Welcome to the l. A. Times book festival grand old party forum thanks for joining us. I am a republican political strategist thanks for joining us we have a very distinguished panel on stage the four met today partially with the state of the Republican Party we will do that for about 30 minutes starting with the first panelist National Syndicated talk radio can you tell us about your new book . Sure. We did not bring copies of our book. I know cspan brian lamb is dying laughing right now. And it came out it was as opposed to be written from the earthquake but how republicans deal with their president and they are happy to do so so the keyboard working away but then the fifth time your watching in tv land i will sign your copy. Professor of sociology the book is called black elephants in the room so i guess this is a nice contrast. But that opposite spent three breyers so what is it like to be black with the Republican Party . In the post obama era . That covers the experience of politi
As we watch the strong, the last, the few, the brave come in, i see lots of familiar faces in the audience. Come on in, dont be shy. Theres seats up here. I was fine. I have to convince my colleagues to sit in the front seats. Except where it says reserved. But you can sate there. You can sit there. All right. Were going to get started here today. First of all, i want to note a couple of things. This event and future ones were going to be doing are under a new initiative here at csis on diversity and National Security. To bring different perspectives, new voices and representation that reflects all of the United States in discussions of Foreign Affairs. Today we have with us four fellows one, two, three three fellows. One couldnt make it today. Three fellows of the program which kickstarted this series here at csis of the International Career advancement program, an absolutely marvelous, unique program out ins aspen which has in aspen which has formed the careers of many a Foreign Affa
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As we watch the strong, the last, the few, the brave come in, i see lots of familiar faces in the audience. Come on in, dont be shy. Theres seats up here. I was fine. I have to convince my colleagues to sit in the front seats. Except where it says reserved. But you can sate there. You can sit there. All right. Were going to get started here today. First of all, i want to note a couple of things. This event and future ones were going to be doing are under a new initiative here at csis on diversity and National Security. To bring different perspectives, new voices and representation that reflects all of the United States in discussions of Foreign Affairs. Today we have with us four fellows one, two, three three fellows. One couldnt make it today. Three fellows of the program which kickstarted this series here at csis of the International Career advancement program, an absolutely marvelous, unique program out ins aspen which has in aspen which has formed the careers of many a Foreign Affa
As we watch the strong, the last, the few, the brave come in, i see lots of familiar faces in the audience. Come on in, dont be shy. Theres seats up here. I was fine. I have to convince my colleagues to sit in the front seats. Except where it says reserved. But you can sate there. You can sit there. All right. Were going to get started here today. First of all, i want to note a couple of things. This event and future ones were going to be doing are under a new initiative here at csis on diversity and National Security. To bring different perspectives, new voices and representation that reflects all of the United States in discussions of Foreign Affairs. Today we have with us four fellows one, two, three three fellows. One couldnt make it today. Three fellows of the program which kickstarted this series here at csis of the International Career advancement program, an absolutely marvelous, unique program out ins aspen which has in aspen which has formed the careers of many a Foreign Affa