We are called to order, subcommittee on oversight. Thank everyone for joining us a today. We are holding this hearing virtually if you didnt realize it and compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings her House Resolution 965. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of the few procedures and help you navigate this virtual hearing. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave your camera on rather than logging out. Third, we will dispense with our practice of observing the given to roll and instead go in order of seniority for questioning, alternating between minority and majority, beginning with members of the oversight subcommittee fir
Program guide. Now we start the weekend with author and for the twomac hello and welcome everyone. I am with the event staff of politics and prose. Before we do begin we do want to go over a couple of quick items. At any point during this event you can go to the chat section which you can find below to access the link to purchase a copy of the new issue great help i would ask if anyone has any questions they would like to direct to the author you would put them into a separate q a box. That aside i would like to welcome daniel yergin. He is a highly respected authority. The bestselling author of the price. The remaking of the modern world and shattered peace. As vice chairman. He has joined tonight by susan glasser. They write the weekly column. They have served as a top editor of several washington public classifications. They went on to have the politico. She served as the editor in chief of foreignpolicy which won three national awards. And also susan will be appearing herself on th
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Interview program for guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words programs are also available as podcasts. Host we are going to get into the blood of the book for the conversation but lets start with why for a moment. What motivated you to write this, who is the intended audience and what instrumental purpose do you wish red november to serve . Guest i became interested in the leftward drift of the Democratic Party because it seems to me to be quite radical not just for the Democratic Party but for the country. I had been a democrat in my College Years and shortly thereafter and i became more conservative over time before becoming a republican joining breitbart and so forth. But even then, i maintained an empathy for kind of utopian thinking as they left guide. Im not a utopian myself, but i do think that Many Democrats with whom i disagree on policy issues and ideological issues are coming from a very good place. They want to make the world