Next on American History tv, a decision on policymaking and president ial commissions in political history. This talk from Purdue University lasts about 90 minutes. 90 minut. Welcome to our panel on president ial commissions. At the intersection politics, policy making and forgotten history of president ial missions im joanna grisinger. Im a legal historian of the modern Administrative State who has written about president ial commissions and Administrative Law reform. Thanks to you all for coming, unfortunately Cynthia Spence is unable to be here today but we still look forward to great conversation. We will be informal today. There are two panelists, dov weinryb grohsgal and frank popper will introduce themselves for their presentations. They will speak for 10 to 12 minutes at the most, i will enforce that with an iron hand about their Current Research on president ial commissions and then the three of us will talk in conversation about the role of president ial commissions and polit
Theres no better place than to be in the u. S. To step back and ask what do we have achieved in the last. Years when i look back i see that in the last years europeans have begun to understand that they can in a european way that we must pave our own way to stay relevant in the 21st century for me is in the way europeans are changing the way they look at themselves and starting to see you are as capable of being strong and being sovereign. We europeans often do not see ourselves as being powerful when you look at europe you probably see facts you see 450 million citizens you see 27 countries united around a common political project. You see a quarter of the gdp. You see the bigger straining blood and probably we hope you see diplomatic power. When we europeans we look at ourselves we often do not see this power. We see we sold out divisions disagreements. Consensus on important decisions. And this is changing. It is changing because of my front president is putting a lot of energy the
Council we value european allies and valued u. S. Engagement in the transatlantic relationship and the initiative is precisely to make the case that the European Union is a key, critical Strategic Partner of the United States. Part of our role is to explain the developments within the European Union and to engage policymakers and great bridge between policymakers United States and europe especially in times of Great Power Competition for as you know president macron of france is laid out an ambitious agenda for reform of the European Union for engagement of partners like russia, reforming the eurozone, reforming and stepping up European Defense integration as well as changing enlargement policy. These are issues that are think will discuss today with the minister. Let me first turn to start with initial remarks and then we will open to a conversation with all of you and we want this to be as interactive as possible. Thank you very much. [applause] good afternoon. Thank you for hosting
Theres no better place than to be in the u. S. To step back and ask what do we have achieved in the last. Years when i look back i see that in the last years europeans have begun to understand that they can in a european way that we must pave our own way to stay relevant in the 21st century for me is in the way europeans are changing the way they look at themselves and starting to see you are as capable of being strong and being sovereign. We europeans often do not see ourselves as being powerful when you look at europe you probably see facts you see 450 million citizens you see 27 countries united around a common political project. You see a quarter of the gdp. You see the bigger straining blood and probably we hope you see diplomatic power. When we europeans we look at ourselves we often do not see this power. We see we sold out divisions disagreements. Consensus on important decisions. And this is changing. It is changing because of my front president is putting a lot of energy the
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Commissioner, id like to take roll. Yes, please. [ roll call ]. You have a quorum. You also have with us chief William Scott of the San Francisco Police Department and Paul Henderson. Thank you, everybody. This is the january 15, 2020, meeting of the Police Commission. We do have a heavy schedule tonight, so we will have two minutes for Public Comment. Im going to change slightly the agenda order. Ill ask the chief to give his report first, and then we will call line item 2 next before we move on to the d. P. A. Report. So with that, i turn it over to you, chief. Thank you, president , Vice President , commission, and executive director henderson. I start off todays report with a summary of our crime trends for the week. As of january 13, our overall crimes are down 21 year to date. And i just want to remind everybody we are ver