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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Stephen Kinzer Poisoner In Chief 20240713

Okay. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club. Im the former executive director for the investigative reporting and the current board member and moderator for tonights program. This program is part of the clubs series by the Bernard Foundation and it is my pleasure to introduce todays distinguished speaker senior fellow at the institute at Brown University brothers overthrow hes also an awardwinning correspondent for the boston globe. His new book tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the cias seat medical experiments of the 1950s and 60s. On the original interviewer int, survivors testimonies and documentary research, the book brings to light the massive hunt for the secret of mind control that spans several countries including the work of nazi scientists and led experimentations on Government Employees willing and unwilling, foreign politicians and the children, prisoners, sex workers and anyone else they deem threatening or expendable. Youre about to hear a tale of the most po

Transcripts For CSPAN2 Stephen Kinzer Poisoner In Chief 20240713

Club. Im the former executive director for the investigative reporting and the current board member and moderator for tonights program. This program is part of the clubs series by the Bernard Foundation and it is my pleasure to introduce todays distinguished speaker senior fellow at the institute at Brown University brothers overthrow hes also an awardwinning correspondent for the boston globe. His new book tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the cias seat medical experiments of the 1950s and 60s. On the original interviewer int, survivors testimonies and documentary research, the book brings to light the massive hunt for the secret of mind control that spans several countries including the work of nazi scientists and led experimentations on Government Employees willing and unwilling, foreign politicians and the children, prisoners, sex workers and anyone else they deem threatening or expendable. Youre about to hear a tale of the most powerful unknown americans in the 21

Transcripts For CSPAN2 Truman Center Conference On U S Global Leadership Foreign Policy 20240714

Room here. Great to see so many members and sponsors and our board. Thanks for joining us here and welcome to trucon 2019. [applause] i am so glad youre hear with us today and i am especially grateful to those of you who traveled a great distance to be here. Thank you. Before we get underway i want to take a moment to thank those who helped make this event and so much of this possible. Were fortunate to be supported by sponsors in the work we do and the world we seek a create. Bob abernathy, Carnegie Corporation of new york, john d and kathyrn macarthur, and others, and with em to herb to the truman for over a decade. Mr. Sandler passed away and i was happy to have met him a few weeks ago. We are not just grateful for their continued investment since 2008, but the willingness to lead by example in funding and guiding the full fight for likemined organizations. Id like to thank board members, alvin, steven bailey, jake sullivan, john finer, matt spence. Franklin templeton investment. Gu

Transcripts For CSPAN Truman Center Conference - William Burns Remarks 20240714

Mr. Burns thanks. Its great to be with you. Great to be with all of you. Mary yes, it is great to be here. So we are tasked with looking at the future of american diplomacy and Foreign Policy, but i thought i might look backwards for a moment. How did you get started in this gig . This was early 1980s, you write in your book you were offered a princely salary 21,000. Mr. Burns it seemed like a lot then. Mary yeah, it was in 1980s in washington. And what was the attraction. . Mr. Burns my dad was a career army officer, so i learned to respect Public Service through his experience, as i was growing up. Then when i was 18, just by serendipity, one of my best friends in high schools father was the ambassador of egypt, so i spent time in cairo at an very impressionable age, and that was my introduction and. And then i went to the old u. S. Embassy on groves square and took the written exam for Foreign Service ironically the same week that our colleagues were taken hostage in tehran, which s

Transcripts For CSPAN Truman Center Conference - William Burns Remarks 20240714

Thank you. Before we get underway, i want to take a moment to thank those who helped make this event and so much of our work possible. We are fortunate to be supported by a range of sponsors, who are partners, really, in the work that we do and the world that we seek to create. Thank you to our conference sponsors, bob abernathy, the Carnegie Corporation of new york, compton foundation, Craig Newmark philanthropies, the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, open society foundation, the sandler foundation, and here i just want to take a moment and recognize Herb Sandlers support to the Truman Community for over a decade. Mr. Sandler passed away just last week, and i am so glad to have met him just a few weeks ago. We are grateful not just for their continued investment in our Organization Since 2008, but for their willingness to lead by example in funding and guiding the good fight for a wide range of likeminded organizations. I would like to thank Board Members, john driscoll,

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