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i'm director of the global europe program here at wilson and we are focused often how europe is addressing the global challenges we face today. among those challenges is the threat to europe's security architecture and the organization for security and cooperation in europe is a fundamental part of that. the 57 state that is participate in ofce rotates the chairmanship of the organization annually and malta hosts the role this year s which is why we are so delight today welcome malta's foreign minister. foreign minister borg has been a member in parliament since 2013. he became minister for foreign and european affairs for trade in march of 22. we are also delight today welcome malta's ambassador to the united states and his wife to the wilson center today. thank you for making this event possible in the minister's busy schedule. also joining us today is a true expert on the ofce, ambassador david johnson. ninety-eight -- 2001 and went on to be court nadir of afghanistan and international narcotics law enforcement person so here's how this is going to go. i went to edit over and we will ti
i'm director of the global europe program here at wilson and we are focused often how europe is addressing the global challenges we face today. among those challenges is the threat to europe's security architecture and the organization for security and cooperation in europe is a fundamental part of that. the 57 state that is participate in ofce rotates the chairmanship of the organization annually and malta hosts the role this year s which is why we are so delight today welcome malta's foreign...
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for his involvement with europe he has about him sort of the perfume of a foreign court in some way and there's some discussion as to whether his account books for example were always held to the highest while he was in france. stacey schiff is the author of this book. it's called a great improviser, and she is also contributor to the state department's americas collection. we appreciate you joining us here in the franklin room at state department i. all right. well, what you doing away back there? come on up here. that's better. i'm glad you dropped by. i've got a little story i think you'll like. it's about a four legged friend of mine. no, i don't mean to have her back there. this happened a while back in the beautiful capital mountain country of new mexico on the lincoln national forest. it was my time on the carpet and ryan hot, but still nice and peaceful. all the animals in the forest were having a grand old time on the sunshine of spring. there was one little three month old brother in particular who didn't have a care in the world. he was spending his time having fun at all. a
for his involvement with europe he has about him sort of the perfume of a foreign court in some way and there's some discussion as to whether his account books for example were always held to the highest while he was in france. stacey schiff is the author of this book. it's called a great improviser, and she is also contributor to the state department's americas collection. we appreciate you joining us here in the franklin room at state department i. all right. well, what you doing away back...
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no other american has this much familiarity with europe in. incongruous he can be viewed with suspicion for that very reason. he's a little too worldly. he's a little too european. then by the time he comes back from france, he's almost a little too french. in france, however, he's practically a walking statue. liberty. he is the ideal man because he has himself, as they see at the tamer of lightning, the man who has somehow found out the secrets of the heavens and has has bottled electricity. so in this role, they see him as a sort of backwoods philosopher and a great man of science, and he is the celebrity to beat all celebrities when arrives in france to the point where he can barely walk through the streets without being accosted mobs. we have a statue of the marquis de lafayette here in washington. is there a benjamin franklin statue in paris? there is? a huge statue of benjamin franklin in paris. and there's avenue. benjamin franklin in paris. there's not an avenue franklin in london. what, if any, did ben franklin play in creating the u
no other american has this much familiarity with europe in. incongruous he can be viewed with suspicion for that very reason. he's a little too worldly. he's a little too european. then by the time he comes back from france, he's almost a little too french. in france, however, he's practically a walking statue. liberty. he is the ideal man because he has himself, as they see at the tamer of lightning, the man who has somehow found out the secrets of the heavens and has has bottled electricity....
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europe has stepped up big time, keep finding ways to do more. you read daily in the newspapers about european leader wondering whether the united states congress is going to step up, and they've tried to fill in the vacuum while we dither here waiting to make a decision on more help for ukraine. the czechs and the estonians led two efforts to patch the gap left by the united states while congress dithers on this issue. but the czechs and estonians do not have the military industrial base that we do, so they cannot do it all. opponents of ukraine aid started talking down our industrial base ability to produce everything needed to stop russian aggression while also preparing for china, which may just follow russia's example against taiwan if russia is successful in ukraine. these people argue that ukraine can't win, so we should cut our losses and worry about china. i disagree. the fact is russia has lost much of its experienced military and advanced equipment. russia does have a vast population and has put its economy on full war footing, so it h
europe has stepped up big time, keep finding ways to do more. you read daily in the newspapers about european leader wondering whether the united states congress is going to step up, and they've tried to fill in the vacuum while we dither here waiting to make a decision on more help for ukraine. the czechs and the estonians led two efforts to patch the gap left by the united states while congress dithers on this issue. but the czechs and estonians do not have the military industrial base that...
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he's on a trip to, europe, where he's trying to build support. and his conclusion is that optimism is an order because day by day, democracy is proving itself to be a not at all fragile, all pile up, a fragile flower. his goal was to preserve freedom as as well as peace, and he predicted it may not be easy to see, but i believe we live now at a turning point, a conclusion that almost everyone thought was wrong, but that was totally right. but reagan also spoke to another audience. reagan was speaking indirectly to the soviets because he knew that they were listening. one message he had for the soviets is he's telling them that he recognizes and they in their hearts know that the soviet system simply work. he says, we are witnessing today at great crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic are conflicting directly with those of the political order. and he concluded, it is soviet union that runs against the tide of history almost no one thought that was true then, but we now know that it was entirely from the analysis of soviet economic dat
he's on a trip to, europe, where he's trying to build support. and his conclusion is that optimism is an order because day by day, democracy is proving itself to be a not at all fragile, all pile up, a fragile flower. his goal was to preserve freedom as as well as peace, and he predicted it may not be easy to see, but i believe we live now at a turning point, a conclusion that almost everyone thought was wrong, but that was totally right. but reagan also spoke to another audience. reagan was...
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europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none or a very remote relation. hence, she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. if we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? why, by i
europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none or a very remote relation. hence, she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. if...
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here's what's happening in europe as i speak. you have russia, who has launched an effort to destroy ukraine -- not just the crimea, but to take kyiv and turn it into a part of russia, ukraine, a sovereign nation that gave up 1,700 nuclear weapons they had in their possession after the end of the cold war -- the budapest memorandum in the mid-1990's -- the ukrainians gave up 1, 00 nuclear weapons with the assurance their sovereignty would be protected. so what do we have now? we have a situation where for the second time russia has invaded ukraine. they did it in 2014. we had some kind of peace agreement. didn't hold. why? because putin wants all of ukraine. i'll talk about that in a moment. he wants more than just ukraine. he wants to reconstruct the russian empire, the old soviet union. listen to him, not me. i'll talk about that in a moment. go back in time to the 1930's. if you could go back to time and you could talk to the leaders of -- in the 1930's knowing what you know now, what would you tell them? you should stop hitle
here's what's happening in europe as i speak. you have russia, who has launched an effort to destroy ukraine -- not just the crimea, but to take kyiv and turn it into a part of russia, ukraine, a sovereign nation that gave up 1,700 nuclear weapons they had in their possession after the end of the cold war -- the budapest memorandum in the mid-1990's -- the ukrainians gave up 1, 00 nuclear weapons with the assurance their sovereignty would be protected. so what do we have now? we have a...
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but lincoln had a secret commission that he sent over to europe, and i think bishop mcilvaine of ohio was dispatched to england there own read, i believe, to france. no, he was to france used to france and, thurlow wrote. i'm not sure where was assigned to. i don't know if they were effective. but the timing of the trench affair suggests that maybe they were. as far as some softening going on, anything you can say about that? yeah, i do deal with it in the book. hughes, who is a democrat, you know, although a church leader, he's still very enthusiastic backer of the 69th regiment. he blesses the cannon and all that stuff. seward is the one, i think initiates this plan as a long time friend of hughes's, and that is to send the archbishop to france to mollify about and to prevent their recognizing the confederacy. so if you read the memoirs of archbishop, he was really effective. i mean, he also visited rome and spoke to italians, he visited ireland, he spoke to the irish. he was not well at the time. he was arthritic. he was he had gout. and when he came home, he was kind of on his las
but lincoln had a secret commission that he sent over to europe, and i think bishop mcilvaine of ohio was dispatched to england there own read, i believe, to france. no, he was to france used to france and, thurlow wrote. i'm not sure where was assigned to. i don't know if they were effective. but the timing of the trench affair suggests that maybe they were. as far as some softening going on, anything you can say about that? yeah, i do deal with it in the book. hughes, who is a democrat, you...
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no other american has this much familiarity with europe in. incongruous he can be viewed with suspicion for that very reason. he's a little too worldly. he's a little too european. then by the time he comes back from france, he's almost a little too french. in france, however, he's practically a walking statue. liberty. he is the ideal man because he has himself, as they see at the tamer of lightning, the man who has somehow found out the secrets of the heavens and has has bottled electricity. so in this role, they see him as a sort of backwoods philosopher and a great man of science, and he is the celebrity to beat all celebrities when arrives in france to the point where he can barely walk through the streets without being accosted mobs. we have a statue of the marquis de lafayette here in washington. is there a benjamin franklin statue in paris? there is? a huge statue of benjamin franklin in paris. and there's avenue. benjamin franklin in paris. there's not an avenue franklin in london. what, if any, did ben franklin play in creating the u
no other american has this much familiarity with europe in. incongruous he can be viewed with suspicion for that very reason. he's a little too worldly. he's a little too european. then by the time he comes back from france, he's almost a little too french. in france, however, he's practically a walking statue. liberty. he is the ideal man because he has himself, as they see at the tamer of lightning, the man who has somehow found out the secrets of the heavens and has has bottled electricity....
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but all of this exciting science was happening in europe. the best scientific research being carried out in germany and france and england. einstein then was living in switzerland when he came up. the theory of relativity, a america is a backwater at that time. we do not care about science. we spend very little on it the us nationwide at this has only for industrial research labs that would become over a thousand after world war one when we rely i'm sorry world war two when we realize that the science stuff is maybe kind important for society. but before the war the u.s. is just not really on the scientific stage. what oppenheimer can be credited with is he goes to and almost single handedly brings the study of quantum physics back to america because without quantum physics we don't get an atomic bomb. but if we turn away from science for a minute and start at oppenheimer's life, maybe you know, a minute ago i said he was born in the place, but maybe he actually was born in the right because he's born in new york city to an extreme, supremel
but all of this exciting science was happening in europe. the best scientific research being carried out in germany and france and england. einstein then was living in switzerland when he came up. the theory of relativity, a america is a backwater at that time. we do not care about science. we spend very little on it the us nationwide at this has only for industrial research labs that would become over a thousand after world war one when we rely i'm sorry world war two when we realize that the...
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that is the size of all of western europe where movement is not super easy. you've got many different people, many different, you know, essentially ethnic groups that you have to manage and build coalitions with how what exactly is going on how do we get to that point. so as i mentioned there's the mutiny and then lumumba in the united nations. right. and sends a telegram to dag hammarskjold, the secretary. before we get to the mutiny, let's talk. how does mumbai become prime minister? oh, me? yeah. so in his political party, the congolese national movement is unique in that it's actually promoting a unitary nationalist government and not this or that. ethnic groups, you know, interests. and i think that becomes reason for that, as lumumba himself was from very small ethnic group, the bata tailor. and so it wouldn't have been a winning political strategy for him to advocate on behalf of his own people. and also, he had traveled widely across congo and been sort of rootless within the borders, the colony, and therefore, i think had much more of a national iden
that is the size of all of western europe where movement is not super easy. you've got many different people, many different, you know, essentially ethnic groups that you have to manage and build coalitions with how what exactly is going on how do we get to that point. so as i mentioned there's the mutiny and then lumumba in the united nations. right. and sends a telegram to dag hammarskjold, the secretary. before we get to the mutiny, let's talk. how does mumbai become prime minister? oh, me?...
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he lincoln didn't care if jefferson escapes to europe. lincoln said, if we punish him all this war will last another hundred years. and i said, so i think lincoln would have played this scene with great intensity and passion. it would have been an intellectual conversation, he would have resisted stanton and said, we can't punish him. we have to. we are not the country and not kill them, not execute them. and we not the country. and so in the end, that's how the actors and the director decided to play that scene. so it's very thrilling to me. did you did you get consulted not just on how to play the scenes, but things like clothing and and what was the room? how much detail were you consulted on? well, the sets were fantastic. the best set was a recreation of the entire war department office and the team used a 60,000 square foot soundstage in savannah down to the telegraph keys to the telegraph wires to burn cigars in the ashtrays. anyway, if lincoln or sam had walked into that room, they thought they would have thought they would be mag
he lincoln didn't care if jefferson escapes to europe. lincoln said, if we punish him all this war will last another hundred years. and i said, so i think lincoln would have played this scene with great intensity and passion. it would have been an intellectual conversation, he would have resisted stanton and said, we can't punish him. we have to. we are not the country and not kill them, not execute them. and we not the country. and so in the end, that's how the actors and the director decided...
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he's to take over europe, asia, africa, australia, the high seas. of course, churchill's blowing in here. this is where it's headed. if you don't enter, who knows where hitler's going to go. and when he takes over everything else, he'll surely come after the united states. so here was where roosevelt calmly but surely talked people out of their isolationism so on one radio chat he said this is not a conversation about it's a conversation about national. let's talk about the need national security another one he's saying we see what hitler's doing. we see it. we know the power warfare in this war. we see he's headed toward getting a foothold that would allow him attack the united states. if we don't him now and people you know he's right. you know he's right. this is this is a a type of that we cannot ignore. we be isolationist and this kind of problem. and so by the time pearl harbor hit, of course, everybody was ready to jump on board and let's go get them. and he started up war machine and thereby wiped out depression finally. and so for him to an
he's to take over europe, asia, africa, australia, the high seas. of course, churchill's blowing in here. this is where it's headed. if you don't enter, who knows where hitler's going to go. and when he takes over everything else, he'll surely come after the united states. so here was where roosevelt calmly but surely talked people out of their isolationism so on one radio chat he said this is not a conversation about it's a conversation about national. let's talk about the need national...
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and of course it is in germany that a utterly anti-semitic regime, europe comes to power. there are many in other parts of europe, but they don't set up a dictatorship to the extent that hitler did. ladies and gentlemen dr. alexandra richie, dr. thank. and thanks for joining us for congress investigates and american history tv series looking back at significant congressional investigations. this week the topic is waste, fraud and inefficiency in defense production. during world war two. well, it was in the 1940s that then-senator harry truman led a committee that traveled the country examining military sites and how the public's money was being spent. it became known as the truman committee and was said to have saved many dollars and lives and may even have shortened the war. joining us is steve drummond. he's with national public radio and he's the author of this book, the watchdog how the truman committee battled corruption and helped win world war two. mr. drummond, thanks for being with us. what's the genesis of the truman committee? hi, peter. thanks. happy to be here
and of course it is in germany that a utterly anti-semitic regime, europe comes to power. there are many in other parts of europe, but they don't set up a dictatorship to the extent that hitler did. ladies and gentlemen dr. alexandra richie, dr. thank. and thanks for joining us for congress investigates and american history tv series looking back at significant congressional investigations. this week the topic is waste, fraud and inefficiency in defense production. during world war two. well,...
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and guide for the us army he's eventually adopted by william clark and raised in saint and sent to europe for many years. he like half a dozen languages. he's a quite remarkable figure in his own right, this kind of famous mother. so, so yeah. but we can't that right. but but there she is part of this corps of discovery and as i said, a huge part of it and one reason having a baby and woman along with you for most of your expedition is probably a pretty good idea is that it you a pretty reasonable way to hold up your hands and say, hey, don't shoot. you know, when you run into a new indigenous nation, you say we come in peace, we have a woman and a baby with us. we're not here to do you any ha and so sacagawea and baptiste also become very helpful in terms of the diplomatic mission of the corps of discovery as they go out into the west. and so they believed, again, have you met an that they could simply go out to all these indigenous nations and say, we're here now, we're in charge? the the president of united states is now your great father in washington. you are his children. and you mu
and guide for the us army he's eventually adopted by william clark and raised in saint and sent to europe for many years. he like half a dozen languages. he's a quite remarkable figure in his own right, this kind of famous mother. so, so yeah. but we can't that right. but but there she is part of this corps of discovery and as i said, a huge part of it and one reason having a baby and woman along with you for most of your expedition is probably a pretty good idea is that it you a pretty...
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underneath it's it's written in the animal artist studio people took note one particular artist in europe saw that picture this is kelly's probably most famous sketch it's called the gilli boy. and usually you know, this was the day in illustrate newspapers they couldn't reprint photography. the artist still had draw the picture and then the engraver had to take the painting and make an engraving. this caused the engraver was named timothy cole actually. and when it was published inscribed ners, it really created a sensation and kelly was called by the art critics and all their papers were called kelly the founder of the new school of wood engraving. and, you know, it really had motion to it. there was motion in the sky, there's motion in the in the ground, the leaves that there was the grass. everything moved. and it was one particular artist who saw. and he was so struck by he wrote a letter to his brother, i will read to what he said. let's go back to the this artist was writing on september 11th, 1882 and quote recently i've also been drawing on the street. i would like to have a hors
underneath it's it's written in the animal artist studio people took note one particular artist in europe saw that picture this is kelly's probably most famous sketch it's called the gilli boy. and usually you know, this was the day in illustrate newspapers they couldn't reprint photography. the artist still had draw the picture and then the engraver had to take the painting and make an engraving. this caused the engraver was named timothy cole actually. and when it was published inscribed...
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lester holt said you haven't been to the border, she sort of laughed and said well i haven't been to europe either. while investigating that story, it turns out that she had been -- received media training including an answer on that question, why haven't you been to the border and she apparently forgot or did not want to use the prepared talking points she was given by the administering. she fell flat in that interview. certainly republicans made a great deal of that interview, pointing to her as someone who is not serious about the issue. host: steve in florida, democratic caller. steve in florida, democratic caller. you are up. caller: yes, yes, sir. i wanted to make a point of the difference between kamala harris and joe -- donald trump and mike pence. kamala harris is an intellectual elephant and donald trump and mike pence are fleas. host: what about her intellect? guest: i think she has plenty of intellect. she's served as attorney general and she did a very good job representing californians in the senate. i think that when it came to runng her own presidential campaign in 2020 duri
lester holt said you haven't been to the border, she sort of laughed and said well i haven't been to europe either. while investigating that story, it turns out that she had been -- received media training including an answer on that question, why haven't you been to the border and she apparently forgot or did not want to use the prepared talking points she was given by the administering. she fell flat in that interview. certainly republicans made a great deal of that interview, pointing to her...
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so he did what most europe and armies did during times of inclement weather. they went into winter quarters on december 1776. general, how established 17 separate control movements across eastern new jersey are the areas closest to the americans and. for reference, this is trenton in the middle of the map and this area that was closest to the americans who were along the shores of the delaware were commanded by a hessian named colonel carl von donner. he has his troops, the burlington and border town. and then one of his subordinates was a gentleman named colonel johann rawl, who commanded a brigade trenton proper. as the hessians settled into their winter quarters. washington began to gather what forces he could while seeking intelligence to an important stroke against the enemy in washington knew again he had to seize the initiative. otherwise the war may be lost. but he had three preconditions he wanted to meet before he could act. the first was that consolidation of forces. and not only did he have the associated z marines come upriver from philadelphia, w
so he did what most europe and armies did during times of inclement weather. they went into winter quarters on december 1776. general, how established 17 separate control movements across eastern new jersey are the areas closest to the americans and. for reference, this is trenton in the middle of the map and this area that was closest to the americans who were along the shores of the delaware were commanded by a hessian named colonel carl von donner. he has his troops, the burlington and...
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military weapons are already in europe right now that they need to support ukraine. >> what you think i would do if you were to put that? the same amount of money i'm assuming, what would that do? without get him to stop his aggression? >> it would be the european nations 90% of their military going against russia, not 10% of the military against russia. in that breakdown, pensions were part of the 90% humanitarian aid. i wondered about that, i didn't break it down but wages the ukrainians workers would have been making in ukraine and rather than a burden on the economies of those nations is tensions keeping wages of ukrainian workers going so they are not a financial burden to the countries they are escaping to. >> independent, good morning. >> good morning i want to talk about should around the world from sudan to vermont to israel, large percentage of the population engaging in war while we have a choice stand or retreat in the face of hypocrisy. >> james in maryland, good morning. >> how is it going? >> going all right, how about you? >> people should stop hurting and stop killing
military weapons are already in europe right now that they need to support ukraine. >> what you think i would do if you were to put that? the same amount of money i'm assuming, what would that do? without get him to stop his aggression? >> it would be the european nations 90% of their military going against russia, not 10% of the military against russia. in that breakdown, pensions were part of the 90% humanitarian aid. i wondered about that, i didn't break it down but wages the...