites our continents, our nations, and our people. it has done so for 70 years. and today we must do everything in our power to maintain that unity for fu

host: nato is a -- -- guest: nato is a political and military alliance. consultation for the united states with many key european partners who participate in aspects of nato deliberations. we don't have a seat at the table at the european union and nato remains an important venue for us to discuss obviously not , but keyissues strategic issues it's an important forum for us. is going to have an impact on the european union. it's not clear the impact it will have on the alliance. there are some that think it will free up certain european assets to support nato missions more robustly. i don't actually think that's the case. the u.k. remains a stalwart ally . it has many challenges in maintaining its current defense capabilities, but is committed to continuing being a strong contributor to the alliance and it doesn't have -- it's not involved in that many european union missions that are going -- going to then be free if brexit doesn't happen as envisioned. with regards that the amount that nato allies pay into the fund, are they paying their fair share, not

that strategy is nato. a strong and agile nato reduces risks and enables us to deal with surprises when they happen, and they will happen. nato is the most successful alliance in history because we have always been able to change as the world changes. and because despite our differences, we're united in our commitment to each other. nato is an alliance of sovereign nations, united by democracy, liberty, and the rule of law. by a person's right to live a life in pursuit of happiness, free from oppression, values that lie at the heart of the united states and at the heart of nato. as president eisenhower nato's first supreme allied commander said, we're concerned not only with the protection of territory, but with the defense of a way of life. europe and north america are not separated by the atlantic ocean, we're united by it. and just like atlantic, nato unites our continents, our nations, and our people. it has done so for 70 years. and today we must do everything in our power to maintain that unity for fu

host: this is a discussion about nato. caller: nato? i'm talking about the constitution and nato doesn't have the right to come on the high water mark of 7000 feet within the united states of america. in california, anyway. and we are being invaded. host: we will keep the conversation on the 70th anniversary of nato this morning . have about 15 minutes left with the former u.s. ambassador to nato, ivo daalder, author of the ."ok "the empty throne taking your calls and questions this morning. god, valley, alabama, you are next. caller: if you look around germany, they of the allowed all of those people into their country and now our country is being overrun. did the same thing in south africa, they changed a lot of the laws and thousands of white farmers are being killed there. you never hear that on the news that they are being run off of their land and killed since mandela came into power after he got out of prison. why don't we hear anything about that but we do here things about smaller, tinier countries in africa and in different pl

including terrorism, which we really increased the scope of nato. we have a real world problem that is not so new anymore, but it is called terrorism different than when you were originally founded. it is people who don't wear uniforms and hard to figure out, but we have been successful in syria. we have 100% of the caliphate. we did it rapidly, much faster than i was told it could be done. i want to thank you for being here, secretary-general, it has been an honor to work with you. i would like you to extend my thanks to all the allies. i was explaining inside that if you look at a chart prior to our getting here, nato spending was going down. it was a one-way road down and since i became president and with the help of mike pence and everybody and a lot of people at this table, the difference has been tremendous. it has been a rocketship up and we have to keep it that way. >> thank you so much, mr. president, and thank you for hosting me and my organization in the white house. thank you so much for your strong support. your message is having a clea

-nato alliance. the president and he questions about the potential economic impact if he close the u.s.-mexico border. president trump: thank you very much. it's a great honor to have secretary general stoltenberg of nato with us. we have developed a very great relationship and i'm very happy to say the secretary general will be with us for quite a long time because he was just extended. so congratulations on that. it's a big thing. i was with you 100%. i think you know that. i felt very strongly about that. we've worked together on getting some of our allies to pay their fair share. it's called burden sharing. as you know, when i came, it wasn't so good. now they're catching up. we have seven of the 28 countries are currently current and the rest are trying to catch up and they will catch up and some of them have no problems because they haven't been paying and they're very rich. but we're looking at the 2% of g.d.p. level and at some point i think it's going to have to go higher than that. i think

the united states share of nato in this proportion but the relationship with nato has been very good in the relationship with the secretary-general has been outstanding. i think tremendous progress has been made if you look -- in fact usually that sure yourself if you look at the charts and the different things and you go back ten and 15 years and it's a roller coaster ride down in terms of payment, since they came to office you rocketship up. we have picked up over a hundred and $40 billion of additional money and we look like we will have another hundred billion more in spending by the nation nation's, the 28 nations we will go half. that's exclusive of the united states. we will have another hundred billion dollars more by 2020 or into 2020. tremendous progress has been made and nato is much stronger because of the progress in mr. secretary-general it's a great honor to have you with us at the white house. >> thank you for hosting me once again in the white house. it is great to be back. great to see you and thank you for your strong commitment to nato in our alliance. and especia

summit6 2018 nato u.s.rations reaffirmed the contributions to nato. last year the brussels summit declaration explicitly stated " nato's deterrence posture relies capabilities and infrastructure provided by allies concerned." increasingly aggressive posture has not gone unnoticed by our european allies, highlighting the need for credible deterrent. in asia, chaya -- china's efforts to enhance its military reach is a cause of concern for our partners in the indo-pacific region. strong public antipathy to nuclear weapons remains a challenge for u.s. extended deterrence, however the united states and japan have engaged in a regular extended deterrence dialogue that has informed and elevated each nation's understanding and insights as to the u.s. commitment. in south korea, uncertainty surrounding progress on nuclear eyes asian may foster concern -- over nuclear eyes asian -- nuclearization may foster concern. meeting, secretary of defense mattis and the minister of national defense noticed that u.s. forces played a role in maintaining peace in the penins

, the nato about the 70th anniversary of nato. here is one of the comments about the 70th anniversary. nato faces a resurgent cold war, is the headline, the column by david. russia has stepped up provocative military action and is increasingly aggressive. an interesting chart in the washington times today on a topic that has very much come up when it comes to nato, it's defense spending by countries, the nato guideline is each nato member spend 2% of gdp on military and defense spending. the united states spent about 3.39 percent of gdp on defense spending. the other members of nato not living up to that 2% guideline. you can see all the way down the list to luxenberg that spent just .54% of gdp on defense spending. certainly a topic president trump has talked about before, his efforts to get nato members to contribute more of their gdp to defense spending. the president talked with jens stoltenberg in the united states yesterday about the united states's relationship with nato. [video clip] >> we have seven of the 28 countries cu

secretary general of nato. he talked about how successful nato had been. it gave us a chance to say thank you to him for his leadership and to nato for being the force for peace that it has continued to be. i was very pleased that we had strong bipartisan invitation and support for his visit. it is a continuation of that demonstration of support for our transatlantic relationship, as he said yesterday, the atlantic ocean does not separate us, it unifies us. just a month ago many of us were in munich for the munich security conference. over 50 -- it was like 51 house and senate democrats and republicans went to that meeting to demonstrate our support for the transatlantic alliance. following that, we went to brussels where even more bipartisanship was demonstrated at the nato interparliamentary meeting in brussels. again, strong bipartisan support for nato and for the transatlantic relationship. as he said at the end of his speech, he addressed the vice president when he said, it is good to have friends, and that friendship is what we saluted yesterday. i w

ukraine is not a nato member, but they are certainly right on nato's border. the secretary general of nato comes wednesday to address the joint session of congress. invited on a bipartisan basis by mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi. there was some question about whether the administration ofports fully article five nato, which is the common defense provision. 9/11, we wroteer article five to help us. what do you think about nato and you think this visit will--what will be the significance of this visit? rep. mccaul: i think it's very significant. nato is our sternest alliance in europe. today have to pay their fair share? of course. the better it does not have to be quite so harsh. i think nato, traditionally, they have always been there for us. strong with is very those national security interests to have a strong relationship. i don't like some of the rhetoric that seems to domain that. i think they have to pay 2% of their gdp that they agreed to do. even in such security, when estonia was taken over by sever security, you think about article five. you talk a

they're a nato ally. elliot and i met with the prime minister and asked, why are you supporting maduro? he's our one-time friend. why are you buying the russian -- mrs. harman: the s-400. mr. mccaul: why aren't you buying the american, you're a nato ally built to protect us from russia in the cold war. i see them going down a path, edjuan, it's like going back to the ottoman empire. he's a dick -- dictator that started to do things not in our best interest. mrs. harman: he just lost a lot of his power in the cities, he doesn't have a majority, his party doesn't, in several cities including the capital, ankara. what do you think that will mean? will it change his attitude toward us? his attitude toward the other nato? mr. mccaul: i hope. there's no lack of confidence or ego, he'll try to remain in power as long as he can. it shows his support is waning. i disagree with theth when he's going to pull all the troops out of syria because they're our sworn enemy they call them terrorists. the first thing is tur

ambassador to nato on the 70th anniversary of nato. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. house speaker nancy pelosi joined politico playbook for discussion on the democratic agenda. speaker pelosi was asked about allegations that former vice president joe biden inappropriately touched to women. she also talked about the president's threat to close the mexican border. and the prospects of the u.s. mexico canada trade deal being approved at a democratic-controlled house. this is 40 minutes. >> thank you so much, speaker pelosi. [laughter] -- [applause] >> thank you. >> we

of the nato alliance. this -- this week -- , john f. kennedy and the american space race. fdr, and whatk to fdr did well goes beyond social security, fdr built the tva and the grand coulee dam. eisenhower had the highway system. kennedy's thinking, what is my administrations big public works think -- what is my ministry in's big public works thing? modern aviation starts kicking jack kennedye renzi 1960. there are no computer science classes at universities. by the time there -- by the time he is killed in dallas there are computer classes everywhere. air travel is replacing automobile and train travel in many ways. people are flying more and more, hub airports are being developed across the country, so it was the jet age, the space-age. kennedy grabbed onto it and made that the cornerstone of the new frontier. 8:00 easternht at on c-span's q and a. house economic advisor larry kudlow. he sat down with her reporters to discuss china, brexit, and humanitarian aid for venezuela. he also talked about presiden

pays for a good share of nato. the relationship with nato has thinkery good i tremendous progress has been made. buthowed me this yourself, if you look at the charts and different things, you go back 10 or 15 years and it is a roller coaster down. over 140icked up billion dollars of additional money and it looks like we will have another hundred billion more in spending. that is exclusive of the u.s. we will have another $100 billion more into 2020. tremendous progress has been made and nato is much stronger because of that progress. it is great honor to have you with us at the white house. >> take you so much, mr. president and thank you for .osting me and my delegation thank you for your commitment to our alliance, and especially for becauseong leadership as you just mentioned, our nato itiance once to invest more helps and it proves that nato is a strong alliance. up in our fight against terrorism and we are investing more. north america, the u.s. is doing more than they have done in many years, and that shows t

engagement flew nato -- through nato. and there are a lot of russian speakers in lithuania, and so they are being pressured by russia and they need to knee they have a strong ally -- need to know they have a strong allies with the united states. and that vladimir putin can't influence our elections. anything that interferes with our democracy, there has to be a pushback and a resolve to putin that we understand your game and you're not going to get away with it. ms. dobrainsky: mr. secretary before you give your response, i have to say you have done extensive academic work in russian history and looking at foreign policy. i have been a reader of many of your writings both outside and also when you served at the agency. mr. bush: is that a sleeping device? ms. dobrainsky: no comment. mr. gates: it is a nontechnical pure for sleep apnea. i think to understand where putin is coming from you have to go back to the collapse of the soviet union. and i think we in the west greatly underestimated the humiliation. it was not just

one of the callers mentioned trump wants to get rid of nato. this is what i call the trojan horse party and that is what you are seeing with these freshman congressman. party is what i call the trojan horse party. you can tell by the callers that called in. the person talking about trump wants to get rid of nato. that is not what trump said. we are paying 77% of the nato bill and he just wants them to kick in their fair share. the other person called it equal opportunity. these are the same trojan horses that don't want to talk about the fact 78% of all afro-american children are being born to single afro-american women, they don't want to talk about the root cause of decade after decade generational afro-american poverty and crime. the we have now because of trojan horse party is activist judges, judges who make up their own laws and expound judicial supremacy, which is becoming a gigantic issue in this country that nobody wants to talk about. it's amazing how these political parties do not want to do their jobs and right away go to the courts

nato address a joint session of congress. and finally, this one-side resolution completely ignores the destructive role of the houthis and their backers in tehran. the houthis violently overthrew the government of yemen. they are attacking saudi arabia with weapons they got from iran , in violation of the u.n. security council resolutions. they have killed saudi civilians and endangered many americans living there. human rights watch accused the houthis of taking hostages and torturing detainees. the united nations says that the houthis use civilian human shields. the world food program has criticized them for illegally stealing urgently needed food aid. the houthis have targeted ships in the red sea. these realities are ignored in the text of this resolution. and the only impact this resolution will have on the houthis will be to encourage them. madam speaker, this is very important, because the last time we debated this on the floor since that time, the houthis engaged in a propaganda outlet, supported by hezbollah, activel

nato was very proud of its decision to join with us. so, there were other nations there. we ought to be grateful as a nation that they were willing to do that. ms. dobriansky: mr. president, this is just for you on afghanistan. i have to ask this. that is that first lady laura bush made history during your administration when she delivered that weekly radio address on afghanistan which was the first time ever that a first lady had done so. and she said on that radio address, the fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women. she made three trips there, she is the honorary chair of the u.s. afghan women's council, she has been committed to this. this is about global citizenship. isn't this the perfect example of that? pres. bush: it is. i was trying to get a radio address and i felt the sharp elbow in my side. [laughter] move over, buster. laura knew she could be impactful as the first lady. she learned firsthand how impactful she could be because after her speech, a of people wanted to be engaged in helping afghan women and girls. she gave gr

he wants to scrap trident and pull out of nato. he would give us -- [shouting] drop living standards. the biggest threat to our standing in the world, to our defense, to our economy is sitting on the labour front bench. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. with my right honorable friend undertake to reform the unlike constituency service which currently accepts signatures from across the world that are unverified? this fundamental flaw can produce an accurate reflection of public opinion on important issues such as invoking article 50 and leaving our democracy potential under threat from the manipulator from foreign states aggressive. >> my right honorable friend raises a very important issue, and can i just say like traditional paper tradition system we do need to ensure come to happen the petition system that tracks a balance between allowing people to be recognize there's a broken a for the sort which are important for the mother scourging dishonesty from taking place. i finish with the government service has been constantly mo

speaker, tomorrow marks 70 years since the founding of nato. i assure the house that, under this government, the united kingdom will continue to play our leading role in nato as it continues its mission of keeping nearly 1 billion people safe. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> i assure the prime minister that i will not raise brexit, which will be raised later. i want to raise another very important issue. consultants and doctors at the university hospital in my constituency have raised the issue of the nhs pension scheme and the tapered annual allowance, the consequences of which are that doctors are retiring early and turning down additional shifts for fear of paying higher tax bills to the government. that is resulting in longer waiting times for patients and a shortage of doctors and consultants. will she raise this with the chancellor as soon as possible and inform me of his answer? prime minister may: i

as we heard efrom the powerful speech of the secretary of nato yesterday, it's in our national interest to work with our allies to counter our shared threats and promote our shared values. since its founding in 194, the united states has stood shoulder to shoulder with israel against enemies that want to destroy it. let's be clear about the b.d.s. movement. it is yet another enemy of israel. it wants to exclude, isolate, and ultimately destroy israel. the founder of the b.d.s. movement has stated, quote, we oppose a jewish state in any part of palestine. no palestinian will ever accept a jewish state in palestine. close quote. the b.d.s. movement is not about equality, it is not about peace. it is about undermining negotiation between israel and the palestinians. and it is about placing all the blame on one party and that is israel. we do not support a movement that demands concessions from one party alone. we do not stand with a movement that seeks to isolate and shame our strongest ally in the middle east. by weakening israel, the global b.d.s. movement endangers american security. wh

to play a leading role in nato as it continues its mission of keeping 1 billion people safe. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house, further such meeting later today. >> can i assure the prime minister we are not going -- an important issue. my constituency at the university, and doctors and consultants. the consequences, doctors, to the government and statement resulting in participations, shortage of doctors and consultants, and answers. >> prime minister. >> aware of the issues he has raised and already in discussion with the department of health and social care on this very issue. he would've noticed the chancellor is on the bench and the point he has amazed and those discussions is that we confirmed that to the honorable gentleman. >> as my right honorable friend is aware and the world ponders if brexit means brexit and we make a success of it. welcoming ambassadors from all over the world, and investment. will my right honorable friend consider bringing forward a meaningful vote for which i believe there

imade out with -- joined congress without the future of the nato alliance. announcer: douglas brinkley talks about his book john f. kennedy and the great space race. >> he thought fdr's deal was too big but what fdr did well was built the tba ran coolly dam. kennedy is thinking, what is my administration's big public work? he picked the right number, technology. the computer chip as we think of it today gets the adult into the late 1950's. modern aviation starts kicking in. by the time he has -- is killed in dallas, air travel is replacing automobile and train travel. people are flying more. all across the country is the space-age and made that the cornerstone of the new frontier. sunday night on c-span skewing day. announcer: the front -- front page of former governor rich hollings who died today. he was 97. he was south carolina's governor in the late 1950's until the 1960's. before serving in the senate for over 40 years. among his many a compass

. >> on wednesday, the nato secretary-general addressed a joint meeting of congress. he spoke about the merits of the international alliance as it marks the 70th anniversary of its founding. he talked about russia and pushing nato countries to spend more money on defense. >> madam speaker, the se

in that case, transparency with the nato allies would be essential. i really liken a return back to the afghan owned process. it was just yesterday that the "new york times" reported that the taliban which now controls the majority of afghanistan, there was an attack on the national security forces and 30 police personnel were killed. now, what we know until 2019 april is that the united states and taliban have come to an understanding that the taliban would not host terror networks in afghanistan territory. are we really supposed to take those words on face value? so -- value? so essentially, looking at transparency measures and i would also like to tease out a bit from asha's point and talk more about regional partnership. in 2017, south asia's strategy there was important emphasis and mention of what india can do in afghanistan and in the trump administration. india is the fifth largest donor of afghanistan in dollar terms and it has a lot of development assistance to the region. therefore, thinking about ways and coordinating how we could probably

nato address a joint session of congress. and finally, this one-side resolution completely ignores the destructive role of the houthis and their backers in tehran. the houthis violently overthrew the government of yemen. they are attacking saudi arabia with weapons they got from iran , in violation of the u.n. security council resolutions. they have killed saudi civilians and endangered many americans living there. human rights watch accused the houthis of taking hostages and torturing detainees. the united nations says that the houthis use civilian human shields. the world food program has criticized them for illegally stealing urgently needed food aid. the houthis have targeted ships in the red sea. these realities are ignored in the text of this resolution. and the only impact this resolution will have on the houthis will be to encourage them. madam speaker, this is very important, because the last time we debated this on the floor since that time, the houthis engaged in a propaganda outlet, supported by hezbollah, activel

but our military is applying what they call nato classification. and you may talk to your staff, and i know, mr. chairman, you had this problem yourself. unfortunately, your security office does not let your staff, unless they go through a special process of getting nato cleared, to even review that. if you recall the last time i briefed you and i know i've briefed other members, and their staff had to be excluded, because they weren't, quote, unquote, nato-cleared to read he material. >> in closing, i have a few seconds left. do you agree that the american people have a right to know about the progress of their investment in the afghan ational security forces? >> absolutely, sir. i totally believe. transparency is the best policy for everybody. and i think i'm not the first one to say that. a number of people have said going back to the times of george washington and the constitution. >> ok. thank you. i yield and recognize the ranking member for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. based on the discussion we had earlier, you mentioned that 3

if you couldn't get that, gosh, it's really hard to envision something like a nato. and especially now that one of the key members has really been cast out from the fold. not from the g.c.c. but certainly being cut off in a variety of other ways. mr. sadjadpour: we have time for two quick more questions. the way back i see a hand. >> voice of mirk for general petraeus. i would like to know what's your take about the common spy about the fact that the u.s. administration may be lured into war by "accident." i would add also what if iran intervene somehow in the straight of hormuz? mr. sadjadpour: anyone else? we start with you and then suzanne and bill, final thoughts. general petraeus: i think it would be very, very unwise were iran to precipitate some kind of activity in the straight of who are hughes -- in the strait of hormuz. in general iran has been restrained in the activity that characterize some of their actions in the past where they run a lot of speed boats or these high capacity speed boats that are ships and all the rest of that and turn out at the last m

eastern on "reel america," looking back at nato's 10th anniversary, and then "rocket girls," the women of nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: former south carolina senator -- a moderate democrat, has died. he was 97 years old. as governor, he helped guide to south carolina through desegregation, then went on to serve six terms of the u.s. senate and made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 1984. 2004, after more than 38 years in office, senator hollings delivered his farewell speech to colleagues. he begins his remarks by thanking a junior south carolina senator, lindsey graham, who had just delivered a tribute to him. this is about 30 minutes.

eastern on railamerica, looking back at nato's 10th anniversary. at 9:00 p.m., rocky girls. -- rocket girls. >> now, president trump delivers remarks to the republican jewish coalition leadership meeting in las vegas. this is just over one hour. [applause] ♪ >> and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee across the plains of texas from sea to shining sea from detroit down to houston and new york to l.a. where there's pride in every american heart and it's time we stand and say that i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i wo

after that, a discussion on the future of nato. ♪ brian: joan buskupic, author of "the chief." chief john roberts. you spent 20 hours with chief john roberts. seven different times and interviews, but off the record? joan: he let me put some things on the record to use in the book , but most of it he kept off the record. it was instructive, brian, to sit facing him as we are facing each other, over a long period of time.

eastern on reel america, looking back at nato's 10th anniversary and at the p.m., rocket girls, women of nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. this week and on c-span3. week, members of the new zealand parliament debated legislation banning most semiautomatic weapons. after less months shooting at two mosques. debate whichat the included references to the national rifle association and gun laws in the u.s. pursuant to the -- >> mr. speaker, i move, that the arms amendment bill be now read a first time.

allies matter, nato matters and working together shoulder to shoulder matters. in order to maintain international order, preserve deterrence and prevent great power war. >> appreciate that. turning to the budgets, you know, i think when i'm at home in michigan trying to explain increasing budgets to the population back home who feel like they want money invested in different ways, i am always a huge advocate of someone who has been in the defense world my entire life. but i see the conundrum between the complete lack of uncertainty that you all have to deal with from us, right, and knowing what your budget is going to be year after year, dealing with like sequestration. and then the lack of transparency because we can't say with a straight face that you can pass an audit. that's the conundrum. so i wanted to ask this question. i'm glad to hear that there is going to be progress on the audit. i can't emphasize enough as someone who speaks with the general public, if i can say you guys can pass an audit, it's a lot easier to advocate and explain to the american pe

we convinced nato allies to spend significant on their own defense. coalitiono defeat a to dismantle the caliphate in iraq and syria and in warsaw we can be more than 60 countries to discuss the comment threads and shared opportunities in the middle east with arab and israeli leaders talking to one another. we are getting the middle east strategic alliance on the ground -- off the ground. we supported our hemispheric partner in the lima group as they support the venezuelan people. we forced a global coalition of the united nations to impose the toughest ever sanctions on north korea. we are focused on outcomes. we promised to dismantle the isis caliphate and have done it, to confront china trade practices and called him out on human rights violations and we have done it. we promise to exit the iran nuclear deal which put pressure on tehran to change his murderous ways and we have done that. we are working to protect our citizens at home and abroad and advanced american prosperity and values and support our partners overseas. i promise to put diplomacy

a number of us were visiting countries,ber of nato great concern over that. the secretary-general who celebrated the 70th anniversary nato with us in the joint session of congress has similar of this on april 2 year, the department of defense would halt all f-35 equipment transfers to turkey nless it abandons plans to acquire the s-400. i would like for you to give the u.s. and nato security as a result of turkey trying to system and e s-400 our f-35 fighters in the air defense. >> i'll leave the details to the experts, but as i have been briefed by the department of defense team, it is not possible fly the f-35 in space significantly0 is on operable. that's not a technical description, but the two cannot co-exist. through ade it clear the foreign ministry channels, the department of defense channels. his technical challenge it presents, we now have provided an opportunity for the turks to an american system that will provided them with the air want forapability they their country. that offer is on the table. the details are being worked through. clear to the

"reel america," looking back at nato's 10th anniversary, and then "rocket girls," the women of nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: former south carolina senator -- a moderate democrat, has died. he was 97 years old. as governor, he helped guide to south carolina through desegregation, then went on to serve six terms of the u.s. senate and made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 1984. 2004, after more than 38 years in office, senator hollings delivered his farewell speech to colleagues. he begins his remarks by thanking a junior south carolina senator, lindsey graham, who had just delivered a tribute to him. this is about 30 minutes. >> mr. president, my distinguished colleague has been more than generous, and i will be thanking him not just today but for the years to come. i do so genuinely in the sense that he is coming here as a senator has almost made going over on the wall and turning on the light. here i had somebody diligently working to get things done. that is why i came to the senate. to get things done for south