debate side. i do occasionally watch the democratic debates, has been we have to sit down and see if we can work out sinceable accommodations. the problem we have with president obama is it s impossible to know whatever makes sense and what doesn t because whatever he says polarizes the nation. in his own way, bernie sanders is making sense when he says, look, i live in vermont as a socialist. he doesn t support gun controls of a stribblingter nature. thank you, mr. martin. in 2013, the senate detected the proposal that would have expanded background check requirements to all gun purchases, including those at gun shoals. senator shaheen of new hampshire supported that what would your vote have been? well, i don t think you need a machine gun to kill a rabbit but i do respect people s rights to have a gun. you know what s wrong right now with the terrorists going on? none of the press and none of the politicians are asking why so many people in other countries hate us. now
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with angelo codevilla who says u.s. leaders have forgotten that the founding fathers placed the pursuit of peace is the highest objective of american statecraft and this goal was lost during the 20th century and must be regained for the u.s. to thrive in the future. this is about an hour. [applause] thank you jon and welcome to the heritage foundation. peace has ever been mankind s desire and yet throughout history war has been his common practice. consider the major conflicts of just the 20th century in which america has fought. world war i, world war ii, the korean war, the vietnam war, the iraqi war one and two, the afghan war and of course the cold war. in the wake of each word came the question, how can we make and more importantly how can we keep peace with other nations? or are we doomed as in george orwell s apocalyptic novel in 1984 to a state of perpetual war? one way is peace through strength, basic principle of the reagan administration and the principle reason
gingrich ran that impeachment against bill clinton for ostensibly lying under oath, but we all know what it was. and it s really too bad that this thing has gotten out of control and used so loosely. because it was very grave, and it was. public servants, regular people are not stars, and they made it happen, and they held the country together while they did it. is that that you wanted to know? is that what you wanted to though? yeah. it s just what i wanted to know. [laughter] [applause] a public memory goes to those who rose to the occasion. elizabeth will be sitting here and signing books. we ll line up this way. as usual, please help us with the chairs. thank you again, c-span. and thank you for coming, every one of you. [applause] booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guest asks viewers, watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. booktv continues now with angelo codevilla who says u.s. leaders have forgotten t
coming to it another way of looking at is that he wise least it becoming a prisoner of war and so the british to the mint when the propaganda of the victory in the author of the declaration of independence and the governor of virginia, and carting him off in handcuffs. if anybody could have charmed their captor it would have been jefferson. he might have ended up in the cabinet over there but it was he was an awfully provisional and contingent moment. he was able to get the votes and cut the deal in part because of graduated from the monthly his lifelong political the when she could buy entrees and appetizers and restaurants so education. he began as a young man in she spent money here but i will try to fix that. williamsburg and listened to patrick henry hu said he spoke i am enormously grateful. as homer wrote partly because he i am a southerner from tennessee couldn t do it and it s always a good sign of a politician and a leader when they recognize qualities in others tha