[cheers and applause] [inaudible conversations] host governor it is of pleasure last time i saw you was in the barn doing a a fundraiser during the president ial campaign. Governor you are an incredible person. You are a model for everybody but also women with transeventeen yearold twin daughters i want them to know what is possible that the whole world is your oyster dont let anybody hold you back you were one of the people by have watched for many years i am not trying to flatter you but tell you honestly i have respect for you because you were a of the year as governor and of the epa and all of your life senator lugar the other day working with him on the issue to rid the world of the Nuclear Weapons. I saw senator bob kerrey couple of months ago when i see these folks who are bigger than life i have to Say Something. First of all, i am very impressed by your book it is personal and insightful and very clear on the kinds of things that you think rabat m of our challenges as a countr
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, just a few words of welcome today. Im tom blanton. Im director of the National Security archive at George Washington university and honored to be one of the organizers of today. This is the day, 25 years ago, that president george h. W. Bush signed the nunnlugar legislation into law. Now, being document fetishists, we scanned the bush library for the photographs of that extraordinary moment, and none exist. There was not even a signing ceremony, which gives you a sense of the kind of mixed opinion inside the Bush Administration about this Congressional Initiative in Foreign Policy. But the judgment of history is in. The wall street journal called the nunnlugar legislation one of the most prescient pieces of legislation ever enacted. And today on the National Security archive website you can see the declassified documents showing the real danger of that time, the first ever declassified list of the 3,429 soviet Strategic Nuclear warheads that
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, just a few words of welcome today. Im tom blanton. Im director of the National Security archive at George Washington university and honored to be one of the organizers of today. This is the day, 25 years ago, that president george h. W. Bush signed the nunnlugar legislation into law. Now, being document fetishists, we scanned the bush library for the photographs of that extraordinary moment, and none exist. There was not even a signing ceremony, which gives you a sense of the kind of mixed opinion inside the Bush Administration about this Congressional Initiative in Foreign Policy. But the judgment of history is in. The wall street journal called the nunnlugar legislation one of the most prescient pieces of legislation ever enacted. And today on the National Security archive website you can see the declassified documents showing the real danger of that time, the first ever declassified list of the 3,429 soviet Strategic Nuclear warheads that
This weekend on cspan citys tour, along with our Comcast Cable partners, well explore utah. Visit moons rare books, a source priority thats been collecting rare books for over 30 years, show casing me of his great finds, an original copy of Thomas Paynes rare sense. He wanted to have the proceeds to buy the soldiers mittens. After it went through three printings, they had a falling out. And so thomas payne allowed anybody to print it. He lowered the price, said anybody can print up. Thats one of the reasons its so well known. And author of a peculiar people talks about antimormonism in the country, through their current struggles and the origins of the animosity. Latter day saints fit in that. Not only are they a religious minority but but one who over time have figured in disproportionately visible ways in the debates about religion. And on American History tv, take a tour of the brickment young museum. The cure rart talks about how the fossils are found. When you can hide the arm chu
In the atlantic, and the soviet conquest between the soviet union and moscow. They are successful pushing into west germany, and seizing iceland. The narrative centers on the u. S. Nato as they try and get more resources in order to turn back the soviet tied. Eventually, nato was able to establish a bit of a stalemate, buying enough time for reenforcements to arrive in the United States. The broad scope of the book, allowed clancy and larry bond to examine what modern war would look like and prevents the nearexhaustive look for both sides and in its appeal to reagan, is a World War Three scenario n which united stat scenario in which United States wins but not engaging in a nuclear event. The book approaches its climax and becomes clear to the soviets they cannot win consequently, hard liners attempt to bring about the use of new weapons. This muteultimately leads to a , and take control of the government, ultimately ending the war. Clancy and bond construct the narrative this way inte