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What was your thinking on that . How did you choose what not to include . Guest well, i feel like there are so many books out there that have kind of the negative and the nasty and the scoresettling and, one, thats not who i am as a person, but two, i wanted people to get the different side and a different perspective. And, frankly, after two and a half years in the white house and another almost year on the campaign of my experience working for the president was a very positive one. I loved my job, i liked the people that i worked with. That doesnt mean we didnt have difficult days and that there werent moments that id love to block out for the rest of my life. But overall, i really believed in what we were doing, and i enjoyed working for the president , and i actually liked my colleagues. And so i wanted a book that reflected that and reflected my experience, and that was what i tried to capture in those 12 chapters. Host lots of interesting stuff in here. One thing that caught my e
You here today to our conversation on Foreign Policy and the us president ial election. This event is part of the brookings policy 2020 series which seeks to empower voters with factbased datadriven nonpartisan information to better understand the policy matters discussed by candidates running for office this year. Thank you for joining us. Were 29 days away from november 3. Americans will cast their ballots for the next president of the future of americas global role is also on the ballot today. Looking toward the election, todays conversation will focus in particular on its implications for the transatlantic relationship and us Foreign Policy towards europe. Leaders as many of their counterparts around the world are working watching the election closely and while there are differing views about how the upcoming november will shape the transatlantic relationship few in europe believe it will revert to its previous standing. European council of use of the transatlantic relationship sho
Langevin and others. Recognizeey i myself. The warnings we had and decisions made about the most recent worldwide Intelligence Committee in january of 2019, and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings are going unheeded, and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats . Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow . That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea, raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and cri