today catholic university historian. michael kimmage. welcome michael. thank you for having me. good to have you here. you are a member of the state department s policy planning staff 2014 to 2016. your portfolio was russia and ukraine. so you bring a lot of expertise to the subject. we re going to talk about today. you are an expert on us russia relations, and that is the road to war in eastern europe. how did we get to this point where europe is seeing its first major land war since world war two the possible exception of the breakup of yugoslavia a civil war. so let s begin with something. i usually stay away with stay away from rather my day-to-day podcast and that is what s happening on the ground. we want the podcast to survive forever not become dated, but i am curious as to what you think about why russia s invasion? has gone so poorly at least from a russian perspective not achieving any major objectives yet. well, i think there are a couple of factors it begins i th
you here as well as several members of our national council on white house history, which we re always grateful to have well this evening. it is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and as a friend of the white house historical association mark up to grove serves as the president and the ceo of the lbj. foundation in austin, texas, he is a presidential historian for abc news and also an accomplished author. mark is actually authored five books on the presidency including this book that we re celebrating this evening in comparable grace jfk in the presidency. and i had the privilege of recording a podcast this afternoon with mark which will release later in the month when the book is officially released and it was a fascinating conversation. i really enjoyed my time with mark and i think you re going to enjoy the time with him here this evening. he is also written for the new york times politico national geographic time the daily beast usa today
i m welcoming you under our roof here at historic decatur house, which is the home of the white house historical association. we are honored to occupy this property that is owned by the national trust for historic preservation one of our wonderful partners in our work and it s terrific to have them here. we have a three members of our board of directors who are here this evening martha kumar is here. i have seen martha i need a mcbride will be here shortly if she s not here already and david ferio is ex officio on our board here over on the right. so it s an honor to have all of you here as well as several members of our national council on white house history, which we re always grateful to have well this evening. it is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and as a friend of the white house historical association mark up to grove serves as the president and the ceo of the lbj. foundation in austin, texas, he is a presidential historian for abc
house historical association. we are honored to occupy this property that is owned by the national trust for historic preservation one of our wonderful partners in our work and it s terrific to have them here. we have a three members of our board of directors who are here this evening martha kumar is here. i have seen martha i need a mcbride will be here shortly if she s not here already and david ferio is ex officio on our board here over on the right. so it s an honor to have all of you here as well as several members of our national council on white house history, which we re always grateful to have well this evening. it is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and as a friend of the white house historical association mark up to grove serves as the president and the ceo of the lbj. foundation in austin, texas, he is a presidential historian for abc news and also an accomplished author. mark is actually authored five books on the presidency in
i m welcoming you under our roof here at historic decatur house, which is the home of the white house historical association. we are honored to occupy this property that is owned by the national trust for historic preservation one of our wonderful partners in our work and it s terrific to have them here. we have a three members of our board of directors who are here this evening martha kumar is here. i have seen martha i need a mcbride will be here shortly if she s not here already and david ferio is ex officio on our board here over on the right. so it s an honor to have all of you here as well as several members of our national council on white house history, which we re always grateful to have well this evening. it is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and as a friend of the white house historical association mark up to grove serves as the president and the ceo of the lbj. foundation in austin, texas, he is a presidential historian for abc