Inside the once majestic country of cambodia, after a decade of war, history witnessed the collapse of the regime. It would end with one of the worst genocides the world had ever seen. This memorial helps to ensure that the world never forgets those who died during the years of the cambodia killing fields. Yet, there is more to the story. There is the untold episode of the fate of tens of thousands of survivors who sought refuge inside thailand. This is my father in a refugee camp in 1980. I knew that my father was a survivor of the killing fields but i was shocked to learn that he and many thousands of others faced a more terrifying atrocity. The massacre on the mountain here. He always pushed me to tell him the story and i always said to him i dont want to. I dont want to relive it again. He would say just tell me one time. That is how we get here to do a documentary. James taing, that is the opening to your documentary, Ghost Mountain. Tell me about this project. James this is the s
Have seen it coming. In theory i would like to start with what was my personal favorite moment in the book which is the first meeting between donald trump and steve bannon who would become a very influential political strategist in his world where he explains to trump that if hes thinking about running for president , he cannot do as a traditional republican. Can you describe the scene. Sure, thanks for having me, i was fascinated buy the book, it made no sense by this, one of the reasons you have to remember donald trump did not, as a bolt out of the blue, he had been speaking for years for running for president but he was not quite sure how he would really have an identity, sometimes he was a democrat, sometimes he was a republican, he flirted with the idea of running in ross perots at one point but in 2012 he was getting serious about it and david bossi, a conservative activist a hardline conservative activist was a friend of Donald Trumps and he decided to talk to him about running
State, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. Professor michael more looks at tax policy and American Attitudes towards taxes from the end of the new deal, to the 1986 tax reform act. This top is warning the series with scholars who used records in the National Archives center for legislative archives for the research. The center senate hosted this amendment right of the video. Thank you for attending todays researcher top historian at the center for a legislative archive sponsor of the series. Weve had a very full program this year, showcasing some of the Significant Research that is still being, done in the house records. Todays top is the eighth of this calendar, near and we have one more november, then we will hear from Charles Stewart Political Science professor at mit, longtime friend and supporter. Of the center. Who is talk about his coauthor book electing the senate, in direct democracy before the 17th amendment. By the prince in your city press, it will be a pre
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A patriotism resolution, allowing the removal of lawmakers who challenge beijings, wholl give a palin has more from hong kong. Pompoms. Chief executive had said that she had already sought our approach to beijing to make a decision on these 4 after they were disbarred from Legislative Council elections. Earlier this year in september those elections were postponed, but the foreign main sitting lawmakers and so a decision needed to be made whether they were allowed to sit in hong kongs Legislative Council until the next set of full actions. Now the n. P. C. Standing committee, the highest position, big making body in china, has decided that they are not allowed until some paragon comes government to completely bike our past the legal system. When it comes to this parring law makers from hong kong, the military operation in northern ethiopia is threatening to spill over the countrys borders. Several 1000 people have fled. The region since by minister made ordered the offensive last week.