The generous support of our underwriters of the Kennedy Library museum. The Lowell Institute in our media sponsors the boston globe and wbur. We look forward to robust questionandanswer period this evening. You will see full instructions on the screen for submitting your questions via email or in the comments on our youtube page during the program. We are so grateful to have this opportunity to explore president kennedys earlier years and depth with our distinguished speakers this evening. This is the first major work about president kennedy in many years. We have been anticipating this for some time. Much of professor legevalls research took place in the kennedy archive and we are please to look at this conference a new look at president kennedys formative years. Im now delighted to introduce tonight speakers. We are so glad to welcome Frederik Logevall back to the Kennedy Library virtually. He is lawrence the bill for professor of International Affairs and professor of history at har
His appearance in 2012. For his final novel, back to blood. [applause]. Tom wolfe good evening everybody. Welcome. On behalf of all of us from the Miami Book Fair, we want to welcome you to the 29th book fair. Believe it or not. [applause]. This is a remarkable undertaking. Takes the work of literally hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. We have a remarkable board of directors to work extremely hard to doing this year round. None of this at all, could happen without the good good support of everyone here in miamidade college. Lets give them a huge round of applause. [applause]. Host i would particularly like to thank the sponsors. Without the sponsors and the funding from sponsors and governmental agencies, we would not be able to bring you this wonderful literary extravaganza. And many of you are friends of the Miami Book Fair. And that is the way you can support this book fair and make sure that it goes on for another 29 years as well. [applause]. If you look downstairs, you are more
The committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. I want to thank all of you who are attending this important hearing, and today we are going to discuss the International Response to the covid19 pandemic and the future pandemic preparedness, prevention and response. The hearing will focus on senate bill 3829, which senator murphy and i have introduced, the Global Health security and diplomacy act. Its written on paper, not on stone, which well talk about a little bit in the future here. This is an important endeavor that this committee is going to take up, indeed probably one of the weightiest matters that well deal with as they attempt to create a new shield to prevent a covid virus type attack from happening again. The covid19 Global Pandemic has reaffirmed what weve long known, and that is Infectious Diseases, particularly those of viral nature, do not respecta tt threat everywhere. Weve been right here to focus on our domestic response to the pandemic, but we ignore the spr
Minute event. Well, thank you for coming out what i want to try to do is look at the cold war it is worth baring in mind that there were actually periods of time that caused your fore bearers more anxiety and in some cases with much greater reason to do so. And won the 1952 and 1956 election. And these are the years that represent a high point. Thinking about the cold war and the United States its worth bear in mind that the legacy and the history of the cold war was one of much of americas 20th century. And the forces in the soviet union was not during the period that you tend to think is the cold war which is from 19464748 and and much of eisenhowers much of the people in the army who served with him are being framed by the fact that america is one of the coalition of powers that went to war with the communists in the russian civil war. The idea that russia represented an ideological challenge to the United States begins there. The cold war is at its hottest between the United States
Were going to jump right in on this panel with me to my immediate right is now the anchor who is the Editorial Page Editor of my tammy heralds, used in that position since 2013, so delighted you are here, so first time weve had the herald participated, very warm welcome to you Joshua Bergeron is on her way she should be here any minute National Security correspondent for politico and what will be next to her is coming ski, her boss, who is a global editor and political previously editor and chief of politico, have been at the wall street journal before that. And then last but not least supplement at a quarter in chief of Foreign Policy magazine so delighted to have all three of you here. Jonathan and welcome to you matt has been here before, a warm welcome to you as well. Im going to jump right in and natasha will join us, which derives. I want to start with the latest developments to this year and that is the situation with iran, and i wanted to ask each of you, maybe jonathan ill sta