First formerly i was able to debate it. Mitt romney was side was that night. He walked away with it. Maybe he wouldve done better the first time. Seriously. Not everything i say is ironic or sarcastic. I mean the words they speak. That plane brings back memories. That very vehicle is where i learned we lost the presidency in 1980. If you go up and look at it again tonight, the first section seat i was sitting there. Its in the book, if you buy the book to me, im sitting there, carter is behind, jody powell standing there with a big pill in his arms. Is holding a pillow. Its saturday night before the election and jody will go to sleep in the hallway. There used to be a punk or. Cigarettes and put. Times have changed. Everyone was all smoking. I had just gotten the word in that seat that were going to lose by 10. We got the word in seattle the last stop, it was an amazing sprint. Thats in the book. I want to talk about my book a little bit but really i want to talk about what its about.
Various social and political issues including limited government, feminism, and the death penalty. He spoke about his book at the george w. Bush library and museum in texas. This is just under an hour. [pause in captioning to change captioners] good evening, everyone. [applause] and happy birthday mrs. Bush. [applause] it was a great personal pleasure for me because weve known each other now for 32 years. I was briefly charles employer. Charles krauthammer has written a fantastic book, come pielation of the columns and, plus, a marvelous introduction. I know one thing is that compilations never sell. Charles book is number one on amazon and will debut as no. 2 in nonfiction on the New York Times best seller list this sunday. [applause] hes ahead of John Grishman and bill oreilly and rush, you name it, charles. Charles was born in new york city, raised in montreal, went to mcgill, and after that, he was a commonwealth scholar at oxford; then went to harvard medical school, and he was a
We decided to treat this individual as a criminal. When you are overseas, that maybe what you have to do in order to get these people and bring to justice. I would never have that in u. S. Hands i would rather have that in u. S. Hands. I think George Washington summed it up best. Keep strong american borders and stay out of other countries squabbles. What ever happened to our christian ethics and foundation . The biggest change in american foreignpolicy since the republic was founded was the creation of nato in 1947. It was the point in time the United States said they would engage in other countries in our national interest. The previous 165 years of American History avoided those kinds of commitments. You can make your own decisions if it was smart. I think it was wise myself. It was a significant change in the orientation of American International engagements. That has been true since 1947. 65 years we have been engaged that involve the United States and the Global Leadership positi
That take care of their people and respect the human rights of their citizens. Ukraines gone through a difficult past. Ukraine is critically important to the United States. Its in a strategic location, it is very important to regional stability. We have a lot of our nato partners in that region. This is a very important country. The corruption that youre referring to was under previous administration. That Prime Minister, as you know, is now hiding in russia, and ukraine is starting a new government, an inclusive government, a government that will represent all the people of the ukraine. And that is critically important that they have the economic underpinnings so that they can gain the confidence of people. Thats why the imf provisions are particularly important, because it allows for the International Monetary fund to be able to go in, do the necessary audits, put the country on the right path and allow it to become a viable economic country. The Loan Guarantees is part of a package.
Why are you engaged in this work . Are you engaged . We are really excited about this project. We have joined women to promote and advance. It opens a number of possibilities for us. How can we use these Digital Technologies and learn fm them to change education on our alone campus. What weighs will we see based on the experience of these mass courses. How can that transform in cambridge and boston. Secondly, we see it as a way to get harvard ideas and harvard teaching out to a broader world and way to accumulate a lot of data that can be an extraordinary resource for anybody who like to use that material to ask questions about the nature of human learning and how it ought to be structured. On the point about spreading learning to the rest of the world, i have a very moving reaction to one bit of data. One of the pilot courses. When i was in india, i met with people in india who were wanting to interact with harvard. There is a need for engagement with our schools public health. We hav