Oklahoma, an awardwinning journalist and the author of multiple books, this being the most recent. For two decades in the school of journalism, more recently in the school of international and public affairs. Before we begin, let me thank the Madison Public Library, Madison Public Library foundation. All the sponsors who contributed to making this a successful event and the director of the book festival who organized this celebration of books and authors over the four day weekend. On behalf of the Madison Institute i want to thank the w foundation, charitable arm of the Capital Times and many individual donors of Madison Institute who help our efforts to support and illuminate issues of public policy. Ann nelson will cast light on how the council for International Policy which was created in 1981 is worked for four decades to channel money and people to influence the outcome of our elections and public policy. The book is been praised by a number of individuals including nancy mclean w
Are here in the room and all of you watching at home at cspan book tv, we are delight today start the third day of this years fourth day celebration, today we will do 32 events, i hope you are all staying all day. [laughter] we couldnt be more delighted, thank you for making more time in the morning and check out schedule and come back for more things tomorrow, we will star today, how we win, shes in conversation with hannah and i will send you over to them. [applause] okay, what have i dont . Anyone who knows me, technology is not my friend. [laughter] hi, welcome to madison. Thank you. Let me just tell you a little bit about sarah, her bio is on the website, its in your information and its on the book that you all will be buying many copies of. [laughter] but sarah is a very incrediblable woman, she was getting ready to leave after president bush the second and getting ready to go until Hillary Clinton brought her in the office and said, talk to me about what youre doing and she said
cheribesaley won. madison cawthorn taken down by his party not for bringing guns on planes or calling ukraine evil or making hitler s home part of his vacation bucket list or alleged misconduct, no, no, but rather for snitching on the alleged republican cocaine orgies. we begin in pennsylvania with a reminder of how elections work. now, you see there are many different ways to vote. there is early voting and voting on election day and filling out mail-y ballots. anyone can vote by mail in pennsylvania but they cannot be counted until election day. that s why in 2020 it took a few days past election day for joe biden to be declared the winner. and the lead can change as you count more and later tallied votes. nothing nefarious about that. and yet donald trump and republicans used that perfectly normal process and its completely routine delays to cry voter fraud and stolen election which led to trump s lawyer rudy giuliani winding up holding that embarrassing press conference a
Only a few days since pompeo flew to demand answers. What they are telling us and releasing publicly they arrested 18 individuals connected to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Majority of the people were the same ones caught on c. C. T. V. Entering the consulate and leaving afterwards. What they say happened inside was a fight. The discussion between khashoggi and the people who met him at the consulate led to a fight and a clash with hands led to the death. That line with hands is important because the leaks from turkey said dismemberment and pulling off a finger. So saudi arabia trying to distance itself from the gruesome nature of the story we have been hearing. Among 18 arrested. Among them is a man called general alassiri who trained in the u. S. And the u. K. He was the former spokesman for the saudiled war in yemen. A major figure in the saudi intelligence. Alongside him is a senior aide to crown Prince Mohammed bin salman. But that is as far as it goes. The royal family deny invo
Only a few days after secretary pompeo flew to riyadh and demanded answers. What they are telling us and releasing publicly they arrested 18 individuals connected to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Majority of the people were the same ones caught on c. C. T. V. Entering the consulate and leaving afterwards. What they say happened inside was a fight. I will redo some of the statement. The discussion between khashoggi and the people who met him at the consulate led to a fight and a clash with hands led to the death. That line with hands is important because the leaks from turkey said dismemberment and pulling off a finger. So saudi arabia trying to distance itself from the gruesome nature of the story we have been hearing. Among the 18 who have been arrested, five highranking figures. This is crucial, among them is a man called general alassiri who trained in the u. S. And the u. K. He was the former spokesman for the saudiled war in yemen. A major figure in the saudi intelligence. Alongs