Have all of you here. I dont need to do much of an introduction because you know our friend alan but i will tell you a secret. He was going to name the book 50 shades of alan but decided against it. He thinks only he can tell jokes. I can tell a couple of jokes. We are happy to have alan here in jersey so lets give him a jersey welcome, thank you very much. I spent a lot of time growing up in jersey. My father had mens underwear and work clothes store on the Lower East Side and his customers were all in new jersey. I would come on springfield avenue and new york and patterson and passaic and after the Second World War the armynavy store so i got to know new jersey. My first wife was from bayonne, new jersey and her classmate in high school was barney frank who i got to meet, he was 16 years old and i knew he would be a politician. I am here to talk about something that happened to me that could happen to you and it could happen to your sons, your nephews, your husbands. I was on top of
Michael lynchs new book is know it all society. To watch the rest of this Program Visit our website, booktv. Org and type the authors name or title into the search box at the top of the page. Training. Were very pleased to have paul richter with us this evening. Paul and i crossed paths a lot when i was a journalist with the Washington Post covering the pentagon and he was reporting for those Los Angeles Times based in washington. Over several decades paul wrote about National Security and Foreign Policy on both the pentagon and then at the state department beat andy help other important assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic prose reported in the city on National Security affairs, and in his new book the ambassadors he applies his Extensive Knowledge of americas National Security establishment to highlight the valuable role played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out four four in particular, ryan crocker,
The middle east, in the midst of these ancient sectarian and tribal conflicts. After all of the blood and treasure america has poured into the deserts of the middle east, i am committed to pursuing a different course, one that leads to victory for america. Through much work, we have done things that everybody said couldnt be done. Todays announcement validates our course of action with turkey that only a couple of weeks ago was scorned and now people are saying, wow, what a great outcome, congratulations. Its too early to me to be congratulated. But weve done a good job. We saved a lot of lives. Most importantly, we have avoided another costly military intervention that could have led to disastrous consequences, many thousands of people could have been killed. The last administration said assad must go. They could have easily produced that outcome, but they didnt. In fact they drew a very powerful red line in the sand, you all remember, the red line in the sand, when children were gass
Worry about. We expect conservative mps to support the conservative Prime Minister, the conservative agenda, and politicians shouldnt seek to take the authority of government away from government and hand it to the leader of the opposition. In other news Hurricane Dorian batters the bahamas with winds of over isomph. It is heading near the coast of florida. Hurricane doria batters the bahamas with winds of over isomph. It is heading near the coast of florida. N batters the bahamas with winds hello, borisjohnson n batters the bahamas with winds hello, Boris Johnson has n batters the bahamas with winds hello, borisjohnson has said under no circumstances will he go back to brussels to ask for what he called another pointless brexit delay. As rebel conservatives and Opposition Mps prepare to try to force an extension. Speaking in downing street, this evening after holding an unshe to alled Cabinet Meeting the Prime Minister insisted he did not want an election, he stressed he had been enco
Resident fellow here at American Enterprise institute. It is my pleasure today to welcome to the aei professor Cass Sunstein. Hes the University Professor at harvard law school. He formerly was professor of law and professor of science at the university of chicago for many years. He was the administrator of the office of information and regulatory affairs, commonly known as oia come in the obama administration. Hes written more than a dozen books, and im happy to say that hes spoken a number of times here at the aei. We can trim a good friend of aei. Hes here today to talk about this latest book, which is called republic. I think that a reader would not have pronounced the word that way 20 years ago. Its an important and interesting book, so please welcome Cass Sunstein to aei. [applause] okay, well its a thrill to be back here. You all do amazing work, and ive learned so much from whats produced here on the legal and regulatory matters, and i really think you on behalf of millions of