History seminar. He is cool editor of the global and International History theories for Cambridge University press. Volume empires on war, 1911 to 1923, which refrains the history of the great war as a global war vampires and the will sony moment. Selfdetermination in the International Origins of and to colonial nationalism. He will close or symposium with a lecture that explores how president wilsons ideas and convictions were formed, how they shape the peace settlement and how that continues to impact us today. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming doctor erez manela. Thank you for that kind introduction. I want to thank laura and matt, and everybody on the staff at the World War One Museum and memorial. Including, everyone who kept us organized and well fed through these two days. This is the second time, as you mentioned. That i have worked with this group. I have been amazed by your intellectual engagement and you organizational history. I would like to take a moment t
Tonight at eight eastern on the communicators on cspan2. Standard john cotton one members of the bridge about buying g5 equipment from the Chinese Company while way. The arkansas republican join former House Intelligence Committee chair mike rogers and retired Brigadier General Robert Spaulding who predecease her on the National Security council under the trump administration. They answered questions from the British Defense subcommittee on china for about two hours. Order, order. Welcome to this Defense Select Committee hearing to consider the International Response to the uk government decision to allow while we to continue to operate its 5g network and implications of the gibbous decision for information sharing across the alliance. Also to discuss International Ambitions and the role of 5g technology and within this specifically look at Cyber Attacks and the distal silk road. Our session date is divided into two parts and id like to welcome senator tom cotton joining us for part on
House of representatives before being elected senator. You are a regular, to use for the first and particularly on the u. S. And china relationship. For transparency, you and i have done each other for many, many years. I think prior to you entering politics so thank you very much indeed for your time today. Can i just say on a wider note we are very conscious that we meet during a challenging time for the u. S. Following the tragic death of george floyd. Our thoughts are very much with those impacted by this tragedy. The u. S. Is not alone in needing to do more to tackle the underlying issues but our thoughts and prayers are very much with those who are directly affected. Could i invite you to say a few words as an opening statement, then well move into questions. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you, mr. Chair and thank you for this kind words about some of the strife on our streets today. Of course we all want justice for george floyd and we are all deeply disturbed by that horrifi
Neighburg who is at the Army War College. Mike and i were colleagues mike, this is going back aways. Around 2006 or so in the History Department at the university of southern mississippi, we were together, but weve stayed in touch and always have had shared interests. Mike, its great to be here with you today and have a conversation on a subject thats extremely timely, which is really responding to crisis. You know, obviously what needs to be said for our audience theyve seen all the evidence they can of a current crisis, the coronavirus crisis, economic downturn thats going to be a serious issue for leaders, for every day people for a while to come. It seems a good time to talk about two major 20th century crises. At the end of two world wars how leaders responded and to raise the issue about what light that might throw on the present, a framework for comparison. Mike, obviously youre one of the people to talk to about this. There are just too many of your books to list for the audien
The from warm springs, georgia, the mortal remains of Franklin Delano roosevelt began the long trip home. Slowly, the long, black funeral train rolled up from the south and then down pennsylvania avenue to the beat of drums, the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. The passing of fdr from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. People wept openly, unashamed of their grief. Drawn by six white horses, the flag draped caisson was wrought to the main entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years ago, almost to the day, the body of Abraham Lincoln had also laid in state. At hyde park, his ancestral home, the guns of west point cadets rang down the final curtain on the man best known around the world as fdr. [gunshots] to measure something of his greatness, we turn black we turn back the clock to Franklin Roosevelt as a young man making his First Political campaign, to a t