Assemble foreignpolicy to my extreme right, max boot, i should say he used to be to my extreme right. [laughter] only on this stage in my twoyear extreme right. Not so much anymore. He is known to all of you as a prolific writer of columns for the Washington Post in the commentator on cnn, distinguished author of biographies and books on the military, i have a personal note to add, max was my first of the wall street journal and he was the best boss i have ever had and who was a good model for me on a personal basis for that reason for many years. You will notice he will get all the easy questions today. [laughter] jim fallows, well known to all of you as a distinguished writer for the atlantic, previous incarnation he was president carters chief speechwriter for a couple of years before winning a National Book award for his book on national defense, his career has taken him all over the world, he lived and traveled extensively in china and more recently traveled extensively here in th
Those who are joining this morning, doctor bianchi of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute for child health and develop, almost as long as the subcommittee on health, education, Human Services and related agencies. Doctor Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Doctor gary gibbons, director of the National Heart, lung and Blood Institute. Doctor sharpless of the National Cancer institute. And doctor dora volkow, welcome to all of you. Leader hoyer asked me to you have the nih coming . And he said this is one of the most remarkable hearings we have, thank you for the work you do and the differences you make in saving lives. At the start, let me touch on the matter of the coronavirus. I want to say thank you to the director, all the institutes. I want to say thank you to doctor fauci and say for Public Health experts, what, what you are doing on what is clearly a matter of National Importance and national urgency. We will be discussing the 2021 budget
Responsibility narrative, blaming people who fall off the tight rope for the catastrophes that follow. Watch kevin meredith, nicholas kristof, this weekend on booktv on cspan2. In his next booktv discussion, michael lind says democracies are being unraveled by new class war. Welcome to the Hudson Institute policy center. I am john walters, chief operating officer. I would like to welcome our audience here to our Pennsylvania Court is an cspan audience to our first ever podcast taping that is both live and marks the Second Season premiere of podcast, the Second Season of the realignment, my hudson media fellows. We are proud of the realignment. The podcast launched last year and i recommend for those who havent been following it that you take a look at the episodes from last year particularly the conversation with mike pompeo, josh holly, Mike Gallagher and others. It is an Excellent Program partly because of the two people together who bring out topics into moving the argument along. W
Our moderators, jim broudy and margery eagan. At evening and welcome to our audience here at wgbh and those watching at home for the first debate in the senate race being closely watched, not just here but all across the country. With the incumbent serving about the house of the senate the challenges for seven years under his belt and the house [inaudible] they will weigh their differences and their worldviews and ask for the rules there are no rules. The opening statements, no closings, no time limits although we will be keeping track of speaking time to keep things relatively even and we want to cover a lot of ground so brevity is appreciated. The free to talk to each other as well. In fact, we encourage it, gentlemen paid since we asked our studio audience not to applaud during the debate we want to take a moment to give senator ed markey and congressman joe kennedy a hand. [applause] gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us tonight. Marjorie, it is all yours. Some of markeys sup
Institute school of politics. It is one hour. This afternoon, we are fortunate to have cindy mccain and Vicki Kennedy in conversation about Public Service and the legacy of Public Service. Mrs. Mccain has dedicated her life to improving those doing those who are less fortunate globally, doing significant global work in trafficking and other issues. She is the chairman of the board of the Mccain Institute of International Leadership at Arizona State university, where she oversees the organizations focus on character driven leadership on security and economic opportunity, freedom and human rights issues. Shes the chair of the institute of Human Trafficking advisory council. Vicki kennedy is both an accomplished attorney and a notforprofit leader. Council Senior Health and she advises clients on government issues, regulatory issues. She is the president of the board and cofounder of the Edward M Kennedy institute for the study of the senate. A nonpartisan, nonprofit dazzling of a beautifu