What a pleasure it is to be back here in melbourne. Today provides to share views on the Trump Administration in the United States, and its engagement with the end of pacific region, or as the organizers have coined my speech, trump and asia. It is one of the most important Foreign Policy considerations for some time as the United States matters to australia, to our region and to the world. Since the end of the second world war, including the war in the pacific, the United States has been the instigator, promoter and the guarantor of what we call the world order. This order has underpinned International Law and has defined the way states should behave in general and towards each other. This has embraced globalization, economic integration, human rights and free and open societies. It has not always been universally applied or in force. Nonetheless, the United States has been the Reference Point as the most powerful economy, with the greatest military capability and the only nation with
What a pleasure it is to be back here in melbourne. Today provides to share views on the Trump Administration in the United States, and its engagement with the end of pacific region, or as the organizers have coined my speech, trump and asia. It is one of the most important Foreign Policy considerations for some time as the United States matters to australia, to our region and to the world. Since the end of the second world war, including the war in the pacific, the United States has been the instigator, promoter and the guarantor of what we call the world order. This order has underpinned International Law and has defined the way states should behave in general and towards each other. This has embraced globalization, economic integration, human rights and free and open societies. It has not always been universally applied or in force. Nonetheless, the United States has been the Reference Point as the most powerful economy, with the greatest military capability and the only nation with
He was someone you could work with, and i could call him on the telephone and talk to him about issues. We developed a pretty good relationship. So it took that reports to get the nuts and bolts of tax change done . Guest i think it did. He had a chief of staff at the beginning who was not cooperative, and then he replaced him with Erskine Bowles , and the first few days that Erskine Bowles was there, he called me and said, bill, i am here to work with you. I do not think the republicans ever heard that out of an obama white house. Host and there was a change of leadership with republicans in both the house and senate now and the white house. What does that mean as far as tax reform and their desire to see that happen . What lessons can they learn them your time in office . A verypedro, you have different environment today than you did when i was there. The republicans are far more divided, and it is very, very difficult to get people together on difficult issues. I think tax reform is
Who took part in our 2017 studentcam documentary competition. And studentcam 2018 starts in september with the theme the tunisi tunisi constitution you. Were asking students create a video of why the constitution is important. Now a House Oversight hearing on a bill to reauthorize the office of National Drug control policy. This is almost two hours. The committee on government oversieft and reform will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call a recess at any time. Before we get to Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, our panelists, those in the audience, the members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal room. So thank you for understanding. Over the past two decades, elicit drug use has emerged as a Public Safety cries wis overdoses becoming crises with overdoses becoming the leading cause of injury or death in the United States. Opioids and specifically
It was all of these same issues. You get your own tv in your cell. You get this parole. You get access to parole in this way. So americans united for the separation of church and state did sue them and the organization lost. They have to repay the state of iowa. But they kept making the argument that theyre not partisan, that theyre faithbased. Well also learn about the life of tacomas first africanamerican mayor harold moss as he recounts his role in the Civil Rights Movement in the pacific northwest. His book is fighting for dreams that mattered. You got to stop going up there, screaming at that council. Because were not going to get anywhere with you doing that. No. You want to get on the other side of that bench. You going to have to calm down. And, you know, i got that from whites and blacks. And so i had to change my attitude. Because i really realized that you on the other side of the bench makes the laws. On sunday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv, well visit the ta