Next on book tvs afterwards, historian Neil Ferguson discusses his book kissinger, the idealists. It looks at the early life of Henry Kissinger. He is interviewed by Carla Anne Robbins of the council on Foreign Relations and National Security prep best threat root college. Welcome professor and thank you for doing this. This is the first of two book authorized under the prep as you say that not only has this book been written with her kissingers cooperation it was written with his suggestion. How did that happen . Authors ought to be nervous of it because it advised that he had some control over it. When he suggested this to me which is number than ten years ago i said, yes i will be willing to do this but one condition, i have a completely free hand and you have to accept that if you ask me to do this and give me access to your private papers, i will write what i think is the truth. Which is incidentally the basis for which i have written the previous book. So he agreed to that. I thi
Certainly my state as well. This also represents a milestone as members of this Committee Work to complete a multiyear highway bill the first time in a decade. And long overdue. With Service Transportation programs set to expire on friday, it is imperative we work quickly to reach a bipartisan and by cbicamybicameral agreeme. A number of issues happened to be particularly important to my state. For example, upgrading the freight corridors and interstate system that moved goods through my state to Global Markets every day and providing Additional Resources for Public Private partnerships and border infrastructure. Delivering investment certainty so we can plan for and deliver the highquality infrastructure that our country and my constituents deserve. This bill is important. But im proud to say the leadership in texas havent waited on the federal government. In november 2014, 80 of texans approved a Ballot Initiative that provides 1. 7 billion to upgrade and maintain the Transportation
Some behind the scenes perspective of the correspondent dinner. Ask for joining us on this friday edition of washington journal. Enjoy the rest of your day and a terrific weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] the Labor Department releasing the april jobs numbers this morning showing employers adding 288,000 jobs last month, the most in two years. The unappointed rate also dropped to its lowest level since 2008 26. 3 , down from 6. 7 . John thune tweeting Labor Participation force dropped by nearly as much as south dakotas entire population. The senate and house are out today, returning next week. In the house, they would take up legislation to increase the business R D Research Development tax credit. Voteull chamber will also on whether to hold former irs official lois lerner in contempt of congress for invoking her fifth amendment rights and refusing to testify before congress. The Senate Next Week be
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People who perpetrated are brought to justice. Host the latest round of charges from senator john mccain and other leading republicans on the attack in benghazi that resulted in the death of a u. S. Ambassador and three other americans. Now, nearly two years later, this issue isnt going away on capitol hill, in part because of the newly released email. Also, a congressional hearing yesterday in washington. Good morning, it is friday, may the second ver2. Mainly, we want to know if the investigation is important to you. Meanwhile, at the white house the president will be meeting with the german chancellor Angela Merkel. His issues likely to come up in a News Conference with reporters. The president is hosting the german chancellor for a working lunch and an oval office meeting. Those nsa phone taps the situation in ukraine are also subject to dominate the conversation. We want to begin with the issue of benghazi because it has come front and center yet again. This morning inside the the