This hearing will come to order. Apologies for beginning a little bit late. We have another vote at about 5 30. I want to thank the four individuals or Witnesses Today for being with us. And i would like to thank as well my friend, senator johnson, for his cooperation and support in moving forward with this hearing. A lot going on of historic magnitude before the United States senate. But the issue before us today is truly of the store consequence in president ial and practical import. The issue is in fact whether four companies sitting here today, represented by very able leadership except their obligation to respond to congressional subpoenas. The apparent refusal to do so in full is not only unprecedented, but it threatens opening a door to other u. S. Companies cloaking themselves from scrutiny whenever they work for a Foreign Government, or even a foreign state owned enterprise. This potential shield invoked by these four consultants risks blocking not only the subcommittee, but a
This hearing will come to order. Apologies for beginning a little bit late. We have another vote at about 5 30. I want to thank the four individuals or Witnesses Today for being with us. And i would like to thank as well my friend, senator johnson, for his cooperation and support in moving forward with this hearing. A lot going on of historic magnitude before the United States senate. But the issue before us today is truly of the store consequence in president ial and practical import. The issue is in fact whether four companies sitting here today, represented by very able leadership except their obligation to respond to congressional subpoenas. The apparent refusal to do so in full is not only unprecedented, but it threatens opening a door to other u. S. Companies cloaking themselves from scrutiny whenever they work for a foreign government, or even a foreign state owned enterprise. This potential shield invoked by these four consultants risks blocking not only the subcommittee, but a
This hearing will come to order. Apologies for beginning a little bit late. We have another vote at about 5 30. I want to thank the four individuals or Witnesses Today for being with us. And i would like to thank as well my friend, senator johnson, for his cooperation and support in moving forward with this hearing. A lot going on of historic magnitude before the United States senate. But the issue before us today is truly of the store consequence in president ial and practical import. The issue is in fact whether four companies sitting here today, represented by very able leadership except their obligation to respond to congressional subpoenas. The apparent refusal to do so in full is not only unprecedented, but it threatens opening a door to other u. S. Companies cloaking themselves from scrutiny whenever they work for a Foreign Government, or even a foreign state owned enterprise. This potential shield invoked by these four consultants risks blocking not only the subcommittee, but a
With passion and commitment, perhaps with a disagreement but with principal disagreement which is respectful. Because in my country and australia, editing perhaps here, too, there are a lot of people who yell at each other from one side or another but never really come constructively to engage with the issues of such profound importance that we face here in australia and around the world. So i welcome you to the first session. We have a marvelous panel were going to talk about history and what we are as an island. It is being shared by john podesta who is in the center and joining him [applause] please. John and henry, please welcome them all. [applause] john, your presence here, as to every hour of everyday of your life for other people who are in your presence conjures up the specter or the memory for the muscle memory of the experiences for decades ago with watergate, as we sit here in the week or the beginning of the 11th week of the Trump Presidency, obviously one of your themes o
Dean, carter speech writer Hendrick Hertzberg and reagan speech writer John Podhoretz offered their thoughts. This event hosted by the New York Public Library. Good morning, everybody. Id like to welcome you here to the forum at the New York Public Library for the first session in shades of red and blue uniting a divided nation. My name is simon longstaff. Im the executive director of the ethics center, and on behalf of our partners in presenting this session, id like to welcome you. Id like to do so on behalf of the Carnegie Council for ethics and International Affairs, as well as the bard globalization and International Affairs program and advance, which is a network of other australians like myself from around the world. Its significant, i think, that we are meeting just after midday on the 1st of april. Some people saw the choice of this date and i thought it was a delicious irony, but, in fact, its a somewhat deliberate irony, because in most countries around the world, people are