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How a single treaty can have such an impact on the course of a nation's politics? As a result of this treaty, debates over trade relations, presidential elections, and other issues have spread throughout the Republic. We'll learn how the Jay Treaty has had such a significant impact on society.According to the Jay Treaty, which
Inconsistency abroad. is there change, is there enough change? when you stand on the democratic party right now one comes to foreign policy debates? >> there's a lot of change at the grassroots. a lot less in washington. and the question is whether those grassroots will create the kind of moral movement that we've seen in other moments in american history. the apartheid movement, for instance. remember, the u.s. was a very strong backer off south africa, the apartheid government of south africa for a long time. the u.s. called the african national congress a terrorist organization, for many, m...
>> they're conducting foreign policy. there is no evidence that anyone in the obama administration or that the president himself said, i would like to give you this aid, but you need to do me a favor before i give it to you. >> no, but what i'm arguing to you, don, is what republicans are going to argue tomorrow, which is that there's a lot -- they're trying to throw out a president of the united states over a brief delay in aid that was ultimately delivered when the previous administration, you know, debated for two years for some reason. and i think that's what republicans are going to argue...
Got the aid was that whatever delay there was was very short-lived compared to the fact that the obama administration didn't send javelins to ukraine for two years. and there was a lot of debate then and no one questioned the obama administration's state of mind or what their motives were for withholding lethal aid from the ukraine. that's one of their strongest points. the other is they have zelensky -- >> let me ask you -- come on, be honest. what does this have to do with obama? isn't that a shiny object? >> no. you're asking me what i think of their points. >> they're conducting foreign po...
Gets as prominent a voice as they do in these foreign policy debates. to be fair to the present, that is exactly what he is talking about in this remarks. >> heather: the truth still forgotten. we look at the media coverage. i know on the shows that we do, we will mention it one day, there is a true member killed in afghanistan, then we don't mention it because the 24-hour news cycle, we are just so quick to move from one topic to another topic, but we have troops over there still being killed. >> yes, i think that is a very valid point. obviously at media coverage, that is a much bigger story...