I dont consider myself a journalist, and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Pres. Trump mad dog plays no games, right . David most of the people that i have interviewed in this series are people i have known quite some time. In the case of jim mattis, i had never met the man before. Because of his nickname, mad dog, i thought uhoh, i better be careful when i shake his hand. He might be growling or mad at me or Something Like that, but actually, it was the opposite. I recognized quickly he has a certain reserve and a manner that would make a person want to follow him as a leader in the military, and also i suspect that had he never gone into the military, had he been in business or politics, he would have been successful there as well. Although i only spent this one hour with him in the inter
Gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Pocan. Mr. Pocan thank you very much, mr. Chair. If you ask just about anyone what is americas greatest threat, the answer isnt going to be another country or a political ideology. Its going to be a disease. Covid19. Wand that answer people will mention the need for help for the jobless, the threat to mall sp small businesses, problems paying their rent or mortgage and the need for health care. But you what wont hear will be the need for a space force. Or more nukes or an overseas slush fund for the pentagon. You certainly wont hear about the need for more cost overruns or fraud and abuse from defense contractors. But thats exactly what we have. Weve increased our military spending almost 20 in the last four years, at a time of relative peace. But we have not kept up with our needs like health care, education and, of course, fighting the coronavirus. And yet we spend 90 times more on defense than we do the centers for disease control. 740 billion for the p
I dont consider myself a journalist, and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Pres. Trump mad dog plays no games, right . David most of the people that i have interviewed in this series are people i have known quite some time. In the case of jim mattis, i had never met the man before. Because of his nickname, mad dog, i thought uhoh, i better be careful when i shake his hand. He might be growling or mad at me or Something Like that, but actually, it was the opposite. I recognized quickly he has a certain reserve and a manner that would make a person want to follow him as a leader in the military, and also i suspect that had he never gone into the military, had he been in business or politics, he would have been successful there as well. Although i only spent this one hour with him in the inter
Good afternoon, im bob costa, National Political reporter at the Washington Post. Today im joined by ambassador john bolton, President Trumps former National Security adviser, and he is the author of the room where it happened, a white house memoir, ambassador bolton, welcome. Thank you, thanks for having me. Lets begin with the opening of your book. It has a detailed recounting of how you joined the Trump Administration. Why did you join the administration in the first place given what you wrote in the book about the president s behavior who was largely known beforehand . I had the honor to serve in prior republican administrations in state department and Justice Department and i felt that it was a time of great challenge for the United States. I thought that the prior 8 years of the Obama Administration had seen a lot of misguided policies that had weakened our National Security posture and and i hoped i could make a contribution. I was obviously aware of many of the things that had
At that event celebrating the fourth of july. Saying, there are plenty of reasons to be proud to be an american. [video clip] the most important day in the history of nations, july 4, 1776. Americanwords, every heart should swell with pride prime a with pride. Every American Family should cheer with delight and every American Patriot should be filled with joy because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world. And it will soon be greater than ever before. [applause] our founders launched not only a revolution in government but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of america and no people have done more to promote Human Progress than the citizens of our great nation. It was made possible by patriots who gathered in philadelphia and signed the declaration of independence. [applause] they enshrined a divine truth that changed the world fore