Im David Rubenstein coming from the library of congress, the Jefferson Building and its part of our National Book festival and have a pleasure of interviewing richard hoss who is the president of a foreign relation and ive written a new eczema book called the world a brief introduction by richard hoss, thank you very much for coming today. Great to be with you. For those of you that dont know your background, i want to talk a little bit about the bo book, you are native of new york and went to college in ohio and became a Rhodes Scholar, what did you do to become a Rhodes Scholar and for those of you who are not aware there is only 32 people picked every year in the Rhodes Scholar and youre one of the top 32 students, what did you do to be one of the top 32 students when you graduated. My children would claim it was an administrative error i did nothing to confuse the scholarship, i could also answer i was one of 32 people who peaked young and peaked at the right time, my own guess i h
I am David Rubenstein coming to from the library of congress with the Jefferson Building and i have the pleasure today to introduce Richard Haass and has just written a book a brief introduction so thank you very much for coming today spent for those who may not know your background lets talk a little bit about the book you are a native in new york going to college in ohio than a rhodes scholar. What did you do to become a rhodes scholar. Not aware there only 32 people picked every year so what do you do to be one of the top 32 students . My children would claim it was administrative error. I did nothing i can also answer was one of 32 people who picked at the right time. My own guess and with that conventional background and with archaeology and i wrote a column for the campus newspaper and took the credit and the religion of a middle Eastern Studies major. I have no expectations of getting it i was not for no student. You went to oxford and got a phd. Classic in and out career i work
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