Banks c. E. O. s Board Members who have in many cases and by the way this is important in many cases they have been taking that money out of their companies while theyve been doing pretty well and theyve been sticking it in their pockets in the form of stock buybacks much of it with money they got from taxpayers government money during previous meltdowns now heaven forbid that i or anyone else should ask the question of whether some of these corporations should simply be allowed to go under is anybody asking that question yes we found one. One maybe lonely example look what happens this is on the c. N. B. C. When a guest challenges the bailouts of their lives now remember c m b c is essentially the wall Street Network in fact many would argue its a 24 hour commercial for bankers and Hedge Fund Managers and c. E. O. s and cetera look what happens when somebody is willing to make the free market argument the capitalist argument that if a company gets wiped out so be it wiped out there ar
Books he says a person should read in their lifetime. Watch book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. On the president and ceo of the museum of American Revolution. Its wonderful to have so many familiar faces in the audience, we also Live Streaming this evening and we will be on tv so we will live on forever and ever at 3 00 a. M. When you cant sleep. [laughter] ive got text from my father the following morning thank you are on television again. Im curious, or of hands, how many of you are visiting for the first time this evening . Welcome all of you. You are surrounded by many of our members, members of our founding members of the museums, revolution society, this is a fellowship of people who are great supporters of the museum. We are very pleased to partner with trust, you will see that up on the screen here and i know tim but all i can see is darkness. Tim and joe mclaughlin, thank them for making this possible. [applause] its a real pleasure to welcome doctor Vincent Brown t
And International Studies this is about one hour. [inaudible conversations] welcome back. Cliff, happy birthday. You are welcome. It is all for you. I really am delighted to welcome general joseph votel for our keynote address today. He currently serves as ceo and president of Business Executives for National Security and he joined their in january 2020 following 89 years of distinguished military service and served for three years as commander of u. S. Central command and prior to serving as commander of Central Command he commanded the u. S. Special Operations Command and the joint special Operations Command and in addition to his current role at the visit executive Financial Security hes also a distinguished senior fellow National Security at the middle east institute and unwelcome credit [inaudible] he will talk about a theme that has come up throughout the discussion this morning which we are all aware of but werent exactly sure what to think about and i think in 30 minutes we wil
Our members, our revolution society, this is a wonderful people who are great supporters of our music. We are pleased to partner with harvard for trust, you will see him up on the screen here. I know tim but all i can see is darkness out there. So lets thank them for making these possible. [applause] its a real pleasure to be welcoming doctor Vincent Brown this evening as is sometimes the case but not all that often, we are welcoming a good friend to the museum here this evening. Prince was one of the group of scholars who consulted with us during the development of the exhibitions and interactants of the present here. Long before jacques was in the ground and the steel began rising here in philadelphia, we were tapping his brain for stories of the American Revolution. It turned into great personal stories and our core exhibition here. Prince is a Charles Moore professor of africanAmerican History. And Harvard University. If you have an opportunity to go online, dont do it right now on
Test. Test test. Test test. Test test test test. Test test test test. Neither of these will be resolved quickly, but they must be resolved. Were on the precipice of an agreement in afghanistan and more importantly enter discussions aimed at ending the conflict. We have to consider the view here at home, it matters, the United States is now one of the larger exporters of what we depended on from this region. There is fatigue on the home front that have expended significant american treasure and highlighted the problems of the region that have seemed unsolvable. It would be a mistake to under estimate how powerful this fatigue is. Not only in our policy makers but the broader american public. There is now a strategic imperati imperative. They make it very clear that maintaining our competitive advantage in these states is our overriding objective. Recent guidance in the last couple weeks for Service Chiefs makes it clear what a definite push towards great power competition. So where does