host: adam posen.st: i think it's really important to focus on what the president didn't say almost as much as what he did. he stuck to very strong talking points that he's used before about fair and reciprocal trade, and he talked about intellectual property theft, which most economists and analysts would biggest probably the concern, legitimately, for the u.s. in terms of the trading system. but he omitted mentioning china specifically, he omitted omittedg the wto, he the word unilateral. the tone was very measured, and that for me, frankly is heartening. that said, it had to really strange ideas that he keeps repeating, one of this notion of reciprocal trade. reciprocal doesn't make sense. if reciprocal is about you treat others as others treat you, you might as well have rules, it's not about the u.s. turning a blind eye, it's about supporting the system of rules. and reciprocal is about we have have even trade with everybody, that doesn't make sense, economically. the whole point of trade is certa

we'll talk with adam posen of the peterson institute. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >>> now a look at west point's oral history center. >> lieutenant colonel david siri teaches history at the u.s. military academy at west point and also is the director of west point's oral history center. how long has the oral history center been associated with the academy? >> it's been associated with the academy since about 2007. i've been the director since 2015, january. >> what is the value of an oral history? >> well, for us, we try to make it accessible to the cadets say s.o. they can use it for their research, but, really, all of our videos, all of our interviews are open sourced so anyone in america can get online, look at our interviews and hopefully learn something about our history from them. >> well, as a historian, as a professional historian, what's the place that oral histories hold in the overall study of history? >> well, oral histories help add a lot of detail.

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we will talk to adam posen. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 am eastern. join the discussion. from echo --you from? >> i describe it as a bizarre movement. what a surprise when he called me over but he is the president of the united states. he says, who are you

we'll talk with adam posen of the peterson institute. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. it and go to our site. >> well, we hope we've interested a few more people in accessing it, too. colonel siry, thank you no your time. >> it was a pleasure, thank you. >> let's take a look at some of the interviews in the c

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