I just connected a dot just by you asking that question and me sitting next to megan. So i did a little bit of work on the 2000 campaign for some of the Foreign Policy advisors. And in exchange the guy said you get one bullet who is an interview with richard hoss. I flubed the interview and he. And it is remarkable how little domestic politics intruded into these clip rations. I have a specific memory, very well, i can remember the president s face exactly in the oval office during this time and i forget what i said exactly, but it was something about the policy in iraq, and then i made a comment about politics and how it would play at home. He was like i dont need your political advice. He said just think in terms of policy. So the domestic piece, i think, was incredible how little it intruded into our deliberations. But it was not a big driver. I didnt feel the burden of putting forward something in a would be domestically palatable. So i had a slightly different role. I had more int
Recognize my great friend and colleague, the best president of the best World Affairs council in the United States. I know we have a lot of World Affairs Council Members here. Gym falk, very, very grateful to jim for his help in this. As ive said, weve got the players, including stephen hadley, who will be speaking tonight, a truly great Public Servant who is the director of the nsc under bush, and i say Public Servant in days when that meant something and it really mattered. We respected people who hold these high positions. Were going to look forward to hearing from him tonight. And i think without even leaving the stage, im going to get the first panel under way so we can start this. As a college professor, i would say get your notepads out. There are going to be questions, discussion, so were going to start with our first panel, and i want to invite the panelists to come up to the stage. Tim sayle from the university of toronto is going to chair the panel and lead the discussion. H
I know we have a lot of World Affairs Council Members here. Jim faulk, very hateful for this help. We have players, including stephen hadley, who will be speaking tonight. A truly great Public Servant which the director of the nsc under bush, i say Public Servant in days when that meant something and it really mattered. We respected people who hold these types of positions. We look forward to hearing from him tonight. And i think without even leaving the stage, i will get the first panel underway so that we can start this. If i was a college professor, i would say, get your notepads out. We will start with our first panel, and i want to invite the panelists to come up to the stage. Tim sale from the university of toronto is going to chair the panel and lead the discussion. He works on nato, who has been in the news quite a bit. Meghan osullivan, the kirkpatrick professor at the Kennedy School at harvard, an expert on north america, among other things, and one of the officials of the tr
Days when that meant something and it really mattered. We respected people who hold these types of positions. We look forward to hearing from him tonight. Leavingink without even the stage, i will get the first panel underway so that we can start this. Professor, illege would say, get your notepads out. We will start with our first invite thei want to panelists to come up to the stage. Tim sale from the university of to chair theing panel and lead the discussion. , who has beento in the news quite a bit. Meghan osullivan, the kirkpatrick professor at the Kennedy School at harvard, an expert on north america, among other things, and one of the officials of the trilateral commission. Peter feaver, welcome back to the hilltop. He is a professor at duke and director of the grant staff Strategy Program and former white house official in the Bush Administration. If you would not mind joining me and giving a big round of welcome for our panelists. Tim . [applause] tim thank you. It is a pleas
Its my pleasure to welcome all of you to our seventh annual Daniel Patrick monaghan lecture. Briefly, were really pleased to see such a full house as always. Were happy to be joined by folks worked with senator monaghan. Mora is pat monaghans daughter and a tremendous supporter of our organization and this initiative from the beginning. Id also like to thank sage publications. Sage in the publishing world is probably the preeminent Publishing House concerned with the social sciences. They also publish the title called the annals of the American Academy. Theyre also the principal cosponsor of this lecture, having given us generous funding to support this enterprise so thank you to them. Also a quick thank you to the willard staff and to my staff at the American Academy. Theyve just been terrific in getting all this started. We are going to have a brief time for question and answer after ambassador powerstalk. Two points about that. One, it is going to be brief. Well only have probably t