Assessing u. S. Soviet relations in the 1960s and 70s. Im not going to chair the panel, but i will turn the duties over to my colleague here at the Miller Center, professor barbara perry, who is going to anchor the panel. Barbara is herself a noted scholar of the 60s and of the kennedy era and the kennedy clan. She is also the director of president ial studies here at the Miller Center. She is a very seasoned expert oral historian as well as a written historian, and for many years she helped lead the Oral History Program here at the Miller Center, which was one of the signature undertakings that we do in interviewing the leading members of president ial administrations from the four years on up until the present. Or at least i should say the recent past. We have completed oral histories under her leadership and russel rileys leadership of every administration through the george w. Bush administration and we are planning to lay siege to the Obama Administration and well find out what th
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming, and welcome. My name is Amanda Woodward and i am the dean of the division of social sciences here at the university of chicago. Im just delighted to be here with this group of faculty for this event. This evening is continuing a yearlong series of events at the university of chicago commemorating the 75th 75th anniversary of the selfsustaining Nuclear Chain reaction that happened just over there. And over the past five months there have been events across campus commemorating the breakthrough and exploring the experiments longterm impact and defense has presented opportunities to engage scientist, are artists, policymakers and the public around a set of issues that grow from that original event 75 years ago. Now, this evenings discussion im particularly delight because it brings social science into the conversation in just the way it should be. Our panelists will be introduced in just a moment. Each is a scholar in International Relations a
Attacked and killed dozens of egyptian troops. The atrocities keep isis in the headlines and fuel the groups social media efforts to recruit outsiders to copy them especially in places that are perceived to be hard to hit, like the United States. Isis doesnt seem to be as some u. S. Officials suggested, on the ropes. Its been successful. Its no mistake that isis has risen in the two countries that are most unstable and riddled by civil war. Iraq and syria. Reporter consider the syrian town of jerablu on the Turkish Border where hundreds perhaps thousands cross to join isis. Isis is in full control of that town just over the Turkish Border. Here it is that concrete wall that separates from turkey from syria. You see the isis flag right there. This whole area is a key isis supply route and the militants clearly dont want to lose it. And theyre not likely to because turkey which has troops positioned less than a mile away, seems to be in no rush to push isis out. Why . Because if isis wer
Independents. How independent voters are changing the landscape of american politician. Im chuck todd. Joining me for insight and analysis this sunday morning, the former chairman of the Republican National committee, Michael Steele. Carolyn ryan of the new york times. Kathleen parker and chris slisaliza from the washington post. This is meet the press. Good sunday morning and happy fourth of july weekend despite some slightly unseasonable weather there were some spectacular fireworks on the National Mall here in washington, d. C. We do fourth of july really well in Washington Trust me. As america celebrated its 239th birthday. Thankfully, despite a heightened state of alert, there were no terror related incidents. That said, authorities across the country we main on high alert with the big fear being still that an isisinspired lone wolf attack could happen here. Weve got all the bases covered this morning. Richard angel is in turkey, Andrea Mitchell in vienna as the Iran Nuclear Talks
Independents. How independent voters are changing the landscape of american politician. Im chuck todd. Joining me for insight and analysis this sunday morning, the former chairman of the Republican National committee, Michael Steele. Carolyn ryan of the new york times. Kathleen parker and chris slisaliza from the washington post. This is meet the press. Good sunday morning and happy fourth of july weekend despite some slightly unseasonable weather there were some spectacular fireworks on the National Mall here in washington, d. C. We do fourth of july really well in Washington Trust me. As america celebrated its 239th birthday. Thankfully, despite a heightened state of alert, there were no terror related incidents. That said, authorities across the country we main on high alert with the big fear being still that an isisinspired lone wolf attack could happen here. Weve got all the bases covered this morning. Richard angel is in turkey, Andrea Mitchell in vienna as the Iran Nuclear Talks