Who was one of the worlds leading anticorruption fighters. And she understood that ukraine had a chance with the election of president zelensky. Instead of bolstering ukraine. Helping them get the aid photo voted for them, approved by the department of defense having cleared all anticorruption criteria we legislated and the department of state which had done that, all the ts are crossed the is dotted, the set together and the president holds it up and this other team is put in action to get the headache down of president zelensky to get the domestic political errened run that he wanted. Its in my judgment a shame, what happened. And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, i cant believe they wont address the facts as you have outlined and as i have attempted to and the chairman has. All they want to talk about is process. This aint about process. This is the president abusing his power. And you all will pardon me for not using my inside voice. But yall dont either. I yield back,
We have a new cast of people to add their voices to the wonderful voices you heard from the scholars who are on the first panel. Once again, we have Miller Center people here. The Miller Center, one of its main fscs is the focus on studying the presidencies in depth, historical depth with objectivity. We are all on the business of doing stuff that in editorial cartoonists is not in the business of doing, which is reacting to events on a daytoday basis. Which pat oliphant did more than 10,000 times in his 60 plus years as a newspaper cartoonist. Whereas we all strive to be as objective as we can, the job of the editorial cartoonist and pat oliphant, as well as anybody who has ever done that, to provide, opinion and something to provoke discussion rather than aspire to settle discussion. The panel today, this afternoon, which will cover the president s from george bush. I dont use the h w. He was george bush when he was president. When John Quincy Adams became president , john adams did
I am congressman sean kasten from illinois. I am proud to travel to madrid, spain for the 25th United Nations Climate Change conference and we will be there to represent United States conference and to congress and to send a clear message that we understand the existential threat of the Climate Crisis. The Climate Crisis is the greatest test we have ever faced. It is also an opportunity. Atmospheric carbon dow say that Carbon Dioxide pollution is already well above the 350 part per million level that was understood to be the cap we had to stay under. Several feet of Sea Level Rise are already guaranteed. And several tipping points have already been passed. In the final analysis, we will be judged not by our colleagues or our voters, but by our grandchildren. We owe them a climate that is as stable as the one we inherited from those who came before us. That will require massive coordinated international action. And that is our test. But the Climate Crisis is also an opportunity. It is a
My previous book called 1989, the struggle to create post cold war europe. These books are in the reverse order. 1989 talks about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. The collapse is actually about the fall of the berlin wall. So the new book is a prequel to my previous book. So how did that happen . This book is about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall, and when i did book talks like this one, id say, im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening of the berlin wall. And often i would not even get to that sentence. Somebody would interrupt me and say, timeout. What do you mean the accidental opening of the berlin wall . That was the polite version. Sometimes i also got, youre an historian. Dont you know that president reagan opened the berlin wall . When he went to berlin in june of 1987 and said, mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall, that the wall opened . I got that question so many time is realized that
So much for coming out to hear about this amazing event. Of the berlin wall. Sarotte. I normally live in a warmer climate. I am professor of history in i currently am a visiting professor at harvard. It was great to be at harvard while i wrote this book. So many great resources here that helped me to write this book. I have been asked a number of times about the origins of this that i wrotesons it. And that actually has to do with called 1989,ok the struggle to create post cold europe. These books are actually in the reverse order. The foreignbout policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. Aboutllapse is actually the fall of the berlin wall. The new book is in essence a prequel. That happen . Well, this book, as i said, its about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. When i would go out to do book talks like this one, i would get im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening berlin wall. Often i would not even get through t