Georgia democratic candidate for president. We thank you, president ford and we thank you, governor carter, for being with us tonight. There there are to be three debates between the president ial candidates and one between the vicepresident ial candidates. All are being arranged by the league of women voters education fund. Tonights debate, the first between president ial candidates in sixteen years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before an audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. The Television Audience may reach a hundred million in the United States and many millions overseas. Tonights debate focuses on domestic issues and Economic Policy. Questions will be put by Frank Reynolds of abc news, james gannon of the wall street journal, and Elizabeth Drew of the new yorker magazine. Under the agreed rules the first question will go to governor carter. That was decided by the toss
Between president ial candidates in 16 years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before the audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. The audience may reach a hundred million in the United States and many millions overseas. Tonights debate focuses on domestic issues and Economic Policy. Questions will be put by Frank Reynolds of abc news, james gannon of the wall street journal, and Elizabeth Drew of the new yorker magazine. Under the agreed rules the first question will go to governor carter. That was decided by the toss of a coin. He will have up to three minutes to answer. One followup question will be permitted with up to two minutes to reply. President ford will then have two minutes to respond. The next question will go to president ford with the same time arrangements, and questions will continue to be alternated between the candidates. Each man will make a threeminute stateme
President of the United States. [applause] election 1976, the Democratic National convention. Your host is political analyst Richard Scammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon in washington. With me are professor howard honeyman of Howard University Howard Penniman of Yorktown University and mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. We want to discuss the Democratic Convention. We will do the Republican Convention at a later time when that meeting has been finished. But perhaps before we do either of the detailed discussions on these conventions, we want to spend at least a few minutes talking about the basic purpose of an American National president ial nominating convention. One observer has said these conventions are real ideological struggles told as circuses. We know the main purpose is to nominate a candidate for president. But Howard Penniman, beyond that, how can we briefly describe the process of an American Convention . Howard the National Convention is the time of the nom
Good morning and welcome to this Commonwealth Club online program. I am Gloria Duffey president and ceo of the Commonwealth Fund and was honored to serve as the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense in the 1990s. Peer are many issues today surrounding National Defense in our military and to the military be used to quell domestic unrest such as the recent protests and should the u. S. Be terminating many of our arms control treaties and contemplating resuming nuclear testing. Should the names of Confederate Military leaders be removed from u. S. Military bases and their statues be removed from our public places. To address these questions and many more today we will have a unique conversation between two recent secretary of defense, doctor robert gates and general james mattis. The bipartisan secretary of defense secretary robert gates served under president george w. Bush and barack obama. He is the author of a new book exercise of power american failures, successes and a new path forw
The Commonwealth Club online program, i am gloria, president and ceo of the common club, i was honored to serve as a Deputy Assistant secretary of defense in the 1990s. There are many issues today surrounding National Defense in our military, should the military be used with domestic unrest such as the recent protest, should the u. S. Be terminating many of her arm controlled treaties and contemplating resuming the clear testing. Should the names of Confederate Military leaders be removed from u. S. Military bases and theres got to be removed from our Public Places . To address these questions and many more, today will have a unique conversation between two recent secretaries of defense, doctor robert gaetz and general james mattis. As a bipartisan secretary of defense secretary robert gaetz served under george w. Bush and barack obama, he is the author of a new book, exercise of power, american failures, successes and a new path forward in the postcold war world. Doctor gaetz was an o