On the transatlantic economy. He will start with opening remarks and switch over to a moderated conversation with former National Security adviser and executivadvisorand executive Atlantic Council, steve hadley. I would like to extend a few thanks to some of our partners who are here with us today. Thank you very much. And now without further ado, i will turn over to you. Thank you, julia and to steve hadley for moderating the discussion. Congratulations on the opening of the center for geoeconomics. Having spent time looking at your goals, the center is an extremely timely and worthwhile undertaking. More broadly, now more than ever, the Atlantic Councils mission of fostering a strong transatlantic relationship is important. Covid19 has disrupted the economy and our way of life. As the world looks to the future, its important that we not just restart Economic Growth, but that the right values guide us in a post covid world. Thats why the relationship is so important. It represents ove
Transferring from one administration to an other. Good morning, and welcome to talking transitions. We all woke up to shocking news this morning so before we get started, let me give our best wishes for a speedy recovery for President Trump, the first lady, and all the officials who work closely with the president. 3, month out from november americans have started voting in the most president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden or reelect President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation, growing pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality. These problems is the federal government and the federal government needs to be effective. Why it is critical for effectiveness on effectiveness. A smooth transition this year is not enough. Bestyear will be the transition ever in american history. Should President Biden win, the challenges are daunting. In normal times, a new president a 78 day. Bank to form a government, select more than pout 4000 political
Senior counsel at omalley and myers. He serves as a National Security advisor for obama and also headed the obama biden transition of he is a veteran of many democratic campaigns and of course serves on multiple. [inaudible] steve hadley served as the National Security advisor for resident george w. Bush from 2005 to 2009. Hes a deputy from 2001 to 2000 vibrant he is now a partner in a great little Consulting Firm called. [inaudible] also the chairman of the u. S. Ip and involved in just about as many bipartisan causes as one can be in washington d. C. So thank you steve for all the bipartisan work that you are doing. And here to interview both of them we have jim shoot a which is achieved National Security correspondent, we all see him on tv throughout the middle east and the arctic. He has a book out coming out next week with his virtual book tour called the mad man theory which i just looked at online jim and it looks fascinating although not a very relaxing beach read. But we all l
Thank you very much. Appreciate you being here. And good evening as we continue to confront the china virus rebuilding americas economy like nobody thought possible actually. We are doing incredibly well must stop market is up almost 20 points again today but while our economy is performing significantly better than europe which people have to understand very strongly is performing better than any market anywhere in the world actually. The same time europe has experienced a 40 higher excess mortality than the United States and i will say that is a significant number. We are working with europe on the difficulties and we are going to help them all the way. Doing very well as you know if the vaccines in the therapeutics but we have the strongest economy in the world. We are up i think its 9 trillion since march, 9 trillion valley 9 trillion in value. Thats a number that no one is ever heard of before and we are getting close to 50 number since march which is incredible so 9 trillion almo
Be part of the National Conversation through washington journal. Cash washington journal. Announcer cspan, brought to you today by your television provider. Next, former National Security advisors Tom Donnellan and steve hadley speak at the aspen security forum. They outlined the main threats to National Security and discuss coronavirus. And, u. S. Policy towards china and russia. This event was held virtually and is about 45 minutes. I will start with a quick introduction. There is tom, hello. Thank you. There is steve. How are you . Introduction, he is currently chairman of Blackrock Investment institute and senior counsel at he served as National Security advisor to barack obama and headed the obamabiden transition. He is a veteran of many democratic campaigns. He of course serves on multiple served as the National Security advisor for george w. Bush from 20052009. Deputy from 20012005. He is now partner at a Great Consulting firm called the chairman of usa ip and involved in just a