Russias more wellknown critic of the kremlin has arrived here in germany after he was given a surprise card surprise pardoed by president Vladimir Putin. He was escorted to a waiting aircraft in a hushhush operation work out behind the seasons worked out behind the scenes by the German Government. It is unclear whether he still harbors any political ambitions. He was welcomed by former German Foreign minister who worked behind the scenes to secure his release. Russias most political prisoner most famous political prisoner arrived in the afternoon. Hours before the former oil tycoon was released from a prison camp near russias border with finland. He apparently immediately boarded a flight to germany. But even a day after russian president Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced his pardon and release, many questions release questions remain. He had asked putin for a part in citing family reasons. He also said that signing Event Mission of guilt was signing an admission of guilt was out o
Obama administrations decision to finally release the secret memo outlining when the u. S. Can assassinate a u. S. Citizen. Then as the tea party suffers setbacks and midterms, we will take a look at the most influential republican political operatives, the Koch Brothers. Their the poster boys for the top 1 . Their money and power fuels the inequality in america. The name koch has become a four letter word. Day in and day out, their purchasing politicians and policy. It is taking a terrible toll on democracy. We will speak to the films director Robert Greenwald will stop republicans tried to block a capitol hill screening of the documentary this week. Then Daniel Schulman, author of the new book, sons of wichita how the Koch Brothers became americas most powerful and private dynasty. All of that and more coming up. Ill stop this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least 118 people have been killed and 45 wounded in a twin bombing in the ni
We as a nation spend the best part of a year selecting our president. Many of the Founding Fathers fought against creating the vice presidency, and people have regarded ate political graveyard. The system has produced some worthy Vice President s, but at best, its a compromise, and at worst, its a game of who left with the nations destiny. Ben franklin when the constitution was written said we should refer to the Vice President as a superfluous excellency. [ cheers ] hail to the chief i always think of John Nance Garner and his quote that it wasnt worth a bucket of warm spit, and thats cleaning up what he said. If you ask the American People what does the Vice President do . I think you would probably get a shrug of the shoulders. You might even be asked who is the Vice President . Lets do it. I think when we were formed as a nation and the constitution was shaped, not an awful lot of thought was given to the vice presidency. The office as a general proposition, if you look back over t
Hello welcome to another episode of history live. Im doctor colleen im a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association and the director of the david Science Center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization with a mission to educate americans about that rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who live and work there. Our guest this evening is michael he is a retired rear admiral from the navy Civil Engineer corps. He served in a variety of assignments around the world and is 29 year military career. Including as commander of camp david. After retirement thousand ten, Michael Jordan private industry is a chief executive officer of the Building Information Technology company headquartered in his hometown of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. In october 2017, he published his first book inside camp david the private world of the president ial retreat. Mike travels often speaking about the book has be
Welcome to another episode of white house history life. My name is dr. Khalid, a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association. The director of that David Rubenstein center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a mission to educate americans about the rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who lived and worked there. Our guest this evening is michael giorgio. Mike is a retired rear admiral from the navys Civil Engineer corps. He served in a variety of assignments around the world in his 29 year military career. Including as commander of camp david. After military retirement in 2010, mike has worked in private industry and now is the chief executive officer of a building Information Systems Technology Company headquartered in his hometown of pittsburgh. In october, 2017, he published his first book inside camp david. The private world of the president ial retreat. Mike travels