[inaudible conversations] good evening. Ima member of the event to staff and i would like to welcome you this evening to politics and prose took a quick note before we start, now would be a great time to silence cell phones. Feel free to take flash free photography. We are here to welcome Hendrick Meijer for his new book, Arthur Vandenberg the man in the middle of the american century. When Arthur Vandenberg assumed his seat as a republican senator 1928 is outspoken opponent of the new deal and staunch isolationist. By the end of his life was not just a supporter of nato event un, but a key architect of the american postwar policy and in this comprehensive biology he changes from a politician to effective consensus builder. Is a reporter, editor and executive producer of the [inaudible] please help me welcome them both to politics and prose. Thank you for coming and thank you for that nice introduction. I am delighted to have pink with us tonight because this is a surprisingly relevant
Clintons term as secretary of state. Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats, you can call us at 202 7488000. Independence, you can dial at 202 7458002. You can also share your thoughts on social media. You can find us on twitter, the. Handle is cspanwj beer on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Or you can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. The Benghazi Committee has made headlines this week, after Kevin Mccarthy appeared on fox news, where he seemed to suggest that the work of the committee is purely political. Here is a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] what you are going to see is a conservative speaker that takes conservative congress that puts a strategy to fight and win. Let me give you one example. Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable. R inut together othe Benghazi Special committee. What are her numbers today. Co her numbers are dropping because she is on trustable. No one would have known any of that had happened host that was representative Kevin Mcca
We have a great one for you this evening. Vernon has had a relationship with the ford motor company. Going back to henry ford. Keep the mansion safe. It continually make sure that the mansion is safe from destructive fire. I would mention that this relationship to ford is crucial. They have never taken any government money. We only accept money from private patriotic people and foundations. That allows us to maintain the house for the public. It is a continual challenge going forward. He has 200 and 46,000 followers on his twitter account. Wing reportted west it was ranked as one of the most influential political twitter accounts. But, when it became all the rarage, it was like, who is running that. We are delighted to have paul here. Worked across wall street and was a foreign correspondent. He has traveled over several continents. More than george washington. He is on many boards. You is partto give of the Investment Capital group that rights to air the super and i did that by myself
Luncheon. 19, 1962. S on july this speech came one week after his second arrest in albany, georgia. His press club taught k more than a year before dr. Kings most famous i have a dream speech on the national mall. Here is how the evening will work. First, joe madison will interview mr. Booker who was a club member, who not only attended the speech in 1962, but he helped organize it. As a member of the clubs Speakers Committee. Second, joe will interview, by telephone, dr. Cb jones, dr. Jones helped write the speech. Then, we will hear four speech excerpts, in the order that dr. King said them. , and wehear his opening will hear his closing. And we have to excerpts in the middle of the speech. There will be a Panel Discussion of these first, middle, and ending section after each section. One of these middle excerpts is a video clip. Everything else is audio, but there is one video clip. This video clip is the only known video clip of this speech to exist. Film of no video or this event
Infrastructure becomes more obsolete by the day. That means the cost of doing business in america rises. Other countries those at the gap and we become less competitive. Right now, it can take 15 years to study a single project. Nothing gets going. The cost of these studies keep going up and up. To top it off, this bill was bloated with earmarks, freeforall spirit it is the worst of all rose. Republicans turned the page. We are sitting hard deadlines and cost limits for cutting out the outdated projects. There are no earmarks. These things mean breaking down barriers to the worthy products worthy projects. This is progress. When you entrust republicans with majority in the house, we pledge to do some simple things. Important things. Focus on jobs. Change the culture to make government more accountable to you. This is a great example of how we are delivering on both accounts. With so much more to do, its an example of what we can accomplish when president obama and Senate Democrats work