And chair, eddie junior. A conversation on the u. S. Military readiness and the Global Threats we face. Defense Program Senior research fellow, served two decades in the marine corps. Assessing u. S. Military strength, a pretty major undertaking. How does the Heritage Foundation try to do that . Guest we gather all publicly available information we can come across, official testimony from the pentagon, acquisition reports on major programs, general news reporting from the defense reporting community, our own personal contacts in the services and the pentagon and on capitol hill, and we gather all that all year long, go through a several month analysis and writing process, compare last years information to this years information, and then basically issue a report card on the military, and this year on a scale of one to five, we would give it a three, or in the words we use, we call it marginal, and we feel that the u. S. Military writ large is marginally able to meet the demands of u. S
And President Trump and Vice President pence putting the fullcourt press on those two Georgia Senate runoffs, the nypd says shooting and murder are soaring in a new push by some on the left to defend the police. Plus tensions rising on the border as a Trump Administration races to build as much portable as possible and while it still cant come im Jackie Deangelis and for elizabeth macdonald, the evening edit starts right now. While President Biden is filling key positions, he is reportedly feeling heavy pressure from progressives when it is in a party. Joining an outright 2020 Advisory Board member harmeet dhillon, great to see you tonight, lets start with whats happening, biden was speaking today and a reporter questioned him about this and basically saying there was not enough diversity in his cabinet and not enough black people in his cabinet. Your thoughts . Yes, i agree that the criticism from the left, there is talk about diversity, talk about women, quotas and various regards bu
Medical workers are getting this first dose of the vaccine as we speak protecting themselves against what will still be a long, deadly, and for them exhausting winter. Theyre sending a message to the rest of us that this vaccine is safe and it will save lives. A new online poll from abc news shows that more than 80 of americans are willing to take the vaccine. Although a large percentage say they dont want to be among the first to do so. Frankly most of them will not have to worry about that. Right now there is only enough doses to inoculate a something number of the most vulnerable americans. But the time line is getting more optimistic. Dr. Anthony fauci said the General Public could start getting shots in just three months. I have been saying my my calculation that by the end of mark, the beginning of april, that a normal healthy man and woman in the street with no under lying conditions would likely get it. There is still so much work to be done until that happens. The task of prod
Bradburn, traces the president s military career from french and indian war, through the American Revolution. Here we are again. Welcome back to mt. Vernon. My name is doug bradburn. Im the president and ceo of George Washingtons mt. Vernon. And its been my delight to have these opportunities to talk about the story of George Washington. Last wednesday we were in our museum, this is what we call our Education Center here at mt. Vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. Really, a grand sense of his biography and why he matters and how he impacted the age that he lived in and why his legacy Still Matters to us today. Last time we were looking at his youth, a youth that youll remember we said is oftentimes enwrapped in romance. Its wrapped in myth. Its hard to get at because its the period where its least documented. But it really is an interesting period to understand George Washington in the context of the 18th century. Of course, hes most known to americans and perhaps to fo
Great question. I wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history of the long epidemics for the year of covid and beyond but that would speak to an interested reader, not just a specialist in the field. There are lots of specialists in the field and i thought my valueadded might be to translate from specialists in the field to reader who are fascinate by the blizzard of legal issues that werent really on most peoples anda until now. We never thought about pt epidemics but think about them now, particularly what we can learn from them andhat do we know when its going to be over. I want to begin, john, if i can, really at the end of your book, and then ill pivot book at the end of our interview to ask you more but this question. You write, america has two histories, one ugly,he other far more appealing. In the months and years ahead, americans will hold the power between them. Lets hope the make the right choice. Im going to be asking you more but what that right choice