Support for territories throughout the region, addressed it through sanctions, Military Force posture, do what we have to do to protect ourselves our troops. Nobody is turning away from that threat or their historic and sustained support for these territory groups. John, just a followup to what peter asked, two questions, i assume when the president said aid is not getting fast enough to gaza that hes not critiquing our efforts to get it there. And without Hanging A Hook On who is responsible, is he saying that more can be done from our end . Is there more that can be done to get the aid to them . I think he was referring to actors in the region. And then the second question, for many years you are going to meet with the Australian Government and they have supported the release of Julian Assange. We have not done so saying there were National Security reasons. For the reasons that he has been charged are basically the same efforts that many reporters use, so is there any Change Of Hear
Welcome to csis. I am the head of the project on military diplomatic history. Thank you all especially for braving todays weather. Its great to see all this interesting world war i. For those who havent been here before a project is focused on history that provides insight into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays event with csis project and prosperity and development. Sam runde runs at project here and thank you for your support. When we think about, when historians think about what are the most important events in World History world war i usually comes out at number one but americans actually fixated on other wars like the civil war and world war ii. This one is the most important and we are here today to provide additional awareness. 100 years ago to this very day Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of congress here in washington to deliver his working points speech. Wilson had been a professor at princeton and the president of that institution. He dre
Forum. [inaudible conversations] welcome to csis. I am the head of the project on military diplomatic history. Thank you all especially for braving todays weather. Its great to see all this interesting world war i. For those who havent been here before a project is focused on history that provides insight into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays event with csis project and prosperity and development. Sam runde runs at project here and thank you for your support. When we think about, when historians think about what are the most important events in World History world war i usually comes out at number one but americans actually fixated on other wars like the civil war and world war ii. This one is the most important and we are here today to provide additional awareness. 100 years ago to this very day Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of congress here in washington to deliver his working points speech. Wilson had been a professor at princeton and the pres
Have not told you is not a single political leader supported the movement. Matt won the crusade for voters. And naacp down. Elected leadership down. Nobody anywhere supported it so we asked the city council would you at least put the measure on the ballot so that the people can decide whether they want it or not. Would you allow the people to vote on it, and they didnt do that. At the time i think tim kaine was the mayor of the city, and i said, tim, can you work something out to at least put it on the ballot that people decide it . He said i can only get four votes. I cant get five votes, the majority to do it. Now with that, so what we had to do was to go out and get the people to sign the petition, and if you get the percentage of numbers of people to sign the petition, then it can go on the ballot, so we were able to get about 15,000 signatures to make certain that it had gone on the ballot, and even though the entirety of the leadership was against it, when the people voted, 80 of
And continue to be in conflict along their common border. The north korean situation is worsening. Its not getting better. So weve got problems all around. Man, over radio 3, 2, 1, now. Robert oppenheimer we knew the world would not be the same. Man we saw this cloud of boiling dust and debris below us with its tremendous mushroom on top. Beneath that was hidden the ruins of the city of hiroshima. Kermit beahan when the clouds opened up over the target of nagasaki, i let the bomb go. Different man if the announcement made by president truman that the soviet union now has the atomic bomb is true, then the impasse that now exists regarding the International Control of Atomic Energy must be brokered for the sake of mankind and for the peace of the world. Newsreel narrator justreleased film show the recent abomb tests in which britain joined america and russia as the third world power to possess atomic weapons. Man this first blast is on a level with bombs exploded over hiroshima and nagas