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Remarks by US Secretary of Defense James Mattis at Plenary Session of the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue
Remarks by Secretary Mattis at Plenary Session of the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue
US DOD, Press Operations
Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis; John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS
June 2, 2018
Allow me first to thank very warmly Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his splendid keynote opening address last night, which was a joy to listen to, and I think his text deserves a full reading. And I’m quite certain by now it’s on the IISS website, possibly even on your telephone apps, and I think it’s something that should not just be heard, but also studied in slower time.
Let me thank also, of course, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for graciously hosting our dinner last night, Deputy Prime Minister Teo, Minister Ong, foreign minister and other hosts of the government of Singapore for insuring that yesterday’s dinner was such an excellent celebration of the spirit of the Shangri-La Dialogue and all that it represents.
This morning’s proceedings in plenary are on the record. The prepared remarks of each of the speakers are on the record. The answers to questions are on the record. I’d also like to underscore the questions themselves that are on the record. So, as you pose your questions, think, also, of your own reputations, as you make those brief remarks.
I will ask, when we do come to questions and comment that, you take no more than about 90 seconds in making that comment or question and perhaps, if you have something particularly profound to say, stretch to a maximum of two minutes. If I sense a speech coming on or serious momentum or building to a crescendo, I might, with the powers available to me here, turn off your microphone, so do exercise discipline.
I will be doing so, only in the democratic interest of insuring that as many of you as possible are able to join the conversation, as we say.
If you do want to make a brief comment or ask a question from the floor and we do want to engage as many people as possible, you need to do three things. First, you take your name badge and tap it on the left side of the microphone unit. And the second thing you do is touch the screen, either the left or right, depending on where you’re sitting in respect to the microphone, and then press the silver button on either the left or the side — or the right side. And when you do that, you will be joining the queue.
The microphone unit will turn green. That does not mean your microphone is on. So if you whisper something to your neighbor, you can be confident that not everybody in the hall will hear it. I will turn on your microphone when I call you, but it is important to put your name badge on the microphone. Press the green button. Press the silver button. Do those three things. You’re in the queue. There could often be 10 or 12, 15 people in the queue, and then I’ll shall call people as — as I can.
Our first plenary is on U.S. leadership and the challenges of Indo-Pacific security, and we’re delighted, of course, for the second year running to have the Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis address us in this opening plenary. Tiếp tục đọc “Remarks by US Secretary of Defense James Mattis at Plenary Session of the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue”
Mattis takes hard line on China in Singapore speech
US Defense Secretary James Mattis accused China of “intimidation and coercion” in the Indo-Pacific and declared that the United States does not plan to abandon its role in the region during a speech Saturday in Singapore.
Friday, June 1st 2018, 9:17 pm EDT
Updated:
Friday, June 1st 2018, 10:22 pm EDT
By Joshua Berlinger CNN
SINGAPORE (CNN) — US Defense Secretary James Mattis accused China of “intimidation and coercion” in the Indo-Pacific and declared that the United States does not plan to abandon its role in the region during a speech Saturday in Singapore.
“Make no mistake: America is in the Indo-Pacific to stay. This is our priority theater,” Mattis said. Tiếp tục đọc “Mattis takes hard line on China in Singapore speech”
Từ biển Đông đến RIMPAC
- DANH ĐỨC
- 02.06.2018, 16:04
TTCT – Tình hình Biển Đông đang thay đổi chóng vánh và dồn dập, kèm theo những “bình luận” trích từ nhiều nguồn dễ gây ngộ nhận tương quan “nhân quả”. Các sự kiện trên Biển Đông liên quan gì tới cuộc tập trận RIMPAC và những động thái mới của Mỹ? Các dữ kiện sẽ cho phép nhận chân tình hình.
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| Tàu chiến Trung Quốc tham gia cuộc tập trận RIMPAC 2016. Ảnh: Asia News |
“Chúng tôi có bằng chứng mạnh mẽ rằng Trung Quốc đã triển khai các tên lửa đối hạm, đối không, cùng các thiết bị nhiễu sóng tại các thực thể tranh chấp ở khu vực Trường Sa của Biển Đông. Việc Trung Quốc vừa cho hạ cánh máy bay ném bom trên đảo Phú Lâm cũng đã làm căng thẳng nổi lên” – người phát ngôn Bộ Quốc phòng Mỹ loan báo hôm 23-5. Tiếp tục đọc “Từ biển Đông đến RIMPAC”
Why Vietnam loves Trump
It’s one of the only countries in the world where the president is popular. Will Trump return the love?
HANOI, Vietnam — Before every shift at a Domino’s Pizza store in central Hanoi, Van Nguyen Hai, 20, puts on a uniform in the colors of the American flag. Then she takes up her position behind the register, in front of a wall decorated with a collection of images that represents milestones in the history of Domino’s: the flag of Panama, where the chain’s 8,000th store opened in 2006; a steaming brownie, in honor of a dessert the chain introduced that same year; and the logo for “The Apprentice,” which held a Domino’s-related challenge in 2005, featuring a tie-clad Donald J. Trump. Tiếp tục đọc “Why Vietnam loves Trump”
Những vị tướng lãnh VNCH tự sát sau ngày 30/04/1975
Mình mới thấy clip này hôm nay, đăng vào đây cho ngày 30/4 vừa qua.
Nữ du kích Bảy Mô
TĐH: Tình cờ hôm nay mình mới biết câu chuyện của nữ du kích Bảy Mô trên mạng. Có lẽ nhiều bạn đã biết rồi. Mình vốn đã khâm phục các nữ chiến binh. Câu chuyện đậm tình người lại làm mình thêm cảm động. Thêm vào đó nữ anh hùng này sau khi ra khỏi quân đội thì về sống cực khổ ở Tây Ninh, quê vợ của mình. Và Củ Chi là huyện rìa của Sài Gòn, cách nhà mình không xa. Mọi địa danh đều rất quen thuộc. Cuốn sách “The Tunnel of Cu Chi” nhắc đến người nữ du kích này là một cuốn sách về Chiến tranh Việt Mỹ rất nổi tiếng ở Mỹ.
Câu chuyện này còn nói lên một điểm lịch sử và chiến lược quan trọng: Những chiến binh du kích ở Miền Nam, sinh ra, lớn lên và chiến đấu như là cuộc sống tự nhiên – đời cha chiến đấu chống Pháp, đời con chiến đấu chống Mỹ. Chẳng ai bắt vào lính, chẳng ai tuyển mộ, chẳng ai bắt làm gì cả. Lớn lên là tự động chiến đấu như hít thở. Đây chính là điều các chiến lược gia Mỹ và VNCH chẳng hề biết. Đi lính như một nghĩa vụ phải làm là một chuyện. Tự nhiên mà chiến đấu, là chiến binh mà không “đi lính”, là một chuyện khác — chiến đấu tự nhiên như hít thở của cuộc sống, đó là nguồn sức mạnh vượt trên cả phi thường, đứng trên phương diện chiến lược mà nói.
Dưới đây là một clip về câu chuyện Bảy Mô, một series 3 clips nói chuyện với Bảy Mô, một clip về các nữ du kích Củ Chi (bây giờ đã là bà nội bà ngoại), và một bài báo.
Nữ Anh Hùng VN Siêu Đẳng Có Tấm Lòng Bồ Tát Tha Mạng Cho Lính Mỹ Vì Họ Khóc Khoe Ảnh Vợ Con
The Vietnam War – Cuộc Chiến Việt Nam (Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, PBS 2017)
English with Vietnamese subtitle (10 episodes)
Tiếng Anh, phụ đề Việt ngữ (trọn bộ 10 tập)
* THE VIETNAM WAR – 1: Déjà Vu – Bóng ma quá khứ (1858-1961)
Tiếp tục đọc “The Vietnam War – Cuộc Chiến Việt Nam (Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, PBS 2017)”
Remembering Agent Orange this Earth Day
The legacy of Agent Orange/dioxin continues to impact our veterans and the Vietnamese. Since 1991, scientists at the United States Institute of Medicine have shown dioxin to be a risk factor in a growing number of illnesses and birth defects, and their research is corroborated by the work of Vietnamese scientists. Tiếp tục đọc “Remembering Agent Orange this Earth Day”
War-ravaged Vietnamese province receives $10 mil from Norway for mine clearance
Unexploded ordnance are found in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri. Photo by VnExpress/Quang Ha
The Norwegian People’s Aid has already helped remove 70,000 tons of unexploded ordnance from Quang Tri Province.
Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri has received $10 million from a Norwegian organization to help clear unexploded ordnance.
The deal with Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) was signed on Wednesday and will sponsor a project expected to run until 2022, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Vietnam is one of the most heavily contaminated countries in the world when it comes to explosives. Between 1945 and 1975, during two wars with French and American invaders, more than 15 million tons of explosives were dropped on Vietnam; four times higher than the amount unleashed during World War II.
Tiếp tục đọc “War-ravaged Vietnamese province receives $10 mil from Norway for mine clearance”
Rev. James Swarts: Remarks at Spring Action 2018
Rev. James Swarts, President of the Rochester chapter of Veterans For Peace, was a member of the VFP tour group which traveled Viet Nam for 18 days recently, with stops in Ha Noi, the former DMZ and Khe Sanh, Da Nang, My Lai (on the 50th anniversary of the massacre there), and Sai Gon.
Statements by Pres. Donald Trump and U.S. government (and British and French) officials to justify American military actions in Syria are painful reminders not only of lies we were told about Viet Nam a half century ago. We heard echoes of those same lies regarding Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and many other places in the world that are now much worse off after our military actions — actions that were illegal, no matter how we try to parse the meanings of the documents and international agreements that we signed. Tiếp tục đọc “Rev. James Swarts: Remarks at Spring Action 2018”
Mỹ sẽ không dễ thay đổi được vị trí Nga ở Việt Nam
U.S. seeks to deport thousands of Vietnamese protected by treaty: former ambassador
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) – The United States is seeking to send thousands of immigrants from Vietnam back to the communist-ruled country despite a bilateral agreement that should protect most from deportation, according to Washington’s former ambassador to Hanoi.
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, Ted Osius, speaks during a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam November 2, 2017. Picture taken November 2,2017. REUTERS/Kham
A “small number” of people protected by the agreement have already been sent back, the former ambassador, Ted Osius, told Reuters in an interview.
Osius said that many of the targeted immigrants were supporters of the now defunct U.S.-backed state of South Vietnam, and Hanoi would see them as destabilizing elements. Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. seeks to deport thousands of Vietnamese protected by treaty: former ambassador”
US Institutions find fertile ground in Vietnam’s expanding higher education market
ejournals – Mark A. Ashwill
Mark A. Ashwill is director of the Institute of International EducationVietnam. Address: Institute of International Education (IIE), C9-Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: mashwill@iievn.org. The longer version of the article (and Web-based resources) can be obtained by contacting the author.
Unscrupulous companies often make unsubstantiated and sometimes false claims about their products and tend to prefer uninformed consumers. Conversely, reputable ones provide accurate information and call on their customers to educate themselves about what they are selling—even encouraging them to engage in comparison shopping. In fact, one wellknown US discount clothing company has adopted this concept as its slogan: “An Educated Consumer Is Our Best Customer.” Tiếp tục đọc “US Institutions find fertile ground in Vietnam’s expanding higher education market”
Why American soldiers were on front lines of anti-Vietnam-war movement
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Ho Chi Minh City exhibition recalls how American GIs organised protests, published underground newspapers and served jail time in their efforts to bring peace to Southeast Asia
By Gary Jones
The stereotypical image of the Vietnam war veteran, returning to the United States after an arduous tour of duty, only to be spat upon and cursed as a murderer by sneering, long-haired peace protesters, is seared into the American psyche like a scar from a white-hot burst of napalm. The accepted belief is that weary veterans trudged home to be condemned, cold-shouldered, even physically assaulted – simply for doing their duty to their country. Tiếp tục đọc “Why American soldiers were on front lines of anti-Vietnam-war movement”
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