Here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new superpowers, new and new threats. It will be published on may 9th. Tom we look forward to your panel. Beyond the wa
Really. Ours years later. Im christopher bracey, pearl provost and executive Vice President for Academic Affairs here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new su
Later tonight the president headlines two fundraisers and will hit several as the party tries to capitalize on voter frustration over the shutdown. House democrats raised a record 8. 4 million. The house gop raised just 5. 3 million. Well start the hour here with Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. What should we expect at p tech and who is going to be there gathered around the president. Reporter good afternoon, we know mayor bloomberg will be there, a big proponent of education reform behind a number of reforms in new york, including this new school, which is just two years old. Also, new york mayoral candidate bill de blasio and andrew cuomo. The school was started in 2011. You heard the president say its a sixyear program and when students graduate they have an associate degree. Because its a partnership with ibm, they have a leg up when it comes to getting a job with that company. When it started in 2011, had just over 140 students, they are expecting by the start of the 2014
At 10 00 p. M. Eastern, Caroline Glick argues the u. S. Pursuit of a twostate solution to the israelpalestine conflict has failed miserably and is base owned palestinian claims to handle that are unfounded. We wrap up at 11 00 p. M. Eastern with bernard schwartz, author of just say yes. That all happens next on cspan2s booktv. Jared orsi is next. He recounsels the life of explorer zebulon pike, the name sake of pikes peak in the rockie mountains. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Thank you all for coming out. So im going to talk about a book ive recently published on zebulon pike. Came out month before last, in january, and i had some slides for you, most of them are images that i took, and i tide the best i could to try and get to the spot where pike was on the same day of the year. Theres one where i cheated, and i have him in the winter time in a shot i took in june. So theres one that didnt work out. Most of them are on or near the exact day he was there. The other caveat i want to o
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