Topic was Nuclear Weapons and we all read it was a big deal at the time. And to Nuclear Weapons from truman to trump and then went to Overland College and watergate changed him and then went on to graduate school at mit with nuclear strategy. And the policy advisor for the house of representatives on the left and wrote he wrote his widely acclaimed book wizards of armageddon. Listed with the boston globe for 20 years and by the end of 24 2002 we started to write stories he wrote for previous books and im very excited to have fred kaplan in his book the bomb please join me to welcome him. [applause] the wizards of armageddon the end of Nuclear Deterrence i did they get right anymore about nuclear war the cold war was over and nobody thought much about Nuclear Weapons until a couple years ago. And so might not have thought of it at all. But on august 8th the President Trump said that if north korea keeps making threatening noises and launching the sole test like it has never seen before.
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Soldiers in europe with a such controversial come on the in chief in washington many people in europe are wondering is america still a reliable partner. John or ben hodges welcome to conflict zone thank you michel republican senator bob corker the head of the Foreign Relations committee of the u. S. Senate said president try threatens other nations in the way it could lead to with the world war do you agree. Well course as a soldier my job is to make sure that our soldiers are as well prepared as they can be for whatever contingency. Should arise our focus is on deterrence. Working as part of the alliance most successful alliance in the world in the history of the world so but senator bob corker said if we want to speak more about this vote that the president of the United States is today more a danger than a help for peace i mean again i dont know trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to a third World War Two you agree with that i think that the president has done
Below 100 billion from stress testing, so that makes some sense to me. Banks are not systemically important. Between 1 and 250 well do Something Else my strong preference will be that well continue to have meaningful stress testing for them because i think its a successful tool. Ing. Thank you senator warren. Thank you, mr. Chairman so i want to follow up on senator browns questions about full employment as you know Congress Gave the Federal Reserve a dual man date to pursue maximum employment and to keep prices stable the official unemployment rail is now 4. 1 . Many economists are predicting the rate will dip below 4 in the near future, and an Unemployment Rate this low in the past would have been considered full employment which would be good news for the workers that should be accompanied by higher wages. But wages have barely budged so let me start by asking, mr. Powell given that wage growth is so weak do you believe that the labor market is currently at full employment . Full em
Wondering is america still a reliable partner. John or bernhardt as welcome to conflict thanking show republican senator bob corker the head of the Foreign Relations committee of the u. S. Senate said President Donald Trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to with the World War Three you agree. Well course as a soldier my job is to make sure that our soldiers are as well prepared as they can be for whatever contingency. Should arise our focus is on deterrence. Working as part of the alliance most successful alliance in the world in the history of the world so but senator bob corker said if we want to speak more about this vote that the president of the United States is today more a danger then to hell for peace i mean again i dont know trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to a third World War Two you agree with that i think that the president has done everything that the Previous Administration said it was going to do the president and this admin