Good morning. Welcome to the hudson institute. We are honored and privileged to be hosting this event and conversation with Robert Obrien assistant to the president on the National Security affairs otherwise known as National Security advisor. Of youto welcome all here that are able to join us and the audience watching live stream from the website but also a very special welcome to the cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today we are delighted to have you here if only virtually and delighted to have everyone that has been able to participate in this discussion. This is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that weve done here at hudson given the fact we are less than a week away from the election. The question of what america is going to do and where america is going to go from here those are going toil be decided very soon and so what happens in our discussion here i think will help us to w understand what tas place regardless of who it i
Is Many Americans lost confidence in what the government told them about our policy. Americans should not be asked to support a policy that involves overriding issues of war and peace unless they know the truth about that policy. Tonight, therefore, i would like to answer some of the questions that i know are on the minds of many of you listening to me. How and why did america get involved in vietnam in the first place . How has this administration changed the policy of the Previous Administration . What has really happened on negotiations in paris and on the battle front in vietnam . What choices do we have if we are to end the war . What are the prospects for peace . Now, let me begin by describing a situation i have found when i was inaugurated on january 20. The war had been going on for four years. 31,000 americans had been killed in action. The Training Program for the South Vietnam people. No progress had been made at the negotiations in paris and the United States had not put f
Nonetheless voters finally got something resembling a substantial debate but it may be too late to have a major impact on the election result a Record Number of americans have voted early and polls show most remaining voters had already decided how theyll fill in their ballot. Oh i did overviews myself stockman has been of course tracking this story for you great to have you here on the set michele what a difference is the 1st debate were there any knockout moments i mean who came out on top well what both needed to do was to make their final pitch the American People of why they should be the president of the United States and so they needed to do that both in tone and substance so if we look at say President Trump with his tone he was heavily criticized for making the last debate very fighting and interrupting and so he was disciplined at least at the start there were times when he really had some aggressive moments come out he hit joe biden over an alleged Corruption Scandal over hi
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Years of the early work on u. S. Terror. From politics, policy and leadership. My husband, john mccain, fought his whole life to promote american characterdriven leadership and democracy to the public, and its incredibly important today to carry that legacy forward by any means possible. Todays installment, the roles of freedom and democracy in American Foreign policy, will feature general. R. Mcmaster who served in the military for 34 years, and held the position of the 26th 26th assistant to at the president for National Security affairs as well as being a close friend of my husband for many years. He will be talking about his new pock, battlegrounds, the fight to defend the free world. With dr. Michael crowe, the president of Arizona State university, Mccain Institute trustee and a dear friend to my family. Were honored to host a pair of thoughtfully general mcmaster and professor crowe on what will be a timely discussion on u. S. Foreign policy. Go ahead and begin. Great. Glad to s