Sitrep January 16th 2014
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Is Robert Gates right to criticize Britain’s defence capabilities? What’s going on behind the scenes in Syria and will the West have to talk to Assad? And….who’s odds on favourite to take over the Chair of the Commons Defence Committee? Plus, deathbed remorse from the inventor of the AK – 47 - but who else lived to regret their invention? PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: The Times’ Correspondent Michael Evans – talking about Robert Gates’ comments on Britain’s defence capabilities Sir Andrew Green, former ambassador to Syria BBC’s political correspondent, Rob Watson on the Defence Committee Dr Paul Rogers, from the Department for Peace Studies at Bradford University discussing the AK47