And tom brokaw former nbc news anchor who reported from berlin at the time. Other speakers include former speechwriter for president reagan peter robinson. We talked about the internal debate in adding the famous mr. Gorbachev tear down that wall line to the speech. This is just over two hours. [silence] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor Sam Donaldson. [applause] thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates that all of us have a very personal. There are dates that we have as a country that we all share. In my lifetime december 7, 1941 november 22, 1953, 911, these are three terrible dates of the country. Then there is november 9 1989 good news, the fall of the berlin wall. Presaging the end of the soviet union. Its a subject that we are going to discuss today. How did it happen . What are the consequences . Who did this . Who for a look at whats in store for us this morning its a pleasure to welcome andrew card. Who served
[silence] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor Sam Donaldson. [applause] thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates that all of us have a very personal. There are dates that we have as a country that we all share. In my lifetime december 7, 1941 november 22, 1953, 911, these are three terrible dates of the country. Then there is november 9 1989 good news, the fall of the berlin wall. Presaging the end of the soviet union. Its a subject that we are going to discuss today. How did it happen . What are the consequences . Who did this . Who for a look at whats in store for us this morning its a pleasure to welcome andrew card. Who served in three administrations with the Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs. With George Herbert walker bush the treasury secretary abnot treasury, secretary of transportation. And with george w. Bush he was the white house chief of staff. Andr
Call the airwaves but thank you so much for joining us today and a very special welcome to our guests, assistant secretary and peaceful Deputy Assistant secretary for the Global Public affairs bureau. We are honored to have them here today. Special welcome to our commissioners the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy and vice chairman and commissioner. Today as you know under the auspices of the Advisory Commission we have called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the newly formed gpa and where it sits in state Department Vision for public democracy Going Forward for the 21st century. As the executive director it is my honor to open this event. Before i turn the microphone over to my colleagues are opening comments i want to tell you about how things will go today. Mr. Farah will give us brief comments and then turn it over to our passable speakers and they will speak in the tech Team Formation and at the end of their presentation we will be happy to take your questions an
Have demanded. What im saying is there is a wrong way to do it and a right way to do it and this is a dangerous way to do it. Nancy pelosi said it should eliminate any doubt whether the Trump Administration will with withhold documents and prevent witness testimony. A congressional subpoena was defied. We can infer that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. Other witnesses have testified that President Trump withhold military aid and a coveted white house meeting in an attempt to pressure ukraine to investigate a campaign rival, joe biden. Mr. Trump denied it again today. There was no anything, there was no pressure put on him. No anything. In a statement this afternoon, the white house said this up coming vote proves that everything that came before it, was illegitimate. But when cbs asked if this vote will now prompt the white house to cooperate, we were told, it depends on whether they get all the rights they have been asking for. Sounds like anoth
Commissioners of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hippel and commissioner weidner. Today we know under the offices of the Advisory Commission we called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, and state department, and the executive director, it is my honor to open this event. And for opening comments, i want to tell you how things will go today. And to principal speakers, they speak to the tagteam formation and at the end of their formation we will take your questions and comments. Please hold your questions and comments until they finish their presentation. For the moderated q and day session there will be a microphone. Please speak into the microphone, and your questions and answers are part of the transcript that will be part of public record. It is important to capture your question so we can reflect them accurately. It is my great pleasure to turn it over to the chairman. Thank you for the audience being here. The president of Public Di