At the newseum, you and your team have been charged with telling the story of the news media in society. We will talk today about news media and president s. When you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint, what has characterized the relationship between president s and the press throughout our history . Patty it is an interesting courtship, the relationship between the president s and the press. Early on during the campaign, the candidates want to woo the press. They want to put on the best face and they know the power of the press to get their message outside. But when i get in office and the confetti is down in the celebration is over and the , reality of governing comes in, and they realize that the role of the press is to be a watchdog, to be the peoples watchdog on government, to see how are they doing the job that they are doing. To be a check and balance on the president. Few president s enjoy being criticized. That is often the role of the press. So that relatio
National Defense Authorization measure and north korea in the Washington Post afghanistan investigation. Good morning happy holidays. The chairman and i wanted to take this opportunity to meet with you all once more prior to the end of the year. I want to start by thanking congress for passing the national Defense Authorization act paid we appreciate the strong demonstration of support from the house and from the senate. This legislation is a big step forward. This will enable the department to it that to some powers, and i look forward to the signing of this into lot later today. Importantly, this authorization establishes the establishment of the space force. I want to think the president for the leadership of this historic initiative. The last time we developed a new branch of the military it was over 70 years ago when we separated the air corps from the army in 19 40 seven, creating the United States air force. Back then we saw how power had expanded during world war ii and we reco
Breakfast at st. Anthem chej in manchester, new hampshire, live over on cspan 2. You can watch online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, a discussion on the political situation in afghanistan, and the role that taliban and other power brokers like the u. S. , china, russia and pakistan may play in future peace arrangements. From the Brookings Institution earlier this week, this is just over an hour and a half. Welcome. Im mike owe han lon briefly playing the role of mc to say hello and welcome you before i hand it over to tom bowman. Tom is a very distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Thrilled that he would join us. He spent time in the field in afghanistan, embedded with u. S. Combat units and other parts of the broader effort there that no of course is approaching the end of its second decade. Before i hand the baton to him ill introduce laura miller, who was the acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan at the state department, ha
The Brookings Institute posted this discussion. Hosted this discussion. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to our moderator. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to tom our moderator. Tom is a distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Really thrilled he would join us. He spent a lot of time in the field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units in other parts of the broader effort there that is now approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and before i hand the baton to him, ill just introduce my copanelist, or miller, the acting laura miller. She has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently, where she recently completed a 200 page study on in afghanistan Peace Agreement, written as a sort of a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could consider because even though we are awa
The Brookings Institute posted this discussion. Hosted this discussion. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to our moderator. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to tom our moderator. Tom is a distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Really thrilled he would join us. He spent a lot of time in the field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units in other parts of the broader effort there that is now approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and before i hand the baton to him, ill just introduce my copanelist, or miller, the acting laura miller. She has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently, where she recently completed a 200 page study on in afghanistan Peace Agreement, written as a sort of a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could consider because even though we are awa