Thank you all for coming today and staying for the full day and for this final panel. Im brian catoulus for the center for American Progress. Every day it seems like president Trumps National security approach seems like a daily train wreck across the board and on iran, in particular, it feels like a train wreck. But lets be clear. We are where we are today on iran by no accident. What President Trump is implementing right now is an approach which is erratic, its confused but its the product of a very concerted effort to undermine what i thought was important work under the Obama Administration. Many people in the room were part of that inside the government or outside. And we have a great panel which john has introduced and im not going to go through the bios and things like that. What were going to do today is have a bit of a conversation for a few minutes, talking about where are we and where do we go from here. Thats the main thrust, but then were going to draw you in. Theres so mu
Today and staying for the full day and for this final panel. Im with the center for American Progress. I know every day it seems like president Trumps National security approach seems like a daily train wreck across the board, and on iran in particular it feels like a train wreck. But lets be clear, we are where we are today on iran by no accident. What President Trump is implementing right now is an approach which is erratic, its confused, but its the product of a very concerted effort to undermine what i thought was very important work done under the Obama Administration to try to stabilize the middle east. And many of the people in the room here were part of that, either inside of the government or outside. We have a great panel which john has already introduced and im not going to go through the bios and things like that. What were going to do today have a bit of a conversation for a few minutes talking about where are we and where do we go from here, thats the main thrust. Were go
Hasnt been done because we broke every record. Its the largest tax cut in the history of our country. I guess its very simple. When you think you havent heard this expression, but we are making America Great again. Charles joining me now, one of the writers of the tax bill, congressman, congratulations. That was a really i thought that was a great ceremony. The have you cans didnt spike the ball it was subdued and subtle. Sit was heart warming. Tim scott was emotional. Orrin hatch was emotional. This was something of a saga to bring this across the finish line. We have members who have been working on this for 15 years. The stars aligned, it was possible. For nose on the house ways and Means Committee, we have almost a generation of members and this is the culmination of their career in congress. Charles for the main stream media and your rivals across the political aisle, this was suppose to be dead on arrival. We have been reporting, at t, boeing, bank. America, wells fargo, they are
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