The Obama Administration. He spoke at the annual Aspen Institute security forum. Welcome back to the aspen security forum. Going to have a session with my friend tony blanken called foreignpolicy choices for 2021. Introduce both of our panelists. Tony doesnt need an introductionto most people for watching. We became friends and worked together long ago. President clinton at the National Security council had a very distinguished career in public service. As many of you know he was staff director for the Us Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Obama Administration and those eight years he was assistant to president obama and Principal Deputy National Security adviser. It was National Security advisor to Vice President biden and deputy secretary of state for president obama and Vice President biden. Is now senior Foreign Policy advisor to Vice President biden in the Biden Campaign and its great to have tony blanken with us and hes going to be interviewed by jerry side, executive edi
Mr. Brzezinski my book argues we havent really exploited that opportunity very well. Brian what is that opportunity . Mr. Brzezinski we havent led very well. The opportunity is to really shape a world which is more congenial to our values, more in keeping with our interests, more responsive to fundamental human aspirations. Brian lets go over your own personal background for a moment so people that see you all the time and dont know where you came from. Born in poland, major way eventually to canada. How did that happen . Mr. Brzezinski not entirely on my own. I was a small kid. My father was a diplomat. We came to america. I have been thinking about that lately because we came by boat in those days. We arrived first in new york. A family of diplomats, so it was a nice, comfortable trip. Of the first thing i saw them was the statue of liberty. That this being told is the symbol of america. I cannot help but think often these days that for so many people around the world, the symbol of
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Congress. Our phone lines are now open. We are also online. Ontwitter, you can find us http twitter. Com cspanwj, on facebook, and you can send us an email, journal cspan. Org. Journal,street reporting that the United States is to meet with iran on the situation in a dialogue that is expected to begin this week will mark the latest in a rapid move over the past year that comes as the u. S. And other world powers try to reach an agreement with iran by late july to curb their Nuclear Programs. The u. S. And iran have both publicly committed in recent days support to the iraqi Prime Minister and help the government repeal the offensive state of iraq. They have launched against baghdad and major iraqi cities in the past week. That reporting from this mornings wall street journal. Joining us to talk about the security situation there, guy taylor, who leads in National Security team at the Washington Times. Good morning. Talk to us about the latest you hearing out of iraq. The latest reports
Professor of politics and affairs at princeton and the former policy planner for obama state department. Joe sestak from pennsylvania, three star admiral for the Clinton National Security Council and former speech writer for condoleezza rice. The defining moment of tuesday nights president ial debate came between president obama and mitt romney on last months attack in benghazi, libya. The issue was seen as a slam dunk for romney, but quickly turned into a political disaster. The day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the American People and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror. I think it was interesting, the president said on the day after the attack, he went into the rose garden and said this was an act of terror. You said in the rose garden, the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. It was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you are saying . Is that what you are saying . Pleas