Foreign policy approach. Reflects on grand strategy and leadership. Mr. Lore describes president nixons relationship with his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger and how it was instrumental in developing Foreign Policy strategies. The Richard Nixon Foundation Hosted this event. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Im with the Richard Nixon foundation. Welcome to the library. Before we introduce our speaker, i wanted to mention a couple of special guests. We have our distinguished speakers daughter here, lisa and her husband, jack wild. And we have betsy huet, the wife of our newly elected president and ceo, hugh huet. Our speaker was to kissinger as kissinger was to nixon. He joined the staff in 968 as special assistant traveling the world on just about every major event in the cold war. He was with him during the grinding talks with negotiators in paris that cull min nated in the paris peace according of 1973. He was with president nixon in moscow during his first president ial trip th
Campaign was was im at my heart a Public Servant and i just felt given the hateful rhetoric that was going on in the 2016 campaign and the dysfunction of government that was causing so much angst in the citizenship, it was the dysfunction of government was manifesting itself in many ways and later on on torp of that the pulse nightclub shooting happened in my district. I felt if you wanted to change washington you had to change the type of people your sending there and i decided to get into the race to run a fourmonth campaign against a 24year incumbent. And with that running against a southbound opponent like that, who did you turn to for advice, for counsel, and did you feel a little daunted about this task you were about to undertake . Sure. I have never run for anything in my life not even student government, so this was my first time into politics. I was very lucky to have staff that a Campaign Manager and other members of my staff that had been seasoned hands in politics and they
Campaign was was im at my heart a Public Servant and i just felt given the hateful rhetoric that was going on in the 2016 campaign and the dysfunction of government that was causing so much angst in the citizenship, it was the dysfunction of government was manifesting itself in many ways and later on on torp of that the pulse nightclub shooting happened in my district. I felt if you wanted to change washington you had to change the type of people your sending there and i decided to get into the race to run a fourmonth campaign against a 24year incumbent. And with that running against a southbound opponent like that, who did you turn to for advice, for counsel, and did you feel a little daunted about this task you were about to undertake . Sure. I have never run for anything in my life not even student government, so this was my first time into politics. I was very lucky to have staff that a Campaign Manager and other members of my staff that had been seasoned hands in politics and they
I wanted to make sure we were on the right track and i didnt mess anything up. Wanted to welcome secretary. I dont think anybody who had a better unanimous vote. It was extraordinary and the way we got to the decision working together and was extraordinary. I commend the Ranking Member on his help doing the same. We have some thing to talk about budget wise. We can keep the same tempo and same commitment to make sure we all know what happens before it happens and well be better off. I appreciate all they have done in our meeting to explain where they are going. It is upward and outward and further ahead all along. I will make a long statement except to say a couple of things. I dont want to make this today but one thing i have to brag about, the certainer decision in getting our electronic after years of unwillingness is extraordinary. There are signs people were coming together in the past and makes sure it happens and works for our department of defense and the department of veterans
The committee will come to order. Good afternoon and thank you all for joining us today. Our committee is honored to welcome treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin to testify on President Trumps budget procedural for t proposal for the Treasury Department. Our annual hearing with the treasury secretary on the president s budget plays an incredibly Important Role in our work, setting the stage for collaboration between the white house and the Treasury Department. It will help us identify in advance efforts to grow our economy, create jobs, and increase american safety. Todays conversation will help encourage a constructive, open dialogue focused on challenges facing our businesses, workers, our communities, and our country as a whole. Reading through President Trumps fiscal year 2018 Budget Proposal, its a Welcome Change to see that this budget, unlike the obama budget of the past eight years, balances in the next decade. The president s proposals take muchneeded action, grow our economy, cr