Enhance and improve civic life. We have some events over the next few months that has National Book award finalist. For retail more information sign up for our email list. We have cspan book tv with us here please know you will be recorded and wait for the microphone and i like to take a moment to say thanks and so congratulations. [applause] now im pleased to introduce duncan white at the director studies at the university. And as a historian serving as a faculty associate of eurasian studies at harvard university. With history or literature here to discuss cold warriors. So we are so pleased to have them here tonight. Please me to welcome duncan white. [applause] we have five different microphones but i never met a microphone i did not like. Congratulations i love that we are presenting on the day of your publication. With 20 interviews this morning. So you call that a group biography so what is the hook. So the idea was to have a comprehensive history of the cold war and the cultura
Bookstore in q2 this evenings event in camillus dash to enhance and improve civic life. We have some events over the next few months that has National Book award finalist. For retail more information sign up for our email list. We have cspan book tv with us here please know you will be recorded and wait for the microphone and i like to take a moment to say thanks and so congratulations. [applause] now im pleased to introduce duncan white at the director studies at the university. And as a historian serving as a faculty associate of eurasian studies at harvard university. With history or literature here to discuss cold warriors. So we are so pleased to have them here tonight. Please me to welcome duncan white. [applause] we have five different microphones but i never met a microphone i did not like. Congratulations i love that we are presenting on the day of your publication. With 20 interviews this morning. So you call that a group biography so what is the hook. So the idea was to have
Folks have been conversations, if you can take them into the hall, please. This has been a fabulous day. I want to thank barbara who walked in. I agree we have saved the best for last. No question. Whenever i do a Service Event i say we have to hear from young people who are serving or have served because they understand what its about because its at the ground level. Im so excited about this panel. I want to thank my friend bill for his overthetop comments. I had the privilege of starting the program, but it wasnt me. I did it with my best friend and college roommate, Michael Brown and others. It was a small group of thoughtful dedicated people. What made it work, it wasnt me or michael, it was people when they experienced this, loved this idea. I am honored to be here. Its like a Family Reunion for me with Service Legends and giants, my brother john bridgeland who i worked closely with for 20 years, thanks to bridge and george w. Bush they got the largest increase in ameri corp. Ever
Booktv on cspan2. Vice president pence speaks about the u. S. And mexico economic agreement called the usmca and speaks with the Growth Opportunity that they hope it will spur. From yesterday this is about 25 minutes. Well, hello, Iowa Governor reynolds, senator grassley and senator ernst, former congressman david young, the ep as assistant administrator to speaker of the house pat grassley [ applause ] all the local leaders and guests and neighbors and friends and to rob manning and Manning Farms, it is great to be back in the Hawkeye State. Thank you for that wonderful warm welcome. [ applause ] im really honored to see you all turned out today. Thanks for taking time away from your work and obligations to talk about an issue of great importance to iowa and great importance to the nation, but let me say thanks to a few friends who are with us today, not just not just do i want to thank her for that overly again rou generous introduction, but i have to tell you theres no more dynamic
Assistant secretary of state for middle Eastern Affairs discusses u. S. Middle east strategy and he talks about u. S. Relations in the region. Secretary of state, mike pompeos recent trip to italy and chinas expansion in the middle east. From earlier this week at the Atlantic Council in washington, its an hour and 50 minutes. Okay, everyone. Were ready to commence. Okay. We are joined with us here today to kick off the programming, a discussion of the u. S. Role in the middle east given all of the very exciting news that seems to happen every single day. We are here. David shanker, a good, old friend of mine will share with us his great and unmatched wisdom about the u. S. Policy in the region. Let me give you a little background on david. He was sworn in as the assistant secretary of state for near Eastern Affairs. June 14th of this year. Prior to joining the department of state, he was director of the program on arab politics at the Washington Institute for near east policy from 2000