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War in the middle east. Tonights debate could not be in more timely. Our debaters also could not be better suited to giving us different points of view. Here below we have john yoo on the left. John, stand up. Jen was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel and the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key legal memo supporting bushs post9 11 counterterrorist policies. Then bruce, standup bruce was associate Deputy Attorney general under president reagan and a...

Given envelope, you could have a significant increase in staff with very little cost. That wasnt true with the older model. Again, i think the Standard Embassy Design taught us a lot, but i think we can improve on it. We can improve on it in meaningful ways that give us more flexibility for the long term. And mr. Green, as you respond to that question, i just want you to include from your research from your committees activities, in fact, isnt that what standard build is supposed to do, is to in...

Office. I wanted to ask a question about i used to work in the pentagon dealing with a lot of military competition issues and one of the things and concerns i think its u. S. Service members being forced out by the initiatives and event you also have other folks offered more money to go back and see and other things like that and some of the policies that have come out of that have been a little conflicting kind of sending a mixed signal. I know professor coming you mentioned about cutting the r...

Its too premature to speak about his legacy. After all yesterday we began an audit of these 8 million votes according to the deal that secretary kerry brokered last week. It will be a complicated audit and i wouldnt be surprised having gone through something similar myself with the ambassador and it may be longer than expected. And i imagine that to a certain degree question that we are going to talk about today cannot president karzais legacy will also be affected by how this election comes to ...

Palestinians. While the president has been continuously engaged in efforts to secure a comprehensive ceasefire including efforts by egypt and turkey among other concerned countries in the region and beyond, israel has , continue waging war on our people. Command, thect Occupying Forces are killing and injuring hundreds of Palestinian Civilians. The majority of children and women destroying homes and infrastructure and displacing thousands of families. Beingother disaster is inflicted, traumatizi...

President s and congress has followed, that this would lead to a paralysis of our ability to defend ourselves. All of the framers agreed about war and i dont think that is true either like bruce said. I would look at the constitutional text. I have a free copy someone gave me. I expect some place like the committee on the republic we have one. Article 1 says no state shall without the consent of congress engage in war unless actually invaded or in such eminent danger delay isnt allowed. That is ...

It is in january 2017. Their is a new president in the oval office. It is the first day on the job. You are there to advise the next president as to how to deal with the rise of an entire american non normative liberal bloc of superpowers. Speaks softly and carry a big stick. Ive wanted to just ask, and given their really awful situation that we have in dealing with this very murky sort of war against terrorists, addressing what would seem to be your tough criticisms of Homeland Security and tho...

Welcome, everyone. Tonight the committee for the e republ republic hosi republic host ing a hosting a debate on the war and it could not be better timing. Here below we have john yoo on the left. John was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Council in the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key legal memos supporting bushs post911 Counter Terrorism policies. And bruce was associate Deputy Attorney general under president reagan and also was chief policy advisor ...

Host of the National War College. The last government job you worked for the director of national intelligence. Thank you [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war was the most important decision the republic could make. War is the greatest threat to the public. War focuses power on the executive saying since the executive has more incentive to go to war the founders placed the power of going to war the congress not the executive. The founder who understood war better...

Guest thank you. My pleasure. Next, Zephyr Teachout and janine wedel discuss corruption in business. Its an hour and 20. Good evening everybody. Welcome to tonights event. Thank you so much for coming despite the noreaster storm and terrible conditions. We really appreciate and it could not have a more interesting topic or better panel to address it. There are some people who are attracted to sort of neat tiny little problems theyd like to solve, and other types of people are attracted to chroni...