This is a really timely conversation, i think, as we look at the world and the state of our politics right now, and the number of crises that were all dealing with, much of it falls at the doorstep of the oval office to be dealt with. And so to help us sort of sort through how president s think about this, we thought who better to convene than a group of former chiefs of staff who have been there on the front line, working arm in arm with the president of the United States, with the last four president s of the United States in tackling various crises. These crises have come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, whether were talking about military action, whether were talking about economic crises, terror attacks, natural disasters, or global pandemics. The guests on our panel tonight have seen it all. So were very fortunate to have them join us. Were going to jump into the conversation in a moment, but one piece of housekeeping, for those of you here on zoom, members of the georgetown comm
I would like to welcome everyone, there might be big news today in american politics, but it aint nothing compared to this, which is so much bigger insignificance, and opportunity for us to celebrate eric alterman. With his new book lying in state why president s lie and why trump is worse we are going to spend, my name is Leonard Bernardo by the way, Vice President of the open society foundations, hosting this event, i should say that we are going to talk for around 45 minutes, give or take, then we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions, those questions that you would like to share with eric and maia and me should be sent to questions opensocietyfoun dations. Org. You can also do this via twitter and you can also if you really need to, do it via facebook. We are recording this event. Its being live cast and its going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, maia wiley with us as a discussant. Meyer, who is been a very long time
Of our politics right now, and the number of crises that were all dealing with, much of it falls at the doorstep of the oval office to be dealt with. And so to help us sort of sort through how president s think about this, we thought who better to convene than a group of former chiefs of staff who have been there on the front line, working arm in arm with the president of the United States, with the last four president s of the United States in tackling various crises. These crises have come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, whether were talking about military action, whether were talking about economic crises, terror attacks, natural disasters, or global pandemics. The guests on our panel tonight have seen it all. So were very fortunate to have them join us. Were going to jump into the conversation in a moment, but one piece of housekeeping, for those of you here on zoom, members of the georgetown community, youll see at the bottom of your screen a q a tab. Thats where you can go ahead
Thanks so much for joining us tonight and thanks to the u. S. Army command and general Staff College. One of our longest, one of our best, one of our favorite programming partners for yet another what i know will be a compelling presentation. These guys are money, as many of you know, and were so fortunate and privileged to be associated with them. Tonight, we welcome david mills of the command general Staff College and kayla westra of the Minnesota West Community and technical college, the coauthors of great wartime escapes and rescues. Ill start by saying they had me in grade school. I was a fourth grader i think when hollywood released the great escape, the classic adventure drama staring Steve Mcqueen, james garner, charles bronson, among others. It pretty quickly became a tv staple, and all of the guys in my class at st. Josephs Elementary School in martingsburg, missouri, fell in love with it and we would play it out at recess. Each one of us would take one of the roles. Of cours
Compelling presentation. These guys are money, as many of you know. And were so fortunate, so privileged to be associated with them. Tonight we welcome david mills and kayla westra of the Minnesota West Community and Technical College, the coauthors of great wartime escapes and rescues. Ill start by saying they had me in grade school. I was a fourth grader, i think, when hollywood released the great escape. The classic adventure drama. It pretty quickly became a tv staple and all of the guys in my class at st. Josephs Elementary School in missouri fell in love with it and wed play it out at recess. Each one of us would take one of the roles. Of course all of us wanted to be mcqueen. I think i wound up with the attenborough role which is fine by me, though, i get executed at the end of the movie. Of course mcqueen survives. What we didnt realize then and what we probably didnt care about was that the movie was based on a true story, the escape of 76 allied soldiers and officers from ger