department for the trump administration but he s interviewed by jeremy butler, ceo of veterans of america. after words is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. all after words are availablee through podcasts. doctor shulkin, thank you for being with us. it s an honor to have you here. i think the va is important to subject to talk about in one of the areas of our government that a lot of people hear about but don t necessarily know many of the details. frankly, even in the veteran community a lot of us don t understand the breadth and depth of what the va does. i m excited to talk to you about the ba in general and certainly about your book and about your time in the administration. i d love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the va. you re very successful in the civilian career and times making that transition from the civilian world into the government world can be a bit jarring but
veterans of those wars. and at 9:00 a.m., national museum of american history director on women s suffrage and the 19th amendment s centennial. host: morning. it s wednesday, february 19, 2020. the democratic primary candidates will debate in las vegas and they will be joined for the first time on stage by former new york mayor michael bloomberg. president trump is offering alternative viewing in the form of a keep america great campaign rally in arizona. campaign 2020a question to begin the washington journal today. with the nevada caucuses this weekend and the south carolina primary 10 days away, we want to know what you think the role of voters of colors will be this election cycle. phone lines, black voters (202) 748-8000. hispanic voters (202) 748-8001. all others (202) 748-8002. you can also catch up with us on wj.al media at c-span you can also send us a text message this morning. include your name and where you re from. as can start calling in now we take you to thi
significant global work. she is the chairman of the board of the mccain institute and french national leadership at arizona state university, where she oversees the organization s focus on character driven leadership on security and economic opportunity, freedom and human rights issues. she s the chair of the institute of human trafficking advisory council. this is vicki kennedy is both misses vicki kennedy she is the president of the board and cofounder of the edward and kennedy institute for the study of the senate. a nonpartisan, nonprofit dazzling of a beautiful building here. educates the public about the unique role of the united states senate in our democracy. be int, they will conversation with gary healy, the inaugural president of the center for advancing the american dream opening in 2022. she was former lieutenant ernor, the president s with pride, she was a former resident fellow at the institute of politics. welcoming lieutenant governor healy. [applause]
now the editor in chief marvin olasky examines the principles of journalism and offers his thoughts on reporting. good afternoon and welcome to the heritage foundation, my name is rob bluey, vice president of communications at heritage and executive editor of the daily said no. as a courtesy to the speaker spo become a habit to ask you silence your cell phone although don t turn them off, because we do encourage you to share on social media about today s program and to help us spread the word we are streaming on twitter and youtube and you can find it on the heritage beyond both of those channels and platforms. to introduce the guests today, marvin olasky is a prolific writer and accomplished editor. we are proud to welcome him back to the heritage foundation where he is a former visiting fellow in somebody that is a close friend of the organization. he s the author of more than 25 books including his latest, reforming journalism, which he will discuss with us today. marvin
diseases. sarah: i am pleased to convene the meeting. welcome to today s council on relations meeting. i m the executive vice president of worldwide government legal affairs at mc-andrews and forbes incorporated. i will be presiding over today s discussion. i will have the privilege of for 30 a conversation minutes and i will open it to questions and answers. promptly at 1:30 as you might imagine. very busy emen are right now dealing with coronavirus. so let s just start looking back decade, ghly the past emerging infectious diseases ave played a recurring and minous theme, the h1n1, ebola, zika and the 2019 novel oronavirus, the threat is not dissipating. when it comes to nondisease natural disasters, the act disaster relief funds to enable immediate response by small son, there is infectious disease rapid response reserve fund. stafford act ore like mechanism to enable a research sponse to these new threats? first aybe i ll take the whack at this. because i think that the f