we find ourselves in the 90s in a whole new world. the decline of nuclear weapons. we have an arms control treaty, start one at the very beginning of the decade. we have international structure which is no longer why polar. it could be called unipolar. we have globalization is the recent pieces to it but it appears to be part of a fundamental new world order. i love that phrase. it has the imagery of military force that still there but not nuclear weapons. economic measures of power were going to be so much more important. there was a prediction of the decline of the nationstate in the concept of national sovereignty where international commerce information, technology would replace this. the book that captures of course was friedmans lexus, and all of tree, eventually the world was flat. a piece in foreign affairs that was her influential also predicted this new world we were moving into. military power was still relevant of course because the decade began with the war to t
distinction. well, it was certainly a purpose that went into the majority district but it was not the predominant motive. i understand that. don t you have to use race to comply with section 5? that s right. is there any way to comply with section 5 without using race? there is not. but you don t have to use race in this way, mr. brasher. nobody would say that section 5 required you to maintain a 78% district and a 78% district was no longer needed with respect to a group s ability to elect a candidate of choice. i respectfully disagree with that. once again, we followed the same preclearance strategy that georgia followed in 2005. congress made a record in 2006 to try to reauthorize section 5. georgia s plan from 2005 which kept all their majority black districts all the same was a good thing. we did the same thing in this redistricting cycle that other states did, we did the same thing that the plaintiffs did when they were in charge of the legislature in 2001
for that reason. well, it was certainly that s a very fine distinction. well, it was certainly a purpose that went into the majority district but it was not the predominant motive. i understand that. don t you have to use race to comply with section 5? that s right. is there any way to comply with section 5 without using race? there is not. but you don t have to use race in this way, mr. brasher. nobody would say that section 5 required you to maintain a 78% district and a 78% district was no longer needed with respect to a group s ability to elect a candidate of choice. i respectfully disagree with that. once again, we followed the same preclearance strategy that georgia followed in 2005. congress made a record in 2006 to try to reauthorize section 5. georgia s plan from 2005 which kept all their majority black districts all the same was a good thing. we did the same thing in this redistricting cycle that other states did, we did the same thing that the p
honors the rangers who gave their lives under heroic circumstances. we have paintings of all those rangers. they begin with steven f austin. he was very successful with his rangers. they fought not only managed to make the area reasonable safe from indian raids but when the texas war for independence broke out the rangers played a major role in texas gaining its independence by sending off the mexican army long enough to allow the colonist to build their own army and as a result texas became its own individual nation, the republic of texas for several years. . good afternoon and welcome. my name is myron bellkind, i m a professor, former bureau chief for associated press and 107th president of the national press clu club. we are committed to our future with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the nation press club please visit our website at press.org. i d like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today s event
washington university school of media and public affairs. former international bureau chief for the associated press and the 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world s leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession s future through our programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please go to our website at press.org. on behalf of your members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today s event. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. and so if you hear applause in our audience, i note that members of the general public are attending, so it s not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you the follow the action on twitter using the #npclunch. a