Good morning. You all get a gold star for supervening the security in the building and being on time. We know there will be some stragglers but that is to be expected. I am jane harman, the president Wilson Center. I have to say it is hard to seem hopeful about the subject we will address after the past week. Hundreds were gunned down last night in las vegas. I do not think we know yet what the gunmans motives were. Two women were stabbed to death in front of the train station in marseille france by an asus isis sympathizer, and there seems to be an unprecedented disconnect between our secretary of state and president on the strategy to walk north korea back on threats of nuclear war. Vice president pence was here a few months ago, he is an old friend of mine from our congress days. He told us the president s strategy of America First does not mean america alone. At the Wilson Center, well hope Vice President pence is right. This is the fourth time ambassador and the Chicago Council ar
You all get a gold star for supervening the security in the building and being on time. We know there will be some stragglers but that is to be expected. I am jane harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center. I have to say it is hard to seem hard to sound hopeful about the subject we will address after the past week. Hundreds were gunned down last night in las vegas. I do not think we know yet what the gunmans motives were. Two women were stabbed to death in front of the train station in an isise by sympathizer, and there seems to be an unprecedented disconnect between our secretary of state and president on the strategy to walk north korea back on threats of nuclear war. Vice president pence was here a few months ago, he is an old friend of mine from our congress days. He told us the president s strategy of America First does not mean america alone. At the Wilson Center, we all hope Vice President pence is right. This is the fourth time the ambassador and the Chicago Council ar
Radio app. Cspan at radio at 20 years where you hear history unfold daily. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently surveyed Public Attitudes on Foreign Policy and the Trump Administration. Members of congress, journalists and Foreign Policy skorls recently discussed the findings of the Woodrow Wilson center here in washington. This is about an hour. Good morning. You all get a gold star for super veeng the security in this building and being on time, and we appreciate it. We know there will be some stragglers, but thats to be expected. Im jane har monday, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center, and i have to say its hard to sound hopeful about the subject we will address after the past week. Hundreds were gunned down last night in las vegas. At least i dont know i dont think we know yet what the gunmans motives were. Two women were stabbed to death in front of a train station in march say by an isis sympathy zbler, and there seems to be an unprecedented disconnect between th
Colleague from George Washington university. Before he introduces our speaker acknowledge our partnership with the National History center and the American Historical Association we are cosponsoring and coorganizing this seminar with. Donorsacknowledgment our , the George Washington University History department as well as a number of individuals for this series. We want to acknowledge roger lewis, the cochairman of the seminar. Hes here all the way from texas. Andnt to welcome all of you to the ones who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting is here and organize. We are grateful to you. [applause] thank you. With that, i think we should turn it over to eric. One last technical ofouncement, if you have one these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. Turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour and a half. With that, it is my pleasure to introduce this afternoons speaker, an independent historian and economist living in w
Let me acknowledge our partnership with the National History center and the american historical association. We are cosponsoring and coorganizing this seminar with. Let me acknowledgment our donors, the society of historians of American Foreign relations, the George Washington University History department as well as a number , of individuals giving support for this series. We want to acknowledge roger lewis, the cochairman of the seminar. Hes here all the way from texas. I want to welcome all of you and say thank you especially to pete and amanda perry who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting us here and organized. We are very grateful to you. [applause] thank you. Will turn i think i it over to eric to introduce our speaker. Thank you. One last technical announcement, if you have one of these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. If you could just turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour and a half. With that, it