Good afternoon. I am senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, my name is amy zegart, codirector of the center for International Security and cooperation at stanford. We are delighted both institutions have come together to cohost this book event with Graham Allison and Niall Ferguson to discuss destined for war can america and china escape thucydides trap . I want to remind all of you the book is available for purchase and Graham Allison will sign a few questions at the end of the talk. You cant escape the trap of the bookstore outside. Graham allison as many of you know is director of harvards center, and dylan professor of government and founding dean of Harvards Kennedy school of government. Like legions of students, i vividly remember my first time walking into the Kennedy School for my first forum event in 1986. It was an intoxicating place where you could feel the brainpower working at the policy being changed in the room. Graham allison has been the man behind this magic for a v
Instead of giving you the cliff notes will have the other talk about it. Without further ado, mr. Wright. [applause] thank you, philip. I like the further ado. Its an honor to me to participate in this program, at this place, an institution committed to protecting and sharing the rich legacy of the United States navy. Its a particular pleasure for me to be with you today. I am delighted to see veterans and friends and those of you who are curious to learn more about the vietnam war. Im honored to contribute to try to contribute to that process of learning. I do want to talk about my book. Thats why i am here today and i hope thats why you are here to. Maybe the best way to do that is to try to describe why it is i wrote it what i was trying to do and why i tried to do that. Last year my wife susan and i attended a performance of hamilton in new york. Many lines from that play struck me and stayed with me but one of them kept running through my head. Eliza hamilton, the widow of alexand
Pollster surveyed women here in phoenix and another group and columbus, ohio. They see it as a contest between a crooked politician and a thinskinned hothead. Dennis joins us live from the newsroom with the story. Reporter this is an attempt to gauge what the average female voter is thinking right now. They were specifically selected because they shop regularly at walm group was valley mother, stephanie colbert. She described the race as a choice between scary and scarier. She distrust Hillary Clinton a whole lot and described trump as a wildcard. Right now she plans to vote for trump, but she believes the Hillary Clinton will win the contest. I see the economy getting worse and i see terrorist attacks. If for of trump or to win, i would not be so much afraid of our safety here on american such as war. Reporter 19 people said they think that Hillary Clinton will win. There was a bright spot for trump. When asked who she would invite over to her house for a barbecue, she said trump beca
Way. Thats the way it began, i cant explain it. Just like that. Mark you have shared value ands beliefs and that sort of thing . I think so, but theres also a certain chemistry. President likes to cut through noise. I dont want to call it noise. There are two initials in english, you know . He cuts right through it. Mark yes. And its refreshing when we talk about serious things, he cuts right to the point. And i appreciate that. I also remember him when i was ambassador of israel to the United Nations and he was a very prominent businessman in new york and we occasionally bumped in the same circles, but we met years later, and its been a direct and very positive relationship from the getgo. Mark as a matter of fact, when you served at the embassy here, you spent a little chunk of your life in america. In fact, you and i went to the same high school, not together, but the same high school, cheldanham outside of philadelphia where. It d it start and where did it go . I came here for the
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