Panama canal would be subject to attacks from panama. They felt the United States use of the canal would be far muir secure if panama owned the canal. Carter agreed, but he added one additional element. He explained it to me in an interview. I felt like the canal issue was a key test of my overall human rights policy, to start treating other people as worthy of respect and not try to dominate small countries. I wanted to treat panama fairly. I had studied the issue fairly thoroughly and i was convinced it was an unfair original agreement that was forced upon the panamanian people against their will. That was one difference that set carter apart. The other difference was that he did something about his judgment. He fought and won the battle to get the treaties approved. Fascinated byen the canal as child when reading richard halliburtons book of marvels, in which the adventurer described the history of the canal and then told of swimming its length. He paid a total of . 36 because he wa
Facebook. Com cspan. We will get your thoughts here in just a moment, but joining us on the set this morning, robert costa, political reporter for the Washington Post. First, 8 00, House Republicans will go behind closed doors. What will happen . Guest they will gather in the basement of the capitol, a room called hc5. They are going to hear from the candidates for speaker. Today is an internal party vote. It is not the floor vote. This is the decision who is going to succeed Speaker Boehner. We have webster from florida, a long shot from popular conservatives. You have the presumptive next speaker of the house, Kevin Mccarthy. Then you have the late entry, Jason Chaffetz. Host they will hear from each of them. How long do you expect us to take . Will there be staff in the room . What sort of indication why get from lawmakers when they leave hc5 this morning . The 11th hour. T they have been hearing from his candidates all week. Phone calls, pleadings and meetings, trying to find coali
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We find ourselves in the 90s in a whole new world. The decline of Nuclear Weapons. We have an arms control treaty, start one at the very beginning of the decade. We have International Structure which is no longer why polar. It could be called unipolar. We have globalization is the recent pieces to it but it appears to be part of a fundamental new world order. I love that phrase. It has the imagery of military force that still there but not Nuclear Weapons. Economic measures of power were going to be so much more important. There was a prediction of the decline of the nationstate in the concept of National Sovereignty where International Commerce information, technology would replace this. The book that captures of course was friedmans lexus, and all of tree, eventually the world was flat. A piece in Foreign Affairs that was her influential also predicted this new world we were moving into. Military power was still relevant of course because the decade began with the war to throw the ir
Modest number of u. S. Forces fighting with iraqi troops. Well have that hearing for you to see in its entirety at 10 deln 30 a. M. Eastern tomorrow on cspan. Vice president earlier this week taking part in the wreath laying. One of several events in recognition of vearnts veterans day. Tonight well bring you another event with veterans who served hosted usskeegie airmen by the americans veterans center. Tonight at 8 00 eastern here on cspan. Next, a look at Nuclear Proliferation and security threats facing the u. S. The speaker is former assistant secretary of state for Political Military Affairs obert glucheie who served as chief negotiator during the north koreannuke clear crisis. He recently was at the university for a little more than an hourandahalf. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this the third session. This year the series is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins applied physics lab. Each year the rethinking eminar focuses on an aspect of national and international issues. Our semin