Hello again. The uks Health Secretary says the government is preparing for a mass rollout of the Coronavirus Vaccine in the first half of next year. There are reports that some hospitals are preparing to receive their first batches as early as next week. President trump is being accused of giving up the fight against covid19 after his chief of staff conceded that the u. S. Is not going to control the pandemic. Our White House Correspondent has more. This is something that has been seized on by the arrival of the u. S. President , the democratic president ial nominee, joe biden, who has accused this administration of waving the white flag, if you will, essentially throwing up its hands in terms of trying to contain this. Its a stark contrast to what the biden what biden says he would do as president , that he would make it mandatory for people to wear masks. He himself has been wearing a mask and has been social distancing in advance he has been holding in events he has been holding, in
Hi everybody, im jacob, editor of the National Interest and harry has magnanimously asked me to chair this discussion. Which looks like it will be a corker. It is can sanctions bring about denuclearization or are they, and i will play editorial prerogative, a bloody any waste of time . Our panelists today, first panelist to my immediate left is Lieutenant General Wallace Gregson who is retired former head of us marines in the pacific and a senior fellow here at the center for the National Interest. To my further left geographically but not politically is former Lieutenant Colonel danny davis who is a senior fellow at defense priorities and danny is also im pleased to say a regular contributor to the National Interest website and finally to my right henry farren, a senior fellow at the center for international policy. Im reckoning that with all the attention being the stowed upon tehran that pyongyang may be starting to feel a little lonely and so id like to ask chip, what are the prosp
Hi everybody, im jacob, editor of the National Interest and harry has magnanimously asked me to chair this discussion. Which looks like it will be a corker. It is can sanctions bring about denuclearization or are they, and i will play editorial prerogative, a bloody any waste of time . Our panelists today, first panelist to my immediate left is Lieutenant General Wallace Gregson who is retired former head of us marines in the pacific and a senior fellow here at the center for the National Interest. To my further left geographically but not politically is former Lieutenant Colonel danny davis who is a senior fellow at defense priorities and danny is also im pleased to say a regular contributor to the National Interest website and finally to my right henry farren, a senior fellow at the center for international policy. Im reckoning that with all the attention being the stowed upon tehran that pyongyang may be starting to feel a little lonely and so id like to ask chip, what are the prosp
Can everyone hear me . Id like to go ahead and get started. Good morning and thank you all for coming. My name is george bebe, im the vicepresident and director of studies here at the center of the National Interest. I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad, internationally, the headlines were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last w
That would be good. The jazz age is the period from 1919 to 1929, reminds me of the opening lines of a tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people it certainly was good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time. Radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood, and certainly the age of the automobile, the model t. And automobiles were for almost every budget. Those are the good times, which we will discuss. And it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. And it the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the 1930s and helped the rise of fascism in europe. So lets begin with talking about the politics of the era. It was a republican decade. Three republican president s, ha