Only solution to every crisis in the euro atlantic region. But i do believe it is part of every solution, because the alliance provides three elements that are crucial for facing modern security challenges and that are right for europes and americas defense. These are political legitimacy, tried and tested structures and military strength. Now, First Political legitimacy. The combined and voluntary will of 28 of worlds strongest sovereign democracies is an extremely powerful source of political he visit massey. Legitimacy, something that unilateral action or coalitions of the willing simply cannot enjoy. This carries over into our missions and operations. It attracts partners whose Political Support and military contributions add to our broader international legitimacy. Our isaf mission in afghanistan is a clear example. It has included 50 countries, all 28 allies and 22 partner nations. Thats onefourth of all the worlds countries. The biggest and most Effective Coalition in recent his
Back several decades to find out what makes Banking Systems unstable. He concluded that the deciding factor is the level of political interference in the system. This last about one hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome. Were going to start our program. Im david cowen, president of the museum of American Finance. Were joined today by chairman of the board and our friends from cspan are taping today. Our guest lecture is charles calomiris, professor Financial Institutions at the Columbia University business school. He also teaches at the school of international and public affairs. Charles received his ba in economics from Delhi University where he graduated magna cum laude and matriculated through stanford when he cut his ph. D in economics. He is a member of the shaft open Market Committee as well as the financial economists roundtable and the Federal Reserves centennial advisory board. Charlie is wellknown in the field. Am quite poor that two of the many accolades that he has receiv
How George Washington transformed the office of the president. All this and more on cspan2 this week and. The full schedule is by the way on booktv. Org. Sandra grimes talk about hunting down and capturing cia mole aldrich ames who compromise the secondlargest number of assets in cia history. Circle of treason the cia account of traitor aldrich ames and the men he betrayed of five c i a principles test with crowding out aldrich ames and build it case against him. This is about an hour. Host we are very fortunate with us to have Sandra Grimes this afternoon. She has quite a remarkable story to tell, a story from inside the cia where she worked for years, hired by the cia right out of college in 1967. Sandy spend two decades rising through the agencys ranks and assignments working against the soviet union and Eastern European countries. She was about to resign in 1991 when she was asked to stay for one more assignment. That assignment involves joining a five person team charged with figu
Tonight on night line, me my selfie and i. From president obama to kim kardashian, it seems everyone is doing it. Behold the many faces of james franco. What may be the biggest trend of 2013. Spy story. Its been called the worst cia scandal ever. An american betrays his country, his friend, and his loved one. It might sound like fiction but it is the real story. I work for the cia. That inspired an abc miniseries. We go behind the scenes. And box Office Confidential from the hunger games to fast and furious, what is the secret to hollywoods best year ever . Keep it right here, america. Night line is back in just 60 se its not for nothing that websters officially added the word selfie to the dictionary this year. The cultural trend that may stand out most prominently is the cyber selfportrait. Pop stars are doing it, teen aged girls are all over it. President obama did it and so did the pope. Is this harmless fun or another sign of americas unchecked narcissism . Celebrities do it. Even
And celebrity chef, Nigella Lawson, live, sitting down to answer questions about allegations from that bombshell trial. And what really happened with her personal assistants that led to that milliondollar fraud case . Good morning, america. David and amy with the team. Robin and george picking a great couple of days to be off. Hunkering down. It is a mess of a morning across america. More than 100 million americans in the path of this first storm of 2014. Look at the drive this morning. 22 states going to get hit with this one. Here is a live shot we have of chicago. Look at the snow coming down. The huge storm moving east as we speak. Some snow falling here in new york this morning. Roads everywhere are slick. And thousands of flights are already canceled or delayed this morning. Its how Mother Nature says happy new year. Welcome back. Our extreme weather team, live with it all. Lets get to ginger zee, live in times square. Ginger, it is coming. Its the day after new years. And you ca