The. Research that general secretary gorbachev has on equivocally given me his word that the soviet union will respect the wishes of the germans to live as one nation with. But the soviet union also had conditions foreign minister shared not to stipulated before the International Press that a unified germany would have to maintain political and military neutrality upon his return call brushed over this very clear message from the kremlin he didnt want to taint the good news. That the soviet union imagine a unified germany in late head of state yes of course all this was said yesterday. Cole strategy was successful and his popularity grew hed made further offers of Financial Aid to gorbachev to discourage the kremlin from doing anything to block the way forward. It doesnt and theres this you none of this would have happened if the soviet union hadnt been in such a dire economic position at the time. That we didnt know it was struggling to keep its head above water and the west knew that
Us from eccles life stops. The cold war ended in moscow in 1990 bringing a new era of peace to europe a divide in germany was free to reunite the treaty that paved the way for german unity was signed here in moscow 30 years ago it was a historic victory for democracy and the deep rifts in europe were on the road to recovery. The lord is real im still aware that this was the most important signature of my life the book. It wasnt an illusion it was a political project to keep. We did a lot of things a lot different then when we won the cold war against. Soviet ambassador about a softer a cough bush here in moscow 30 years ago when the victorious powers of the 2nd world war determined the fate of germany moscow looks back on this treaty with far more criticism than the west does. Know the most of. Those years i think listen see is speeches and champagne lift or rather try to send annoying off to taste in new when you think about all of the problems that arose during the many negotiations
The nico rob what nica raguan government. The topic at todays class is the iran contra scandal, sometimes called the irancontra affair. There are various names people attach to it, but it is most commonly known as the irancontra scandal or affair. I give the dates of 1984 to 1987 because the events that the scandal comprised really took off in 1984, even though you can see their roots earlier than the Reagan Administrations Foreign Policy, even earlier than 1984 in Ronald Reagans first term as president. I will explain the developments shortly, but they really took off in 1984. I will explain. They go through until mid 1987. This is a photograph from ingressional hearings about 1987. Anybody know who that colorless . Oliver north. Oliver north. A uniform because he was on active duty in the marine corps, even though many people noted at the time he did go tofore this time work wearing his uniform. He wore a business suit and a type of the most part because even though he was on active
Today. Today you can sense the chant coming from the trump people. Listen closely and you can pick up a slightly different rhythm right now of dont lock me up, dont lock me up yesterday it was reported first by the Wall Street Journal that trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn, the guy saw there going after hillary, his lauer is looking to get flynn immunity in order to testify about what he knows. According to his lawyer trumps former National Security adviser certainly has a story to tell. This morning President Trump tweeted that mike flynn should ask for immunity in is that this is a witch hunt an excuse for a big election lost by the democrats and the media of historic proportion. At the meeting today Sean Spicer Conexplained the president was trying to convey his desire to see flynn testify. If you actually stop for a second and realize what the president is doing he is saying do whatever to do to go up and make it clear what happened,
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If i did a tenth, a tenth of what she did, i would be in jail today. Today you can sense the chant coming from the trump people. Listen closely and you can pick up a slightly different rhythm now. Dont lock me up. Dont lock me up. Yesterday it was reported first by the wall street journal that trumps former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, the guy you saw there going after hillary, his lawyer is looking to get flynn immity in order to testify about what he knows. According to his lawyer, trump former National Security adviser certainly has a story to tell. Well, this morning President Trump tweeted, mike flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt, an excuse for a big election loss by the media and the democrats of historic proportion. At his briefing today, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer explained the president was only trying to convey his strong desire to see flynn testify. Lets watch. I think that the interesting thing is if you actually stop for a