President Obama met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today in Moscow and both men pledged they were on a path to "reset" ties between the United States and Russia. The two leaders signed a statement to reduce each country's nuclear arsenals. President Obama and President Medvedev held a joint news conference in which Medvedev said his talks with Obama were "a first but very productive step" in reference to repairing the relationship between the US and Russia. Major Garrett is in Moscow and has the latest on the U.S.-Russia summit.
What may have begun as a peaceful protest has now turned into a deadly riot between protesters and police in China... now as many as 140 people have been killed. It started on Sunday with around 1,000 Uighurs in Urumqi, China--witnesses say police attempted to break up the protests, but the protesters refused to leave -- officers responded using tear gas and fire hoses. The protests are now said to be under control--Catherine Herridge has the breakdown of the protests that unfolded over the weekend in China.
Minnesota can officially say it has two US Senators and the Democrats can now officially claim the supermajority---former SNL comedian turned politician Al Franken made his way to Capitol Hill today and is expected to be sworn in and seated tomorrow. Franken said he is ready to get to work and will get started immediately on education, health care and energy issues--Carl Cameron has this story.
Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara died at his home this morning at the age of 93. His wife, Diana, said that he had been in failing health. McNamara served as president of the Ford Motor Company before he was asked by President Kennedy to run the Pentagon. He is most known for the Vietnam War--- James Rosen has a look back at the man and the legacy he leaves behind.
Dan Springer has a Sarah Palin follow up for us from Alaskeand military academies have been seeing a rise in the number of applications---Rick Leventhal has that story for us.
On our panel this evening is: Fred Barnes, Charles Krauthammer and Juan Williams discussing US-Russia relations and Gov. Palin's future.. and the fallout -- so be sure to join us tonight for Special Report at 6pm EST on FNC!
On Special Report, I just watched Mr. Obama say the following to Russian Pres. Medvedev: "There is no scenario from our perspective in which this missile defense system would provide any protection against a mighty Russian arsenal."
What on earth?? He's saying that not only does our missile defense represent no offensive threat to Russia, it doesn't even represent a defensive threat. In other words, go ahead, fire at us at will - we won't even defend ourselves.
Is there any other interpretation of what he said? Does he care at all about the defense of our nation? Does he care at all about the defense of our allies in Eastern Europe?
With this visit, Medvedev and Putin will have had a chance to size up President Obama. You should run a pool now on which former Soviet bloc nation they will move on next. I pick Estonia, or at least one of the Baltic states, whichever is weaker and most likely to be ignored by the Obama administration.
July 6, 2009 at 6:09 pm
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MochaLite
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On Special Report, I just watched Mr. Obama say the following to Russian Pres. Medvedev: "There is no scenario from our perspective in which this missile defense system would provide any protection against a mighty Russian arsenal." What on earth?? He's saying that not only does our missile defense represent no offensive threat to Russia, it doesn't even represent a defensive threat. In other words, go ahead, fire at us at will - we won't even defend ourselves. Is there any other interpretation of what he said? Does he care at all about the defense of our nation? Does he care at all about the defense of our allies in Eastern Europe?
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With this visit, Medvedev and Putin will have had a chance to size up President Obama. You should run a pool now on which former Soviet bloc nation they will move on next. I pick Estonia, or at least one of the Baltic states, whichever is weaker and most likely to be ignored by the Obama administration.