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Course this could not be a more important or timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd m Police Custody last month we have seen National Wide unrest weve seen protests on only here in america but internationally. We have also seen a certain narrative take hold. It starts with the assumption that the only way to properly view george floyd is through a racial lens. In fact all encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly viewed this way. I...

The cia came back to him and his publisher and said theres 339 passages here you have to delete because they are revealing National Security information. They went to court, they fought over, cia cut that number from 339 down to 168. In that the end of the day, 30. The publisher put out the book with white spaces for the 30, bold face for the 160 they caved on, and italic for the other. So theres an object lesson how subjective this can be. Thats the formal start of a review board process inside...

Delete because they are revealing National Security information. They went to court and cut that over and cia cut to 339 to 168 and at the end of the day 30 publicker put outed publisher put bold space and so much of this can be. That was process inside the intelligences community. He did go through review process. Right, the case that went to the Supreme Court was about a guy named frank who did not thats what its referring to in bolton case. Bolton is risking losing. In 1980 the Supreme Court ...

rejecting a special master. a filing that included this, a striking photo of highly classified documents found at mar-a-lago. among trumps arguments, an admission that there were classified documents there. but that was to be expected among presidential records. no big deal. and should not have triggered an fbi search. joining us now, legal analyst loni coombs. so nice to see you. thanks for getting up our staying up late for us. so lawyers for the former president, they are,ing that i...

Gentlemen. I am glad to take your questions. This you think that at point, our force levels in vietnam will begin to level off . Or do you think more troops may be needed in the future. Consideredpreviously and approved the recommendation of joint chiefs of staff for our force level. General discussed with me, and he anticipates no increase in that level. We are getting close to the end of your fourth year in office. You are being subjected to a regular personal criticism, young am senator preac...

This wont get her in trouble, but it is because of her and two other republican senators that his first congressional session was remarkably historic. He wanted to do more. This good woman presiding over the senate said no. Enough is enough. And we had to retract some of the things we wanted to do. It was hard. But i do say this. It would not have happened but for the presiding officer. President saved the country from economic collapse, ushering in a new era of growth. In 2010, the economic rec...

Ofbegan cooperative storage soviet nuclear and chemical weapons. Lugarnn and richard marked the anniversary in the Kennedy Cochran room. Nationalsted by the security archive, the carnegie endowment, and other initiatives. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, a few words of welcome. I am the director of the National Security archive and i am honored to be an organizer of today. This is the day that president bush signed the nunnlugar legislation into law. Document fetishists, we scoured th...

Of cooperative storage, dismantling and destruction of soviet nuclear and chemical weapons. Next, former senators sam nunn and Richard Lugar mark the 25th anniversary of the initiative in the historic county caucus room on capitol hill. This one hour and 15 minute discussion and awards ceremony was cohosted by the National Security archive. The Carnegie Corporation, the Carnegie Endowment and the Nuclear Threat initiative. Ladies and gentlemen, i am honored to be one of the organizers of today. ...

Dismantling, destruction of soviet nuclear and chemical weapons. Next, former senators sam nunn and Richard Lugar marked the 25th anniversary of the initiative in the historic kennedy caucus room on capitol hill. Hopehour and 15 minute discussion and Award Ceremony was hosted by the National Security archive, the Carnegie Endowment, and the Nuclear Threat initiative. Thomas blanton ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, just a few words of welcome today. I am tom blanton, i am director of t...

Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, just a few words of welcome today. Im tom blanton. Im director of the National Security archive at George Washington university and honored to be one of the organizers of today. This is the day, 25 years ago, that president george h. W. Bush signed the nunnlugar legislation into law. Now, being document fetishists, we scanned the bush library for the photographs of that extraordinary moment, and none exist. There was not even a signing ceremony, which ...