The Commonwealth Club online program, i am gloria, president and ceo of the common club, i was honored to serve as a Deputy Assistant secretary of defense in the 1990s. There are many issues today surrounding National Defense in our military, should the military be used with domestic unrest such as the recent protest, should the u. S. Be terminating many of her arm controlled treaties and contemplating resuming the clear testing. Should the names of Confederate Military leaders be removed from u. S. Military bases and theres got to be removed from our Public Places . To address these questions and many more, today will have a unique conversation between two recent secretaries of defense, doctor robert gaetz and general james mattis. As a bipartisan secretary of defense secretary robert gaetz served under george w. Bush and barack obama, he is the author of a new book, exercise of power, american failures, successes and a new path forward in the postcold war world. Doctor gaetz was an o
This week on q a, our guest is margaret macmillan, author of nixon and mao the week that chnaged the world. Cspan margaret macmillan, but if you think a book about nixon and mao would so . Guest my father was a good subject and i love the good storiestoriesof history and thou have two extraordinary personality is with great falls and talent and it was an interesting moment that ended the period but in the United States and china and started Something Else so my next book i wanted to do something manageable has a good story. Cspan did he rely on to tell you what that moment was like . Guest that the documents. Theres a record now of all the transcripts of the first memoirs. Bob haldeman did a diary that is helpful, Henry Kissinger wrote them and thereve been lots of interviews, so i gathered whatever i could from those that have been there. Cspan did you learn anything they dont already know . Guest i learned something i didnt know. I think i learned a great deal more about Richard Nixo
Capitalize on all the chaos. Satellite images show china arrived on india border. Tom cotton is here investigated with us. And in atlanta over 170 cops reportedly calling out sick after two fellow officers were charged in the Fatal Shooting of ray sheard brooks. Bill collins reacts this morning. Also ahead, the 2020 election, devin nunes on why censorship is one of the most important issues headed into november. Plus a special exclusive philanthropist Michael Milken on the coronavirus vaccine, all that and a lot more on sunday morning feature. Maria the looting and mayhem across the country may be a threat to law and order in more ways than one. Months after fbi director Christopher Wray said that chinese espionage was the number one threat to our National Security, many fbi agents are shifting their focus from that to those who had violence during george floyd protest. Peter navarro the assistant to the president and traded manufacturing policy, it is good to have you this morning, th
Will give us the overview of the book, jack will give us some comments on the book and we will take it from there and tried to yield as many of your questions as possible and you can submit those questions through the event page or over twitter, facebook or youtube using the cato events. First our first guest is her author Saikrishna Prakash, the distinguished professor of law at the university of virginia as well as a senior fellow at uba center for the study of the presidency and is one of the nations leading constitutional scholars especially with regard to president ial powers and the author of an equally excellent previous book imperial from the beginning, the constitution of the original executive. Jack goldsmith is the henry l professor of law at harvard, someone who youre probably aware has seen the executive branch from the inside during a high profile extremely tense ten year in the Bush Administration office of legal capital during a key early. In the work. Jack is one of ou
Triangle, and that is San Francisco. We are proud of that. It is the 50th anniversary in San Francisco. Due to the pandemic, the celebration was a little different this year. Good evening. Twin peaks is shining bright in on her of pride months. Four, three, two, one. [ cheers and applause ] here is another look of it right there. For the last 25 years the Pink Triangle has been put on display in twin peaks. This year the lights have replaced the fabric that we normally see. Live coverage tonight. We have more on the celebration. Reporter yeah, as you mentioned, this years the display is made up of lots of l. E. D. Lights that can be seen from miles and miles away. Normally, we would be seen all kinds of different pride celebrations around the bay area this month. But unfortunately, covid19 did put a spot to that. He could not put a stop to a tradition that is now 25 years old. What an honor to start the journey. On his way from oakland to San Francisco. For make the celebration began i