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Im a senior fellow and it is a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this book discussion. Of. Its a marvelous analysis of conservatives nationalism. The couple of things about the book in the moment. Before i do, i want to extend on your behalf and mine, told welcome to call in himself. As you probably know, is a professor at the school of policy and government and George Mason University and also nonresident fellow at the American Institute of literally naval. Colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics. And this book is a trademark to it. It examines the concept of conservative nationalism. A phenomenon that has been brought to public attention. Conspicuously to the suppressant and terms of the history of ideas and how these ideaswitnesses stationed in american history. Especially the debate about americas role in the world. So the book is both encompassing and grandiose. And despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you it is also a very devout de
Witnesses up are 2 veteran diplomats acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine William Taylor and Deputy Assistant secretary of state george cant a tailor has said in closed door testimony he had what he calls a clear understanding the trump wanted to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden in exchange for continuing military aid to ukraine cant testify the trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani pushed for the removal of the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie avantage who will testify on friday the president denies any wrongdoing and says the inquiry is in his words the greatest witch hunt in american history. Kimberly how kate is at the white house and castro is on capitol hill for us where that hearing is of course taking place well be talking to both of them in just a few minutes but 1st patty cohan begins our coverage. From a most the 1st day of his presidency there have been calls for Donald Trumps impeachment. But for the 1st 2 years with his party in control of con
Current news from northeast syria. We have great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Ken pollack, dana stroul and were also pleased to welcome back in the eye senior fellow and director of the defense and Security Program bilal saab after a oneyear fellowship in the department of defense. We are happy to have him back and look forward to hearing his insights from his upcoming article in the 2019 fall issue of the washington quarterly entitled broken partnerships can washington get Security Cooperation right . Moderating todays panel of the six experts is eric schmitt. Eric is a writer covering terrorism and National Security for the new york times. Since 2007 he has reported on terrorism issues with assignments to pakistan, afghanistan, north africa, southeast asia, among others. He is a coauthor of counterstrike, the untold story of americas secret campaign against alqaeda. Published in 2011. Before joining the times, eric was an education reporter at the tricity herald i
My name is rita smith and on behalf of the Charles Koch Institute i like to thank you for joining us today for what promises to be a substantive and timely discussion about the applicability or lack thereof of existing legal authorities to the use of force against iran. Its great to see so many staffers here today. We are encouraged to see a full house. You guys have so much to do with the way we approach the broader matter of congressional war powers. Its encouraging to see an interested room looking to get informed by expert jurists up here today. For the sake of time and discussion im going to keep the introductions perfunctory in no small part because our panelists reputations undoubtedly precede them. To my far left Stephen Vladek is the a dalton cross professor and law at the university of texas school of law in austin. A graduate of Amherst College and yale law school. But distinction is teaching and Research Focus on federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, National Security l