That grew up here and americans we should welcome that if we start broadening that which is exactly what he did in his 2014 executive order that essentially i would be ignoring the law in a way that i think would be very difficult to defend legally, so thats not an option. And that is why the courts struck down or stayed implementation of the 2014 executive order. Thank you mr. President. I yield the floor. Next a discussion on governance and leadership in the world from the United States to europe to asia. Its part of a conference hosted by the Rand Corporation called set politics aside. Speakers include author Francis Fukuyama and former banking regulators sheila bair. This is an hour. Hello and welcome back. I am michael rich president and ceo of the Rand Corporation. The focus of the last session of course was the middle east Foreign Policy more generally bear also the middle east of courses or region several hundred Million People. Hardly any democracies in that region. In fact, a
Islamic state of iraq in the levant, and on page 15 it says we reject the lie that america and its allies are at war with islam. I would disagree with the first statement, i dont think were leading, but i would agree with the second statement, that we are not at war with all of islam. We are at war with radical islam and islamic extremism. Yet nowhere in the strategy does that term appear. In fact, the only two times the word islam appears are in the two instances i just mentioned. Yet Climate Change appears 19 times. I would ask do you think the National Security strategy has enough specificity to adequately inform the documents of the National Defense strategy and the National Military strategy to actually have a positive impact on executing a strategy for degrading and ultimately defeating isil . And secondly dr. Lynch, i would ask in your statement about the momentum of isil being halted. Just within the last 24 hours, theyre knocking on the door of the al Assad Air Base where we h
History. He wins and 72 over mcgovern , the biggest landslide in history. In fact, at dec. 72 he says someone asked not to write a book about all of this. And having the most successful presidency of all time. But, boy, how the mighty have fallen. That story, of constantly looking at the interest, how someone can be the most powerful person and take that kind of cataclysmic fall, and these tapes are forming of just a part of the story. They need to be supplemented with memo, oral history. I wanted to think john dean for coming here to austin and providing your insight and firsthand knowledge and stealing the buck. [applause] and he wrote a biography of warren harding. [laughter] [inaudible question] [applause] [inaudible conversations] and that was a conversation about the nixon presidency. We will be back with more live coverage from the texas book festival after this short break. Coming up next a memoir. [inaudible conversations] interested in American History . Watch American Histor
Be live from austin with two other events. Today you would hear from authors charles blow francis fukuyama. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org. We will begin at a panel on president Richard Nixon featuring former Nixon White House counsel john dean author of the nixon defense and historian Douglas Brinkley and luke nichter editors of the nixon tapes 19711972. Journalist Robert Draper is the moderator. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] this is a wide broadcast on cspan. We will keep things moving smoothly. Thank you very much. We will have introductions in a moment and then we will move forward into our first panel of the day. Thank you all very much for being here with us. [applause] good morning everyone. My name is Robert Draper and im with the New York Times magazine. Our abiding fascination with the 30th president of the United States Richard Milhouse nixon has been stoked by two remarkable books
Are human beings inherently good or evil . First, my take. Cities across the American South and west are getting pummeled, but new york city seems to have things under control as it begins to open up. So i have to admit, im excited. I know it will be a different city for a while with many aspects kurt vacurtailed. Its felt like an empty stage set. Now lingering outside the cafes and bars, or simply walking on the streets. Despite the mass, the space between tables and limits on people, urban life is coming back. I know, a lot of people say this would be the death nell, that people have discovered they dont know to leave in cramped quarters. Maybe theyre right, but historically theyve been wrong. In the 14th century, the bubonic plague hit florence hard, killing more than half the citys population, by some estimates. Bocaccio decameron gave advice flee the city, isolate with a few friends, and gather in the evenings to eat, drink and tell interesting stories their verse of netflix. Yes