[inaudible conversations] [inaudible] there are events that the council, we do out of duty. there are events that we do interest and there are events that the atlantic council, we do out of friendship and long years of bonding. this is all three of those. that is where the duty also grows. i have been stealing harlan s ideas for years. that s right always upsets me when he writes about because then i cannot say it was my idea it was his idea. but this is one of those harlan esque brilliant ideas. when you hear him talk about some of the most interesting ideas, and assertive, why didn t i think about that? why did i not say it that way? and so, the first paragraph, it gives you a sense of while many of us sometimes engage a little too much this does not happen to be one of his weaknesses. presidents, politicians and public have failed to grasp this simple truth. for more than a half-century, america has lost every war it has started. and you find yourself saying, that is rig
influence, blood money, body of lies and most recently, the quantum spy . this is part of our 2018 special fiction addition of in-depth . host: david ignatius, what s the premise of the quantum spy . guest: the us is locked in a new manhattan project race to build a piece of technology that is world changing, that is the quantum computer and our principal rival in that race is china. i told you as far as simply the facts, the the quantum spy is a novel that imagines characters who involve intelligencebattles , and other secrets about this world changingtechnology . principally it s the story of my hero orest chang. an officer who is asked to penetrate the chinese intelligence service and in the process learned things about himself, things about the cia, they do not how the world works that shake him to his foundation and we also see in this novel how the chinese intelligence services , not so familiar to readers as five fiction. we all feel we ve been in moscow cent
but democrats call the memo misleading and charge it is an effort to undermine the investigation in the 2016 election and the criminal probe being led by special counsel robert mueller. so today, we re getting your thoughts on the memo and the russian probe. republicans can call 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. you can also reach us on social media on twitter.com/cspanwj and on facebook at facebook.com/cspan. and that memo is topping the hit-and-miss including the washington post says the g.o.p. memo declassified on friday accused senior law enforcement officials of misleading a court in order to conduct a surveillance on a former trump campaign advisor. fueling a growing distrust between the white house and republicans on one side and the justice department and the f.b.i. on another. host: we re talking to you today, getting your reaction to the release of that memo. tommy is calling in from tennessee on our independent line. good mo
it is my pleasure to introduce this afternoon s speaker for this season s final washington history seminar. director and oxford. he received his doctorate in history from harvard university and is the author of the war ,hat brought peace to mexico world war ii and the consolidation of postrevolutionary state. published by the university of new mexico press in 2014. dr. jones is timothy had positions at harvard david rockefeller center for that american studies and the office of the historian of the state department where he co-edited the foreign relations for the united states volumes covering u.s. policy toward latin america during the next and, ford, and carter administration. onay he will be speaking crimes against securities of a nation, world war ii, the cold war, and the evolution of mexico s anti-subversion laws. mr. jones. jones: thank you very much indeed for the introduction of for all of you for being here. it s a pleasure to be back in washington. i did spend a
ferdinand and other events that led to world war i. c-span takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. puerto rico had its primary on sunday where marco rubio was the declared winner. he received more than one quarter of the vote. democrats held a caucus in maine, choosing bernie sanders. he can find the results to the primaries online at c-span or. g. announcer: this year s student can competition was one of our biggest yet. students produced documentaries using our road to the white house s theme answering the question, what issues they want the candidates to discuss? that thents told us economy, equality, education, and immigration were top issues. tune in on wednesday morning during washington journal where we will announce the winners and fan favorites. announcer: next, prime minister s questions of the british house of commons. then a look at the life and legacy of nancy reagan, who died today the age o