This week on q a, our guest is margaret macmillan, author of nixon and mao the week that chnaged the world. Cspan margaret macmillan, but if you think a book about nixon and mao would so . Guest my father was a good subject and i love the good storiestoriesof history and thou have two extraordinary personality is with great falls and talent and it was an interesting moment that ended the period but in the United States and china and started Something Else so my next book i wanted to do something manageable has a good story. Cspan did he rely on to tell you what that moment was like . Guest that the documents. Theres a record now of all the transcripts of the first memoirs. Bob haldeman did a diary that is helpful, Henry Kissinger wrote them and thereve been lots of interviews, so i gathered whatever i could from those that have been there. Cspan did you learn anything they dont already know . Guest i learned something i didnt know. I think i learned a great deal more about Richard Nixo
Your number is going to be 202 7488002. And if you are in american gun owner but not part of the nra, you should be part of this conversation, as well. Your number is going to be 202 7488003. Keep in mind, you can also text us your opinion at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media on ontter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again this week, new york state announced a major lawsuit against the National Rifle association, accusing them of corruption and misspending of the organizations funds. Here is a bit of the story from the New York Times. New York Attorney general has issued an existential threat to the National Rifle association on thursday, arguing in a lawsuit that years of runaway corruption and misspending demanded a dissolution of the nations most powerful gun rights lobby. While the legal confrontation could take years to play out, it constitutes another deep blow to an organization whose legendary medical clout has been diminished by infigh
Office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle association to dissolve the organization in its entirety four years of years ofing and for selfdealing and conduct that the National Rifle association or the nra is the largest and most influential progun organization in the nation. 1871, thefounding in nra as been a registered notforprofit Charitable Corporation in the state of new york. The Attorney Generals Office has a wide range of regulatory and Enforcement Powers over Charitable Corporations and their trustees, including the nra. Influence as been so powerful that the organization went unchecked for decades, while top executives funneled. Illions into their own pockets years, the nrar diverted millions and millions of dollars away from its Charitable Mission for personal use by Senior Leadership to award contracts to the financial gain of Close Associates and families and appeared to dole out lucrative noshow contracts to former employees in order to buy their silence and continu
Attorney general james good morning. I want to thank you all for joining me. Im joined here this morning by the chief of the Charities Bureau and the cochief chief of the enforcement section. Enforcement section, emily stern. Just a few minutes ago, my office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle association to dissolve the organization in its entirety. For years of selfdealing and illegal conduct that violates new yorks Charities Law and undermine its own mission. The National Rifle association or the nra is the largest and most influential Gun Organization in the nation. Since its founding in 1871, the nra has been a registered notforprofit Charitable Organization in the state of newark prayed the Attorney Generals Office has a large range of regulatory powers over charitable corporations and their trustees. Including the nra. The nra influence has been so powerful that the organization unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets. Four yea
Good morning. I want to thank you all for joining me. I am joined here this morning by the chief of the bureau and the code chief of the enforcement section, emily stern. Just a few minutes ago, my office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle association to dissolve the organization in its entirety. For years of selfdealing and illegal conduct that violates new yorks Charities Law and undermine its own mission. The National Rifle association or the nra is the largest and most influential Gun Organization in the nation. Since its founding in 1871, the nra has been a registered notforprofit Charitable Organization in the state of newark prayed the Attorney Generals Office has a large range of regulatory powers over charitable corporations and their trustees. Including the nra. The nra influence has been so powerful that the organization unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets. Four years the nra diverted millions and millions of dollars aw