The age of trump. And then as i say, would love to engage with you all. I grew up in Washington State. And developed an interest in politics at a very early age. We had a cabin in the cascade mountains. It was on the east side of the state. I still remember as a kid driving with my parents to our cabin. We went every weekend. And we would talk about Public Policy. We always listened to the news at the top of the hour. And i was just a question asker. So i would ask my dad, why do the israelis and arab world not get along . And what about president nixon and Henry Kissinger and so those issues really fascinated me along with sports. And then when i got to high school, i was i got into debates with my social studies teachers. They were liberal, i was conservative. Not because i thought through political theory but mostly because my parents were conservative. And so that was always a passion. I went to university of washington. And my undergrad was political science. And a big deal to me,
Plul reporters and Campaign Strategists discuss the upcoming president ial race. Panelists will mainly focus on republican politics. Hosted by the washington center. Live coverage here on cspan 3. Im anthony. My group yesterday went to go see freddie. They are a conservative think tank and they taught us the values and the what theyre trying to implement in congress as for term limits for both the houses for the house of representatives and the senate. You had a discussion about term limits. Thats interesting. Because that would be an amendment to the constitution. Sure. Okay. All right. Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday, of course, your first week here. Is anybody tired yet . Little bit. Little bit tired, yeah. Me too. And, of course, we come into this and, you know, if youve been following in the news obviously the president of the United States may be speaking at any moment. I dont think hes spoken yet about some of the events last night by iran with regard to iraq and were goi
Reporter [inaudible] senator menendez i went into this briefing today i went into this briefing today with some critical questions that i wanted to hear the answers to. The imminence of the threat, the nature of the threat, the intelligence that would lead us to understand that eliminating soleimani alone would eliminate the threat, and i walk away unsatisfied, but it draws real concerns for me that we do not have the type of information that is critical for members of the United States senate. Dont feel bad, that is what they did to us as well. They closed the Briefing Rather quickly. We have more questions than we have answers, at the end of the day. Just a quick history lesson. Five or six years ago the idea came up, why dont we try to negotiate a deal to reduce the likelihood iran will develop Nuclear Weapons . Some folks in this body thought that was a bad idea. Some folks in iran thought that was a bad idea. They felt they should not engage with us, but they did and we did and we
I developed an interest in politics early. My family would discuss Public Policy. I was a question asked her. I would ask my dad, why did the israelis and the arab world not get along. What about president nixon and Henry Kissinger . Those issues really fascinated me. Along with sports. School, i gothigh into debates with my social studies teachers. My parents were conservative. Always a passion. I went to the university of washington. My undergrad was political science. A big deal to me that was critical to my career was internships. I interned at the center for strategic studies. That was one of the big chances i got. I assumed i would go to law school. I did have an interest in getting involved in politics. I would listen to john f. Kennedy speeches. To the point where i memorize them. I fell in love with language. The power of words. I thought kennedys words were very powerful. I ended up making my way. That internship, i got some jobs in the think tank world. Including when i was
Questions. Based on the presentation that was made, it did not meet what i consider to be an imminent threat. Comment . You have a menendez . Sen. Menendez i went into this with someoday critical questions i wanted to get answers to. The imminence of the threat, the nature of the threat, the intelligence that would lead us to understand that eliminating soleimani alone would eliminate the threat, and i walk away unsatisfied, but it draws real concerns for me that we do not have the type of information that is critical for members of makenited States Senate to do not feel bad. That is what they did to us as well. They closed the Briefing Rather quickly. We have more questions than we have answers, at the end of the day. [indiscernible voices] just a quick history lesson. Five or six years ago the idea came up, why dont we try to negotiate a deal to reduce the likelihood iran will develop Nuclear Weapons . Some folks in this body thought that was a bad idea. Some folks in iran thought th