Presiders
President, Council on Foreign Relations
George P. Shultz discusses his distinguished career and government service, from the Nixon and Reagan administrations to academia, and shares his thoughts on the present and future foreign policy directions for the United States.
RICHARD HAASS: Well, good evening. Welcome, one and all, to the Council on Foreign Relations. I m Richard Haass, president at the CFR, and I m pleased to welcome all of you to what is the kick-off event of secretary of state week here (laughter) at the council. And from that reaction, as many of you seem to know, Secretary of State Clinton will be here on Thursday, but tonight, however, we have the privilege of being with a former secretary of state, a former secretary of labor, a former secretary of the treasury and a former director of the office of management and budget, all for the same price. (Laughter.)
welcome. i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. faith-based constituencies were once again a factor in the republican primaries. on super tuesday, catholic voters continued to gravitate toward mitt romney, who is mormon. and the catholic rick santorum continued to do better with evangelical voters. we ll have more analysis in a few moments. a range of jewish groups rallied at the white house this week, as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrived in washington. talk of iran s nuclear program dominated his meeting with president obama. earlier, in a speech to the pro-israel lobby group aipac, obama said the jewish state does have a right to defend itself. but he also cautioned against loose talk of war. most jewish groups praised the president s support for israel, but some also argued against any preemptive military strike in iran. during his visit, netanyahu gave obama a copy of the book of esther. this past week, jews celebrated
welcome. i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. faith-based constituencies were once again a factor in the republican primaries. on super tuesday, catholic voters continued to gravitate toward mitt romney, who is mormon. and the catholic rick santorum continued to do better with evangelical voters. we ll have more analysis in a few moments. a range of jewish groups rallied at the white house this week, as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrived in washington. talk of iran s nuclear program dominated his meeting with president obama. earlier, in a speech to the pro-israel lobby group aipac, obama said the jewish state does have a right to defend itself. but he also cautioned against loose talk of war. most jewish groups praised the president s support for israel, but some also argued against any preemptive military strike in iran. during his visit, netanyahu gave obama a copy of the book of esther. this past week, jews celebrated
welcome. i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. faith-based constituencies were once again a factor in the republican primaries. on super tuesday, catholic voters continued to gravitate toward mitt romney, who is mormon. and the catholic rick santorum continued to do better with evangelical voters. we ll have more analysis in a few moments. a range of jewish groups rallied at the white house this week, as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrived in washington. talk of iran s nuclear program dominated his meeting with president obama. earlier, in a speech to the pro-israel lobby group aipac, obama said the jewish state does have a right to defend itself. but he also cautioned against loose talk of war. most jewish groups praised the president s support for israel, but some also argued against any preemptive military strike in iran. during his visit, netanyahu gave obama a copy of the book of esther. this past week, jews celebrated