A dramatic increase in migrant crossings from mexico. And not so awaits the return of asteroid samples from a rock thats older than us itself. The. The late is of media and does it by john have agreed to meet next week to discuss the crisis. And ive gotten a cut off. I mean, is Prime Minister says whose country is ready to accept all less the comm indians fleeing the region. The area is dominated by us, the comedians aside. But john has been tightening its grip on the enclave since the financing and seas 5 deal earlier this week. The 1st group of people fleeing from the region have been arriving. You know, mean the Prime Minister and they called pushing the on says theres a threads of ethnic cleansing. But as a by john and says, i think call meetings will be integrated into society under its rule. And i sort of, its me because of them armenians, and they go into a car box continue to face the threat of an estimate cleanser in recent days, humanitarian aid has arrived. But this does not
When swanson, the secretary, found the dummy account she was floored. This is rita, after all. She immediately brought it to the attention of the mayor, who wasted no time in calling the fbi. Six months later they were ready and one morning in april 2012 rita called into the Mayors Office where the fbi was waiting for her. Rita confessed. After all she was caught redhanded. There was nothing much she could do. And fully cooperated with the fbi. This is not the mayor was so upset by now when asked what his thoughts were on the episode was he said, turned out Rita Cromwell didnt give a shit about this town. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Mike jacobs, its a pleasure to get a chance to talk to you here at the carter center. I am also welcome the audience thats come out tonight to listen to our conversation. Mike jacobs is the author of panic at the pump the Energy Crisis and the transformation of american politicness the 1970s. Mike is a teaches history and Pu
Look for these titles in booksts coming this week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. Meg jacobs, its really a pleasure to get a chance to talk to you here at the carter center. I and also welcome the audience thats come out tonight to listen to our conversation. Meg jacobs is the author of panic at the pump the Energy Crisis and the transformation of american politics in the 1970s. Meg is a, teaches history and Public Affairs at princeton. Youve written this is your third or fourth book . Something like that. Something like that . You wrote a book i was interested in because were going to be talking about conservatives, liberals, but one of them is you were the coauthor of account gives conservatives in power the reagan years, 19811989. Okay, interesting. Okay. Were going to talk a bit about conservative politics and liberal politics, for that matter, too tonight. Lets start with this, if we can. Okay. And you correct me. You have a thesis for this book, and ill le
Third or fourth book . Something like that. You wrote a book i was interested in because were going to be talking about conservatives and liberals. One of them is you were the coauthor of conservatives in power, the reagan years, 1981 to 1989. Interesting. Were going to talk a bit about conservative politics and liberal politics for that matter. Lets start with this, if we can. Okay. You correct me. You have a thesis for this book, and ill let you describe it obviously, but essentially what you argue in this book is that the two Energy Crises of the 70s, 73, 79, essentially were part of and major factor in the transformation of american politics and, among other things, made americans realize that perhaps government could not take care of them the way we had assumed for a long time, and thus paving the way for a conservative revolution. Fair enough . Fair enough. Very good job. Thank you. Thank you for having me here. That is what i discovered in writing this, and its really it became
Appreciate the attention you have given. As i stated i would like to reiterate one continuing point regarding the detention facility. The president and the National Security committee have determined closing the detention facility is a security imperative. That is a strong term. The president in his leadership of the National Security team believe continued operation of the tension to detention facility weakens interNational Security. Closing guantanamos about protecting, not weakening. The importance of closing the detention facility is echoed by former president george w. Bush and a long list of former secretaries of state, secretary of defense, staff chairman and other former military leaders. As representative engel noted there was a letter by former flag officers including former commandant of the marine corps. Transfers from gitmo are in the National Security interest of the United States and are conducted in a safe and responsible manner. On march 23, 2016, i testified before th