Pilot. I grew up with the founder of the freedom fest and we had a unique upbringing one where we werwould teenagers out on campot in the woods fishing and hikingg it lay in our sleeping bags looking up at the stars talking about economic and political theory when weaver 12 and 13yearsold which is unusual. [laughter] but weve always had an interest in hosting is. Later on we became aviators during the vietnam war era. I have a Richard Jones to all of us in america. There is a mural in the Capitol Rotunda in washington, d. C. At the top, a beautiful mural that shows my elephant greatgrandfather on the ship just before they boarded in a flower beforthemayflower beforeo america. It shows him holding the bible open editors of the people within. On the floor of the ship is a musket and a helmet and i thought this is symbolic in that their reliance is through the word of thword of the scriptureg for the divid divine guidance aa willingness to defend themselves if necessary to protect life, l
Cold war started so this is home for us as you are important where you allowed to have a political position where you are allowed to have a say in this things. In part that depends on the position that you have in the Foreign Ministry initially was a member of the department of translation and interpretation and it was only later in early 1987 that i was transferred to the usa desk to the department of usa and canada of the ministry of Foreign Affairs in that position i was involved in the preparations both for ministerial meetings and summits and in that position i dast have maybe much influence but they could contribute but the most important moments are when the principles of the foreign minister or the president actually ask your opinion when that happens you are on your own and youre not just in to you actually have to say what you think and to me with my very limited political Prior Experience that was not easy but that happened because i know that her intimate with gorbachev act
6 years and inevitably you become closer and either trust not only you as a professional translator interpreter but also they begin to trust your opinion because they know that you have been with them through a great deal i think it started in the reykjavik with gorbachev at about the same time. And they did ask for my opinion sometimes difficult moments. During the whole process of ending the cold war it was not actually a smooth and easy process as many people now think it was a process that had. Its halls obstacles difficult moments when miss misunderstandings occurred when understandings seemed to be breaking. I think at that time they asked my opinion just because i was closest to them physically. So youre obviously not only translating like were sad but also emotionally and intellectually involved in the process and it was a very difficult process like you pointed out it was no sleuth a lot of things were breaking in to put together it was like a work of a jeweler ritual rainmake
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And if you did not vote at all in 2016, 2027488002. If you want to send something on our social media feed, you can do so on twitter at cspanwj and our Facebook Page available to you at facebook. Com cspan. Some of the pictures in the headlines stemming from that rally in orlando, the Washington Times saying when it comes to the president s speech, he declaring it a defining moment. One of the themes emerging, keep america great. The New York Times provides a picture from last night and the subhead saying a familiar list of grievances. If you go to the Washington Post again, one of those pictures and the headline for this when it comes to last nights familiar themes in campaign launch. One of those themes was the economy. Here is the president from last night talking about his impact. [video clip] a together we stared down corrupt and broken political establishment and restored government of, by, and for the people. Country is now thriving, prospering, and booming and, frankly, it is s