Then theresa may takes questions from the house of commons. Then Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice. Announcer this week on q a, merry talks about his book. You are the author of president mckinley, a new piracy. What was life like a new biography. Then . As going on back the country was expanding and poised to move dramatically into the world. You and i talked about james k. Polk one of my previous subjects, and how he expanded the United States. But mckinley pushed out into the caribbean the way no president had done before. It happened because america was building and Industrial Base and. Conomic growth they were building a navy. Mckinley had a lot to do with it but it was actually before him. They were gaining more and more interest in building the panama canal. With serious up conflict in the caribbean with the spanish empire, which controlled and owned cuba, it was inevitable that we would go to war with spain and basically kick them out of the caribbean and pick up signific
Quite most important thing going on was that the country was emerging and expanding and poised to move dramatically into the well. America is an expansionist country. We talked about james k. Polk and how he expanded the country on the north american continent. Was push out did into the pacific and into the atlantic and into the caribbean in a way to know president had done before. It happened because america was building and Industrial Base and economic growth. They were building a navy. Mckinley had a lot to do with it but it was actually before him. They were gaining more and more interest in building the panama canal. When we ended up with serious conflict in the caribbean with the spanish empire, which controlled and owned cuba, it was inevitable that we would go to war with spain and basically kick them out of the caribbean and pick up significant members of their possessions and become an empire. Brian how would you describe mckinley . If he was in this room, what would he be li
This week on q and a, mary talks about his book president mckinley, architect of the american century. What was life like back in 1897 through 1901 in the u. S. . While i think the most important thing was that the country was burgeoning. It was expanding and poised to move to radically into the world. America is an expansionist country. We talked about james k. Polk and how he expanded the country on the north american continent. But, what mckinley did was push out into the pacific and atlantic and caribbean the way another president had it. It happened because america was building and industrial base, was building Economic Growth and economic wherewithal, was building a navy. Mckinley had a lot to do with it, but it began before him. It was gaining more and more interest in building the panama canal across central america. When we have ended up with conflict, serious conflict in the caribbean with the spanish empire, which controlled and owned cuba, it was inevitable that we would no
About the display of the flag in certain circumstances. In our next 45 minutes, we want to hear from you on where you draw the line when it comes to the display of the confederate battle flag or confederate symbols. Perhaps you think it should be kept from public land or maybe it should go further. Let us know what you think on two lines this morning if you live in the east, 202748 8000. If you live in a mountain or pacific time zones 202748 8001. If you want to post your thoughts on where you draw the line, you can post in our twitter page, on our facebook page, and if you want to send us an email on this topic, you can do so at journal cspan. Org. Usa today takes that question on where they draw the line when it comes to the use of confederate symbols. Its on their opinion page this morning. The editors write in part again, your thoughts this morning on the display of the Confederate Flag and the display of confederate symbols as well. Where do you draw the line when it comes to thos
Its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. Its a great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, in the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government and overseas as well and maybe its not listed in his bio but maybe someone can ask him a question to tell you about his 2014 visit to north korea to rescue a couple of americans who got caught up there. I first met mr. Clapper in the 1990s when i was a baby bureaucrat in the pentagon and he was head of Defense Intelligence agency. I was, i confess, a little bit scared of him when i first encountered him but my boss, ash carter, and the rest of the pentagon civilian leadership held him in such high regard and respect that we were all grateful to have him part of the team. Most recently, i logged many hours with mr. Clapper in the white house situation room disc