michael durand, what is ike's gamble? michael: first of all, it is the title of my book.he gamble was a decision by eisenhower in the 1950's in dealing with the middle east to tilt away from his traditional allies, britain and

michael durand, what is ike's gamble? michael: first of all, it is the title of my book.he gamble was a decision by eisenhower in the 1950's in dealing with the middle east to tilt away from his traditional allies, britain and france and israel, and towards the rising nationalist in the region, particularly egypt. brian: how old was he at this point? michael: nasser was only in his 40's at this point. brian: you talk a lot about winston churchill. how was he at this time? michael: churchill was approaching 80, and britain was still the dominant power in the middle east. it was everywhere in decline. nationalists were rising up. the big strategic question the u.s. faced was, should it support written against -- support britain against the rising nationalists, or try to create a new order? brian: i want to put up on the screen a map of that area back in 1956. when you look at that, and are going to explain the person that hasn't been thinking about this for years, what would you want them to know? michael: when eisenhower came into office, there were 80,000 british troops i

>> michael durand on his book, ike's scandal, america's rise and dominance in the middle east about the6 suez crisis and its aftermath. >> soviet union coming in a lightning with the nationalists -- lining with the nationalists taking control of the middle east. we cared about oil because it looked -- 100% of european oil came from the middle east. we wanted to make sure we had friendly arab regimes, if not align with the united states, keep the soviet union out. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> senate judiciary committee meets tomorrow to vote on the nomination of neil gorsuch to be an associate justice on the supreme court. live coverage on c-span2 at eastern. the full senate will then take it up. majority leader mcconnell announced he points to hold the final confirmation vote on friday, april 7. watch the senate live on c-span two. case you missed it on c-span, for research institute and the senate intelligence hearing. of 2015,the end started 2016, the russian system began pushing messages seeking to influence the outcome of the u.s. presidential election. russia'

brian: michael durand, what is ike's gamble? michael: first of all, it is the title of my book.ble was a decision by eisenhower in the 1950's in dealing with the middle east to tilt away from his traditional allies, britain and france and israel, and towards the ng

michael durand on his book, ike's gamble, america's rise to dominance in the middle east about the 1956 u.s. crisis and its aftermath. >> for chum to present a story of the union of aligning with nationalists, undermining the british, and taking over middle east oil. we cared about oil because it was 100% of european oil that came from there. we wanted to make sure we had friendly arab regimes. if they wouldn't align with the u.s., at least keep the soviet union out. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's, q and a. on april 2, 1917, jeanette was sworn intana as the first woman elected to the united states congress. to mark this and 10 here's a brief look at her life and career. >> the story of women in congress begins with jeanette rankin, who is elected to the house in 1916 for montana. she is elected before years when women have the right to vote nationally. bridge from the to womenmovement attaining full political rights. she was active in a national women's suffrage organization. she helped movement in the right to vote in montana and states west of the mississippi. she runs in 1916, i

mediating between the and the british. .nouncer: michael durand >> what he is trying to prevent soviet union coming in aligning with the nationalists oil.taking control of the it was 100% of european oil came from the middle east. to make sure that e had friendly arab regimes that if were not inline with the united states, keep the soviet out.n that's the goal. announcer: saturday night on c-span's q & a. announcer: president trump met today with the national of manufacturers and shared the group's result of their survey on the economy. attendees spoke to the media afterward outside of the white house. president trump: hi, everybody. thank you very much. we have some really good news today that's really fantastic -- these numbers. today i'm delighted to welcome the national association of manufacturers to the white house. it's a great group of people. i know many of them well. and i want to thank your president and ceo, jay timmons, for being here with us today. great job. mr. timmons: thank you. president trump: great job, jay. my administration is working every day to make it easier

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and at 11:00, another chance to see q&a with author michael durand -- doran. announcer: during question time this past week, as prime minister theresa may took questions on formal preparations for the u.k. exit from the european union. she was also asked about recent in light ofpolice the recent terrorist attack outside parliament. >> order. questions for the prime minister. question number one. >> prime minister. >> mr. speaker, i would like to update the house on last week's terrorist attack. since my statement on thursday, the names of those who died has been released. i'm sure members across the house will join me in offering our deepest condolences to their friends and families. the police and security services investigation continues and two people have now been arrested. today i had meetings with ministerial colleagues. >> may height echo her since meds and congratulate her also on all the good work that was done since last week. her by next weekend since last week. i congratulate the prime minister, austin 50. this is the momentous action for the whole

>> michael durand on his book " the 1956e's," about suez crisis and its aftermath. >> he is trying torevent the soviet union coming in, aligning with the nationalists, undermining the british and taking control of oil from the middle east. we cared about the oil because it was wanted to percent european oil coming from the middle east. european oil coming from the middle east. if they were not aligned with united states, at least keep the soviet union out. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q1 day. -- q and a. >> tonight on afterwards, rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse examines how government is impacted by corporate money and special interest groups in his book "capture: the corporate infiltration of american democracy." he is interviewed by investigative reporter eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate fund group spending $700 million plus in the last election and threatening, planning to spend $400 million in the next election, the midterms, that is a huge footprint. there is a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that has been kind of bringing home the lo

. >> michael durand on his book. about the 1956 suez crisis and the aftermath. prevent therying to soviet union coming in and undermining the british to take control of the oil of the middle east. we cared about the oil because it 100% european oil came from the middle east. wanted to make sure we had friendly arab regimes. unitedaligned with the states, keeping the soviet union out. >> this is just under an hour. this is a political protest. theelcome to the stage, president of pro-choice america. [applause] >> good morning washington. [applause] we are joined by cities saynd the country today to one message of, we object. we object. [applause] to trump's agenda. we object to the people he is putting in place to do nothing but a search his agenda. we certainly object to a lifetime of appointments of put into place by a president under investigation cruising with russia. we object. we object. we object. [applause] story.tell you about a i was sitting in the hearing of neil gorsuch a couple weeks ago when my phone started going off. it was my staff telling me tha

>> michael durand on his book life's gamble, america's rise to dominance in the middle east about the6 crisis and its aftermath. >> what he is trying to prevent is the soviet union coming in aligning with the nationalists and taking control of the oil. it was 100 percent of the oil coming in from the middle east. we wanted to make sure we had friendly air of mush -- friendly arab regimes. >> tonight at eight eastern on c-span's q and a. week, the full senate will consider the nomination of neil gorsuch to serve on the supreme court. currently 60 yes votes are needed to move supreme court nominations to a final vote. if that threshold is not met, republicans might use the option come inar procedure that would require 51 rather than 60 votes to get final confirmation. the tactic was used back in 2013 with senate democrats. changed -- the american people believe congress is broken. the american

was should it britain or create a new order by mediating between the and the british. .nouncer: michael durand >> what he is trying to prevent soviet union coming in aligning with the nationalists oil.taking control of the it was 100% of european oil came from the middle east. to make sure that e had friendly arab regimes that if were not inline with the united states, keep the soviet out.n that's the goal. announcer: saturday night on c-span's q & a. announcer: president trump met today with the national of manufacturers and shared the group's result of their survey on the economy. attendees spoke to the media afterward outside of the white house.

announcer: michael durand on his book "ike's gamble: america's rise to dominance in the middle east,"bout the 1956 suez crisis and the aftermath. >> what he is trying to present is the soviet union, aligning with the nationalists, undermining the british, taking control of the oil. we heard about the oil because it was 100% of european oil coming from the middle east. we wanted to make sure we had a friendly arab regimes, ever if not aligned, and at least keep the soviet union out. that's the goal. announcer: tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." announcer: monday night on "the communicators," president and ceo talks about the internet and telecom landscape as congress take steps to rollback privacy rules adopted by the sec last week -- fcc last week. he's interviewed by david shepherdson. >> the house voted 250-205 to reverse the privacy rules. one of the protections that consumers have in the wake of that vote - - >> consumers yesterday and today have strong privacy protections that ensure the integrity of their sensitive data. our companies are aligned in ensuring that se

. >> michael durand on his book. about the 1956 suez crisis and the aftermath. prevent therying to soviet union coming in and undermining the british to take control of the oil of the middle east. we cared about the oil because it 100% european oil came from the middle east. wanted to make sure we had friendly arab regimes. if not aligned with the