Communicators congo a discussion of the communicators, a discussion of telecom in washington this fall. Joining us are three working reporters covering this issues, covering congress, sec, our other agencies. John hendel is with politico. Lydia beyoud is with event driven. And Tara Jeffries is with bloomberg bna. Before we get into these issues, i want to ask you all an opening question to see where we go. The influence today of some of the larger Tech Companies, and here in washington. Is it growing, is it outsized . Lydia thats a great question. We are seeing a pivot. In the trunk administration, away from wellrecognized influence by Tech Companies like google and facebook, towards skepticism. Influence under the Previous Administration is under a different light here. Tara i would agree. I think the trunk administration has not shown the same focus on tech groups and companies that the Obama Administration did. Thankfully, we are seeing conversations in congress about it as well, gi
While saying his cautious avoids mistakes. What you think of his administrations foreignpolicy today . You can also send us a tweet. Comments on facebook and email. We will get your thoughts in just a minute. Pieceshington post starts off by saying this. Heres what the president had to say. Typically, criticism of our foreignpolicy has been directed at the failure to use military force. The question i think i would have is, why is it that everybody is so eager to use military force . After we have just gone through a decade of war at enormous troops and to our budget . Exactly that these critics think would have been accomplished . My job as commanderinchief is to deploy military force as a last resort, and to deploy it wisely. Frankly, most of the foreignpolicy commentator set ed our policies would go headlong into a bunch of military adventures at the American People have no interest in participating in and would not advance our core security interests. If you look at syria, for exam