That was off the record. [laughter] i think we will get started. Thest want to thank American Political Science Association and sees in for foriding and cspan providing a broader environment for what is clearly a very important and relevant topic in 2019. That being this roundtable on the tropic of the Trump White House and the White House Press corps. Cohen. Is dave i am a professor of Political Science an actual professor of Political Science at the university of akron. Im an assistant director of applied politics. Im also a board member of the been press club and have over a decade. And im a member of the white house transition project, which for those who dont know, it is a nonpartisan effort to provide by presidency scholars to provide information on president ial transitions and white house operations to those who are transitioning into the white house. Its a very Important Organization that happened to be one of the founders of that organization is martha kumar, who i am happy t
American Political Science association and sees in for foriding and cspan providing a broader environment for what is clearly a very important and relevant topic in 2019. That being this roundtable on the tropic of the Trump White House and the White House Press corps. Cohen. Is dave i am a professor of Political Science an actual professor of Political Science at the university of akron. Im an assistant director of applied politics. Im also a board member of the been press club and have over a decade. And im a member of the white house transition project, which for those who dont know, it is a nonpartisan effort to provide by presidency scholars to provide information on president ial transitions and white house operations to those who are transitioning into the white house. Its a very Important Organization that happened to be one of the founders of that organization is martha kumar, who i am happy to introduce right now. She is an emeritus professor at towson university, and directo
University of akron. [laughter] time. Back in im an assistant director of applied politics. Im also a board member of the Akron Press Club and have been over a decade. And im a member of the white house transition project, which for those who dont know, it is a nonpartisan effort by presidency scholars to provide information on president ial transitions and white house operations to those who are transitioning into the white house. Its a very Important Organization that happened to be one of the founders of that organization is martha kumar, who i am happy to introduce right now. She is an emeritus professor at Towson University and director and creator of the white house transition project. She is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles, including before the oath how george w. Bush and barack obama managed the transfer of power. Shes also the winner of the apsa 2008 best book award. Editor of other books, influential books in the area. In addition to her scholarly work, sh
Looking at the relationship to between the press and the Trump Administration. Hosted by the american Political Science association. Live coverage on cspan. An actual im professor of Political Science at the university of akron. Im an assistant director of applied politics. Im also a board member of the acting press club over a decade. Im a member of the white house transition project, which for those who dont know, it is a nonpartisan effort to provide information on president ial transitions and white house operations to those who are transitioning into the white house. Its a very Important Organization that happened to be one of the founders of that organization is martha kumar, who ai am happy to introduce. She is an emeritus professor at Towson University and director and creator of the white house transition project. She is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles howuding before the oath george w. Bush and barack obama managed to transfer of power. Shes also the winne
And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe