So i welcome you this morning, thank you all for coming, my name is dane kennedy. Im the director of the National History center. Which is sponsoring this briefing. It is on the geo politics of middle east oil, Historical Perspectives on the current crisis. I want to just briefly explain what we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. Which has booked t
Commentatoentary the last 24 hos whether its acumen and dalio on one side you point is, no revelation 6 8. Why are we not believing in science . You have been pretty consistent on that. What happens today if the fda approved a drug . What happens if they do that do we then start thinking about, geez, how much pain it will be if we print all these dollars. How about if it is approved and we say, you know what, im really worried about boeing. I mentioned that because its front and center, but im looking at the fda and not at the fed, and i think a lot of people who came on this morning oh, damn, i lived in my car and was not doing so well its not all done in fair weather. I listened to a lot of really rich people, some crying yesterday, today, talking about the end of days, i think the American Worker is a little tougher and i think if we get the drug, we get approval, i think well all say, geez, maybe this thing isnt going to last forever and we can tide workers over, and we can help th
What we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. I also want to alert you to the fact you have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions. Well collect them. Theyll give formal remarks in the first half hour and the second half hour will be devoted to q a. Well go from there. Thank y
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Bykov turned out to be scandalous. The Meshchansky Court of the capital found him guilty of preparing an assassination attempt on rastruganov and sentenced him to six and a half years in a colony, but , apparently, thanks to the remaining connections of petrovich , a conditional term was appointed. Bykovo was released right in the courtroom and he again returned home as a winner. Why want to achieve you say pressure then on you. Well , they probably want bykov to do it manually, but this impossible for anyone in 2003 petrovich again overtook the shadows of the past. He was accused of murdering krasnoyarsk businessman oleg gubin committed back in 1996, but bykov again remained at large. The court found him guilty only of concealing a crime. And immediately amnestied after that bykov calmed down. And in 2016, her political activity ended due to the law on the so called criminal filter, but calmly take refuge in her New Residence in an elite village on the coast. Yenisei failed echoes of