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Thank you, everyone, very much for joining us today. Why dont we get started. I am paul saunders, the executive director of the center for the National Interest. Were pleased to see such a big group in the middle of august in washington. The traffic led me to think that the city was a little bit depopulated, but attendance clearly demonstrates otherwise and we appreciate all of you taking the time to come and be with us. We appreciate all of you taking the time to come be with us. I think we wil...

Thank you, everyone, very much for joining us today. Why dont we get started. I am paul saunders, the executive director of the center for the National Interest. Were pleased to see such a big group in the middle of august in washington. The traffic led me to think that the city was a little bit depopulated, but attendance clearly demonstrates otherwise and we appreciate all of you taking the time to come and be with us. We appreciate all of you taking the time to come be with us. I think we wil...

Supremacist and other hate groups that are repugnant. Trade to the followed in the latest from the president s agenda this morning. North korea backing down on targeting guam for now. Defense secretary james mattis warning it is game on if the hermit kingdom takes action against the United States in any way. With easing Global Markets on the rise once again come indicating again that the opening of trading about 22,015 to 50 points on the dow. Nasdaq a quarter of a percent higher. Markets look l...

Barbara cochran, who is the president of the National Press Club Journalism institute will say a few welcoming remarks, and thank you, all, for coming. Ms. Cochran good morning, and thank you so much for being here today. I think the size of this crowd is a pretty good indication of the interest there is in finding ways for journalists and government officials to Work Together constructively to make sure that the public gets the information that we all need in a democracy. As kathy said, i am ba...

Isis claiming responsibility, secretary of state Rex Tillerson with an we have now received word and confirmed the death of one american citizen in the terrorist attacks in spain, amongst those who have been killed. Were still confirming the injuries and deaths of others, but obviously we express our deepest sympathies to the loved ones, of this individual. Gerri sad news there. One american dead. The state department now confirming another american was injured in the attack. Former navy seal sn...

Director of the center for National Interest. A bigleased to see such group in the middle of august and washington. The traffic led me to think the city was a little bit depopulated but the attendance clearly demonstrates otherwise. We appreciate all of you taking the time to come be with us. I think we will have very interesting conversation today onut the new u. S. Sanctions russia. We have a couple of highly experienced speakers who will give us some perspective on that and we are quite grate...

Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact and she really took an interest in politics and that she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician. So she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if hed been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Pol...

Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact and she really took an interest in politics and that she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician. So she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if hed been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Pol...

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Fun to accuse his opponent of bestiality because whether or not it was true, he had to defend himself. Right. And so i think theres been a lot, you know theres always been this sort of lets put this out there and see what, you know what dance they have to do to make this, to get out of this. So yeah. And that was probably said, obviously with him in the preinternet age. [laughter] where you can put anything out now about anybody. Bun of the nice things and hopefully our book is part of this is t...