In one of my earliest conversation with him i said who among your or my colleagues should we go about trying to get involved . And he gave us three names, and two of those three names are joni ernst and ron johnson. We are grateful, but i also want you, your honor the legacy of dr. Coburn on your participation today. Joni, senator ernst, but start with you. Open comments. Senator johnson will then go to you and opened up for questions if this time are many. Thanks for joining us. [inaudible] a great champion and a wonderful college to work on these issues. Just starting of course you mentioned senator coburn because you really did pave the way when it came to waste cutting efforts within our federal government. He was great support of the commissioner and so we do want to honor him for that. Hes been an inspiration for so many of us. But i know several of you will remember that when i first ran for office i did that make a squeal sound. This is not easy. [inaudible] in the swamp. For e
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My previous book called 1989, the struggle to create post cold war europe. These books are in the reverse order. 1989 talks about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. The collapse is actually about the fall of the berlin wall. So the new book is a prequel to my previous book. So how did that happen . This book is about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall, and when i did book talks like this one, id say, im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening of the berlin wall. And often i would not even get to that sentence. Somebody would interrupt me and say, timeout. What do you mean the accidental opening of the berlin wall . That was the polite version. Sometimes i also got, youre an historian. Dont you know that president reagan opened the berlin wall . When he went to berlin in june of 1987 and said, mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall, that the wall opened . I got that question so many time is realized that
So much for coming out to hear about this amazing event. Of the berlin wall. Sarotte. I normally live in a warmer climate. I am professor of history in i currently am a visiting professor at harvard. It was great to be at harvard while i wrote this book. So many great resources here that helped me to write this book. I have been asked a number of times about the origins of this that i wrotesons it. And that actually has to do with called 1989,ok the struggle to create post cold europe. These books are actually in the reverse order. The foreignbout policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. Aboutllapse is actually the fall of the berlin wall. The new book is in essence a prequel. That happen . Well, this book, as i said, its about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. When i would go out to do book talks like this one, i would get im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening berlin wall. Often i would not even get through t