Here with us this evening. We crossed paths a lot when i was a journalist with the Washington Post covering the pentagon and he was reporting for the Los Angeles Times based in washington over several decades he wrote about National Security and foreignpolicy on both the pentagon and state department and he held other important assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic prose in this cityy on the National Security affairs and in his new book he applies his Extensive Knowledge of americas National Security establishment to highlight the valuable role played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out for in particular, ryan crocker, and patterson and Chris Stevens. How significant officers these days folks work with our military and intelligence communities in such countries of afghanistan, iraq, serious, pakistan and libya to combat terrorism and manage the challenging situations. At a time when the u. S. Diplomatic c
[inaudible conversations] thank you to secretary pompeo. Ive a Pretty Amazing bus, right . That was a great speech. [applause] so as we just from secretary pompeo, the United States believes strongly in supporting the rights of the people of iran and in ample find their voices as they call for the freedom they so deeply deserve. To that end i am now glad to be joined onstage by my friends and u. S. Officials who are working to ensure we are able to continue a hope to hold the arena regime accountable for its humor its abuses as we Work Together to empower the iranian people. First well begin with assistant secretary to my left. We also have doctor bill ambassador brownback who we discussed earlier. And all three of them will be sharing some of their experiences working on this issue that relates to iranian human rights, what they learned this morning and now theyre putting these lessons into practice. We will after the session in q a will take questions on the audience as well. Lets fi
Publicly accessible, engaging space with Public Programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. What is the relevance to their lives today, and how, possibly, they could become involved. We are actively collecting artifacts, researching history, and developing programs. We are very busy. We have a very active Public Program already for students. One of the ways we celebrate we will tell the story of diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. Absolutely. Lets jump right in. The first object we would like to show is the oldest in our collection. It is the first treaty that the United States entered into, in 1738. Most americans understand 1778. That americas independence was in 1776. Part of the recognition of these revolutionaries was not only did you have friends and allies that were going to fight your enemies in Great Britain, but also, the establishment of economic security. This was vital to this new nation and so
Michael lynchs new book is know it all society. To watch the rest of this Program Visit our website, booktv. Org and type the authors name or title into the search box at the top of the page. Training. Were very pleased to have paul richter with us this evening. Paul and i crossed paths a lot when i was a journalist with the Washington Post covering the pentagon and he was reporting for those Los Angeles Times based in washington. Over several decades paul wrote about National Security and Foreign Policy on both the pentagon and then at the state department beat andy help other important assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic prose reported in the city on National Security affairs, and in his new book the ambassadors he applies his Extensive Knowledge of americas National Security establishment to highlight the valuable role played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out four four in particular, ryan crocker,
Ceremony for the Diplomacy Center a museum scheduled to , open in 2019. Up next, we visit the artifact storage area to learn about the history of diplomacy. The curator and a historian selected key items from the 7000 artifacts to help tell the story. The Diplomacy Center is the museum and Education Center currently under development at the department of state. It will be a multimedia, publicly accessible, engaging space with Public Programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. What is diplomacys relevance to their lives today, and how, possibly, they could become involved. We are actively collecting artifacts, researching history, and developing Public Programs. We are very busy. We have a very active Public Program already for students. One of the ways we will tell the story of diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. Absolutely. Lets jump right in. The first object we would like to show is the oldest in our col