Discusses the colonys early challenges, and profits that the colonists gain from trading beaver skins from europe. This is about an hour. [applause] write, think you very much. Im delighted that the introduction mentioned longfellow. While i am not going to talk about Myles Standish, i would be delighted if we can get on to questions, because Myles Standish is one of my favorite characters in the story. Of gratitude to the historical society. Firstly, i am very grateful for the invitation to week this evening. But im very grateful because i have the use of your facilitys extended library when i was doing research here in maine in fall 2006, 2007 or was it 2008 . I forget now. Some of the research was done and libraries. A good deal of the research was done in the United Kingdom and holland and Northern Ireland also. And a lot of this was done on foot and bicycle and, in maine, by car. I mentioned that because there is another reason something happened to me on the highway. Openshe book
And the more Muslim Brotherhood political islamistish people like bin laden and more other politically more oriented Leaders Within al qaeda. Within i. S. , more i. S. Seems more extreme. More purist. I dont see at this point any political current within that landscape at all. I mean, but that also may have to do on what kind of level or what kind of stage of evolution i. S. Is in at the moment. But for the threat to europe, i dont see theyre quite similar. I think the ideology is equally useful to or it can justify attacks in europe the same way. One final question here. Why are you so dismissive of lone wolves at the end of your remarks . Yeah. Thank you. Its because the lone wolf creates a sense of this kind of volatile, unpredictable threat, that if you basically see terrorists crawling out of the woodwork. And i think it doesnt rhyme with how i interpret the threat i have studied. Its more organized. And even those who operate quite independently are under influence, strong influe
Next, treasury secretary jack lew. With reporters on the domestic and global economies and his Upcoming Trip to the g7 summit. The event was hosted by the Washington Bureau of the Christian Science monitor. Its 50 minutes. Tv reporter from boston. Good to see you. Just retired this year. [ room noise ] youre going to be right here, sir. Were going to start right on time this morning. Im dave cook from the monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest is treasury secretary jacob lew. His last visit was in july 2015 and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting in japan. Our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was editor of the Forest Hills High School beacon. He evidently thought better of it and while in college caught the washington bug, working for representative bella abzug and joe moakley, earned a bachelor degree at hafshtd and a law degree at jpmorgantown. Between 79 and 87 he learned politics from a master
Tv reporter from boston. Good to see you. Just retired this year. [ room noise ] youre going to be right here, sir. Were going to start right on time this morning. Im dave cook from the monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest is treasury secretary jacob lew. His last visit was in july 2015 and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting in japan. Our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was editor of the Forest Hills High School beacon. He evidently thought better of it and while in college caught the washington bug, working for representative bella abzug and joe moakley, earned a bachelor degree at hafshtd and a law degree at jpmorgantown. Between 79 and 87 he learned politics from a master in his role as Principal Deputy policy adviser to House Speaker tip oneill. As a special assistant to president clinton in 93 and 94 our guest played a key role in helping design americorps. He was later Deputy Director and
Him to adjust his persona to make it more acceptable. I like your statement that your 85 years old and not afraid of any ring. As you said, youre the former cochair of senator ted cruzs race, he seems to be leaving the door open for return. Is there any possibility of that . All things are possible, and nothing is predictable. The likelihood is very small. Not atell you that it is strategy being worked or pushed at all. Ted was asow of articulate about it as he usually is about everything else. Most important things are this. He made some statements about the nomination. Some of us believed there was a viable path. I would have liked to see him stay in through california, then count the chips and the game was over run. They made a decision. He was in a better position to evaluate that. Strategy is not a being worked to try to put him back in as a candidate. Are some things, there are ted cruz delegates open across the country. He was going to cleveland. That we have a platform needs to