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and the state department gets so it was called aid memoir from great. that says we can no longer pay to defend greece and and turkey and this is the moment when the torch really passes from great britain to the united states and this is where harry truman really sits up. because he forms an alliance with one of our wise men a fellow named dean hatch. nadine atchison and harry truman are one of history's great odd couples. harry truman the haberdasher son plant spoken guy from missouri dean atchison from groton and yale and his bespoke suits with his guardsmen mustache very unlikely combination, but they really hit off partly because they both had a sense of history harry truman may have not gone to yale, but he had read a lot of history. and he had a great man theory of history and so did so did dean atchison and they bonded and a great one of history's great moments in 1946. before the long telegram as there's many your listeners know democrats lost control of the house and senate 46 terrible election. wipe out for harry truman, and he's coming back to

we know from state department cable back in 2018 that the u.s. was concerned about biosafety. they lacked standards for a level 4 lab dealing with highly contagious and dangerous viruses. and the state department released a declassified stat sheet in mid-january laying out some more interesting details, data research being conducted at the wuhan lab, secret military experience -- experiments. the wuhan lab apparently collaborated with the chinese military and the lab itself also apparently was in possession of and studying covid-19's closest known genetic relative as well. so circumstantial evidence, to be sure, and certainly not proven in any way. that sort of evidence does suggest it is a plausible hypothesis worth investigating further. it is kind of an interesting and disappointing thing that the who team would say it is not worth looking into further. host: why would dr. redfield say accidental release? guest: that's a great question. the intelligence community did weigh in on this in sort of a railway last may, -- rare way last may and basically said that the intelligenc

i do not believe the state department has been ignorance about ukraine ever since the demise of the soviet union and especially since the coup in ukraine 7 years ago so therefore i have to conclude that the americans and the british instructed the lackeys sent here to deploy significant numbers of ukrainian troops and ukrainian military hardware to the donbass to test the response of the kremlin to test the readiness of the russian military the americans and the british were not relinquish ukraine easily they are absolutely adamant that ukraine who enter nato to encircle the outer on. western boots it's a very dangerous policy the americans and the british are playing here but whilst i believe that the secretary of state in the national security adviser's appointed themselves our ignorance about russian history i don't believe the people in the russia desk in the state department and also in the foreign office are ignorance out just how important ukraine is to russia you know mark we did see a bit of a stand down i mean the exercises were going into the black sea were kind of put on

state department report praised. they understand domestics. no concept. nor know. just to put the point to that i've heard quite a few times they've it in in support of him living across the atlantic the judge at the old bailey ruled in general that i can't be sent to the us because i'd be put in total isolation and would be at risk of suicide they say though is there really such a difference between a prison cell in london and a prison cell in the us. does not mean having this jethro. and big and death from other countries. and seen some of the corruption america needs of dehumanization. more to the point. is mr. i mean the double standards exists. in. the us and it's very interesting terms of. speech nation. unfairly. challenge us because it is a. speech that the us to tax corporate profits goes off her in this advantage or almost under this christian anybody who preaches state secrets and of course we're living in america. perhaps the judge. nor dr the great british. of the very dangerous nature of deportee extradite all prosecution based. and the americans cont

state department continues to push for his extradition and insists the whistleblowers rights are being respected. human rights. and 29000 are sarge was arrested in london where he spent 7 years taking refuge in the ecuadorian embassy that's after he found himself wanted by the u.s. or thora tease following wiki leaks his publication of thousands of classified files exposing u.s. war crimes in iraq and afghanistan he would face espionage charges and up to 175 years behind bars if extradited international human rights groups and world leaders have held him as a champion of press freedom and pushed for the charges against him to be dropped. the latest remarks on the son's case from the state department come right after the release of its annual report on human rights the document singles out china iran venezuela turkey and russia accusing them of violating civil liberties but russia's foreign ministry has already said the document is quote in butte with double standards saying the state department should get its own house in order we asked almost cia officer ray mcgovern for his opinion o

state department pledges to respect giuditta songes human rights if extradited as his supporters reiterate warnings he's being persecuted for lifting the lid on the american war crimes more on that set off to the break. when almost chokes seem wrong. when old rules just don't call. any new world yet to shape out just to become educated and in games from it because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. as an individual committed a crime so nice to be an individual committed a crime outrun. 2 years later one night individuals are used to audition the person who committed the crime or is the person even punished for something they were a completely different person at the time wonders will expire one is a person's actions no longer one each judge them for an everyday basis. if. it's. welcome back thousands of anonymous reports of sexual harassment by pupils in the u.k. schools that have shown a spotlight on abuse faced by students around 100 schools have been named in the testimonies including private institutions of a $11000.00 accounts of s

state department in terms of expert personnel. can biden can he restock war and repair that kind of damage in just one presidential term well he certainly set out to do just that and secretary of state tony blinken has made elevating and promoting career foreign service officers a key element of his leadership the state department after they get important action we can point to is the announcement of a new cheap diversity and inclusion officer at the state department which is going to try to address them pretty systemic issues of the lack of diversity conclusion inclusion at the state department that go back from beyond prior to president terms time what about the relationship with europe i mean has that relationship just snapped back after being strained by donald trump i mean is there muscle memory that biden is relying on here. yes it's a great question i don't think there are any illusions on either side that this relationship can go back to a previous era for 8 years ago and that's because the challenges we face today are dif

state department pledges to respect julian this. as human rights if extradited as his supporters read it's rape warnings he's being persecuted and lifting the lid on the west for crimes will be the full story after this break. as an individual committed a crime some least in intelligence related crime and. even 20 years later when the individuals 40 are you still publishing the person who committed the crime or is the person being punished for something they were a completely different person at the time one doesn't expire one is a person's actions no longer you need to judge them for it and every. facing has lashed out at washington after a u.s. ambassador made his 1st official visit to taiwan in more than 40 years surely considers the island part of its territory and it's off the bit a point of contention in international relations but this isn't the 1st time washington has stepped on china's toes in the region quadrilateral security dialogue has recently been reestablished some have labeled the asian nato summit right explains. t

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state department in terms of expert personnel. can biden can he restock war and repair that kind of damage in just one presidential term well he certainly set out to do just that and secretary of state tony blinken has made elevating and promoting career foreign service officers a key element of his leadership the state department after they get important action we can point to is the announcement of a new cheap diversity and inclusion at the center at the state department which is going to try to address them pretty systemic issues of the lack of diversity conclusion inclusion at the state department that go back from beyond prior to president terms time what about the relationship with europe i mean has that relationship just snapped back after being strained by donald trump i mean is there muscle memory that biden is relying on here. yes it's a great question i don't think there are any illusions on either side that this relationship can go back to a previous era for 8 years ago and that's because the challenges we face today a

the state department yesterday suggested that the u.s. would potentially consider boycotting the beijing olympics, and this was said from the state department podium when the spokesperson was specifically asked if the u.s. alongside allies would consider a joint boycott. i want to listen to what ned price said. >> it is something that we certainly wish to discuss, and it is certainly something that a coordinated approach will not only be in our interest but the interest of our allies and partners. so this is one of the issues that is on the agenda, both now and going forward, and when we have something to announce, we will be sure to do that. >> so then the walkback came after those comments with the senior state department officials saying the u.s. has not and -- has not discussed a beijing olympic boycott with allies and partners. then the states department spokesperson took to twitter cleaning it up saying no decision has been made about the 2022 olympics and they work alongside partners when it comes to that but wasn't talking about a

systems via the state department. who knows at this point, we don't have all this information yet. they're still collecting and gathering and doing the damage assessment whether they were able to use the state department again as a jumping-off point to get into other systems. what we do know is they were able to steal thousands of emails, that this likely was a separate hacking attempt from solarwinds which suggests another entry point that the russians had. so as the biden administration continues to weigh its options in responding to the cyberattacks and cyber espionage campaigns of the russians, they really have to consider as well how to strengthen our own defenses against these attacks. >> so the state department released a statement but didn't give much information. they didn't elaborate as to what they actually were able to access on these hacks. what do we know about what they accessed? what degree of classified documents do we know were they able to access? >> so right now it does not look like they were able

do you think for example that the state department was wise in letting him even go down there? given it was nine eleven. i mean 9/11 it seems to me that everybody in washington or maybe even in libya too. forgot that there was a big anniversary coming up and as you know because you're in the embassy there when the chief of mission goes off. he sends a cable to washington that i'm going down. i'll be back in a couple of days and they concur or not. it just seems to me. that he walked into a lion's den without anybody really being aware of what the situation was. well because i just just a minor note that our efforts in benghazi were actually to to catalyze a partnership between a couple of teaching hospitals in the united states and their local counterpart in benghazi, so i can't claim to be building a trauma center. we you know, we facilitated in a number of training programs that we hopeful will go forward but as far as what you know, what's going on there, you know had written a piece also in which i argue that the you know, there's some systemic issues that this that that's

well the latest remarks on the case from the state department come right after the release of its annual report on human rights the document singles out china iran venezuela turkey and russia accusing them of violating civil liberties but russia's foreign ministry has already said the doctor came in to quote imbued with double standards saying the state department should get its own house in order we asked for my cia officer ray mcgovern for his opinion on the case. what we have here now is a situation where julian is surprised of any rights the main the main reason being that if they get him put him in prison for the rest of us like no one no one will try to expose us what crimes are the empire's war crimes for julian it was slander it was suresh it was torture and now god knows what you don't have to rely on me for that there is a un rapporteur for torture you'll smell so who looked into it so i hope he he is able to escape the ultimate penalty but it judging from people who have seen him most recently he has already been. there and ruined by by the the treatment that he has been subje

from the state department versus the white house young the secretary of state saying they talked about china murdering democracy in hong kong completely undermining the legislative council in the freely elected democrats, they were always a minority of the body but china has done away with that and putting jail people like a pro-democracy pro press that they put in jail the founder of the hong kong democratic party lincoln has said things about that but young john kerry and others but you have others in a hurry to get into climate negotiations with china and make big concessions, it's a lot of mixed messaging and there's a review of china policy going on since mid february that doesn't appear to be completed yet. >> the mixed messaging is a fair point because president biden said he did not just talk about china's cover-up of the covid pandemic or anything about china's covid-19 pinned to make when he talked to the president of china for two hours. china is doing military exercises around taiwan and a clear message to the u.s. and taiwan. >> this is not one of 20 things on biden's list

state department are they considering a songes rights in their thinking our stated. well it's a travesty of justice when you have the 1st principal assistant secretary of state mouthpiece saying this isn't in accordance with human rights law that's a travesty i probably should say right off the bat that julian assange is a good friend of mine a very much admired friend and when i saw him unceremoniously dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy in london exactly 2 years ago i decided that as a met matter of solidarity and also so i would not forget my friend julie and i would let my beard grow and be as to shovelled as he looked now what happened to him well he was brought to a bill marsh prison where he was tortured now don't you don't have to rely on me for that there's a un to for torture you'll smell so who looked into it. doctors and psychiatrists in there and they saw that he was fierce psychologically tortured and this sort of lit a fire under neil smells or the un or a poacher if a torture and so he went to a went to sweden where the original. rumors that julian

there have been a lot of people in the state department. it is up and running and given authority that might not have been there with the previous administration. there has been a huge focus print look at what happened in afghanistan, the japanese prime minister. president biden will meet with world leaders to discuss climate change on april 22. president biden decides to take on china with strength from allies. lisa: what is more important, the state department or the health department? are there discussions about shipping out vaccines to the rest of the world? emily: there is a question this point about the vaccine diplomacy and what that looks like, particularly as the u.s. sees a lot of its population becomes vaccinated, and realizes it will have a number of vaccines. we have not heard a lot of details from the biden administration about what it will look like, but they are conscientious about the fact that in order to get truly back to normal, have people travel, do business abroad, to get back to the point where we need to be, we need

rich edson at the state department. rich, thanks. what used to be called the cold war between the united states and the then soviet i couldn't tell union is really cold tonight. frigid, in fact. that's because russia is expanding its military presence in the arctic. national security correspondent jennifer griffin shows us tonight from the pentagon. >> exercise in late march the pentagon took notice. no military had ever carried out a feet. each subcan carry 16 ballistic missiles. >> we are monitoring it very closely. nobody wants to see the artic as a region become militarized. >> as rising temperatures and climate change cause polar ice to melt artic and new valuable sea lane. new commercial slight photo so he russia expanding military base notice artic, adding 50 posts that it shuttered at the end of the first cold war. experts worry the russian bear is seeking a new cold war testing state of the art weapons like this hypersonic antiship michelle launched by the northern fleet and developing the poseidon an unmanned stealth nuclea

. >> we reached out to the state's department of public health and they seem to indicate there won't be any masked changes until june 15,

state department pledges its commitment to human rights in the case of julian a song as it pushes on with his bid to secure his extradition on the top of this break. anyone else seems wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just to get educated and gain treatment equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. as an individual community a crime so nice to be an international community a crime. even 20 years later when that individual is 40 are you still punishing the person who committed the crime or is the person being punished for something that they were a completely different person at the time one needs an expired one is a person's actions no longer mommy need to judge them for us and everyday basis. welcome back the united states is still hoping to secure the extradition from the united kingdom of julian assange that's despite a london court ruling in january that the wiki leaks founder should not be said stateside to be put in isolation and would be at risk of suicide in america state department says both countrie

state department in terms of export personnel. can biden can he restock war and repair that kind of damage in just one presidential term well he certainly set out to do just that and secretary of state tony blinken has made a living and promoting career foreign service officers a key element of his leadership the state department after they get important action we can point to is the announcement of a new cheap diversity and inclusion officer at the state department which is going to try to address some pretty systemic issues of the lack of diversity conclusion inclusion at the state department that go back from beyond prior to president terms time what about the relationship with europe i mean has that relationship just snapped back after being strained by donald trump and is there muscle memory that biden is relying on here. yes it's a great question i don't think there are any illusions on either side of the landscape that this relationship can go back to a previous era for 8 years ago and that's because the challenges we face

. >> we reached out to the states department of public health. they seem to indicate, there won't be any masked changes until the june 15th scheduled

is deeply concerned with these developments from russia so what are the state department saying. well the state department when it became aware of these military movements by the russian navy to plourde what was happening in the black sea and said that moscow had no right to try to use international waters or control international waters as its own and the u.s. is position is that that is in fact a provocative behavior agreeing with officials in kids that the russians are basically menacing once again the integrity and sovereignty of ukraine territory the statement from the state department also underscored the ongoing u.s. position that crimea is part of ukraine not a russian territory even though moscow has claimed that this is the fact since it started occupying crimea back in 2014 now we are waiting for the daily state department briefing where we like get more guidance on the fact that the u.s. and russia have now recalled their of their ambassadors for consultations the u.s. ambassador to moscow john sullivan put out a statement early on tuesday saying that not only has it

the us state department has officially declared it is prepared to remove sanctions on iran, to resume compliance with the iran nuclear deal. talks are under way in vienna to try to rescue the deal, first struck in 2015. former president donald trump pulled out of the deal in 2018. diplomats have said the aim is to reach an agreement within two months. dr assal rad is a senior research fellow at the national iranian american council. she says there is an impetus to want to come back to the deal. well, we already have a deal, right, so that's one thing to keep in mind is that, aside from the united states, every other party to the 2015 jcpoa are still a party to the deal, including iran. and so that's why you see these direct talks with everyone except the united states. but, of course, without us co—operation the deal has been very, very difficult to sustain. so there's reason to be hopeful knowing that on both the iranian side under the rouhani administration and now in the us under the biden administration there's an impetus to want to come back to the deal. yes. the state of iran'

state departments rich edson at the state department reporting live on the latest. hi. >> john: rich. >> good afternoon, martha. a year into the global pandemic, these scientists say there still has not been a credible investigation and study into how it all began. china's foreign ministry is castigating this group of scientists, accusing them of deception and calling out one of the organizers by name. former u.s. national security council official jamie metzel. >> it's really unfortunate rather than addressing the serious concerns raised in our open letter, the chinese foreign ministry has decided to attack our group of experts a year later. >> last week, the w.h.o. released a report from chinese government investigation that found the virus had likely jumped from bats to another animal and humans. it also claimed the theory that the virus leaked from the wuhan instituted of virology unlikely. even the w.h.o.'s director general says the lab hypothesis needs more study. the scientists say that they want reforms at the world health organization to allow for a full in

the us state department plans to give around $150 million to the palestinians, restoring some of the aid that was cut off by the trump administration. most of the funds will go to the un agency for palestinian refugees. the decision is part of a deliberate effort to repair us ties with the palestinians that all but collapsed under president trump. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. hanadi grew up on the streets in aida refugee camp. now, she's responsible for repairing them. but three years ago, herjob at the un refugee agency got much harder, when the trump administration slashed aid. she's relieved the us is reversing course. everyone used to get such great and generous support coming from the us, and when we heard about this cut, it was a real shock for us, because many, many of the basic service were cut. thousands took to the streets in gaza to protest in 2018, fearing an end for support for unrwa meant and end to support for them as refugees. their fate is one of the key issues in the palestinians' conflict with israel. originally, unrwa was set up to take c

state department's 45th annual report on human rights practices worldwide document single that china around venezuela turkey and russia accusing them of violating civil liberties versus foreign ministry though has hit back and accuse washington of the pa kristie we've got reaction to the story from former cia officer ray mcgovern well we have here now is a situation where julian is surprised of any rights the main the main reason being that if they get him put him in prison for the rest of us like no one no one will try to expose us what crimes are the empire's war crimes there julian it was slander it was a rush it was torture and now god knows what you don't have to rely on me for that there is a un rapporteurs for torture and you'll smell so who looked into it so i hope he he is able to escape the ultimate penalty but it judging from people who have seen him most recently he has already been in. really ruined by by that the treatment that he has been subjected to i do have hope that julian will will be able to persist and finally find a new life with his partner and his 2 little b

the state department when it became aware of these military movements by the russian navy deplored what was happening in the black sea and said that moscow had no right to try to use international waters or control international waters as its own and the u.s. is position is that that is in fact a provocative behavior agreeing with the officials and kid of that the russians are basically menacing once again the integrity and sovereignty of ukraine territory the statement from the state department also underscored the ongoing u.s. position that crimea is part of ukraine not a russian territory even though moscow has claimed that this is the fact since it started occupying crimea back in 2014 now we are waiting for the daily state department briefing where we might get more guidance on the fact that the u.s. and russia have now recalled their their ambassadors for consultations. pakistan's government has begun debating whether to expel the french ambassador paul and she votes on the issue as part of the deal least for the banned political party terek. in an effort to end violent fronts ron

but also with the president there is going to be a briefing with the state department spokes person in the next hour here in washington and we'll bring you up to date should any new developments come out of that press engagement do join you then as well science correspondent for in washington d.c. . well still ahead here on al-jazeera thousands of migrant workers rushed to leave the indian capital ahead of a weeklong curfew as a surgeon coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm parts of the country and the british government threatens to pass new laws to stop some of its top football clubs joining a breakaway european competition those stories after the break. there has been quite hot recently in the event and in egypt that's that's all changing now the wind that's becoming on the shore means a temp has dropped by about 10 degrees in many places it's still quite hot in iraq $41.00 in baghdad and down in kuwait where up to 40 still $38.00 in doha are fairly she would set it at that but there's no significant wind on this forecast right except for this one which is blowing down susu is

she decided to apply to the state department and she became a clerk in multiple cities. while she was stationed in turkey she had a hunting accident. virginia growing up a little different than young girls, her father how to -- taught her how to shoot weapons. she would hunt on her family farm. when she was in turkey she was hunting and she tripped and accidentally shot the lower part of her leg and foot. by the time they got her to the hospital, gangrene had set in and it had to be amputated from the knee down. now virginia has a prosthetic, but this is virginia hall and that will not let that stop her. to the point where she accepted this and she named her prosthetic cuthbert and it became her lifelong companion. this was not going to stop virginia. she went back to working for the state department and wanted to be a foreign service officer but at that point in history the state department had a rule that if you were missing a major limb they would not accept you into the foreign service. she decided to quit and went to france on her own and wanted to be a part of the

agency for international development, state department, department of defense and the department of agriculture helping provide food assistance. the idea is to ride an immediate sense -- provide an immediate sense of help for people whose choice is to stay home and starve, or migrate to the united states. host: an associated headline about the vice president on guatemala, she talked -- virtually had a discussion with that leader, pledging more money and strengthening cooperation. why? what is needed in guatemala? guest: guatemala also was heavily affected by the hurricanes. it is a country that has been deeply impacted by corruption, by an effort to remove the u.n. commission against impunity. we've seen just in the last two weeks or so, that one of the magistrates of the constitutional court was prevented by congress from taking her seat. she is somebody who has been a strong supporter of anticorruption investigations, been a strong supporter of involving local communities and indigenous communities in development projects, and she basically has fled guatemala. so it's a country that has a gre

this comes from the state department. we'll explore it more detail coming up, level four countries interest me. these are ones no debate about it, you go there, you're putting your life in your hands but includes the bahamas, barbados, belgium, per buddha, canada, mexico, denmark, finland, dominican republic, on and on. imagine the fallout when people who have tickets booked to these countries find out the state department says not a good idea. ♪. stay restless with the icon that does the same. the rx crafted by lexus. lease the 2021 rx 350 for $439 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. lease the 2021 rx 350 for $439 a month for 36 months. these are the people who work on the front lines. they need a network that's built right. that's why we created verizon frontline. the advanced network and technology for first responders. built on america's most reliable network. built for real interoperability. and built for 5g. it's america's #1 network in public safety. verizon frontline. built right for

>> this is a problem at the state department and across establishment. it is true with racial and ethnicity and gender. we have more work to do up and down the ranks to elevate those perspectives so our entire enterprise looks like america and represents all of america. what to do about it? first, we have to make it a priority. we cannot work for a rank that doesn't include bigger diversity. >> our thanks to jake sullivan for that conversation. we have breaking news from "the new york times". a search warrant has been served on rudy giuliani. it would be an extraordinary move. if this has taken place this is an escalation in this on going federal investigation to seize electronic devices apparently and have a search warrant at a home of a lawyer -- and this is not any lawyer. this is the president's lawyer. it is extraordinary and would indicate that this investigation is heating up. we will have more on that as soon as we have details. that is colleagues at "the new york times" reporting it. >>> and the shooting of andrew brown jr. what has the judge de

psaki: i would expect it would be through the state department. i would not expect that. we are closely were following -- we are closely following reports out of jordan. king abdullah is a key partner of the u.s.. he has our full support. >> on the ukraine, we talked about this on friday. the state department -- does the president have any plans to reach out to the president -- to president putin on this? press sec. psaki: i do not have any protections at this time. last week it was read out that our secretary of state had a conversation with his counterpart, also the secretary had a conversation with his counterpart. we remain concerned by the recent escalation of russian aggression and provocative actions in eastern ukraine. that is something we are watching closely. we are aware of the reports concerning russian troop movements on the ukraine border. at this point we have been in touch of the secretary of state and defense level, which is pretty high, but i have no calls from the president to predict for you. any spoke with the president of ukraine on friday, as well,

the united states department of justice is a federal law enforcement agency our nation's police departments. we are uniquely aware of the challenges faced by those who serve as police officers. we see their commitment firsthand every day and we recognize the complex issues that make their already difficult jobs even harder. the justice department is also charged with ensuring that the constitutional and federal statutory rights of all people are protected. as i explained last week, congress has authorized the department to conduct pattern or practice investigations to help it fulfill that responsibility. those investigations and the recommendations and actions that ensue do not only protect individual civil rights, they also assist police departments in developing measures to increase transparency and accountability. those qualities are necessary to building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, and community trust is essential to making policing more effective and less dangerous for officers on the street. today, the justice department is opening a civil investigati

and department of state. and military or dod capabilities we have employed to the maximum extent possible. medical supplies and mobile field hospitals that are fielded to military partners that are being used by the partner countries to treat covid. it's all been a part of the larger us government response edit small compared to what the state department and usaid have done. with vaccines the us government will provide eventually and we are making sure we take care of the american population we ask for input to provide that input to the department of defense and the government for decisions where vaccines might go first. >> to add on that with the state of vaccinations at home and in a much better place than it has been the plans are underway how the us government can help overseas the state department colleagues at the forefront of those efforts. we will see the results of those in the coming months. >> the prior administration chose to close the attachÉ offices in african countries performing overall in re

state department correspondent rich edson has tonight's top story from the state department. good evening. >> good evening, and they want investigation some calling for a former secretary carrie's resignation all in response to claims from iran's foreign minister in a conversation leaked right in the middle of negotiations over the iran nuclear deal. >> a leaked discussion with iran's chief diplomat reveals how powerful their military is. and what john kerry was saying about one of the closest allies. iranian foreign minister claims "it was foreign u.s. secretary john kerry who told the acme israel had launched 200 attacks on iranian forces in syria." the israeli government had no comment on the claim. and pointed to reports where the israeli government to publicly confirm the strikes. >> i can't speak to the theocracy or any motives that may be behind its dissemination. i would just make the broad point that if you go back and look at press recording from the time this certainly was not secret. >> it is unclear if the reef mentions when john kerry could've told him this info

this is more of a state department mission. and then maybe more of a mission for the french in the area. while we have those young men on our bases or bases where we're training them i think it would be worthwhile to look at what it would take to educate them and move them closer to a high school graduate education. i look forward to the classified hearing. my time is up. thank you for everything you do for our country. >> thank you. mr. crow is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for coming in here today. my first question is to ms. dory. this congress passed a provision section 1215 that would ensure any administration, at that time the trump administration, would engage with congress on the issue of afghanistan. specifically 1215 requires that the administration make assessments regarding the impeding of counterterrorism missions because we saw what happened with the insurgence of isis after our withdrawal in iraq. it talks about the risk posed to u.s. personnel, the men and women we represent in our commun