Media. Wofford College Professor teaches about the rise of radio and its impact on whether to enter world war ii. The class uses sound clips showing the role radio played shaping views and policy. All right. So, last week we talked about coming of the war in europe and asia. I want to talk about the great debate over american involvement in world war ii. This is arguably the most important debate on Foreign Policy in all of American History. And Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part for the first time there was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallop poll organization had started polling American People. So leaders had a much more direct sense of what the people actually thought. Youre going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what it was that americans thought. So im going to focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and well talk about policy as a reflection of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe. My arg
Old executive Office Building next door to the white house. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan president ial library in valley california. How do you do . I have a brief Opening Statement here before i take your questions yesterday secretary of the treasury donna reagan, sent to the congress of request to raise the debt to 985 billion dollars. This represents a dramatic jump of 50 billion dollars over the previous thats. You administration took this action with great regret because it is clear that the massive deficits that the government runs is one of the root causes of our profound economic problems. For too many years, this process has come to easily for us. We have lived beyond our means and then financed are extravagance on the backs of the American People. A clear message i received in the Election Campaign is that we must gain control of this inflationary monster. Let me briefly review for the American People, what we have already done. Within moments of taking the oat
I have a brief Opening Statement here before i take your questions. Yesterday, secretary of the treasury, donald regan, sent to the congress a request to raise the debt ceiling to 985 billion. This represents a dramatic jump of 50 billion over the previous debt ceiling. The administration took this action with great regret because it is clear that the massive deficits our government runs is one of the root causes of our profound economic problems. And it, for too many years, this process has come too easily for us. We have lived beyond our means and then financed our extravagance on the backs of the American People. The clear message i received in the Election Campaign is that we must gain control of this inflationary monster. Let me briefly review for the American People what we have already done. Within moments of taking the oath of office, i placed a freeze on the hiring of civilian employees in the federal government. Two days later, i issued an order to cut down on government trav
Recorded this event in november of 2017. We are fortunate to have an old friend with us, richard schroeder, a former officer with the cia clandestine service. He began his career under the cia in 1972. After two years in the army as an Intelligence Officer for the army stuff in washington, the u. S. Military command in vietnam. He consults on National Security and teaches that georgetown. He is a founding Advisory Board member here at the International Spy museum. He is the author of a new book, the foundation of the cia, harry truman, the missouri gang, and the origins of the cold war. You are not here to listen to me talk. Rick, come on up. [applause] thank you for coming out when you could be over at the Christmas Market across the street. As vince said, i have been a cia officer for running on to 50 years now. For the last 20 years, i have taught intelligence courses at Georgetown School of foreign service. In teaching at georgetown, i have discovered, as well as from participating
Action with great regret because it is clear the massive deficits our government runs is one of the root causes of our profound economic problems. Too many years, this process has come too easily for us. We have lived beyond our means and then financed our extravagance on the backs of the American People. A clear message i received in the Election Campaign is that we must gain control of this inflationary monster. Let me briefly review for the American People what we have already done. Within moments of taking the oath of office, i placed a freeze on the hiring of civilian employees on the government. Two days later, i issued an order to cut down on government travel, reduce the number of consultants to the government, stop the procurement of certain items, and call my employees to exercise restraint in their own offices. Yesterday, i announced the elimination of remaining federal controls on marketing p at today, i am announcing two more actions to reduce the size of the federal gover