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in a way, it depends how you define power. soft power influence, yes, absolutely, as in every one wanted to meet her more than almost any other world figure. but, hard power, real power, political power. of course, whatever power and influence she had, and you know, the influence was huge, she did not win it for herself, in a sense. she did not have to go out there and fight for it. it came to her by accidental birth. so, her role was a role model, and it was quite a complex one. i would say that, yes, in the end, coming to the throne, as she did in the early 1950s, you know, really sort a quite of retrograde, repressive time for women. i think it was very important to have a woman on the throne. there are these kinds of, you know, cabals with which one has to hedge.
"Next to Obama Beach, we join President Obama in paying particular tribute to the spectacular bravery of American soldiers who gave their lives." Most assume it was a Freudian slip or a teleprompter malfunction (something from which Mr. Obama himself has been known to suffer). But maybe there's more to think about here.
legacy and her wanting to frankly just exert her own power.- just exert her own power. yeah, because of just exert her own power. yeah, because of course just exert her own power. yeah, because of course she just exert her own power. yeah, because of course she will be i because of course she will be conscious with the mid term is upon us that the democrats lose the house and she loses her position. paul, can we talk about sir stephen lovegrove, the uk national security adviser, who has been in the united states this week and has made some red comments. he has been talking about the risk. he says the cold war s to monolithic blocks of the ussr and nato, though not without alarming bumps, were able to reach a shared understanding of doctrine thatis shared understanding of doctrine that is today absent. today we do not have the same foundations with others who may threaten us in future, particularly with china. now, it has takenjoe biden for months to set up a phone call with beijin
well, i suspect that is exactly why sir stephen lovegrove has said what he has sir stephen lovegrove has said what he has said sir stephen lovegrove has said what he has said right now. it is a warning he has said right now. it is a warning notjust of he has said right now. it is a warning not just of the he has said right now. it is a warning notjust of the brits but also the warning notjust of the brits but also the americans that we need to keep open also the americans that we need to keep open these back door channels of communication, the point is they are back of communication, the point is they are back door and people don t talk about are back door and people don t talk about them very often but they are crucial about them very often but they are crucial for about them very often but they are crucial for security for both sides, making crucial for security for both sides, making sure there aren t any accidental errors and accidental provocation. but what we ve