This has been a good year for policy books — particularly ones that I think have moved the policy needle in better directions than they have been going. The Washington Post has just published its roster of “Best Books of 2008.
I recently hosted Helene Cooper for a discussion about her best-selling book, The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of A Lost African Childhood.
Tevi Troy‘s business card reads “The Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.” That’s right. He’s not one of five deputies. He’s the second highest ranking guy in the Department.
I think you’ll enjoy this five minute chat with Barton Gellman, author of the best-selling Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, a book which I think makes a great holiday gift. A video of an event discussion I held with New America Foundation president Steve Coll and Bart Gellman is available here.
I’m just back from Brussels — pretty tired, or jet-lagged technically. Next week — Paris, California, Georgia. . . The pups haven’t said hello as a threesome lately, so greetings from Oakley, Annie and Buddy – a family of amazing weimaraners. More when I wake up.
Just arrived in Brussels and in the hotel lobby ran into the very smart Tevi Troy who is Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. This will probably be his last European Ministerial meeting during this stint of government service. Troy used to be George W.
This blog post has not been written by Steven Clemons or any member of The Washington Note team. It is written by someone who really does deserve a very top spot in Obama Land but is sitting pensively waiting for a call while trying to pretend he/she is not. Waiting for the Call. . ….
Helene Cooper is the newly appointed White House correspondent for the New York Times after previously serving as Diplomatic correspondent covering the State Department. Tonight, she will be speaking from 6:45 pm til 8:00 pm EST at an evening program at the New America Foundation on Tuesday, December 2nd.
Today Tuesday, 2 December, from 12:30 pm til 1:45 pm EST, I am hosting Pulitzer-prize winning Washington Post correspondent Barton Gellman on his new book, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, which I reviewed here.
This morning, some time after 8:00 am EST, I’ll be discussing President-elect Obama’s national security team with Amy Goodman. Journalist and author Robert Dreyfuss will also be on the show. Later this morning, I’ll be giving a talk on US-Japan-Russia issues at the Nixon Center in DC. . . . . .
