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Pam donaldson. [applause] thank you, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to this mornings program. You know there are states that all of us have that are very personal and there are dates that we have as a country that we all share. In my lifetime december 7, 1941, november 22, 1963, 911. These are three terrible dates for the country and then theres november 9, 1989. Good news, the fall of the berlin wall. Its a subject that we are going to discuss today. How did it happen . What are the consequences . He did this . Who knew . For a look at whats in store for us this morning its a pleasure to welcome andrew card who served in three administration with Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs. George Herbert Walker bush, the secretary of transportation and with george w. Bush he was the white house chief of staff. Andrew card. [applause] thank you very much, sam. I wanted to be here. We are grateful for Georgetown University and t
And tom brokaw former nbc news anchor who reported from berlin at the time. Other speakers include former speechwriter for president reagan peter robinson. We talked about the internal debate in adding the famous mr. Gorbachev tear down that wall line to the speech. This is just over two hours. [silence] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor Sam Donaldson. [applause] thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates that all of us have a very personal. There are dates that we have as a country that we all share. In my lifetime december 7, 1941 november 22, 1953, 911, these are three terrible dates of the country. Then there is november 9 1989 good news, the fall of the berlin wall. Presaging the end of the soviet union. Its a subject that we are going to discuss today. How did it happen . What are the consequences . Who did this . Who for a look at whats in store for us this morning its a pleasure to welcome andrew card. Who served
[silence] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor Sam Donaldson. [applause] thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates that all of us have a very personal. There are dates that we have as a country that we all share. In my lifetime december 7, 1941 november 22, 1953, 911, these are three terrible dates of the country. Then there is november 9 1989 good news, the fall of the berlin wall. Presaging the end of the soviet union. Its a subject that we are going to discuss today. How did it happen . What are the consequences . Who did this . Who for a look at whats in store for us this morning its a pleasure to welcome andrew card. Who served in three administrations with the Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs. With George Herbert walker bush the treasury secretary abnot treasury, secretary of transportation. And with george w. Bush he was the white house chief of staff. Andr
Washington journal continues. At the table this morning is kevin kuhlman, he is the Vice President for federal government relations. Thanks for being here, it is National Small business week. Describe what it is like right now for Small Businesses postpandemic. Guest thanks for having me today, happy Small Business week to the more than 33 million Small Businesses, it is the nations leading Small Business efficacy organization, we advocate on behalf of nearly 300,000 Small Business owner members in all 50 state capitals in washington dc, the guiding principle, our Mission Statement is to promote and protect the right of Small Business owner members to own, operate and grow their business to promote and to protect the right of our Small Business members to own and operate their businesses. Its great to be here this Small Business week. Small businesses do face and under certain future and has some economic challenges still, coming out of the pandemic. Inflation and workforce shortages w