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i wanted to ask you about that you were talking about the his this james baker's decision to back trump. i was dumb dumbstruck i was amazed that he came to a conclusion after reading the book at the end un with that essentially but why? folks like baker and even the bush family have been pretty silent. since january 6th, and they were silent except for his one comment when trump said i needed james baker and he came up, but he didn't condemn. the big lie, so why why is that? well, actually i did just do an interview with him. he does condemn the big lie and actually in very unsparing terms, you know, look he is a 91 year old guy who is living, you know in texas i think part of the explanation is he doesn't feel that, you know, his vote is one thing but he doesn't feel responsible, right, you know, whatever they do to screw things up in washington at this point. i think he understands that's not going to be on his legacy protect, but he i just to be clear he was absolutely unequivocal in terms of condemning the big lie in terms of condemning not only january 6, but also the falsehood abo

know, if somebody prime minister of japan comes to washington, they might end up giving a talk for james baker on campus and students get to interact. it's pretty special. and yeah baker's written me letters of recommendation for things in life in the like in they call him bake the if you're going to do the right biography of them. i always with title at the velvet hammer. because that's really what he is. he's very genial and kind and warm but if you get into a business thing with them look out, he's a tough cup customer you live in austin and this is in houston. do you do that? well in between the big event when i was at tulane was hurricane katrina. and you know, we felt the deprivations of that and you know in any endless ways and at that time i was getting an offers from universities quite a bit like almost poaching me out of tulane people saying well all for this and this i was debating between a few schools, but rice my big thing was i wanted to do three classes every fall. and then zero because i really wanted to do writing and research and if you can't do it with two one, so tulane to

know, if somebody prime minister of japan comes to washington, they might end up giving a talk for james baker on campus and students get to interact. it's pretty special. and yeah baker's written me letters of recommendation for things in life in the like in they call him bake the if you're going to do the right biography of them. i always with title at the velvet hammer. because that's really what he is. he's very genial and kind and warm but if you get into a business thing with them look out, he's a tough cup customer you live in austin and this is in houston. do you do that? well in between the big event when i was at tulane was hurricane katrina. and you know, we felt the deprivations of that and you know in any endless ways and at that time i was getting an offers from universities quite a bit like almost poaching me out of tulane people saying well all for this and this i was debating between a few schools, but rice my big thing was i wanted to do three classes every fall. and then zero because i really wanted to do writing and research and if you can't do it with two one, so tulane to

remember that gorbachev was told by james baker, secretary of state james baker, that if he allowed germany to reunite that nato would not move an inch east of germany. of course, no sooner was that said that the u. s. began to nato began to encroach all the way up to the borders of russia, which again the us would never have tolerated right. if, if the, if there was a war saw type packed up in, they had troops in mexico, the u. s. never would have tolerated that fact. the last time they tried something like that in cuba 19 to we almost went to war over it. so now of course the u. s. is a completely unreliable negotiator on any of these 6. by the way, i think that's why zalinski is trying to find a way out and i agree that the u. s. was not truthful with it and they thought they would the u. s. for back him up on this and of course they've done nothing. um, so yes, i think the international system has broken down. the u. s. in particular, has intentionally destroyed it bit by bit. the attack on serbia was a big part of doing that. and so what is there to appeal to? and i think we have to st

remember that gorbachev was told by james baker, secretary of state james baker, that if he allowed germany to reunite that nato would not lose an inch east of germany. of course, no sooner was that said that the u. s. began to nato began to encroach all the way up to the borders of russia, which again the u. s. would never have tolerated right if, if the, if there was a war saw type packed up in, they had troops in mexico, the u. s. never would have tolerated that fact. the last time they tried something like that in cuba. 19 to we almost went to war over it. so now of course the u. s. is a completely unreliable negotiator on any of these 6 by the way, i think that's why zalinski is trying to find a way out and i agree that the u. s. was not truthful with it and they thought they would the u. s. for back him up on this and of course they've done nothing. um, so yes, i think the international system has broken down. the u. s. in particular, has intentionally destroyed it bit by bit. the attack on serbia was a big part of doing that. and so what is there to appeal to? and i think we have to

when for a secretary of state james baker saying there would not be even an inch of expansion to the east back in 1990. if we maintain a military presence in germany, which is part of nato, there will be no expansion of nato jurisdiction of and they took forces even an inch to the east. while russia has repeatedly voiced concerns of the expansion of nato to its own border, would put moscow in a direct conflict with the entire alliance. it is also noted that nato membership for countries like ukraine would give it the ability to gain access to nuclear weapons. to that former secretary of state, madeleine albright noted in 1997 that the u. s. has made no guarantees. i do not believe that the debates about nato should be reduced to a debate about russia. russia would also like us to make absolute commitments in the charter by the deployment of nuclear and conventional forces on the territory of new members. but we will not compromise on this issue. as for the claim that the current war is militarily nonsensical already has made its demands clear since day one. that is, goals are 2 demil

i used to work at james baker institute in houston.hysically didn't need the pipeline from canada because of the pipelines were built. that's the physical truth. and then to have something that sounds right. and there is no question there are policies that may have been taken to lower inflation when none of them are related toto oil because it's very hard to change. and i will say one thing and that even calling venezuela which i don't agree with. so the next step will be the president so they feel it needs to be now i'm interested to hear what you think. the president has the option to useti the war powers act to get companies to drill more. do you think that's a good idea? host: let's go to our calls and see. >>caller: i don't think that's a good idea. and then does did biden cancel the and mark and alaska drilling? and i just want to bring up i'm not sure exactly when the hearing was. i watched it it was six or eight months ago. when every democrat on the panel was asking all the oil companies to promise to say today you will stop d

with a discussion of richard and the various memos circulated internally, james baker rode tuned editorial piece of the new york times where he talked about russia joining nato if they met membership criteria. in other words, being a liberal democracy that civilian control of his material -- of its military and intelligence. other thing that sets russia part is that it has a border with china. that would have complicated nato decision-making. i think that rather than anything that set apart russia as a clinical system, if it had can -- political system if it had continued to go in that direction the 1990's. mary: we are about performance away from the question and answer period. i want to give at least of you one minute or so to talk about, going forward, this is probably one of the strongest if not the most strong issue questioning nato sent appointment to afghanistan and it is asked -- exponentially more important. where does nato go after this? what would you recommend nato do in the current crisis between russia and ukraine? if you have any kind of insights or recommendations, policy p

james baker, call your office. >> i would say that what looks like it's going to happen is going to cut deal and talk to putin and that's going to brais it presented to europe and biden 's going to say sounds good to me like that's how it's goin to work. we are not in control here at all. >> at the other end of the leadership spectrum, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has adopted a wartime. only green to the pups and hoodies. now it's apparently spreading t other world leaders french president usually appears in public wearing one of those rinky-dink suits and ties, now he is shaking up his look. this weekend he went all zelenskyy sporting a hoodie and afternoon stubble. what becomes a president most, guess this is the season's new look. i can't wait to see bidens woul be. does that look familiar at all? is that the freedom matters of hoodie? all of our freedom matters gear is going to samaritan first which is doing great work in ukraine. >> it's amazing you got biden a a model for it. >> his neck seems to be slightl truncated by that photoshop right again and not sure what h

the fact he went into the fbi general counsel james baker, said we have evidence, here is some whiteith a russian bank to try to perpetrate the russian hoax, the fact he said he wasn't there on behalf of any clients, when actually he was representing the clinton campaign and tech executive one who helped him develop the evidence is pretty material. because if the fbi would have known that, they would have taken some time to determine the credibility of the information he was given as opposed to coming in as a concerned citizen and a well-known cybersecurity expert. elizabeth: stay on that for a second. so the fbi gets the information. they don't know it is clinton, don't know it is clinton coming from side, it is computer guy, a hair on fire issue. the fbi has to investigate anything with probable cause. so that what is going on. i need to move on with this. the federal election commission, they fined hillary clinton campaign and the dnc for not properly disclosing the money they used and paid to fund the opposition research that was the anti-trump steele dossier. they basically said

they would call me at 2:00 in the morning, i used to work at james baker's institute in houston. i am pretty neutral. when it comes to oil, i am very neutral. i am just telling you what is physically true. we physically did not need the pipeline from canada because others were built. that is the physical truth. i know that people like to have something that sounds right. they are very frustrated with the inflation, and there is no question that there are policies that might have been taken to lower inflation but none of them were related to oil because the oil thing is hard to change. one thing the president did that he did not work. he tried calling saudi arabia and he called venezuela which i do not agree with. and they said no. so, the next step is going to be the president is going to have to, if things get worse, or if people like yourself feels like it needs to be done now, so i would be interested to hear what you want to think. the president has the option to use the war powers act to get u.s. companies to drill more. do you think that is a good idea? host: let us go to o

james baker, call your office now. well, i would say that what looks like is going to happena is macron is going to cut a deal with g and talk to talk to putin and zelenskyy and that's going to bero presented to europe and biden is just going to gope, okay, w sounds good to me like that's how it's going to work.k. i mean, we are not in control here at all. unfortunately we're at the other end of the leadership spectrumhe. en the ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy has adopted a wartime look only green zip. up and hoodies. well, now zelenskyy chic is apparently spreadingng to other world leaders. french president emmanuel macron usually appearsy in public wearing one of those shrinky suits and ties. well, now he's shaking up his look this weekend he went all zelenskyy sporting a hoodie and afternoon stubble.nd afternoon stubble. what becomes a president mos what becomes oft president most lura?gues i guess this is the season's new look and i can't wait to see biden's hoodie. laura , how does that look familiar at all

now criminalizing this thing -- i remember when james baker and jimmy carter looked at voter fraud afterlaen are laws on the bookdz. the other thing people don't realize this is already a fraud to vote illegally. what is sort of -- i guess i ask this with some trepidation. but the other efforts, there were hundreds of bills introduced into every state legislature. is the effort to criminalize voting fraud as fervent and widespread? >> i think what we're going see is definitely an effort to criminalize the voting process almost at every step. we have the new offices created in florida. there is a proposal in it arizona by wendy rogers that hasn't gone anywhere. there is an effort to expand that. but if we look back to last year, there was also an effort to create new penalties that would make mistakes in voting by voters and election officials, felonies or misdemeanors or greater crimes. so things could being an honest mistake like trying to vote when ineligible or election official in texas and you want to promote not even just mail out absentee ballots but promote the use of mail in bal

they would call me at 2:00 in the morning, i used to work at james baker's institute in houston.m pretty neutral. when it comes to oil, i am very neutral. i am just telling you what is physically true. we physically did not need the pipeline from canada because others were built. that is the physical truth. i know that people like to have something that sounds right. they are very frustrated with the inflation, and there is no question that there are policies that might have been taken to lower inflation but none of them were related to oil because the oil thing is hard to change. one thing the president did that he did not work. he tried calling saudi arabia and he called venezuela which i do not agree with. and they said no. so, the next step is going to be the president is going to have to, if things get worse, or if people like yourself feels like it needs to be done now, so i would be interested to hear what you want to think. the president has the option to use the war powers act to get u.s. companies to drill more. do you think that is a good idea? host: let us go to our c