Satellite had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards, which are radio standards. Commission meeting we had pcf. It was an extraordinary fund. Auction,gan the first at which point they actually bid. The hand plaque to it was an exciting time to be there. Implemented the 1996 telecom act, which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in video. Also radically changed the landscape for broadcasts. Widening the ability to consolidate broadcast properties. Looking back 20 years later, did you get it right . Susan some of it we did. Andother thing we did, cspan can appreciate this greatly, as Childrens Television programming. The requirement for Childrens Television on broadcast. Some of it we got very right, marketplace said they were not sure if they needed it anymore. And it implemented the law. Issue with the 1996 telecom the congressally was looking backwards and was basically settling battle taking. Lace du
Tonights guest was a fulltime speechwriter for president gerald ford and a consulting writer to george h. W. Bush. He served as founding president of the freedom of Expression Foundation in washington, d. C. He has won numerous awards for his research, including an award for political communication. It is with pleasure that i welcome dr. Craig smith. Would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] yous nice to be back in lawrence. Back in lawrence. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us about your early life and how you got to be a president ial speechwriter. Dr. Smith the way i became a president ial speechwriter could only happen in america. I was an undergraduate, i got a lot of training in how to make cases, how to sift evidence and build arguments. I went on for a phd in communication studies, where i focused on aristotle. All of those things are incorporated in the speechwriting craft. I then became a professor of communication st
It hints at a story beyond two years of service and fighting over there. Guest actually, exactly, we return, fighting, the africanamerican experience, world war i. The key to that title is, number one, you dont see the world military. It is not just about soldiers. It is about soldiers and civilians. It is about men and women. It is about young and old. It is about white and black. That is the long title. Title, we return fighting, speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans used world war i as a transformative event for them, just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. Host we explore that story throughout this hour of washington journal, day five of museum week on washington journal with our friends at America History tv, cspan3. Phone lines split up regionally. Eastern or central time zones, 202 7488000. Mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001. Special line set aside for africanamerican veterans, 202 7488002. Would love to hear from you as we
Probably. Call. Talking about a coup. To restructure the government of ukraine. Exactly im not saying the whole u. S. Government feels that way the there is there is division but the neo conservative element very much to change the strategic dynamic in eastern europe. People and theyve been at this for a long time they came in around the issue of propaganda they studied how to create hot buttons for the American People they had this experience when they were getting the American People to get excited about Central America back in the 1980. And theyve been applying those same strategy. They remain very dedicated to achieving their goals they still want to get rid of. Syrias regime change. And they have now inside the news media inside the government means the. They can do a lot to control the narrative of any story so i think in america these days we have somehow told ourselves that there are a lot of ways of dealing with these problems other than hard power lattimer putin cares about h
U. S. Ambassador to ukraine geoffrey pyatt. Private chats. You know what. I think. Probably. So you had this remarkable phone call. Talking about a coup they were planning to restructure the government of ukraine. Exactly im not saying the whole u. S. Government feels that way the there is there is division but the neoconservative element very much to change the strategic dynamic in eastern europe. People and theyve been at this for a long time they came in around the issue of propaganda they studied how to create hot buttons for the American People they had this experience when they were getting the American People to get excited about Central America back in the 1980 s. And theyve been applying those same strategy ever since they were dedicated to achieving their goals they still want to get rid of certain governments they want a regime change in syria for instance regime change. Very skilled at this and they have now inside the news media inside the government means the. They can do