This is about an hour. Good evening, thank you veryanke much for coming. Its always as somewhat an artificial situation of two people who know each other we well. Husband and wanifed, i suppose. Fall to the category to do an interview in public like this. Ould i ask a question ibreakfasa ask over the breakfast table. An on the other hand, one doesntr normally discuss Japanese Naval strategy over the breakfast subl y to discuss it a little bit further. And one of the things that i find most interesting about the book, and revealing and possibly for many readers in this country also is that it tackles a myth about pearl harbor. And one of the myths is which was, of course, very much encouraged in the postwar period not only the japanese themselves but the American Administration is that japan had been hijacked by the militarist and the civilians really were not to blame for what happened. It it was a kind of militarist cue, and the japanese people ab and the emperor himself were really s
Carolinas, and saying, as a conservative republican this has to happen have to have a fair fight. Our argument is that our job is to say, look, we can have honest differences on all sorts of fundamental issues but we ought to have a politics that works in this country and isnt just about big money, and during the shutdown fight issue thought republicans, members of Congress Talking about bailouts for corporations and complaining about this maybe there was some cynicism there. Im not sure. I will tell you i think theres an immense amount of space and we have not begun to occupy that space. We have not begun to make those demands for the structural changes. Its time to do that. Its time to say that a conservative republican and a liberal democrat, ought to be able to agree that everyone should be able to vote, that our elections should have meaning, and that the vote ought to matter more than the dollar. Im delighted, if thats the framework of the debate, ill debate anyone on that issue.
Sister simone campbell, her book is, a nun on the bus. All next on cspan2s booktv. Up next on booktv, said, a former highoffering member of Irans National Security council, talks about the conflict between iran and the United States over the past decades and suggests way for the two countries to improve their relationship. This is 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] we have a prime seat in at the front row if i could induce someone to come on up. Good evening and welcome. Im the Senior Adviser for externallls and im happy to welcome you to this distinguished author series event. Featuring said mew an insiders view on the failed past and the road to peace. He is indeed a verified insider, when it comes to such critical things as the government of the Islamic Republic of iran, irans disputed Nuclear Program is continually conflicted relationship with the United States, and his own close, personal association over the years with the two principals on the iranian side in the Current Nucl
Years ago today out of curiosity november 4, 1913 the United States was preparing to muster 500,000 troops and year up for war against a major power. President wilson had just given an ultimatum to that nations head of state but we did not go to war. At least not then. That major power was on the side of the atlantic. It was mexico. And the general was the great menace of that moment. So i found this on the front page where else, the new york times. The next 17 pages of that days paper there was not a single mention of europe. Whether there was any menace in europe whereas our two featured authors today have masterfully chronicled very currently the seeds of a rural world war would that were already germinating. The second balkan war had just concluded to set the stage of that in europe is building a favre rotter and more deadly confrontation. To examine all these routes is my pleasure to welcome margaret at his lead up to the conflict in her new the war that ended peace as she was des
The seven. Coupon going. Im happy that all three of you are here in front of us tonight. So i know that your family and your friends really miss you unsupported your lot while you were in iran and send your letters and cards and pictures of the will times. Sometimes the mothers of ready several times a day. So i just wanted to know how often you actually got these letters. Were they censored . Did you get some and piles . Did you ever get them . What was that experience like . Is today we spoke at a different venue. And i saw somebody who wrote a letter to me. She rode it. I remember the day and got it. I can tell you exactly what was on it. I could do that for the other 50. When i got them i was shaking the letters at the sky, reading, laughing, crying. It was like the world busted open. End but that was from friends and family, extended family. After that it was only from immediate family. And it wasnt regular. Once a month, once every two months. It was hard to ever know. We would a