speaking to john simpson _ 1996, very different times. times. speaking to john simpson earlier, he - 1996, very different times. speaking to john simpson earlier, he did - 1996, very different times. speaking to john simpson earlier, he did not i tojohn simpson earlier, he did not feel he was a man of vision, he wasn't fully cognizant of the true effects of his actions stop the bottom line is that it is an assessment probably close to the mark because he did not think the soviet union was going to collapse with perestroika.— with perestroika. perestroika was restructuring. _ with perestroika. perestroika was restructuring, not _ with perestroika. perestroika was restructuring, not revolution - with perestroika. perestroika was restructuring, not revolution and | restructuring, not revolution and boris yeltsin, the russian leader who really push things through and ended up breaking up the soviet union, the thing that mikhail gorachev set in motion and unwittingly bring in the end of the soviet union. when i met him and 1992igot soviet unio

john simpson talking a little earlier as he will have realised.this legacy with kurt volker. a us special representative for ukraine negotiations in 2017 to 2019. kurt volker, good afternoon. we are grateful for your time. kurt volker, good afternoon. we are gratefulfor your time. your thoughts, please, on the legacy left. . ~ , ., thoughts, please, on the legacy left. . ~ . thoughts, please, on the legacy left. . . �* left. thank you so much. i'm speaking from _ left. thank you so much. i'm speaking from you _ left. thank you so much. i'm speaking from you from - left. thank you so much. i'm speaking from you from a . left. thank you so much. i'm. speaking from you from a free country, georgia, which would not have been the case had gorbachev not taken some of the steps he had taken. we have seen the rejuvenated independence in many countries who are recovering independence which would not have been the case, i think that gorbachev had a fundamental human decency, just as your reporter indicated about torture and saying that the kgb shouldn't be

our world affairs editor, john simpson, is here.chev having failings and flaws but a man who was genuine and sincere in wanting to improve the conditions of millions of people for whom he was responsible. you interviewed him on several occasions, i wonder what your impressions are of his legacy now? ~ ~ , ., ~ your impressions are of his legacy now? ~ a , now? well, i think the mistake comes from president _ now? well, i think the mistake comes from president biden, _ now? well, i think the mistake comes from president biden, to _ now? well, i think the mistake comes from president biden, to say - now? well, i think the mistake comes from president biden, to say he - from president biden, to say he was a man of great vision. i don't think, for all his lovely qualities as a person and his high intelligence, in many, many ways, i don't think he was a man of good vision, i think he stumbled into this, one thing after another. once, when i saw him, he told me how his grandfather had told him stories about being tortured by the equivalen

so you'll see names such as john simpson several thomas jefferson's age jefferson davis a private h25, but all so more traditional names like cubby or ehan tubby or hiyo. kanubi. you see these blended names right where there's a euro a european route of a name, but then combined with choctaw language name and then you also see surnames of prom families within the choctaw political arenas so the fulsom's laforce and mccurtains are important families that produce district or principal chiefs and the choctaw nation during the 19th century. so again something as simple as these names on these enlistment records can reveal a broader changes that we're taking place in choctaw society. the age data on soldiers from the first choctaw and chickasaw mounted rifles also provides some opportunity for comparison with similar data on american soldiers and i'll just summarize to say that choctaw soldiers the average age of enlistees was just a little bit older than the average age of enlistees in the union army and then based on what little data we have on confederate soldiers. that jim mcpherson ha

earlier, i spoke to our world affairs editor, john simpson, who interviewed gorbachev on several occasions told me how his grandfather had told him stories about being tortured by the equivalent of the kgb under stalin. and i think that does seem to have had quite a big effect on him. he was determined to stop all that kind of stuff. he knew what he didn't like. he didn't like the monolithic structure of the soviet union, which stop people doing what they wanted and enslaved people right across the continent. i don't think he knew, really, what he was doing and stopping it. hejust started to pull the bricks out one by one and not very long afterwards it all collapsed.— it all collapsed. foreign affairs editorjohn _ it all collapsed. foreign affairs editorjohn simpson _ it all collapsed. foreign affairs editorjohn simpson there. - i'm joined now by foreign policy expert and special assistant to president reagan, doug bandow. hello to you, thanks very much for being with us. i don't know if you heard whatjohn simpson said there, the suggestion that mikhail gorbachev was a man of vision, but