Decision to use the atomic bomb. In 1999, a poll of journalists ranks the bombing is the top new story of the entire 20th century. Beating out the landing on the moon, the attack on pearl harbor, and other prominent stories and events that occurred in the last century. The importance of a story of the atomic bombings of japan, has come over the last five decades or so, a enormous and highly acrimonious controversy, both among scholars and among the general public. It is safe to say that the issue of the atomic bombing is arguably and it is a strong argument the issue of the atomic bombings of japan is the most contentious debate in all of American History. I dont think we are going to settle it today. But i hope we will advance our knowledge of the subject and shed some light on some important issues and perhaps lower the volume of ill will at all to often has been a prominent part of this controversy. Trumanssy over decision to use the atomic bomb arises from two fiercely competing in
Our systems were not designed to not pay our bills. The legal issues are many. I do not know how you could make the legal issues are many. I do not know how you could make the decisions and i do not think the legal authorities are clear at all and i do not think the administrative process would permit the system to work. We write roughly 80 million checks per month. The systems are automated tube a because for 224 years, the policy of congress and every president is we pay our bills. You cannot go into those systems and easily make them pay some things and not other things. They were not designed that way because it was never the policy of this government to be in a position that we would have to be in if we could not pay all our bills. If you were to prioritize, its my understanding, we know what youre out pay obligations are to some degree. We have a Social Security payment due and major medicare bills do. On the other hand, knowing the revenues are a little bit sketchy. Could you go
My inspiration was the idea that i wanted to explain how totalitarianism happens. We do know the story of the cold war. We know that the documents we have seen the archives and described relationships between roosevelt, stalin and truman and we know the main events from our point of view. What i wanted to do was show from a different angle, from the ground up, what did it feel like to be one of the people who were subjected to this system and how did people make choices in that system and how did they react . Its interesting that one of the things that has happened since 1989 is the regional used to call at Eastern Europe has become very differentiated. These countries no longer have much in common with one another except the common memory of communist occupation. Russian president Vladimir Putin this week gave his first eight of the nation speech since being reelected. His nationwide address is a little less than an hour and a half. Translator of the Federation Council just a few mont
Quit. This regime in iran is the worlds leading sponsor of terror. It has murdered americans, israelis, and jews across the globe. It is categorically devoted to the destruction of the state of israel. It is training and arming militant groups across the middle east. It is destabilizing its neighbors and meddling in their affairs. It is developing sophisticated ballistic weapons missiles, including icbms that could target america, and more than any actor, the blood of syria is on iranian hands. I know they supported the is israelis. That sends a message all the way around the globe as far away as china. [applause] if we are not willing to take action when an antiamerican, antisemitic tyrant gases people to death what does it say about us . He did the right thing and i commend you for it. A lot of my fellow countrymen say we are weary of war. We want to get out. I hear this phrase it phrase over and over again. Do you know how many times in history that has been said . Do you know how m
Optimism. Russia seems to be going back to old ghosts, playing an old rule in the outdated setting. There is the mindset of new times to trust in the dialogue. They will draw the conversation. Only russia will be responsible for the withdrawl. They only ask for the ukrainian sovereignty. Russia brutally is violating. Thank you very much. I will give this a representative of the United Kingdom. Thank you, madam president. The world can see that Russian Military forces have taken control of the crimean peninsula, part of the sovereign territory of ukraine. This is against the expressed wishes of the legitimate Ukrainian Government. It is an unambiguous violation of the territorial ukraine. It is a breach of International Law. We can see no justification for these actions. We have heard from russia that the forces are in ukraine to protect minorities from old radicals. We had claims of interference in the affairs of the orthodox church. We have claims of hundreds of thousands of refugees.