I think. Im just a hole in munich where Global Policy makers are gathered for the annual security conference among them josep the European Unions Foreign Policy and security chief ban who faces many challenges from the u. S. Tariffs from the Iran Nuclear Deal to managing relations with eastern giants like china and russia and of course festering conflicts in places like libya and yemen the list is long can the ties that bind e. U. Member states endure all this is there a common vision for the European Unions future well find out as josep or el talks to aljazeera. Just approach the European Unions high representative for Foreign Affairs many thanks for talking to aljazeera thank you youre part of a new European Commission theres a new European Parliament a new e. U. In fact 27 members minus the United Kingdom but youve got real problems youve got people like president macron of france as a very powerful reformer pushing for more integration youve got a kind of steady as she goes germany
Only wrong the bottom line on u. S. Politics and policies and their effect on the world. And. Im sure the hole in munich where Global Policy makers are gathered for the annual security conference among them just the European Unions Foreign Policy and security chief ban who faces many challenges from the u. S. Tariffs from the Iran Nuclear Deal to managing relations with eastern giants like china and russia and of course festering conflicts in places like libya and yemen the list is long can the ties that bind e. U. Member states endure all this is there a common vision for the European Unions future well find out as just talks to aljazeera. Just approach the European Unions high representative for Foreign Affairs many thanks for talking to al jazeera thank you youre part of a new European Commission theres a new European Parliament a new e. U. In fact 27 members minus the United Kingdom but youve got real problems youve got people like president of france of a very powerful reformer pu
Where companies, starting with the president of the United States really attacked workers and their unions. And then you tell hopeful stories about different creative and innovative ways that workers have been organizing in unions and other forms. And make policy recommendations. One of the things i have to say, a lot of books like this are criticized because they come up short on the policy recommendations but i hope we get into that because you really made quite a few, i thought, interesting suggestions on what might be done to restore the voice and power of workers in this country. Why dont you start by laying out where you see things right now . What is the status ofworking people in this country and their ability to shape their own lives at work . Sure. I covered it at the New York Times for 18 years. One of my concerns and interviewing people all over our nation is so many people have no idea what unions are and what unions do and how they help bring us the 40 hour work week and
Hard to imagine we could be a country without washingtons battlefield heroics. If you want to understand military history, look at washingtons campaign in new jersey and the hudson river, et cetera, its quite remarkable. Washington journal continues. From the ground of George Washingtons historic mt. Vernon, were joined now at the education and Museum Center there by doug bradburn, the president and ceo of George Washingtons mt. Vernon on this president s day. First, sir, explain the significance of that moment thats portrayed over your shoulder there, the swearingin of George Washington. Well, good morning, welcome to mt. Vernon. Behind me you see George Washington, the first president , being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. This would have been in 1789 in april. How well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into, how well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . Well, they werent defined at all. The presidency was a brand ne
There had not been anything like it certainly in america, were in the world. Of an a new experiment elected magistrate that at one point would be the head of state like a king, but at the same time also be the chief executioner of the law. The chief executive in this case. The chief policymaker. It was not exactly clear where the policies of powers of legislature in the president would be defined. Created thatally office and many of the president s, many of the things we come to think of as president ial really come down from his example in the office. Age 57 whenof 1789, he took the oath. What were his views at the time about expanding or restricting the power of the office he was stepping into . Washington had already established the idea that civilians should be in control, that we needed to exercise restraint. He knew he wanted the ability to have one Foreign Policy that would number his office. He knew that he wanted to have one military voice in the country that would be in his o