About this change. Good afternoon. I am very excited to introduce the next speaker. Im going to share a personal to exemplify his passion for Theodore Roosevelt. I entered jerrys orbit when we serve together as instructors in jacksonville, florida. Career i was in my negotiating orders for a followon to her. For background, this tour is unique for officers. Areandbased aviators, we sent to seek to learn real knowledge in the navy. For example, officer on the deck in the airconditioned bridge sounds good. Sunny san diego or florida or the deployment schedule. A nice med cruise would suffice. As a lieutenant commander, jerry had already completed his tour. For teddyere his zeal roosevelt became apparent. When asked about his carrier assignment he said, Theodore Roosevelt, no question. I wouldve taken any job to deploy on tr. If you needed a working party to scrape barnacles, you could count jerry in. Not understanding his rationale, i requested further explanation. Jerry went on to descr
Youll take the opportunity during our interview to join todays discussion by submitting questions as we go along. You can do that by clicking the q a button at the bottom of your screen. Today, as sidney mentioned, we are joined by my friend bob zoellick. Bob zoellick has served america and served her well across multiple administrations and in a range of few roles. In the late 80s, he served as counselor to secretary of the treasury, undersecretary of state as well as White House Deputy chief of staff. In the george w. Bush years, he served as trade u. S. Trade representative and later president of the world bank. Hes received numerous honors, the state departments highest award, the treasury departments Alexander Hamilton award and dods medal for distinguished public service. But the American Government werent the only ones. The German Government awarded him the Knight Commanders cross, the Mexican Government awarded him their aztec eagle order of merit. These days, among other posts
Speaking of engagement, i hope you will take the opportunity during our interview to doing todays discussion by submitting questions as we go along. You can do that by clicking the q a button at the bottom of your screen. Today, as vicente mentioned, we are joined by my friend robert zoellick, he has served america and served her well across multiple administrations and in a range of key roles in the late 80s he served as counselor to the secretary of the treasury under secretary of state as well as White House Deputy chief of staff. In the george w. Bush years he served as ab and later president of the world bank. Hes received numerous honors the state departments highest award, the treasury departments Alexander Hamilton award, and dod medal for distinguished public service. The American Government werent the only ones, the German Government awarded him the night commanders cross, the Mexican Government awarded him their aztec eagle and chili gave chile abof course the author of a re
[applause] good evening, everyone. Im the Deputy Director of programs at politics and prose bookstore. Id like to thank you all for joining us this evening. Tonights event is a joint effort with our venue part owners of the marvin theater. I am honored tonight to introduce doctor Jared Diamond. I work with academics every day. We offer over 100 classes yearly with local distinguished professors on subjects such as current and classic literature, history, politics, writing workshops as we are a community of lifelong learners and speaking of learning, Jared Diamond is professor of geography at the university of california los angeles. His work includes five bestselling books and hes here today to talk about the most recent book entitled upheaval turning point for nations, from the firsthand experience the history of the six countries where he lived and was in five of six languages. I asked which language he didnt speak and he said japanese but he had japanese relatives. Upheaval complete
Good evening, everyone. Im the Deputy Director of programs at politics and prose bookstore. Id like to thank you all for joining us this evening. Tonights event is a joint effort with our venue part owners of the marvin theater. I am honored tonight to introduce doctor Jared Diamond. I work with academics every day. We offer over 100 classes yearly with local distinguished professors on subjects such as current and classic literature, history, politics, writing workshops as we are a community of lifelong learners and speaking of learning, Jared Diamond is professor of geography at the university of california los angeles. His work includes five bestselling books and hes here today to talk about the most recent book entitled upheaval turning point for nations, from the firsthand experience the history of the six countries where he lived and was in five of six languages. I asked which language he didnt speak and he said japanese but he had japanese relatives. Upheaval completes the trilo