Michael lynchs new book is know it all society. To watch the rest of this Program Visit our website, booktv. Org and type the authors name or title into the search box at the top of the page. Training. Were very pleased to have paul richter with us this evening. Paul and i crossed paths a lot when i was a journalist with the Washington Post covering the pentagon and he was reporting for those Los Angeles Times based in washington. Over several decades paul wrote about National Security and Foreign Policy on both the pentagon and then at the state department beat andy help other important assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic prose reported in the city on National Security affairs, and in his new book the ambassadors he applies his Extensive Knowledge of americas National Security establishment to highlight the valuable role played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out four four in particular, ryan crocker,
Former Obama Administration National Security advisor and un ambassador susan rice discusses her life and career in american diplomacy and foreign policy. Shes interviewed by the new yorker columnist robin wright. After words is a Weekly Program with guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. Welcome, susan rice to after words. After thank you. Its great to be with you. It is a fascinating book. So it is a personal tale and a chronicle of your professional life and threw a wide array of crises and challenges, but lets begin with the Current Crisis that the United States faces. As you know, President Trump had a phone call with the president of ukraine in july, a whistleblower reported on it in august. It was released last week. What do you make of the whistleblowers complaint . What did i tell you, what struck you . What is so extraordinary about this is that we have now in blackandwhite in the president s own words evidence of the fact that when hes cond
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A podcast. All after words programs can be viewed on a website at booktv. Org. Now on book tv after words, former Obama Administration National Security advisor and un ambassador susan rice discusses her life and career in american diplomacy and foreign policy. She is interviewed by robin wright. After words is a weekly Interview Program with guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about the latest work. Welcome susan rice to after words. Think is so much its great to be with you. A fascinating book of personal tail and a chronicle of your professional life and through a wide rate of crises and challenges but lets begin with the Current Crisis that the United States faces. As you know President Trump had a telephone call with the president of ukraine in july, a whistleblower reported in august and was released last week, what do you make of the whistleblowers complaint, what to do tell you and what struck you. What is so extraordinary is we have an blackandwhite in the president
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