This. That was independent candidate ross perot during the second of three residential debates in 1992 talking about the u. S. Debt. The alexion biz the taxes businessmen won 19 of the vote. He ran a second independent president ial campaign in 1986. Tonight, he is our focus on the contenders. Thanks for being with us. We are doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but had an impact on American History. Ross perot is our final 14 people we are profiling. Tonight, joining us for our discussion is historian and biographer Doug Brinkley. As a person who has done a number of powder fees on 20thcentury political figures, what interest you about ross perot . He has a pioneer spirit in him. He harkens back to the 19th century. He is not politics as usual. He cares about the country. Patriotism has become a cheap word. Ross perot is a super patriot. He is less interested in money and polit
The facts are we have to fixette. There is an extra trest yell doing it to us i guess. Someone somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was ross perot during the second of three president ial debates talking about one of his favorite issues the u. S. Debt. In that election, the texas businessman won 19 of the popular vote. He ran a second president ial campaign in 1996 and tonight he is our focus on the contenders. Gooned good night and thanks for being with us. Were doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but have an outside impact on American History. Ss perot is our final of 14 people that were proniling this series. Tonight joining us is Doug Brinkley. He is not politics as usual. He is less interested in money and politics than doing right for our country. I believe this comes out of his Naval Academy background. Looking for p. O. W. s and m. I. A. s during vietnam
Families will also benefit from a new credit for other dependents like a child in college or an elderly loan. We have our mothers, fathers, you have your grandparents, people who are elderly and done a fantastic job. They have grown old, you want to help them. We are going to help you help them. [applause] we are going to eliminate tax breaks and complex loopholes taken advantage of by the wealthy. My accountants are going crazy. It is all right. I am president , i dont care anymore. I dont care. [applause] some of my will be friends care. Me, i dont care. This is a higher calling, do we agree . As hillary said, what difference does it make . It made a big difference. Made a big difference. We want the tax code that is simple and fair and that is for all americans. The plan the senators will be voting on next week, hopefully as soon as possible closes the loopholes corporations use to shift their profits to taxpayers and eliminates deductions for ceo salaries over 1 million, you see wh
Qatar recently spoke about the middle east and other Foreign Policy challenges, including the economic boycott against qatar, implemented by several countries in the region back in june. The center for the National Interest hosted the event last week. Welcome to the center for the National Interest. We have a very special guest today. The minister of Foreign Affairs and vice Prime Minister of the state of qatar. His excellency a very young man. A very impressive career. And already was in his position for more than a year. And somewhat familiar with washington. I assume washington is becoming somewhat familiar to you. I have to say that however, a little difficult to understand his region. Things are constantly happened. In addition to qatar, theres a small state called saudi arabia and theres another small state called iran. They interact in a whole variety of places and theres russia and of course the United States. Its a very important and very complex region. And we count on you, m
Department of health and Human Services. While we hold a courtesy hearing on the nomination of the secretary, it finance committee receives his paperwork and will vote hon the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and governor of utah whom we welcome today. Mike, good to see you and have you back. And senator young, whos a member of this committee, will introduce him after mr. Azars testimony, senators will each have five minutes of questions. We already have a good turnout so i anticipate a good vigorous questioning period. Confirmed to leave the department of health and Human Services, youll be leading a 1. 11 trillion budget. That almost equals the totals of the Appropriations Bills that Congress Passes each year to Fund Everything from National Defense to national laboratories. Medicare and medicaid. Our nations government run Insurance Programs for it poor and elderly. Mental hilth health and Substance Abuse. The National In