Amanpour: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chile Eboe-Osuji, Rob Schenck, Amos Nachoum and Yonatan Nir

Amanpour

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🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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President Trump has announced his intention to pull out 9,500 American troops from Germany. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO, joins Christiane Amanpour to unpack this latest development in American policy. She reveals that this won’t be happening right away. Judge and President of the International Criminal Court Chile Eboe-Osuji discusses an investigation into whether US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan and says he hopes the U.S. stop their trend of attacking the ICC. A key base of support in Trump’s corner has always been white, evangelical Christians – our Michel Martin speaks to a minister from that very group: Rob Schenck. Once part of an aggressive wing of the anti-abortion movement, he talks about rejecting divisive and zealous rhetoric in these already divisive times. And finally, Amos Nachoum, Wildlife Photographer, and Yonatan Nir, co-director, "Picture of His Life", reflect on teaming up on a quest to photograph a polar bar whilst swimming with it. Some much needed visual escapism whilst in lockdown. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	I said we're going to bring down the soldier count to 25,000 soldiers.
0:14.8	In the midst of protest and pandemic, President Trump pulls back troops that defend American
0:20.4	interests. Could America first leave America vulnerable?
0:24.4	I'll ask US NATO Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchinson.
0:27.6	Meanwhile, we cannot, we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court.
0:33.5	The United States punishes the International Criminal Court
0:36.8	as it investigates whether US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
0:41.2	And later, an evangelical pastor says President Trump's church
0:45.3	photo op was anything but good and holy and I'm Michelle Martin speaks with the
0:50.0	Reverend Robert Shank then photographer Amos Nahum risks his life to
0:55.2	capture images no one else dares to. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christiana Wanc Paul working from home in
1:17.3	London. Under pressure from coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter movement
1:22.3	President Trump is also lashing out at China. and the accusing her of delinquency on military spending.
1:33.6	In fact, though, Germany has raised its share
1:35.9	of the NATO budget to more than $50 billion,
1:38.8	which is up almost $10 billion since President Trump took office. And these troops protect American
1:45.7	interests and also alliances abroad as the NATO chief was quick to share with
1:50.5	President Trump.
2:03.0	The US presence in Europe is not only about protecting Europe, but it's also about projecting US power beyond Europe.
2:14.5	Germany says it wasn't informed of the decision to reduce the troops by a third troops that have been stationed there since 1945. And Senate Republicans are also pushing back against the plan,
2:18.1	stressing that the troops defend America against threats
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