The chair notes the presence of a quorum. Committee meets today to consider and mark up h. R. 2010, the National Defense authorization act for fiscal year 2018. For 55 straight years, under congresses and president s of both parties, and annual ndaa has been signed into law. Im certain that this you will be no different. The members of this committee have an overwhelming commitment to the duty placed on us by the constitution to support the men and women who serve our nation in the military. Every member of this committee has contributed to this legislation. Committee member suggested 1531 separate legislative provisions for consideration in the marks. Over 330 amendments were filed for today. But members also contributed by asking thoughtful questions at our briefings and hearings, by traveling to visit our troops at home and overseas, by sharing their personal experiences and insights, and by talking with one another about how to solve problems. And so first i want to express my appr
T spero is an associate professor of history at the university of chicago, the the age of Big Government which received an Honorable Mention in 2012. He is currently working on a entitled his book tentatively via then. Moving to his right, only a ofck is Research Professor International Affairs at the George Washington university. The Founding Editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt papers project which highlights the former first ladys writings and pronouncements on human rights and democracy. She is a widely published author including casting her own shadow, Eleanor Roosevelt. And a new and expensively reedited edition of tomorrow is now. She has worked on human rights education in numerous countries particularly in postconflict societies. This is going to be an interesting presentation indeed. To her black to her right, a newly minted phd at her clean and stanford. Berkeley and stanford. A professor of jewish studies at tulane university. She has been a fulbright scholar fellow and a foreig
1946 triumph and tragedy. Robert citino this session is entitled america democracys bastion. We have three fine scholars who will give presentations. For my immediate right, james t. Sparrow is an associate professor of history at the university of chicago, the author of the age of Big Government which received an Honorable Mention in 2012. He is currently working on a sequel to his book. Moving to his right, allida black is Research Professor of history and International Affairs at the George Washington university. The Founding Editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt papers project which highlights the former first ladys writings and pronouncements on human rights and democracy. She is a widely published author , including casting her own shadow, Eleanor Roosevelt. Extensivelyd reedited edition of tomorrow is now. Eleanor roosevelt own book. She has worked on human rights education in numerous countries especially in postconflict societies. I think the number i heard with 14 separate projects
Host richard, congratulations on your book tickets not only the most thoughtful but its very timely and i think we do show that there on the screen. Very timely in discussing a world of disarray. Let me ask you right off the bat why did you write it . Guest i didnt know paula when i rode it who was going to be the president. I simply knew that this was going to be the inbox that would greet whoever was the president of United States but a lot of these trends have been long in the making. Some of the more recent but the bottom line was that whoever wins an election will choose just about everything, theyre running mate, their policies. The only thing they can choose is their inbox and what i wanted to do was talk about the next president and just as important how we got from the optimism of 25 years ago to something that shall we say its decidedly other than optimistic in the last part of the book i talk about what is it we should avoid about doing it. Whose though i noticed in the begi
Be the president. A lot of these trends have been long in the making, some more recent but the bottom line is whoever wins the election can chose everything. Their running mate, policy and the only thing they cant change is their inbox and i wanted to talk about what greeted the next president and how we got from the optimism of 25 years to something that is not optimistic and i talk about what we should and shouldnt do about avoiding it. I noticed in the beginning of the bock you discussed you had the opportunity to speak at Cambridge College that richard deer brought you in as the visiting professor of state craft and diplomacy. Great title. Great title. Yes, it is. What influence during the lectures you were delivering . How did this gel . You didnt know what was to come but when you impacted by your students . Lectures you were giving . What about that connection . Any time you give three formal public lectures it helps you organize your thoughts. I gave those and got lots of feedb