That for 13 months before general sessions resigned abruptly on the day after the election of 2018 and the president appointed me that day to be acting attorney general and ultimately bridge the gap between Jeff Sessions and bill barr. How did you become Jeff Sessions chief of staff . Were your friend of his . One of the things i talk about in this book is how i only met Jeff Sessions once before i was selected to be as chief of staff. I interviewed with them and talk to him many times but it was a mutual friend both in the white house and that the federal society that had recommended me to him and his people, and we bonded quickly over College Football and our love for good barbecue. It was a match made in heaven. One of the things you say about mr. Sessions recusal from the Russian Investigation, that it was personal and fact driven. Yeah. So i wasnt there when he did the analysis. He took over in february 2017 after he was confirmed and after the new administration came in, but havi
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[laughter] good morning everyone and welcome to the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, im a senior fellow of the endowment and its a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this Book Discussion of colin duecks age of iron. Which is a marvelous analysis of conservative nationalism. A couple things about the book in the moment before i do i want to extend on your behalf and mine a warm welcome to cal colin himself as you probably know colin is a professor at the stars School Public iuniversity and and a nonresident fellow at the american and Bryce Institute neighbor next door, literally. Colin has made his mark thinking deeply about medical politics. And this book is trademarked direct, it examines the concept of conservative nationalism, phenomenon that has been brought to public attention conspicuously to the rise of president from. In terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have filed manifestation in modern American History. Especially in the debates ab
Eli blog whether are are are it are [inaudible conversations] there, ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the 35th annual printer row litfest presented be near south Planning Board if want to give a special thank you to our sponsors for the generous support this year, especially win trust as our programming sponsor the robert r. Mccormick foundation, alpha food wings, the tribune, three l real estate and cspan booktv. Todays program will be broadcast live on cspan2s booktv which he are live now. If theres time at the end of the discussion, for q awith the author issue ask you to line up at the microphone and speak speak microphone. And finally i ask that anyone here that is just got with us, please silence your cellphones. Nobody wants to be that person and then if youre going to take a photo, please turn off the flash. As a courtesy to the presenters please welcome daniel green, professor of history at northwestern university, and curator of americans and the holocaust, an exhi