I can very much, steve, are coming. [applause] thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks everyone and good day here delighted that you could come this afternoon. Im delighted to be in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And particularly to talk about jessie and john fremont who it so much to do with the creation of california as we know it. And so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got into summer cisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles. Got a couple of hours of sleep in an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about live radio is it begins at a very exact time. The thing about going through San Francisco traffic is that youre you are really not going to make your exact time. I was supposed to be 8 a. M. That i would be there for the National Radio and at 80 m im still the road in the back of this
Thanks, everyone. Good day. Im delighted to be here in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Particularly to talk about jesse and John Freemont who had so much to do with the creation of california as we know it and so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got in to San Francisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles, got a couple of hours of sleep at an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do alive radio thing on to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about live radio is it begins at an exact time. The thing about going through San Francisco traffic is that youre really not going to make your exact time. And so i was supposed to be 8 00 a. M. Pacific time that i would be there for this National Radio hit, and at 8 00 a. M. , im still on the road, in the back of this car, creeping up the freeway at, i dont know, 7, 9 milesanhour, w
Remarks by secretary of state mike pompeo at the louisville center. His remarks are expected momentari momentarily. Im here at the Mcconnell Center at university of louisville. Many of you are supporters and friends of the center and we really appreciate your support for our programs and for our students. I can say that our students and our soldiers and the other constituents that we try to serve, i think, are thriving in our programs. We continue to add programs and develop and adapt them to changing circumstances. And in particular, i might call your attention to a few new online programs that we have been launching, including a series of podcasts that can be found on anywhere you can get podcasts under the name vital remnants and in the spring we will be launching some new newsletters and some reading guides and some other opportunities for people outside of louisville to continue their education with us. Mcconnell center has been thriving in the year 2019. If you think of just in t
Hi. One year from today or actually 363 days from today, a new president will be sworn in and ill actually be potentially a second biden term, potentially a second trump term, potentially a first nikki haley term. 4000 political appointees will be installed. The federal government, 8000 positions will be decided. And a president will have to pick their priorities and have to work backward from that to try to move them forward. Its an enormous undertaking and we are really delighted today to have three experts in the most complicated transaction that happens on the planet. Weve had turbulent transitions before. Obviously in 2021 we had a very turbulent transition and we have experts on that transition. With us today. But turbulent transitions are also not new. In 1800, we had the first peaceful 1801 we had the first peaceful transfer of power from one Political Party to another ever in human history, because prior to that, we didnt have democracies with competing parties. And that was n
Welcome to 2024. Hi. One year from today or actually 363 days from today, a new president will be sworn in and ill actually be potentially a second biden term, potentially a second trump term, potentially a first nikki haley term. 4000 political appointees will be installed. The federal government, 8000 positions will be decided. And a president will have to pick their priorities and have to work backward from that to try to move them forward. Its an enormous undertaking and we are really delighted today to have three experts in the most complicated transaction that happens on the planet. Weve had turbulent transitions before. Obviously in 2021 we had a very turbulent transition and we have experts on that transition. With us today. But turbulent transitions are also not new. In 1800, we had the first peaceful 1801 we had the first peaceful transfer of power from one Political Party to another ever in human history, because prior to that, we didnt have democracies with competing partie