television has grown faster than a teenager, and now it is time to grow up. the tv was the center of the house. i don t remember a time without tv. by 1960, essentially every household in america had a television. it was a new way of bringing the world to you. when something big happened on television, it really did happen to the entire country and impacted the entire country at the same time. keep an awakened eye on the world. suddenly television was the main event. everything else changed, even the way in which you went about the business of getting someone elected president. david, will you hit the one-minute button, please. 30 seconds and the cut, please. in 1960, the nixon/kennedy debate was a first in television. a lot of people were watching that night, and it introduced a lot of people to kennedy. would you let me see the tight shot on camera one, please? can you hear me now speaking? is that about the right tone of voice? good evening. the
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Gigot, please join me in welcoming them. Sglm so thank you, john, and thank you ladies and gentlemen, and welcome, mr. Secretary. A pleasure to have you here. Thanks for doing this. So the president tweeted, as he sometimes does, that hell have a major announcement on thursday regarding trade with asia. I wanted to see if you could give us a little advance. I would be derelict if i didnt ask as the journal, a little suggestion of what that might involve. Im actually out of treats for today. You dont have to tweet, any indication, any at all . You dont want to . I have learned not to interfere with his big announcements. I can understand that. [ laughter ] all right. So mr. Secretary, i was just in japan. With the pull out of the United States from tpp, this was the week before the president arrived there, and what i heard from the japanese was that they would love the United States to get back into tpp, and shinzo abe, the prime minister, is reluctant to start a Bilateral Agreement wit
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