Oldfashioned concepts like honesty and integrity, civility in public life. Humility and honor. On a challenge many of them. For talking the talk. It seems a depressingly few has actually walk the walk. How refreshing it was then to joint devolve bushs book. By this value is never a page not in sermons or lectures or speech. But in his own moral compass which is steered him to reach part of life. Its enough to make a diehard democrat of yours truly feel nostalgic. [laughter]. I like plays introduction by ring on my favorite interest in this book. Its a whole lot better of a job of writing this bear with me. The entry of the diary entry in july 1996. The present is on air force one. And to europe for a meeting. She is if you before the november election. He writes. With that some transportation, everything is on time. Gripping 740 sevens, helicopters, beautiful room in front the president of the United States. And yet i have this feeling that no matter what lies on the horizon, will be g
There are dates we have that are personal and dates ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor stan donaldson. Stan well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. In my lifetime, december 7, 1941. November 22, 1963. 9 11. All terrible dates for the country. And november 8, 1989, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. A subject we will discuss today, how did it happen . What were the consequences . Who did this . Who knew . For a look at what is in store for us, it is a pleasure to welcome andrew card, who served in three administrations with Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs, with George Herbert walker bush the treasury, not the secretary of the treasury, secretary of transportation, and with george w. Bush white house chief of staff. Andrew card. [a
Live on the cspan networks online, cspan. Org, or listen live with the free cspan radio app. Next, an event commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. Remarks from several former white house officials who served during that time, including former secretary of state james baker. They also examine the state in fallhat led to the of the wall. Hosted by the Atlantic Council, this is just two hours. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor stan donaldson. Stan well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. In my lifetime, december 7, 1941. November 22, 1963. 9 11. All terrible dates for the country. And november 8, 1989, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. A subject we will discuss today, how did it happen . What were the consequences . Who did this . Who knew . For a look at what is
I think that maybe the only want to have identified this, but this was so unpopular that people to not notice that this is the dawn of a new technological warfare, we go into this basically with almost no precision capability, no space capability, by the time 1972 arrived we have position rapidly we have Mission Planning and space detail and weather and we have taken a huge step towards evolving into the air force of today, we get to see in this case loops and action, the orient decide an act and as we know from other courses from earlier discussions in this course, if you have that capability to go through that process quicker than youre adversary then you have an inherent advantage and warfare, what we are gonna see is that advantage playing out over and over again through this narrative. This one is really important for you guys because anywhere you go in your career youre likely to be in the more technologically advanced forest, you probably have more resources and your adversary,
Ladies and gentlemen, please stanme former news anchor donaldson. Welcome to this mornings. There are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. 7,my lifetime, december 1941. 3. Vember 22, 196 9 11. All terrible dates for the country. And november 8, 1980 nine, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. A subject we will discuss today, how did it happen . What were the consequences . Who did this . Who knew . For a look at what is in store for us, it is a pleasure to welcome andrew card, who served in three administrations with Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs, with George Herbert walker bush the treasury, not the secretary of the treasury, secretary of transportation, and houseeorge w. Bush white chief of staff. Card. Andrew thank you very much. I wanted to be here. Very grateful for Georgetown University and the school of Foreign Serv