As we have a virtual frontrow seat to listen in on a fascinating discussion between our friend, talmage boston, and former secretary of state, james baker iii. As you know, secretary baker was a powerhouse in washington, d. C. , in the beltway, and literally around the globe as he served as the United States secretary of state and also further served four United States president s over the course of three decades. Secretary baker was scheduled to be our capstone speaker at the 2020 vision for leadership conference. However, he and mrs. Baker contracted covid19. Im pleased to report that they now have covid19, the illness, in their rear view mirror. Today the secretary will be interviewed by talmage boston. Talmage in his own right is a highprofile persona in texas and across the nation. He is a leading trial lawyer. He is known in our profession as what we call a goto lawyer or a super lawyer. Talmage is also a historian, and he has a special focused interest on the qualities of leader
Eight millimeter film. Of the assassination taken by abrahams upper abraham zapruder. Our guide is Martha Wagner murphy, who manages the staff that maintains the records. Martha the president john f. Kennedy assassination records collection was created because of the john f. Kennedy assassination records collections act of 1992. A short history. Since the time of the assassination, there have been numerous official investigations starting with the Warren Commission and then some congressional investigations. The Church Committee looked into it. The pike committee. And the House Select Committee on assassinations, of course. In the early 1990s, there was a movie that came out by oliver stone. At the end of the movie, he made a point of saying that all the records have been open and available. Oliver mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, my name is oliver stone. I assure you it is with pleasure and some pride i appear before the subcommittee today to urge the passage of house joint
However, he and mrs. Baker contracted covid19. Im pleased to report that they now have covid19, the illness, in their rear view mirror. Today, the secretary will be interviewed by talmage boston. Talmage in his own right is a highprofile persona in texas and across the nation. He is a leading trial lawyer. He is known in our profession as what we call a goto lawyer or a super lawyer. Talmage is also a historian, and he has a special focused interest on the qualities of leadership in the public and the private square. Recently, he authored a book in which he sat down with authors. With president ial historians to examine the qualities of leadership that have characterized various United States president s. Im also pleased to announce this is the sixth lecture in the star federalist papers lecture series. The lecture series endowed by john and marie chiles in honor of judge starr is where we can is intended as a vehicle in which we can learn more about the federalist papers and the role
Leadership during the crisis. Foreign leaders who influenced events during the cold war years as well as the continuing threat of nuclear war. The Georgia Historical Society hosted the interview and provided the video. We are here to talk about the called war at 75. It marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the cold war immediately after world war ii in 1945. You attended georgia tech. Greta van susteren graduated from emory university. Served in the coast guard. Came back to georgia, practiced law. Served in the Georgia House of representatives. You were elected to the United States senate in 1972 and served for 24 years until you left in 1996 including eight of those years as chair of the Senate Armed Services committee. Since retiring from the senate you cofounded with ted turner and know cochair the Nuclear Threat initiatives. As i mentioneder with here to talk about the events of the cold war as you experienced them. Lets start with you. The scariest moment of the cold war
Surrender of japan, in their reply, there is no qualification. President harry truman on august, 1940 five, announcing japans Unconditional Surrender following the u. S. Department of to atomic weapons, ending world war ii. Culminates with this event 75 years ago. In the midst of what is going on in the country, why is it significant to pause and never this event so long ago . Guest i do not know if it is significant, but it is interesting and that was enough for me. [laughter] significantsay was for me personally, because i, as the host of the sunday talk show, i live and breathe washingtons world today. And one of the joys about researching and writing and now talking about this book, has nothing to do with donald trump. I do not mean that either as praise or denigration. In this world that is highly polarized. A zerosum game, all of that. And it was kind of refreshing to go back to 1945, even though we were in the midst of world war ii. Because, susan, we were all on the same side.