Sackur. After 37 years in power, it is perhaps not surprising that Robert Mugabe cannot accept zimbabwes Robert Mugabe cannot accept zimba bwes new reality. Robert mugabe cannot accept zimbabwes new reality. But no amount of playing for time will save his presidency now. The Robert Mugabe era is over. The question is what comes next. Will it be a continuation of the oppressive rule of zanu pf . Orwill the continuation of the oppressive rule of zanu pf . Or will the politics of the country open up in new and unpredictable ways . My guest is ibbo mandaza, a former Government Official turned academic analyst. Will zimbabwes official turned academic analyst. Will zimba bwes current drama official turned academic analyst. Will zimbabwes current drama and well . End well . Ibbo mandaza, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I just refer to this compelling drama playing out in harare. You have obviously just come from playing out in harare. You have obviouslyjust come from harare in the last few ho
After 37 years in power, maybe it isnt surprising that Robert Mugabe cannot accept zimba bwes new reality. But no amount of playing for time will save his presidency now. The mugabe era is over. The question is what comes next . Will it be a continuation of zanu pfs oppresive rule overseen by mugabes former cronies . Or will the countrys politics open up in new and unpredictable ways . Well, my guest is ibbo mandaza, former Government Official turned academic analyst. Will zimba bwes current drama end well . Ibbo mandaza, in johannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Ijust referred to this compelling drama playing out in harare. Youve obviouslyjust come from harare in the last few hours to talk to me. Is it clear to you that there can only be one ending, that Robert Mugabe will be gone within days . I dont know about days, but certainly it is the endgame, except now we have a serious stand off between him and his party. Is it a serious stand off . I think it is. Its embroil
Tried to get ahead by diminishing those around him. This is part of pamplin historical part symposium called looking at generals we love to hate looking at Controversial Military leaders of the skwar civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary, to the day, that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france. During world war i. [ applause ] i am happy to introduce our next speaker. John j. Hennessey is a public historian and author, currently serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. John has worked for the nps for 25 years starting at manassas. He authored a great book, the first battle of manassas, july 18th through the 21st, as well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas return to bull run. Lets welcome john hennessey. [ applause ] so i have to start with this. This is not a gratuitous praising of my team that i have loved since i was 12. Pittsburgh penguins. They play hockey, you know. You mi
Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense acquisition Reform Efforts and we welcome our witnesses, ellen lord undersecretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics. Mark esper, secretary the army. Heather wilson, secretary the air force and james geurts assistant secretary of the navy for acquisition, technology, and logistics acquisition reform is one of the most important and frustrating topics committee addresses. Four years we have been warned that america is losing its technological advantage. I hope you have seen the work on the topic. Thats why the department of defense needs acquisition reform not just for efficiency or to save money, simply put we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I went to witnesses to pay attention. We are still dealing with a trillion dollar after 35 program that continues to operate i
People spread across 318 square miles for a density of about 400 and 60 per square mile, which is pretty sparse when you get down to it. We are roughly 30 africanamerican, 11 latino, 5 various mixes of immigrants and cultures there. The rest, caucasian. Kansas city has a variety of neighborhoods and an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture, things people might not expect. We have tremendous sports teams, great art. It is a place of variety, music, and barbecue. One thing i can tell you is all cities have similar problems. We have issues to deal with crime. Too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. We have to deal with that by educating kids. One thing we know is seldom do you have phds shooting each other on street corners. People who are under educated have fewer options and feel hopeless. When you feel hopeless, you feel angry. When you feel angry, you lash out. And we happen to have easy access to guns. The things that hold me close to kansas city