Mann, author in residence at Johns Hopkins school of advanced International Studies, he talks about his biography of president george w. Bush. James mann, author of the biography on george w. Bush. If a friend of yours who had never met george w. Bush asked you to talk about him, what would you say . I would say he was a guy who was the son of a president , had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 years plus of his life, and then got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and shrewd politician to be elected governor of texas, and then became president of the united states. The first thing he would be known for then at the time of his presidency now, and forever more, will certainly be the fact that he was president at the time of the september 11th attacks and chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. What were his early years like . Well, he followed in his fathers footsteps, and i say that quite literally, because he was forced,
This week on q a, james mann, author and resident at Johns Hopkins school of studies, he talked about his biography of george w. Bush. James mann author of the biography on george w. Bush. If a friend asked you to tell him about him what would you say . I would say he was the son of a president , had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 plus years of his life and then got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and shrewd politician to be elected governor of texas and then became president of the United States. The first thing he would be known for then, at the time of his presidency, now and forever more, will certainly be the fact that he was president at the time of the september 11th attacks, and chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. What were his early years like . Well, he followed in his fathers footsteps and i say that quite literally, because he was forced, almost, to go to prep school at andover, he went to yale, he di
James i would say he was a guy who was the son of a president , had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 yearsplus of his life and then got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and shrewd politician to be elected governor of texas, and then became president of the united states. The first thing he would be known for then at the time of his presidency now and forever more will certainly be the fact that he was president at the time of the september 11th attacks and chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. Brian what were his early years like . James well, he followed in his fathers footsteps and i say that quite literally, because he was forced almost to go to prep school at andover. He went to yale. He did many of the things his father did. It really in his mind, i think, it was not him. He once said many years later there were differences between him and his father starting with the fact that he went to Sam Houston Elementary S
Tell you about him, what would you say . James i would say he was a guy who was the son of a president , had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 yearsplus of his life and then got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and shrewd politician to be elected governor of texas, and then became president of the united states. The first thing he would be known for then at the time of his presidency now and forever more will certainly be the fact that he was president at the time of the september 11th attacks and chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. Brian what were his early years like . James well, he followed in his fathers footsteps and i say that quite literally, because he was forced almost to go to prep school at andover. He went to yale. He did many of the things his father did. It really in his mind, i think, it was not him. He once said many years later there were differences between him and his father starting with the fact
Feels a little bit like a family reunion, but this is more than a reunion. It is more than an average think tank conference. We all have an urgent task before us, to be ready to advance the Progressive National security and Foreign Policy agenda on day one of a new presidency, should we be so lucky in november. It is obvious there will be a lot of repair work to restore americas leadership in the world after donald trump. The last couple weeks have shown what danger might lie ahead. It will be no small task to fix from the has broken, erosion of our National Security institutions, to our credibility around the world, to the rampant corruption across our Foreign Policy. But today is not really about trump, and it is not about returning to the status quo. We need to be ambitious about an agenda that advances our interest and reflects our progressive values, and that unifies the American People across generations around a positive vision for our role in the world. In doing so, it will be