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Marcusreddeker. Com. From the 17th annual texas book festival in successen, texas, we discuss the book syria the fall of the house oo assad. Thank you so much foruch for spending part of your afternoony with us here. S i would like to welcome you alle on behalf of the professor and myself. This is afessor l wesonderful s. Im saying that dispassionately, and were so happy youre here. R i wanted to introduce the profe professor to you. He is asch to professor of middt history at Trinity University it san antonio. Professor lesch is a prolific writer writer and thinker about the the middle east and whats happening in the region. Its really a treat tosy a havem here today. He h w hes written his new book n b syria the fall of the house ou assad which im hoping youll m all purchase and get him toill sign. He signed my copy first so he f. Has met extensively with met president assad and officials lg between 20042011, been in the middle east, studying the middle st east, making connections an
On the next washington journal, maryland represent i Donna Edwards discusses the 2014 elections and turning out women voters, and Walter Johnson talks about the ilitary and Diplomatic Options available concerning iraq. You can always join the conversation via facebook and twitter. Washington journal at 7 00 a. M. On cspan. The i. R. S. Has reported ex employees computer had recycled and her emails lost. Well, transparency and freedom of information, my colleagues and would gave conservative grade liberal or conservative. The access to freedom of information has been a joke but this administration has perfected the delays and excuses. And its shocking, because i feel strongly the information they withholdal belongs to the public because we own it, but theres no sense of that. They covet it as if they are a private corporational protecting their trade secrets. Emmy awardwinning journalist cheryl at can i son on the changing face of journalism. Sunday on cspans q a. Up next barry posen. T
Anyone interested in reforming and improving u. S. Foreignpolicy will benefit from reading it. Welcome barryto posen to make his case to us this morning. [applause] i have to get used to show biz with the lights. I want to thank the organizers for inviting me. Thank you all for coming out. It comes as no surprise to you like many people in this town i am plugging a book. To. May have seen it alluded i am going to basically give a very encapsulated version of the argument here for you. The book essentially has four parts. It describes the evolution of postcold war u. S. Strategy. It offers critique of how that strategy has worked. That was fun to write. It lays out the political outlines of alternatives a little more difficult to write. It lays out the military aspects. I lay out a notional for structure policy to support the political strategy that i talk about. It is a tiny package. It doesnt settle every issue. It opens more issues probably then it closes. I will talk a little bit ab
Welcome to this session of the texas book festival with h. W. Brandis. My name is steve hair again. I will be doing a q a with bill. 15 minutes after the session phil will be signing books in the book signing campus between the tenth and eleventh down the street. Please patronized the book signing tent in the bookstore, and pleas by the the book which wont be a problem. This is the book, the man who saved the union, Ulysses Grant and war and peace. If you by this book, proceeds will go to support texas libraries and literacy. It is a great book to read and to find a word because. H. W. Brands is the dixon Allan Anderson centennial prof. Of history in austin. His focus has been for many years on American History and politics and his biographies and histories include a number of tremendous books. This is the just the most recent. Also traitor to his class about Franklin Roosevelt, biography of Andrew Jackson called Andrew Jackson. The age of gold about the gold rush in the 1840s. The Fir