John the program is entitled the origins of the militaryindustrial complex and features dr. Daniel ellis, who is this years staff fellow, a prestigious position. He has been using items to investigate the origins of the militaryindustrial complex through wartime and immediate postwar, meaning postworld war ii, evolution between Scientific Research, industry and National Defense. Dan has advised congress on defense issues. I was a colleague of his at crs for several years. Dan did things in connection with things i knew, a whole range of things, defense production act, appropriations, military construction, and he does many more things at crs. He holds a phd in Political Science from George Washington university. And at crs, as many of you know, he is the author of many reports on defense, trade and security. , this project is the latest example of the work undertaken by staff fellows showcasing their knowledge and passion of their areas of expertise. This is funded by a gift left by th
Go for it. Bill makes you think about Election Night more than two months ago when david perdue in georgia fell by 3 10 of a vote to avoid a runoff. This is the payoff. Dana a lot of republicans didnt show up to vote. Thats what happens. More on this with Newt Gingrich in a moment. Griff jenkins live in washington will they go it alone . I think they are. Dana. Happy friday. Looks like a purely partisan path. History was made when Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tiebreaker advancing the 2 trillion relief plan. The yays are 50, nays are 50. The senate equally divided. The Vice President votes in the affirmative and the concurrent resolution as amended is adopted. This after 15 hours of votearama The Republicans forced a majority to add amendments. More than 850 were filed. In the end 41 roll call votes were taken. Among the ones that passed joni ernst to prohibit increasing the minimum wage during the pandemic. Another blocking Illegal Immigrants from getting Stimulus Checks as we
Fellow, a prestigious position. He has been using items to investigate the origins of the militaryindustrial complex through wartime and immediate postwar, meaning postworld war ii, evolution between Scientific Research, industry and National Defense. Advised congress on defense issues. I was a colleague of his at crs for several years, he did things in connection with things i knew, a whole range of things, defense production act, appropriations, and he does many more things at crs. Degree in Political Science from George Washington university, and as many of you know, he is the author of numerous reports on defense, trade and security. This project is the latest example of the work undertaken by staff fellows showcasing their knowledge and passion of their areas of expertise. Gift left byd by a the late john w kluge. Nearly 100 scholars passed through the center each year. It is our honor to have dan with us the bulk of the last year. Please join me in welcoming dan. [applause] danie
Reagan socoming into office represented what i think Time Magazine is say iing here. A fresh start for so many people. Reagans hero was franklin roosevelt. Reagan was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio and saw in him a figure that would help restore hope to americans, the faith that better days ahead. Someone who retore stored a sense of can do spirit in americans and thats what reagan was all about. He came of age, not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and cold war, but in the shadow of the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s and for reagan, there had to be a better way. A more positive perspective. It was not enough to accept things as they were. There had to be a better way. He brought a muhao infusion of idealism that Many Americans were looking for after a decade, decade and a half following the vietnam war, the 1960s, when people were escaping rather than really seeking major fundamental chang
Teaches a class about the president Ronald Reagan and the end of the cold war. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic at the university of austin in texas provided the video. Okay lets go to our first slide if we could. Here we have Ronald Reagan. We talked in our last lecture about the disruptions of the 1960s, the changes in the 1970s. The social changes in the 1970s towards suburb besides a shun following the 1960s we talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many Americans had for quiet, for silence, to escape, to escape the disruptions. To discuss escape the conflict, ronald raking coming into office in the 19 eighties, elected 1980 represented what Time Magazine is saying here. A fresh set for so many people. A sunny positive disposition. Ronald reagans hero was Franklin Roosevelt. Ronald reagan was of a Different Party but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. I will talk more about that in a couple minutes. So in ro