Latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan2 comes from these Television Companies and more. Including comcast appear quick so youre thinking this is just a Community Center . No it is way more than that of a comcast is part of 1000 committee centers to create wifi enabled so students from lowincome families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. Comcast, along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Let me conclude by introductory title at the lectern by introducing you all to fill. Phil is a senior fellow previously worked as a senior fellow at the institute and the Brookings Institution he also served as a fellow on the House Select Committee on the modernization of congress. And his doctorate in politics is the author of two books by congress and to the edge of thee legitimacy the responses of 2008 financial crisis. Is it daniel, and 10 is a distinguished visiting fellow of the Hoover Institution and social thought at the uni
Clinton and george w. Bush administration. Peter is here to talk to us about Public Confidence in the u. S. Military. Welcome to washington journal. Guest thanks for having me. Host you keep regular track of this gallup organization, trust in the u. S. Military the lowest in 2 decades. When we use the term confidence, what does it mean . Guest the military can do what we have asked them to do, and what we have asked them to do is meaningful to our lives. It is declining for predictable reasons. Host what does that mean guest the props that prop up Public Confidence in the military are all eroding. It is also hollow because part of what props up Public Confidence is political correctness, the belief that you have to say thank you to the military for their service. If you had a chance, you might have a different attitude. That bias is propping it up by as much as seven points. Host i was going to ask you about the title of your book, thank you for your service. That has become an oft use
Host goods nearly a year and a half since washer russias war against ukraine. We have sent military aid and the American People and u. S. Political leaders support show signs of slipping. It has recently had bipartisan support but tracks among the parties there are a few cracks showing in this support. Welcome to the program, the first part of the program will ask you how you view u. S. Support of ukraine. With the money we have given too far, if you think it is too much, is the number 202 7488000 and if you think it is not enough use 202 7488001 or if you think it is the right amount you can text us at or you can call us at 202 7488002. Text us at 202 7488003. And you can also share your thoughts and comments on twitter and facebook. We look at the amount of spinning powering ukraines defense. The United States has committed aid to ukraine since the beginning of russias fullscale invasion. That includes more than 43 billion dollars in military aid. More than the u. S. Has distributed
Now let me conclude my introductory time at the lectern by introducing you all to phil and his two interlocutors, phils a senior fellow here at aei previously, worked as a senior fellow at the R Street Institute and the brookings institution. He also, as a fellow on the House Committee on the modernization of congress back in 2019, he earned his doctorate politics from Princeton University and is the author of two books why congress and to the edge legality and the responses to 2008 financial crisis. Seated at the far end, there is Daniel Lipinski dans a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and the pope, leo the 13th fellow on social thought, the university of dallas. He represented the Third District of illinois in the us house of representative. From 2005 to 2021. His career quite distinguished. Congressman lipinski earned a doctorate in political from Duke University and the author of congressional communication, content and consequences in the middle we have reid
Host our guest is peter feaver. He is a Political Science professor at Duke University. He served in the National Security advisors role in the clinton and george w. Bush administration. Peter is here to talk to us about Public Confidence in the u. S. Military. Welcome to washington journal. Guest thanks for having me. Host you keep regular track of this gallup organization, trust in the u. S. Military the lowest in 2 decades. When we use the term confidence, what does it mean . Guest the military can do what we have asked them to do, and what we have asked them to do is meaningful to our lives. It is declining for predictable reasons. Host what does that mean guest the props that prop up Public Confidence in the military are all eroding. It is also hollow because part of what props up Public Confidence is political correctness, the belief that you have to say thank you to the military for their service. If you had a chance, you might have a different attitude. That bias is propping it