A podcast. All after words programs can be viewed on a website at booktv. Org. Now on book tv after words, former Obama Administration National Security advisor and un ambassador susan rice discusses her life and career in american diplomacy and foreign policy. She is interviewed by robin wright. After words is a weekly Interview Program with guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about the latest work. Welcome susan rice to after words. Think is so much its great to be with you. A fascinating book of personal tail and a chronicle of your professional life and through a wide rate of crises and challenges but lets begin with the Current Crisis that the United States faces. As you know President Trump had a telephone call with the president of ukraine in july, a whistleblower reported in august and was released last week, what do you make of the whistleblowers complaint, what to do tell you and what struck you. What is so extraordinary is we have an blackandwhite in the president
Through a wide array of crisis and challenges but lets begin with the Current Crisis that the United States faces. As you know, President Trump had a telephone call with the president of ukraine in july. The whistleblower reported on it in august. It was released in the last week. What do you make of the whistleblowers complaint . What did it tell you what struck you . What so extraordinary about this is that we have now in blackandwhite in the president s own words evidence of the fact that when hes conducting business, supposedly on behalf of the United States, with foreign leaders hes actually only conducting his own personal business, in this case is personal political business. In other instances maybe something else, financial or what have you. If you read the transcript of that phone call not once did the president of the United States raise anything that is of National Significance to the United States. Nothing about the sovereignty of ukraine and how its been violated by russi
In august. It was released last week. What do you make of the whistleblowers complaint . What did he tell you and what struck you . Guest whats so extraordinary about this is we have now in black and white and in the president s own words evidence of the fact that when he is conducting business supposedly on the half of the United States with foreign leaders whose only conducting his own personal business, in this case his own personal political business and maybe Something Else financially or what have you. The truth is the transcript of the phonecall not once but president of the United States raise anything of National Significance of United States come nothing about the sovereignty of ukraine and how its been violated by russia to nothing about sanctions in our efforts to continue to hold russias feet to the fire nothing for the need to provide security support for the ukrainians as a matter of use policy. It was just a bizarre conversation. Although president as for is the preside
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I opposed abstinence the minutes are approved preservations and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all please be advised the ring of and the use of pagers and similar sund Electronic Devices are prohibited the chair may order of the removal for the use of acele cell phone pager or other sound producing device a member of the public has up to 3 minutes on agenda items unless the Port Commission adapts a shorter period on any item. Public comment on items not listed on the agenda anyone wishing to make Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is clos closed. Item 6 a executive director reports. Good afternoon, commissioners and members of the public and port staff thank you for joining us today as the continue important day for all of us in many ways i have a couple of quick items the first is that im sure youre aware of back in 2008, the port was the varix and e and princess crews made a service for the ships that are