when we mounted the great exhibition, lincoln and the jews. she is chief executive officer of the abraham lincoln president foundation which serves the abraham lincoln present shall library and museum, the most visited present thel library and museum in united states. she s also the founder and executive director of the 1350 foundation, dedicated to honoring the american fly and engaging citizens in purposeful and active citizenship. she is editor and publisher of gettysburg replies. [applause] evening, ladies and gentlemen. it is an honor and privilege to be with you for tonight as part of the distinguished speaker series. i would like to thank luis, paul romero, the bryant park reading room, the new york public library, then you re just oracle the new york historical society, and all of you. although she passed away a few years ago, i would like to thank irene schwartz and her husband, bernard for generously underwriting this series. as you know, i m here to speak abo
analyst edward lucas, author of the new cold war, politics professor allen lynch, author of vladimir putin and rssian statecraft. columnist ilan berman, author of implosion: the end of russia and what it means for america and government in foreign service professor, angela stent, author of the limits of partnership: u.s.-russian relations in the twenty-first century. we begin with edward lucas, author of the new cold war: putin s russia and the threat to the u.s. before moscow bureau chief economist presents his thoughts on russia s influence in former soviet republics and the importance of ukraine entrance into the european union. russia is not in numbers day. we talked seriously with the russians about north korea. we sometimes talk with the russians about iran. it true. russia is engaged. but the two reasons to be worried about what happens. i don t need to remind you here about the cases of fascism in the russian media. if you ve not done and you speak russian, od
in the next hour you will see a journalist edward lucas, author of the new cold war, politics professor, columnist and government and foreign service professor. and it is certainly true that russia is not at every stage. we talk seriously with the russians about north korea and we sometimes talk about a run and the middle east. it is true. russia is engaged. but there are two reasons. i don t need to remind him how disgusting some of this stuff is. you can find it on the russian media. if you have not done it, i implore you, look at some of those propaganda videos. the images, the idea of the siege fortress. it is poisonous. it is poisoning russian public opinion. every opinion poll shows the same veteran towards anti westernism to be where i am feeling optimistic, the whole thing, all this stuff is just played up in order to fool the russian people. in fact, all that want to do is to steal billions and billions and billions of dollars. i am not that optimistic. that is wha
but first, donald trump responding to the growing number of republicans who refuse to back his candidacy, saying he doesn t necessarily need their help to win the white house in november. i think it would be better if we were unified. i think there would be something good about it. but i don t think it actually has to be unified in the traditional sense. all this after trump cemented his position as the party s presumptive nominee with a decisive victory in the indiana primary earlier this week. rich edson has more now from washington. presumptive republican nominee donald trump is urging skeptical republicans to rally around him. several high-profile republicans have refused to endorse and are even opposing trump. while senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is promising to support the republican nominee, house speaker paul ryan says he has reservations. ryan has invited trump to meet thursday with congressional leaders in washington. conservatives say they re concerne
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