senators nunn and lugar did not agree. they helped russia and the other former soviet republics cope with an inheritance from hell. this was probably the most successful congressional initiative in foreign policy since the marshall plan. and today i would like to ask them to start off this panel given the difficulties of '91 and '92, including the political mood then. the american people were not interested in another program helping a long-time adversary far away. the american people had a cold war sensibility about our security. they didn't understand that what happened over there could affect us. i'd like to start by asking senator nunn and then senator lugar. how did you make it work? and how do we get it to work again? sam. >> the answer is to begin with we didn't make it work. dick lugar and i formed a partnership after we -- les aspen and i had tried to put the -- what became the nunn lugar bill into the authorization, senate authorization bill. i was chairman of the senate armed services committee. les aspen was ch

arnold worked for the united states senator sam nunn of georgia as his director of national security affairs then as the staff director of the senate armed services committee. later as the executive vice president he was responsible for corporate business development and was the deputy of the federal business segment. arnold has chaired on numerous commissions on national security, the guard and reserve and the department of defense reforms. recently he competed a two-year stint as the chair of the national defense industrial association. he chairs the reserve force policy board and service on the defense business board which focuses on bringing world-class business practices to the pentagon. when he's not writing a book, he is the ceo of the group specializing in federal budget market analysis business strategy government relations communications and crisis management among other things. but tonight we are here to learn from the author on war and politics the battlefield inside the beltway. he presents stories from his life from a sobering account of his days in combat to the end of

the vision in chris nunn's left eye is gradually coming back. i can see waving your hand like this.and a half years. but when he and his colleague visited a friend's flat earlier this month, a shell landed outside. i remember, the whistle and the explosion and i remember everything going yellow, this bright light. i rememberjust checking to see if i had arms and legs and hands and i was try to check my face. just moments before, with the electricity out, chris recorded the fighting from his friend elena's apartment. this selfie is one of the last pictures of her alive. itjust makes you understand the fragility of life out there, that things can just happen, just like that. we met her family grieving the following day. elena leaves her son, who is nine. i actually saw his mum dying. i have a daughter also, and when we feel better with chris, we will go and speak to them about how we can help her son. elena had lived here in the city of avdiivka. it is controlled by ukraine's army. it is where fighting with russian backed separatists recently flared up again. the explosion outside ele

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>> senator nunn was a great boss. he was a tough taskmaster and perfectionists and was over for a pair for everything he did. if he was invited to me he was very objective he would don speak unless he had the facts and careful not to overreact. nowadays you have all these talking heads five people try to explain what happened and by the way don't pay attention to the first today's because it is dead wrong. we know that. he always wanted to get the facts if he was going to be on the national television show on sunday we would live briefing books he would read every paper. but he was a deep deep thinker always looking down the road. weighs putting together the initiatives between u.s. and the soviet union the warning system was poor and we were worried they might mistake in aircraft for a missile attack. so we look to improve the warning systems that the same time. looking at the threat with the nuclear programs he was very worried this of union collapsing polities generals would work the enemies so we put in place to i

bush signed the soviet nuclear threat reduction act, also known as the nunn-lugar act.a formal process between the russians and the united states of cooperative storage, dismantling and destruction of soviet nuclear and chemical weapons. next, a panel discussion featuring former senator sam nunn and richard lugar marking the 25th anniversary of the initiative. in historic kennedy caucus room on capitol hill. the program and awards ceremony was co-hosted by the national security archive, the carnegie corporation, the carnegie endowment, and the nuclear threat initiative. it's an hour and 15 minutes.

chairman nunnes was a vociferous advocate for donald trump. on the other hand the dynamic we're seeing on the senate intelligence committee with some people like susan collins who ended up saying over the weekend that she wants full public report on whatever they end up finding, there's a little bit of a contrast there. >> and the question that we just heard, will you consider subpoenaing the tax returns because that's what the democrats have been saying. we need to know exactly trump's dealings were with russians. so where is this all going? >> we still talk about it. and you have people like congressman nunnes who said there's no sign of wrong doing yet, there th is too early to say. >> is getting over their skis. ornd you have senators like john mccain and lindsay graey graham telling people this is a very serious story. when a party is split on one thing to do, that's never good news because it shows their flank is potentially exposed on this. >> mark murray, always good to see you. >> we'll be right back with my interview with three democ

freelancer christopher nunn was badly injured to the head.him. he had an injured face and injured eye. i think a fragment of rocket go into his eye. he is lucky. because he didn't die? they're treating the injured and receiving the dead at avdiivka's ukraine and russia both blame each otherfor the increase in violence. civilians have also been killed in the separatist—held city of donetsk. russia claims the authorities here, which it supports, are in a battle for independence. but there's clear evidence the conflict, which has ruined cities like avdiivka, has been fuelled by russia. and countries like britain accuse moscow of violating the sovereignty of ukraine. war here has a familiar feel, but things could now once again spiral out of control. tom burridge, bbc news in eastern ukraine. a pastor from zimbabwe who led protests against robert mugabe's government last year has been charged with trying to overthrow the government. evan mawarire, who started a movement criticising the government, using the zimbabwean flag will stand trial later

so joining me right now in the studio is michelle nunn.michelle, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> i have to get right to syria because that is a crisis you're dealing with right now, and the numbers are staggering. >> yeah. the numbers are staggering, and i'm not sure even that the public recognizes -- first of all, you think about there are 12 million people in syria that are in need of humanitarian assistance and support. there are 4 million refugees outside of syria, living primarily in jordan and lebanon and turkey. and so there's an enormous need for international organizations like care and the larger global community to help supply support for shelter, for food, for education, the most basic necessities, to allow people to continue and to start to rebuild their lives. >> one of the things i remember when i was in kosovo with care in 1999 and 2001 were huge refugee camps with thousands of people in them. and they were clean, and they were well-organized, and it was a great structure for people wh

freelancer christopher nunn was badly injured to the head.ted him. he had an injured face and injured eye. i think a fragment of rocket go into his eye. he is lucky. because he didn't die? they are treating the injured and receiving the dead at avdiivka's tiny hospital everyday. the ukrainian army, which holds the city, is fighting russian backed separatists. ukraine and russia both blame each otherfor the increase in violence. civilians have also been killed in the separatist—held city of donetsk. russia claims the authorities here, which it supports, are in a battle for independence. but there is clear evidence the conflict, which has ruined cities like avdiivka, has been fuelled by russia. and countries like britain accuse moscow of violating the sovereignty of ukraine. war here has a familiar feel, but things could now once again spiral out of control. that report is on a website, including more details. several 100 thousand protesters have again taken to the streets in romania, calling for the government to scrap decrees that they fear w

nunn natural petroleum the biggest producer in china. partners in asia already.hey have japanese partners. they have korean partners. bringing in something like china , they are a massive consumer. their import will be growing as a production falls. they will soon be overtaking the u.s. as the largest importer. you get somebody like a state-backed chinese copy like this, they will have big pockets and big appetite in the decades ahead for whether demand is coming from. , their production is falling already, but they're looking elsewhere in the middle east. the dollar to have a large stake in iraq. this gives them another piece and i would be to help feed what is going -- peace in -- another dhabi to help feed what is going on. there are going to hold onto 60% of this project. has 10 p.m. to tell already has 10%. there is still a little bit there is 4% left that adnoc is looking to partner. food is is unclear. -- who it isn talk is unclear. there has been talk about a russian partner. bp in december came as a quick one. now cpc coming out. cpc has about 8% p.m. th

freelancer christopher nunn was badly injured to the head. had an injured face and injured eye. i think a fragment of rocket go into his eye. he is lucky. because he didn't die? they are treating the injured and receiving the dead at avdiivka's tiny hospital everyday. the ukrainian army, which holds the city, is fighting russian backed separatists. ukraine and russia both blame each otherfor the increase in violence. civilians have also been killed in the separatist—held city of donetsk. russia claims the authorities here, which it supports, are in a battle for independence. but there is clear evidence the conflict, which has ruined cities like avdiivka, has been fuelled by russia. and countries like britain accuse moscow of violating the sovereignty of ukraine. war here has a familiar feel, but things could now once again spiral out of control. tom burridge, bbc news in eastern ukraine. is president trump heralding a new age of foreign policy by tweet? today he extended economic sanctions on iran after he sent an early morning tweet warning

the vision in chris nunn's left eye is gradually coming back. i can see waving your hand like this. from his friend elaine's apartment. this selfie is one of the last pictures of her alive. itjust makes you understand the fragility of life out there, that things can just happen, just like that. we met her family grieving the following day. elena leaves her son, who is nine. the following day. we met her family grieving the following day. i actually saw his mum dying. i have a daughter also, and when we fill better with chris, we will go and speak to them about how we can help her son. elena had lived here in the city of avdiivka. it is controlled by ukraine's army. it is where fighting with russian backed separatists recently flared up again. the explosion outside elena's apartment blasted this tiny fragment of plastic into chris nunn's eyeball. so this is your actual operation. his doctor showed us video of the five—hour operation he performed to remove it and rebuild chris' eye. getting him quickly to one of ukraine's top hospitals was crucial for preventing him being blind in one

chaffetz, between him and devon nunnes, who is as far as i'm concerned a lackey of steve bannon, we're to have to see republicans say if the republicans are involved in this, they will prosecute. the worst thing thaapned at mar-a-lago was that dmitri -- i'm going to pronounce this long, flew into florida for the weekend. when trump's party left, he flew out. that's the third time he was been on the tarmac -- >> we here have not confirmed that. carl, when you see those images from saturday night, given how much you understand about the importance of privacy and national security, john mccain himself said possibly president trump needs a bit more training about how to handle this information. what's your take? >> i would say those making the allegations that there was classified information discussed at that table, where is the proof of that? he was briefed prior to that in a skiff, in a classified area where this goes down. so until that proof comes out, i think everybody should slow down on it. >> there's a picture on instagram of the guy with the nuclear football. are you okay with th

chairman: the time of the john nunn has -- the gentleman has retired. >> thank you, missy on for your appearance today. -- miss yellen for your appearance today. proposalstrump's would have far-reaching negative consequences for the economy. these harmful policies, rolling back the dodd-frank reform and cutting taxes for the wealthy and curtailing immigration and deporting undocumented immigrants, adopting a protectionist trade policy, illuminating the affordable care act, and cutting back the social safety net for the vulnerable population. the president has also reversed a planned federal housing administration mortgage insurance premium cut that would have saved homeowners $500 a year. it may not be much to some, but for a lot of moderate income americans, that means something to them. agenda to the trump be harmful to hard-working american families and ultimately would be catastrophic for the whole economy. here's my question. recession of 2008, some kind of our financialr institutions, including the creation of the cfpb, have we not learned anything since 2008? now we have this e

. >> congressman devon nunnes said washington d.c. can be a rough town for honorable people, going on to praise michael flynn's military service. is this what we're seeing in this situation with mike flynn? >> there's no question he did serve his country and we appreciate that. but when the vice president of the united states sits you down and asks you for information about a dialogue or an engagement with the russians prior to you taking the office of national security adviser, you've got to tell the truth. and apparently that didn't happen. as i said before, this would be bad enough if today were the end of it and we could have a fresh start with a new national security adviser but we can't because we still have an awful lot of questions about not only what general flynn knew but also what the administration knew. >> so you are privy to information that the rest of the general public is not privy to as a sitting member of congress. is there anything you can share with us about mike flynn and russia that we don't alreadyno? >> no. >>

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commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 1991 nun luger act with remarks from former senators sam nunn and richard luger, tonight at 8:00 eastern, here on c-span3. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, this saturday morning at 9:30 eastern, we're live from the library of virginia in richmond for an all-day symposium on civil war monuments, the history of their construction in the north and south and how public perception of confederate monuments has changed. at 8:00, hampton sidney college professor on how the rise of tobacco consolidated the power of wealthy virginia planters in the 17th century. >> instead of accepting the price that the random ship captain might have to offer me, i'm instead going to send the tobacco over to england on my own account, and i'm going to pay a commission to someone to market it there for me. this developing consignment trade ties larger planters of virginia and maryland to these english merchants, most of them in london. >> sunday at noon on oral histories, with econtinue with our series of interviews with prominent african-american women

with that, our first witness is retired general philip breedlove, distinguished facet at the sam nunn school at the georgia institute of technology, and board director at the atlantic council. general breedlove previously served as former nato supreme allied commander in europe, and former commander of u.s.-european command. we have all spent a lot of time with him in europe and here, and we thank him for his incredible service to our nation, which is continuing as we speak. our second witness today is miss julianne smith who has been before us in the past, a senior fellow and director of the strategy and statecraft program at the center for a new american security. we thank you get for being with us. i think both of you know you can summarize your comments which would be appreciated. in about five minutes, without objection your written testimony will be entered into the record. i didn't thank you for being here on this most important day with this hearing. and if you would begin, general breedlove, we would appreciate it. >> chairman corker, ranking member cardin, thank you for the

the night with the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the nun-luger act with comments from sam nunn and richard lugar, tonight on c-span3. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, this saturday morning at 9:30 eastern, we're live from the library of virginia in richmond for an all day symposium on civil war monuments, the history of their construction, in the north and the south and how public perception of confederate monuments has changed. then at 8:00, in lectures in history, hampton sydney college professor john coombs on how the rise of tobacco consolidated the power of wealthy virginia planters and london merchants in the 17th century. >> instead of accepting the price that this random ship captain might have to offer me, i instead will send the tobacco over to england on my own account, and i'm going to pay a commission to someone to market it there for me. this developing consignment trade ties larger planters of virginia and maryland to these english merchants. most of them in london. >> sunday at noon on oral histories, we continue with our series of interviews