End to the reduction in violence that paved the way for the agreement that was signed on saturday. See thats the real world equivalent of the bean putting daniel bryan through a table after signing the deal thats the real world version except tragically in this real world version the violence after that the tricks isnt staged and actual lives are at stake as historian and writer Stephen Wirth time points out americas fantasies of what it could achieve in the war even after it became a washington cliche of the war had no military solution consigned thousands to needless deaths this is no peace deal my friends this is just more of the tricks designed to confuse you distract you and ultimately steal your tax dollars for the military Industrial Complex and your vote for the put up puppet politicians and that my friends is why we are watching hogs. On a city street. That are so youd like to see that this is your choice just state and see a rolls royce gracie say did slaves systemic dissent
President trump, and you know, under the Obama Administration this was very much carried by his ambassadors to ukraine who have long played a strong role in kiev in working with politicians there to try and convey the message of, look, you need to clean up corruption. What was then Vice President joe bidens role . So joe biden was obamas point person in ukraine, and he really carried that message for the president. He also oversaw the u. S. Response perhaps not the u. S. Response but the u. S. Messaging when it came to conflict in ukraine, the russian annexation of crimea, it was 2014 where you had russia lops off a chunk of ukraine, annexes crimea and then the war begins in Eastern Ukraine in the spring of that year. It was the first hot war in the region in an extremely long time, and you know, biden really carried obamas messaging on that in the region. Was it only the United States that was worried about corruption in ukraine at this point . No, absolutely not. I mean, this has bee
He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or so, after 911, currently his Senior National security correspondent for the intercept his son, tom its been a journalist for 15, 16 years. And hes worked for various news organizations covered and covered a wide of local and national topics, including National Security and u. S. Politics. His current focuses on in the last honest man, they look back at the life of former democratic senator frank of idaho, who was one of the most consequential lawmakers of the 20th century. He served in the from the late 1950s through the sixties and seventies
Welcome to politics prose im brad graham, the coowner of the bookstore along with my wife Lissa Muscatine and were very pleased to be hosting two ryzens here this evening we have veteran journalist jim and his son, journalist tom, and theyre here to talk about their new book the last man the cia the fbi, the mafia and the kennedys and one senators fight to save democracy. Our jim, of course, is a very accomplished investigative reporter, did some outstanding work with the new york times, where he was for for nearly 20 years from 1998 to 2017. He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or
Cspan 2024 coverage can be watched live on cspan as votes are cast. Along with candidate speeches and results beginning with the iowa caucuses. And then attention primary on january 23. Campaign 2024 on cspan. Your unfiltered view of politics as. Good evening and welcome to the National Press club. The place where news happens. I am the 2023 president of the press club and managing editor. Thank you for joining us here at the National Press club and on cspan. I want to take a quick moment to say thank you to our staff and volunteers here at the National Press club for helping to put this event together, including headliners like lori russo and Cecily Scott Martin who is a program coordinator. We have a very Exciting Program tonight with our esteemed Panel Focused on a book just out called the last honest man. Lets get started. Quotes if addict tater ever took charge in this country the technological capacity that has been given that government could allow it to impose total tyranny and