It is a privilege for me to be here today to introduce a man that i have not met until today dance i already admired. Senator tom cotton was a student at Harvard Law School on september 11, 2001. One of the most tragic venice day of the internation. On that day tom cotton made the decision that he was going to serve the United States in uniform on the front lines. After law school he joined the 101st Airborne Division of the u. S. Army. When he volunteered for service the recruiter was taken by surprise. Tom cotton the harvard law graduate did not wish to be a jake lawyer, he wanted to be an infantry man, while serving here in the bronze star, the combat infantry man badge in the ranger he served in iraq and subsequently in afghanistan. After serving in iraq before serving in afghanistan he was assigned to the armies third infantry regiments. Known as the old guard. The old guard is United States oldest activeduty regiment dating back to 1784. Today, the old guard is a ceremonial unit
Here cspan3, well stay live and take you to the Brookings Institution in washington. Foreign Affairs Senior fellow michael o hanlan moderating a discussion on afghanistan. It will be moderated by tom bowman. Just getting under way here live on cspan3. Many other parts of the world. Im a huge fan of her bravery and brilliance as she studies these kinds of phenomena so without further ado, tom, thanks for joining us and over to you. Michael, thank you. Its great to be here and thanks to everyone for coming out. Afghanistan is back in the news, thanks partly to the Washington Post and its series, afghan papers. So i hope you have many questions because were going to be start calling on you very quickly. And i want to start by asking michael how he sees things right know with the peace talks and also talk a little bit about your proposal to have 5,000 troops in afghanistan for the next five years. As some of you may know, theres talk about reducing the forces in afghanistan, now currently
Played such a major role in the world for 98 years. You were founded in the aftermath of world war i, and the Senate Rejection of the treaty of versailles and the league of nations, a critical moment in history when america americalobal rejected a global role and retreated into isolationism. The rest, unfortunately, is history. Since that time, cfr has helped remind us of the importance of engaging in a world and helps us think about how we can work to resolve global challenges that affect us here at home, rather than simply wishing them away. David nationsago, of the Washington Post wrote an article entitled the internationalism of the heartland. And he wrote about how some defining voices of global commitment over the past halfcentury have come from americas metal, and he just didnt mean middle of the political spectrum, he meant people in the middle of the country. He meant people like senator howard baker of tennessee, senator jay William Fulbright of arkansas, senator Mike Mansfie
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Harris stays on offense, joe biden concedes. He was wrong to seem to praise segregationist senators. I regret it. Im sorry for any of the pain or misconception it may have caused anybody. As scrutiny of Democratic Candidates intensify, ill talk to president ial candidate, senator amy cloklobuchar. And americans debate immigration, how to celebrate the fourth, even what it means to be an american. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc News White House correspondent peter alexander, kimberly atkins, senior Washington News correspondent for wbur in boston, jonah goldberg, and s w shawna thomas. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. The longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning, and happy july 4th weekend. This holiday is traditionally a unifying event, celebrating the countrys independence and the pride that comes with being an american. This week we witnessed a debate about what it means to be an american. We saw democr