My hope is to use about half of the time to talk about questions ive got for these two, then spend the other half taking questions that you have. If theres one thing i hope you take from this whole session, it is that being a president ial speechwriter is exactly what you would think it would be on the west wing. Thats it. Im kidding, it is much more like veep. Since this is the president ial ideas festival, i will start with a question about the relationship between ideas and speeches. Sometimes what starts off as an idea ends up in a speech, sometimes the speechwriting process starts before you have the idea. Just curious, sarah, what do you think, what would you share about that process, how an idea becomes a speech. I think in a weird way as speechwriters, we are not coming up with the ideas. There are much smarter people in the building that are developing those ideas. But in a way i think that these ideas kind of they dont get crystallized until theyre litigated on the page. So a
Show. He has received several awards for his work. He is an Award Winning correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. He spent more than 20 years working for the New York Times as a foreign correspondent. He has been shot at, jailed, beaten by the police, and bombed from the air. We are pleased to provide sanctuary tonight. He is a senior fellow at brown university. They will discuss his new book, the true flag. It is a subject that seems strikingly important. He focuses on the dawn of the 20th century. The debate involves two of the most influential minds of the time. William Randolph Hearst on one side, mark twain, and booker t. Washington, and Andrew Carnegie arguing. Hopefully it will shed light on the condition of america today. It is my pleasure to welcome him. [laughter] robin thank you. This book was thrilling to read. Here is an example of why. I try to highlight the moments i remember. I went through two highlighters. It is thrilling to hear that
First woman to lead the National Party the first female speaker of the house of rsrepresentatives Speaker Pelosi welcome to the stage. [cheers and applause] first of all you have had a busy morning. So to start with the conversation that is dominating washington. The Judiciary Committee held a hearing this morning the chairman held a press Conference Announcing articles of impeachment obstruction of congress and abuse of power. This is not a road he wanted to go down. You talked about this so why is it necessary now . Good morning. Ow that chairman nadler made the announcement and there was a press Conference Announcing the us canada mexico trade agreement that we have come a long way from the original proposal the administration had given us so we could come to an agreement. The press people said look at this and now the day is young and here we are. [laughter] it is very sad day actually nobody comes to congress to impeach ao president weighing the equities of it and to impeach clint
First of all thank you for joining us. I want to start with a conversation dominating washington there was a Committee Hearing yesterday this morning your chairman held a press conference over articles of achievement one impeachment this is not the road you wanted to go down so why is it necessary now . Good morning. When the chairman made the announcement and with the press Conference Announcing the us mexico Canada Agreement we have come a long way from the original proposal the administration had given us so the press people said wow the day is shown. [laughter] so it is a very solemn day actually nobody comes to congress to impeach the president and they way the equities of others and that i didnt impeach him for the war in iraq so really there is no good cause and then we disagree on policy but thats not what this is about its about the oath of office that we take to protect and defend the constitution of the United States the separation of power the monarchy is what they fought a
Thank you so much i am very excited for the next conversation needing no introduction the first woman to lead a Congressional Party the first female speaker of the house of representatives please join Speaker Pelosi to the stage. [applause] the first standing ovation of the day. [applause] first of all thank you for joining us. I want to start with a conversation dominating washington there was a Committee Hearing yesterday this morning your chairman held a press conference over articles of achievement one impeachment this is not the road you wanted to go down so why is it necessary now . Good morning. When the chairman made the announcement and with the press Conference Announcing the us mexico Canada Agreement we have come a long way from the original proposal the administration had given us so the press people said wow the day is shown. [laughter] so it is a very solemn day actually nobody comes to congress to impeach the president and they way the equities of others and that i didn