strength in the few full relation between the world of learning and the world of public affairs. one of the principal ways to fulfill that mission is through the history and public policy program. which drives to reach public resource record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world. based upon those records, to facilitate scholarship, education, and debate. we also mobilize scholarship and research to inform public policy in other ways. from podcasts like international history declassified, to blogs like my own, stubborn things. today s program is very much in line with that purpose. our guest today, andy card she has served as the national chant for democracy interim chief of the george barbara bush foundation president of franklin pierce university acting dean of the bush school of government of public service at texas a&m university and senior roles under three u.s. president under george w. bush, secretary of transportation under g
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Iste house chief of staff first famously the gatekeeper, which means giving the president time and space to think. He is the broker of information, he made sure everything is teed up with information on every side. Takinghe heat shield, the incoming artillery for the president , getting all the blame and none of the credit. At the end of the day, the chief of staff is someone the president counts on to execute his agenda. Him importantly, to tell what he does not want to hear. Host you begin the book by writing about what appears to be an extraordinary answering of chiefs of staff from the past. They were meeting with rahm emanuel, who was working for barack obama. Tell us about that meeting. Extraordinary scene that took place in december 2008, when rahm emanuel was about to start is Barack Obamas chief of staff. We were on the verge of the great depression. Two wars, a bloody stalemate. It was a real crisis and former white house chiefs of staff on every side of the aisle from the ch
Theres plenty to choose from here. The folks from Huffington Post have this headline about one of the top stories of the year. International womens day was the most talked about moment on facebook this year. 2017 was quite a year for women. It kicked off with the inauguration of President Trump, who was elected despite being accused of more than a dozen women of sexual assault. Millions of people took to the streets for the womens march in cities worldwide. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. The final months have been marked by dozens of women courageously coming forward to call out sexual abuse by powerful men. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. Earlier this year as we saw live on cspan. Part of the story takes us to capitol hill as well. A series of Sexual Harassment charges on the hill. The household hearing earlier this year. One of the people who testified at this hearing was jack