In Salt Lake City utah, this runs about an hour. [applause] thank you. Its a great honor to be here and a great honor to see so many bright faces eager to talk about stuff i am equally eager to talk about with you. Ordering the destruction of the nauvoo, he turns to his secretary, William Clayton who happens to be the secretary of the Sacred Council that had recently been established in nauvoo called the council of 50. He turns to clayton and says i want you to go and burn the secret counsel weve been meeting with over the last few months. They could be understood as treasonous and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong han hands. They might as well have remained buried because they remained restricted from scholars. It wasnt until they were going to be making it available for the first time in published form. They are kept hidden and secret. Until finally when there were the people that finally got access to the council 50 records some were disappointed by the content. He was be
Minutes of that secret counsel we had been meeting and over the last few months. He knew the contents of those records were very controversial and when seen in a certain light or context they could be understood as treason and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong hands. William clayton to the great benefit of the rest of us. Chose to disobey his profit instead of and set up burning the documents he buried them. Once the crisis was to subdue and he dug up those documents again they might has well have been buried because they remain restricted from scholars and historians believers and skeptics alike for over 175 years. It wasnt until 2014 that the lds church and announced they were going to beat making them available for the first time in published form and they were finally published in 2016. I dont have to tell all of you that whenever there is a document or a series of documents that are keep kept hidden. A lot of legends and myths crop up around them. Over the centuries and
International law and competition. In this moment of global upheaval and disruption, can western countries uphold International Order based on the principles of the United Nations charter . Is the current framework for International Law adequate to govern engagement between nations as well as with nonstate actors . Or does it need rethinking . How can multilateral institutions help to preserve International Law and ensure accountability . I am pleased to welcome dr. Matias spektor, whose profound insight and expertise uniquely positioned him to discuss the complex issues at hand. Hes a professor of politics and International Relations and founder of the school of International Relations at the Vargas Foundation in sao paulo, a top think tank in latin america. He was a visiting fellow at the Princeton University institute for International Regional studies and is currently a fellow at the Georgetown Americas Institute and specializes in international security, transnational repression,
International law and competition. In this moment of global upheaval and disruption, can western countries uphold International Order based on the principles of the United Nations charter . Is the current framework for International Law adequate to govern engagement between nations as well as with nonstate actors . Or does it need rethinking . How can multilateral institutions help to preserve International Law and ensure accountability . I am pleased to welcome dr. Matias spektor, whose profound insight and expertise uniquely positioned him to discuss the complex issues at hand. Hes a professor of politics and International Relations and founder of the school of International Relations at the Vargas Foundation in sao paulo, a top think tank in latin america. He was a visiting fellow at the Princeton University institute for International Regional studies and is currently a fellow at the Georgetown Americas Institute and specializes in international security, transnational repression,
President trumps tax history matter to you . Give us a call this morning. Republicans, 2027488001 is your number. Democrats, 2027488000. Inns, 2027488002. You can catch up with us on associate media on twitter. Com cspanwj, acebook. Com cspan. Host via his twitter page. He tweeted out i did what was an almost an impossible thing do for a republican easily won the athletic trorl college. Now tax returns are brought up again, question mark. He tweeted following that someone should look into who paid for the maul organized rally yesterday. The election is over. Over the weekend, as we said, those protests happening, those marches happening in cities around the country. Heres a scene from one of those protests here in washington, d. C. Featuring the Ranking Member of the Financial Services committee, congresswoman maxine waters. A year ago, donald trump lied and he said and im going to quote. He said i will absolutely give my tax returns. But ive been audited for two or three years. So i c