Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
Is still being done. Todays talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. , longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his coauthored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. That ought to be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guests. Since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audience today. Thank you for attending, carl. And we will hear from carl soon. Molly is an associate professor of history at Washington University and received her ph. D. Degree from the university of michigan. She is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend, the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. She will also Say Something about her current book project which bu
Tom good morning everybody. Bloomberg surveillance. An extraordinary friday getting ready for october as well. Fox, mr. Ross drops a bombshell. He will take tiktok away from my children. I dont believe it, including updates. Aboutan shall i be clear what is going to happen . As of monday you wont be able to download the app. If you download the app, you wont get the updates as of monday. As of november 12, if we dont have a deal, that is when the shutdown comes into force. In plain english, that seems to be the story. Jonathan you have to tom you have to believe the chinese will respond to this whether that is the china vehicle of tiktok or the government in beijing as well. An ipo withsider ystrom of instagram leading the company. To the various point, oracle shares down in trading. This is a transaction, we dont know how to identify it. There is very little visibility. Tom the key phrase is hardline. Communication with the americans is clear. How does china react to hardline . Jonath
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