Im robert dear. Im like to read from the opening paragraph. Put the spike of a drawing compass into a map of virginia at George Washingtons boyhood home. Stenthe other leaking the come pass that reaches out 60miles and draw a circle. Within it not only washington, but also Thomas Jefferson, james madison, and james monroe were been. Grew to manhood and mad their home. From this small expanse of land on the north American Continent came four over nations first five president s am dynasty whose members led in securing independence, greating the constitution creating the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book. Ive spent most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and their network that tied them together at the founding of this country. It as story that evokes with the historians bill mcclay call the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience, dr. Cheney is a long time member of
And democracy to the public. And it is incredibly important today to carry that legacy forward by any means possible. Todays installment, the roles of freedom and democracy in American Foreign policy were teacher general h. R. Mcmaster served in the military for 34 years. Held the position of the 26th assistant to the president for National Security affairs as well as being a close friend of my husband for many years. Hell be talking about his new book, battleground, the fight to defend the fee and jeffrey world doctor michael crow the 1h president of Arizona State university. A Mccain Institute trustee and dear friend to my family. We are proud to host mcmaster and president grover will be at timely discussion on u. S. Foreign policy. Go ahead you can begin. Alright great. Glad to see everybody here. General mcmaster nice to see you again. What i want to do first is say the book, fantastic peace of work got many little tags on it. I want to spend some time relative to a set of core id
Satirists p. J. Orourke. He has appeared on booktv close to 20 times. First up in 2007 on our monthly call in program in depth p. J. Orourke discusses politics, writing and why he uses humor to discuss political and social issues. Is that a real picture of you . Guest oh yeah. Not a we. That was 71. Not quite positive. Host what were your politics in 1971 . Guest a martian left would be the easiest way to summon up. I was a leftwinger but didnt make enough sense to be a communist or anything like that. Host when did the transformation occur . Guest it was gradual. I just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institution backing this called why i turned right, the story, it is a long story and i wont tell it. I will give the short version. I was a radical leftist very much in favor of a marxist socialist thing in america. I got a job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york, 150 a week was a lot of money, living on the Lower East Side and i was very broke,
This picture on the left is that real . Oh yes. [laughter] not a wig. I would guess 71. I think a martian left i did not make enough sense to be communist or prosecutor. Went to the transformation occur . It was gradual. There is a book coming out from the hoover institution. Who is backing this and why i turned right. Its a story of a bunch of us. I was a radical leftist i got a job. 150 a week i was a messenger per week that was a lot of money as far as i was concerned living on the Lower East Side and i was pretty broke. We get paid every two weeks. I was looking forward to 300. So is my landlord. And my drug dealer. [laughter] and other people. I got my first paycheck like is supposed to be 700 that after federal tax and estate tax and Social Security i have been advocating socialism. Communism, marxism for years screaming and yelling and demonstrating and we already have it. They just a calf my pay. Whats going on . Also politics is christopher hitchens. Much more recently. Back i