To have been tested, the only way to get into north korea, and we do every day, short wave radio. We do a very good job at that so it wouldnt abandon a short wave radio just because its the only way to get into a place like north korea. We recognize there are parts of the world where and nextgeneration media is critical but other parts of the world where its not. Host john lansing can you be critical of u. S. The u. S. Government in your workforce . Guest i think critical reporting his professional journalism and it requires any reporter to ask questions whether it be the federal government or many other foreign governments or any other policy. Thats on both sides of the aisle. When the iran deal is being carried we carried it live and carried it on both sides. Thats really our mission is to tell americas story, every side of it. Host john lansing is the new ceo of the broadcasting board of governors which includes voice of america, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty and radio saw a, radi
Throughout the next year. Into much we will gather the former secretaries of the treasury, and two months later the former secretaries of commerce and United States trade representatives, including our chair carla hills who is here with us today. Later in the year we would gather National Security advisers, and an American Business leaders who have blazed trails in china. Our final program this year will gather former secretaries of state, and next year we will hold a Similar Program in china with many chinese leaders, some of whom are alumni of our programs. To begin the celebration today, i am joined by former, for former secretaries of defense who also happen to be for great americans. All four of them have served our country above and beyond the call of duty, and have contributed to peace in this world in ways too numerous to enumerate. If i began to list their accomplishments, i would have no time for questions or discussions. So let me go right to questions. I will start with dr.
Asia pacific area. So weve had those treaty obligations for a long time. A long, long time. Secretary cohen . If i can followup on secretary browns answer. I think we have to be concerned what china thinks. We are up to, and also be concerned about what the Asian Countries believe is necessary. As seen, china is number one trading partner replacing the United States, were number four. To say the u. S. Is trying to contain china would be to sea all of the members of asean are trying to contain china, which is not the case. They want to continue to do business with china. But they dont want to be dominated, as secretary brown said. And that is a reason why this strategy on the part of the United States makes sense in the sense of how its being pursued. To say we have 2500 marines in darwin, australia, is not a containment strategy against china although the marines think so. To say were going to rotate four combat ships through singapore is not exactly a change in the balance of power. A
Joining us. What is the name of the cafe . The water street cafe. It is lovely. Charlie i wish i was there. Tell me where Hillary Clinton stands today in New Hampshire and what she can do to change that dynamic . She is well behind. There is a pull out this week that shows her 30 behind. Nobody thinks thats where she is. Iowa has gotten worse for her and she has to do three things at once. She has to stop sanders momentum. She needs to have a Closing Argument that has a positive and negative message. Her husband was here, best i have seen in a long time. It wasnt vintage clinton 1992, but it was very strong. She is in trouble in these two states, and as we have discussed before if she loses either numerically or in terms of perception, iowa and New Hampshire, there is not a political analyst in the world who can tell you just how hard that will be for her Going Forward but it will be hard. , charlie that seems to go against what i have read before that she has built a firewall in , the
Old days when we were balancing budgets, we have another program and the federal government that i think works, but we have to clear that out. That is the earned income tax credit. Allows people at the bottom to earn more money and have an incentive. They have a higher marginal rate than those were at the top. We have to make sure that we have the incentive for people to rise, and i put them in a position that when they go to work and lose more than what they gain, and they think the system is terrible. Giving the states more flexibility and having a leader, whoever that leader is, who will share with people around the country those efforts that are anlly working to get people opportunity and begin to lift them out of poverty. Rate,hest marginal tax isnt warren buffett, isnt aaron rodgers, it is people losing . 80 on the dollar if they take a step forward. It is a huge disincentive to work. Why take the risk if youre losing so much . If you call the Welfare Department in washington, yo