Secretary clinton and president obama. And particularly as it relates to National Security and state department kind of issues. Two rivals in a primary who come together. An opportunity to get a feel for what was going on in washington, d. C. Where i work. Miked hayden, former National Security director, talking about the face of terrorism and its threat. It is called playing for the edge about his time at the cia. Same venue. Mostly history. Lincolns boys caught my attention and read it this summer. It is the story of john hay and john nick lay, two individuals the president met before being president in illinois. They came with him and it is the story of two young men working in the Lincoln Administration during the civil war and what happened afterwards in their life. I like to read history. Less interested in the battlefield and more interested in the people that serve in that capacity. Probably my Favorite Book of the summer has been hamilton. Ron sheridan is a great author and i
I get fixed on certain authors like a fellow named sebastian who is irish and has written a series of books and get the biggest kick out of his books they are good stories to start with they talk about ireland and the 20th century in the irish turn of a phrase i get the biggest kick reading that and a woman named fuller she is the special case but she wrote several memoirs about growing up in south africa in the southern part of africa of the zimbabwe region in those that were excellent one was entitled dont lets go to the dogs tonight year there was cocktails under the tree or something of that nature the most dysfunctional family you could imagine a way white family preyed upon the verging blacks of the political structure the father was the handyman they drink a little too much but a very gifted writer. Are their books that help you . Sometimes i gravitate towards those but there is another one im putting on by brandeis i dont know enough about him in this will be a great first book
School. Named after the father of my former boss, madeline albright. Somebody who has experience across the world on some of the toughest issues from bosnia to north korea. Someone who worked very, very closely as well with Dick Holbrook and his most recent book is outpost life on the front lines of american diplomacy. Its really a terrific memoir. Chris kojm was in my rolodex back in the 1980s. If you dont know what that is, we can talk later on. He was for many years, 15, on the staff of the House Foreign Affairs committee under lee hamilton and then went onto be the chairman of the National Intelligence council for five years until 2014. And is now a professor at George Washington university. And the National Intelligence council, the nic for insiders publishes something called Global Trends every four years, the most recent one being 2035. As the chairman of the nic, that was something that chris was deeply involved in and well have a chance to talk about a bit. And to my far right
Challenges was the subject of an event at Indiana University school of global and international studies. This is 90 minutes. So were here today to talk about whether the obama approach, call it a doctrine, call it a policy, of scaling back of retrenchment and a repositioning is one that the next president ought to change and reconsider or maybe even deepen. And we have the Perfect Panel to engage in this conversation. To my right is jessica mathews. You have everybodys bio, so im just going to say a few highlights from my own personal experience which im very honored to say i have with each of my colleagues here. Jessica is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for international peace. She served in government as a columnist and been a driver on a wide range of Foreign Policy issues throughout her career. I encourage you to check out her writing in the new york review of books, it feels like its every week. I guess you did have one the last couple of weeks. The most recent of which a
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