Votes and how do you make sure there is a fair and square election and we are heading into another chapter, chapter 73 of trump world and we are just going to have to watch it day by day, hour by hour i. Host you spoke with the president 19 times for this book. How did it come about and how did he agree to talk with you . Guest i did a book in 2018, fear, on his first two years and he did not cooperate and i tried to talk to him and he regretted and of course, denounced the book and said i was a democrat operative and people close to him said, by the way, the book is true and so the president , when i wanted to do the second book said he would cooperate. I went into the oval office, put my tape recorder down and i put it on the resolute desk and said its all on record and i will record it all and the book will come out in september or october before the election is so i talked to him for noun hours and 41 minutes and he would call me at home at 10 00 oclock or on the weekends or i coul
Provided this video. We are at the 75th anniversary of the potsdam conference. Big numbers like the 75th anniversary or hundred anniversary, are always occasions for looking back and for drawing attention. I think there is another reason to look back at potsdam as we are in our own day and age, reentering a world of Great Power Competition and reentering a world where geopolitics seems to have come back to the fore of international thinking in International Relations thinking. So it is well worth us coming back to this subject. Im especially glad to have a chance to talk to you about it. I wish it was in person again, in kansas city. I wish that we were able to do this face to face, but we will do the very best that we can. The key thing here, that i want to return to throughout this presentation, is shown by this photograph here, of Winston Churchill, harry truman and Joseph Stalin smiling and shaking hands. And the point that i really want to reiterate here, is that these three men a
Program. Good evening everyone. Its a pleasure to welcome you for our program. If you could put away our cell phones, we would appreciate it. If you are wondering why there are bright lights in here, you are going to be on tv. Im kidding, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a, wait until we bring the mic to you. The speaker will repeat the question so you can hear it. Our speaker is teaching at columbia and working for David Rockefeller he joined the cia in 1980 nine and became a Political Leadership analyst on the middle east. He moved to the history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. And his biography as director of Central Intelligence was recently declassified. His articles and book reviews and technical collections have appeared on studies in intelligence and intelligence in National Security and the oxford handbook of intelligent security. He has taught intelligence history at George Mason University and georgetown university
Of the relationship between president and cia director and how it is influenced by the president s needs and interests. One cia director george w. H. Bush later became president himself. Good evening, everyone. My name is ruth robins and its a pleasure to welcome you here tonight for our program. A couple quick things first, one is, if you could please put away your cellphones, turn them off, silence them, any electronic devices, wed appreciate it. If you wonder why theres such bright lights in here, youre all going to be on tv, cspan is taking, kidding, youre not going to be on tv, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. If you have a question try to wait until they bring the mic to you, the speaker will repeat the question so you can hear, but this is so they can hear it, however they work it. Our speaker tonight is David Robarge who received phd in American History from columbia university. After teachi
Committee, answering questions on the targeted killing program and his role as counterterrorism advisor to president bush. The confirmation hearing was interrupted several times by protesters. They were forced to reset for several minutes to clear the room. [captions Copyright Nationalcable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed bynational captioning institute] police. Will the Capitol Police now come in and clear the room. All signs out. [indiscernible] if the Capitol Police will clear the room, please. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] please clear the room. [indiscernible] please clear the room. [indiscernible] all right, i think we should clear the entire room and then let people back in. What do you think . We need more capital police. Yeah, lets [indiscernible] ok, we will try and start. [indiscernible] i am going to began this hearing, and let me say right up front that the process is that people are respectful, that they do not share, they do not have this, they do not show