I unfortunately have to bring this to a close now but you can join us afterwards for conversation and a reception outside of this room. The book is available for purchase and i suspect citing as well. I would invite you all to come back next week when Heather Cox Richardson of Boston College will be speaking on march 2 on her new book to make men free a history of the republican party. My thanks to our audience and thanks to professor spero for a very engaging talk. [applause] thank you. With congress on their spring recess this week we are featuring booktv in primetime. Heres a look at whats ahead. Next well look at the use of mercenaries in wars around the world today followed by former navy s. E. A. L. Sniper and iraq war veteran scott taylor on his book trust the trade and later the biography of former National Security adviser brent scowcroft. Thank you peter Atlantic Council for hosting this and thank you for making it out today on a less than auspicious weather day. This book is
National Defense University and former military mercenary talks about the use of mercenaries in wars around the world today. He says that were headed toward a future that will resemble the middle ages when hiring mercenaries to fight in wars was the norm. Thank you peter. Thank you to the Atlantic Council for hosting this and thank you for making it out today on a less than auspicious weather day. This book is about the return of private military force in International Relations today. And i wrote this not simply as an International Relations scholar, but also as a practitioner. I worked for a company for several years in africa, and i saw while i was working there many press reports many think tank reports, a lot of leftwing and rightwing knee jerk reactions that simply did not get what i thought was right. So the genesis around this book was not in any way a whistleblower book etc. , it was really to pack some salience around a very policemen call issue. Polemical issue. I want to so
On the job. Using this holiday break to learn how to handle firearms. Applications for these classes are up all across the country. Were going to talk much more about that in a bit. We want to get right to the breaking news this morning. It affects so Many Americans hoping to adopt. The president of russia has just signed a bill, banning americans from adopting russian children. And this now blocks kids from being adopted by American Families, leaving russia, to move here to start a new life. Abcs lama hasan has the latest from london. Good morning to you, lama. Reporter good morning to you, josh. This controversial new bill banning u. S. Citizens from adopting russian children is igniting a firestorm among human rights activists, saying this law victimizes children to make a political point. Now, the u. S. Is the biggest destination for adopted russian children. Some 60,000 of them have been given homes by americans since the fall of the soviet union. Whats more heart breaking, theres
Good evening. We are going to begin with breaking news out of el cerrito whether police have shot someone at gas station on portrero avenue near san pablo. We were over the scene shortly after the shooting. Police say they responded to emergency call at the chevron station but will not say exactly what the call involved whether a robbery fight or Something Else still unclear. They confirmed they shot one person and Different Police official tells us that person is in Critical Condition right now. We have a crew on the scene. We bring awe live report from the latest information tonight on abc 7 news at 11 00 oclock. There is more breaking news. This in pittsburgh. Sky 7 hd is live right now. Thats what you are looking at. Over a police scene near the pittsburgh bart station that we believe is part of ongoing situation that involved a somewhating at the bart station and caused delays for the system. Victim was shot in the parking lot and suffered chest and elbow wound wounds. He was take
House with congressional leaders to try to prevent the fiscal cliff from happening. But with just four days left until everybodys taxes go up, theres not a lot of optimism that it can be cone in time. Jonathan karl, abc news, new york. Tributes are pouring in for retired general norman schwartzcopf. The general, nicknamed Stormin Norman, died yesterday in tampa from pneumonia. He commanded a coalition of some 30 countries that drove iraqi forces from kuwait back in 1991. In retirement, he supported charitable causes and resisting calls to rub for public office. Norman schwartzcopf was 78. For the second time this month, a man has been pushed to his death in the path of a new york subway train. Last night, a woman shoved the man on the tracks just as the train was pulling into the station on queens. Its not clear if she knew the victim. New york police are reviewing Surveillance Video recorded on the platform to try to identify the victim and the suspect. This is the second time this ha