Arizona, i am Deborah Peters and my cohost is the Pulitzer Prize winning and distinguished Foreign Correspondent and columnt for the Washington Post and i am happy to say my friend james hoagland. Good to be here. Im delightedou could join us. I offered this evening, our copies are somewhere, the ckiest the luckiest man life with john mccain. I can say truthfully that we were fascinated with i i didnt expect to read every word, once i started i couldnt put it down. Thank you. Senator mccain in 2005, i am blanking, you did 7 books. Character assassination. We sold thousands of copies of it and his office staff. We find is a little strange. After spending time with him. Before i turn this over to jim, the mccain familys mississippi group. I assumed he had western roots. Im a carpetbagger in arizona and illinois. I didnt recognize john mccain how he was perceived as a carpetbagger. I asked john grisham, in mississippi, i read a little bit and i will read it again to get her reaction, the
We have it signed here but his book is the luckiest n, light with john mccain and jim and i have been fascinated with it. I didnt expect to read every word as my reading list is so vast and once i started i couldnt put it down. Its kind of you tosay, thank you. You worked with senator mccain in 2005 and i am blanketing, i know you did seven books, do you remember which was the 2005 one . It could have been a book on character assassination. We sold thousands of copies and one to the senator and i believe we ran low on signed copies. I find this a little strange to be talking about him without him after spending time with him. The other thing id like to say before i turn this over to jim was that i was really surprised that the mccain family listened to deep roots. I just assumed he had western roots. Im a carpetbagger in arizona. But i didnt recognize that john mccain was perceived as something of a carpetbagger when he ran for office but i asked johngrisham when we did an event , of c
It seems investors once again looking past the difficult months that may be ahead. Pricing forwards month statements are nine months ahead hoping we get past the virus. There could be difficult time ahead but this week you will not know it. David i should say. Thank you to Abigail Doolittle for that report on the markets. Overnight we were reminded of the complexities of the u. S. China relationship as a Foreign Ministry spokesman congratulated Vice President biden even as the trumpet ministration was bidding u. S. Investments in unspecified Chinese Company they say is tied to the chinese army. Richard haass published a Foreign Affairs piece called repairing the world in which he lays out the issues that will be in President Bidens inbox the day he walks into the oval office. Welcome. Great to have you with us. China is in the inbox but is not the first thing. The first thing is covid19. Richard i agree. China is in the inbox and will be for president as for the eye can see your the br
Of freedom and democracy in American Foreign policy will feature general hr mcmasters who served in the military for 34 years and held the position of the 20 sixth assistant to the president for National Security affairs as well as being a close friend of my husband for many years. He will talk about his new book battlegrounds the fight to defend the free world, with doctor michael crow, the sixteenth president of Arizona State university. Mccain Institute Trustee and a dear friend of the family. We are honored to host mcmaster for what is an important and timely discussion on us foreign policy. You can begin. Glad to see everybody here. What i want to do first is say the book is a fantastic piece of work, got many little tags on it. I want to spend some time relative to a set of core ideas you put out in this book some that are fantastic in the sense that they are concepts we should be using in the articulation of our thinking about foreignpolicy and National Defense policy and so for