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hosted by the mccain institute this is about an hour. >> i am mark esper, former united states secretaryense and the inaugural fellow at the mccain institute here in washington, d.c. thank you for joining us. i am proud to welcome you to another installment of our program. i am honored to welcome a longtime friend of the u.s., his excellency mr. joseph wu. relationships between the u.s. and taiwan grew under the previous administration has a face bad behavior by china and they continue in the biden white house. i was pleased to see the white house reaffirm the commitments to taiwan last year when it said "our position on taiwan remains clear, we will stand with friends and allies to extend our prosperity, values in the indo pacific region. we maintain long-standing commitment as outlined in the taiwan relations act and the six assurances. we will assist taiwan in maintaining a self-sufficient defense capability." taiwan and the u.s. are longtime friends and partners in the indo pacific. the relationship between our countries goes back many decades and is bound by our shared history, valu

defense secretary mark esper talk about china's relationship with taiwan and the rise of global authoritarianism by the mccain institute , this is about an hour. hosted , this is about an hour. >> i am a former united states senator defense and a distinct fellow at thca

defense secretary mark esper talk about china's relationship with taiwan and the rise of global authoritarianism. hosted by the mccain institute , this is about an hour. hosted , this is about an hour. >> i am a former united states senator defense and a distinct fellow at the mccain institute for national leadership. washington, d.c. thank you for joining us. i'm proud to welcome you to another installment of our program. i'm honored to welcome another longtime friend of the united states, the current mr. of foreign affairs in taiwan, mr. joseph wu. -- we maintain long-standing commitments as outlined in the taiwan relations act and we will continue to assist taiwan in maintaining a self-sufficient defense capability. as we know, taiwan and the longtime trends and partners in the indo pacific. the relationship between our two countries goes back many decades and is bound by our shared history, values, common goals and familial links. economics, technology, geopolitics and other factors affected as well. nothing draws us together more closely than the growing threat of a china that continues to

looks like he's praying, and yesper, who said yes to everything -- that's trufrm's nickname for mark esperou are impeached forever. >> reporter: and of course, trump's nemesis, speaker nancy pelosi, is not spared. she was screaming and shaking like a leaf. she's effing crazy, hence the name crazy nancy. founder of university archives has been dealing in buying and selling famous or historic items, including presidential memoirs, for more than four decades. >> i had never seen a presidential book where not only does he portray his successes, which is okay and everybody's done it before him. but he also takes shots at people in a very interesting and almost comedic way. in my entire career, i've only seen a couple examples of where a president uses that bad of a swear word in a letter or on a book and it's very scarce. you just don't see it. >> reporter: but trump's fans are eating it up. signed copies of the book go for about $230 each. unsigned, about $75. a source tells cnn the first 200,000 copies sold out within eight weeks, grossing $20 million in less than two months. the publisher, w

burford mark esper was the defense secretary and it angered the president as he wouldn't come he resistedand disavowed the -- what it does is basically these particulars against esper and tell us about that memo. >> this was a memo and i had a lot of these memos done by mcentee's office and they were product of those interviews i described and they were made for those that mcentee thought should be fired and they were bullet points like sins against trump and esper's since included things like he made moves to bar the confederate flag on military bases. he opposed the president, he opposed these active-duty military to put down rioters in american cities after the insurrection act. he took steps for diversity and inclusion again a spin against trump. in his confirmation hearing keep out not to be political again a spin against trump. he moved towards aggression and at the end of the memo outlines a recommendation for mcentee which is fire as for immediately after the election and have them leave immediately and then replace him as acting secretary with christopher miller who's head of the

>> he will it us about-- i was struck and you put out a copy of a memo that johnnie wrote about mark esperd he was the press secretary and angered the president because he resisted him on the insurrection act and publicly disavowed the walk in lafayette square and all that. this memo is extraordinary, because you should say, the bill is in particular esper pushed off after the election, which he was. tell us about the memo. >> this is a memo like -- i had a lot of memos by john's office and basically part of the interview i described and others to be fired. and they're bullet points, basically against trump and esper's sins, he made move to bar the confederate flag on a military base. he opposed the president -- opposed using active duty military to put down rioters in american citizens and opposed the insurrection act. he took steps for diversity of inclusion in the military. again, trump. in his confirmation hearing he vowed not to be political, again, against trump. and moved the department to be aggressive towards russia, another against trump. in the memo is jut lines the recommendati

mark esper was defense secretary and had angered the president because he wouldn't , he was in the insurrectionact and publicly disavowed washington square, this was extraordinary because what is is basically the particulars, tell us about that memo. >> this was a memo and i know a lot of these memos by maccabee's office, they were the product of these interviews . there and he thought should be fired and there were bullet points. there were sins against trump and esper his sins included he made moves to bar the confederate flag on military bases . he opposed meeting active duty military to put down wires in american cities post insurrection act. he took steps for diversity of inclusion in the military against trump. and in his confirmation hearing he was found not to be political. again, sin against trump. he was aggressive against russia, another sin against trump and outlines the recommendations against maccabee which is fire esper immediately after the election. and then replace them as acting secretary with christopher miller who is the head of the national counterterrorism center and what

mark esper has dropped his lawsuit against the defense department over his upcoming memoir the pentagon removed redactions. it may during its pre-publication review of the text initially citing the use of classified information the book a sacred oath that details mr. esper's tenure in the trump administration will be released in may also in the news former attorney general in the obama administration. eric holder is writing a book on voting rights. it will according to the publisher be a quote chronicle of the brutal bloody and at times hopeful history of the vote a frontline account of how opponents are fighting to take it away and a powerful playbook for how we can save our democracy before it's too late the book titled our unfinished march will be available this spring in other news jason epstein the founder and co-editor of the new york review of books has died at the age of 93. he was also a longtime editor at random house. he was responsible for the creation of anchor books in 1953 which popularized the sale of paperback books by reprinting literary classics and according to npd b

mark esper has dropped his lawsuit against the defense department over his upcoming memoir the pentagon removed redactions. it may during its pre-publication review of the text initially citing the use of classified information the book a sacred oath that details mr. esper's tenure in the trump administration will be released in may also in the news former attorney general in the obama administration. eric holder is writing a book on voting rights. it will according to the publisher be a quote chronicle of the brutal bloody and at times hopeful history of the vote a frontline account of how opponents are fighting to take it away and a powerful playbook for how we can save our democracy before it's too late the book titled our unfinished march will be available this spring in other news jason epstein the founder and co-editor of the new york review of books has died at the age of 93. he was also a longtime editor at random house where he was responsible for the creation of anchor books in 1953, which popularized the sale of paperback books by reprinting literary classics and according to

minister wu: thank you, mark, for inviting me. fmr. secretary esper: and follow us on instagram and twitter for all future events. >> coming up wednesday on c-span, the center for international strategic studies looks at the relationship between china and russia and what it means for the united states, live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. later, new jersey democratic representative tom malinowski joins the jewish council of america for an update on the crisis in ukraine. that is live on c-span starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern, you can watch on c-span.org or our free video out, c-span now. >> i can report to the nation, america is on the move again. >> live tuesday, march 1, the state of the union. president biden addresses a joint session of congress and the nation, reflecting on his year in office and his agenda for the year to come. the president's desk live coverage starts at 8:00 p.m., the president speaks at 9:00 and we will take your social media comments and live reaction live tuesday, march 1 at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or c-span now. >> du