He is the great survivor of the years of tory turmoil. Appointed by borisjohnson, promoted by Liz Truss and kept on by Rishi Sunak. Hes now in the final four candidates to become the next leader of the Conservative Party. All of them will make their case before conservative activists and members at the tory conference in a couple of weeks time. James cleverly, welcome to political thinking. Cheers, nick. This the first time weve spoken since that Election Day . How does it feel to go from having one of those Great Offices Of State and all that comes with it, the red boxes and the chauffeured cars and the security and all the rest . Suddenly its gone. So its not that paraphernalia that you miss. Its the being able to do stuff. And particularly in the portfolios ive held, foreign Secretary And Home secretary, theyre both very much in the news at the moment. The situation with ukraine, the decisions around the uks posture, how we further support the ukrainians in their self defence. Weve
Covid19 pandemic and Vanderbilt Universitys william shatner, professor of Infectious Diseases in Public Health policy. Join the conversation tonight at 8 00 pm eastern on cspan. I am tony clark, you are here, a special night for us, the book itself is perfect, and what we have a carter president ial library, talks about congress and the president and how they Work Together even when they dont necessarily agree on things. What president carter after congressman brooks and one of the things the president said is he was a new president , one congressman who disagreed with me, im the president of the united states, that is no big deal and found out that one congressman was jack brooks. President s Work Together and it is time that we hear that message about how they Work Together. We are especially pleased tonight to have congressman jack brookss son jeb, he has worked in the financial industry and all 5 companies for more than three decades. He started his career, on the International Sec
That president carter gave in naming a building in texas after congressman brooks. In one of the things that the president said at the time was he is a new president , thought well if i just have one congressman that disagrees with me, i am the president of the united states. That is no big deal. And they found out that that one congressman was jack brooks. [laughter]. And that was a big deal. It talks about how president and Congress Work together and i think at this time, it is very important that we hear that message about how they work together. Pleasedspecially tonight to ask congressman jack brooks son, jeff and his work in hethe financial industry and all size companies for more than three decades. He started his career at citibank until one and rose to Vice President of citigroups International Securities and then he is currently the managing partner of pinewood trading fund. And he is the chairman of the Jack Brooks Foundation which provided wonderful reception for nus tonight
I am Ellen Alan Clark and i am the Library Director for the American Revolution institute and it is my special pleasure to welcome you and to introduce our speaker, dr. Christy pichichero. She is the associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view doctor pecker row will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as rochambeau, consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their enterprises. Their experiences had a profound impact on their politics and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by Cornell University press in 2017. She
Published in 2017. He has a bachelor of arts in comparative literature from princeton. A bachelor of music in opera from the Eastman School of music, and a ph. D from stanford university. She has been a member of the George Mason University facility since 2011 and i just learned this evening she has recently been elected. In thinking about the subject, french memories of the war far america, were encouraged to contemplate experiences from the u. S. War for independence from multiple perspectives in time. There is a time that french officers recorded in their memoirs, but in writing memmemo, there is also looking back into the past to recollect whether it be hours, days, or years later. It is likely that he wrote them in part after his military degr career had come to a close. Memory and magic have a role here. We that look forward to it being significance and influence in france. The latter line of inquiry has been of particular interest of historians that long sought to trace the infl