Am the director of programs exhibitions and Community Partnerships for the massachusetts historical society, and im happy to welcome you to this evenings program. This is our second inperson Program Since march of 2020. Tonight well hear about one of the most consequential battles in american diplomatic history the struggle between president Woodrow Wilson and Senate Majority leader Henry Cabot Lodge over the league of nations our speaker this evening is patricia otoole. Im inso tool is a former professor in the school of arts at columbia university. She is a fellow of the society of american historians and a member of the president ial historial Historical Commission at the New York Historical society. She has published five books including biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and henry adams the second of which was a final for the Pulitzer Prize the National Book critic circle award in the Los Angeles Times book tonight. Shell be speaking on her most recent book, which is the moralist W
My name is Gavin Kleespies and i am the director of programs exhibitions and Community Partnerships for the massachusetts historical society, and im happy to welcome you to this evenings program. This is our second inperson Program Since march of 2020. Tonight well hear about one of the most consequential battles in american diplomatic history the struggle between president Woodrow Wilson and Senate Majority leader Henry Cabot Lodge over the league of nations our speaker this evening is patricia otoole. Im inso tool is a former professor in the school of arts at columbia university. She is a fellow of the society of american historians and a member of the president ial historial Historical Commission at the New York Historical society. She has published five books including biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and henry adams the second of which was a final for the Pulitzer Prize the National Book critic circle award in the Los Angeles Times book tonight. Shell be speaking on her most rec
It were to pass, this could pose a very dangerous threat to our relationship with saudi arabia at a time when the iranians are now have achieved a peninsula all the way across from baghdad to from tehran all the way to baghdad and theres no doubt that the iranians have continued their ie agreesive their aggressive behavior. And if we voted down this arms sale to saudi arabia, it would have a devastating effect on our standing in the middle east and longterm impact on our ability to counter what is clearly iranian aggressive behavior. So i urge my colleagues i strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south carolina. Mr. Graham id like to join with senator mccain very quickly. 71, 27, september 21 last year we voted to approve tank sales to saudi arabia because they need more weapons and equipment to counter the iranian aggression in yemen and other places. Most of the people who voted for tank sales are
It were to pass, this could pose a very dangerous threat to our relationship with saudi arabia at a time when the iranians are now have achieved a peninsula all the way across from baghdad to from tehran all the way to baghdad and theres no doubt that the iranians have continued their ie agreesive their aggressive behavior. And if we voted down this arms sale to saudi arabia, it would have a devastating effect on our standing in the middle east and longterm impact on our ability to counter what is clearly iranian aggressive behavior. So i urge my colleagues i strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south carolina. Mr. Graham id like to join with senator mccain very quickly. 71, 27, september 21 last year we voted to approve tank sales to saudi arabia because they need more weapons and equipment to counter the iranian aggression in yemen and other places. Most of the people who voted for tank sales are
And it is a tone that will depend largely on the administrations willingness to respect the message sent. That is one of the things that we are discussing on friday. It was a productive meeting and there were a lot that both parties can accomplish over the next couple of years. I hope that happens and i hope im optimistic currid working together requires trust. I think president obama has the duty to help build the trust that we all need to move forward together. And to double down on old ways of doing business. That is why i think moving forward with unilateral action would be a big mistake. As it was last nights announcement to give china a free pass on a mission while herding middleclass families and struggling miners here in our country. Last friday the president said that the American People would like to see more cooperation in washington. He says he thinks all of us have the responsibility and himself in particular to try to make that happen. And that is the kind of tone that th