HBO debuted the trailer for Year One: A Political Odyssey, which examines President Joe Biden’s first year in office, with what the premium network calls a “rare glimpse into the inner working of the White House.”
A standout moment from the trailer is via Secretary of State Antony Blinken, talking about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. “President [Ashraf] Ghani said to me on the phone, ‘I will stay and fight to the death. he fled the country the next day,” Blinken says, underscoring the extent to which the administration was taken by surprise as the country so quickly fell to the Taliban.
But other moments suggest that key figures learned from Afghanistan and sought to get ahead of the Russian threat to Ukraine, as Biden built alliances that were in place when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion.
Blinken is among those interviewed for the project, along with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan,...
A standout moment from the trailer is via Secretary of State Antony Blinken, talking about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. “President [Ashraf] Ghani said to me on the phone, ‘I will stay and fight to the death. he fled the country the next day,” Blinken says, underscoring the extent to which the administration was taken by surprise as the country so quickly fell to the Taliban.
But other moments suggest that key figures learned from Afghanistan and sought to get ahead of the Russian threat to Ukraine, as Biden built alliances that were in place when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion.
Blinken is among those interviewed for the project, along with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Joe Biden’s turbulent first year in office is the focus of HBO’s forthcoming documentary, “Year One: A Political Odyssey.”
In the trailer, which Variety can exclusively reveal, the documentary chronicles Biden’s first year as president, from his inauguration in 2021 to the State of the Union speech in March. Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker John Maggio, “Year One” explores the dynamics of the President’s inner circle, featuring archival news footage and insider interviews with secretary of state Antony Blinken, national security advisor Jake Sullivan, secretary of defense Lloyd Austin, CIA director William Burns and White House chief of staff Ron Klain, among other members of Biden’s cabinet.
After the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, Biden’s presidency began amid turmoil in the nation and the continued global pandemic. The documentary delves into several historical events under Biden’s first year, including the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the rise...
In the trailer, which Variety can exclusively reveal, the documentary chronicles Biden’s first year as president, from his inauguration in 2021 to the State of the Union speech in March. Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker John Maggio, “Year One” explores the dynamics of the President’s inner circle, featuring archival news footage and insider interviews with secretary of state Antony Blinken, national security advisor Jake Sullivan, secretary of defense Lloyd Austin, CIA director William Burns and White House chief of staff Ron Klain, among other members of Biden’s cabinet.
After the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, Biden’s presidency began amid turmoil in the nation and the continued global pandemic. The documentary delves into several historical events under Biden’s first year, including the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the rise...
- 10/7/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Kill List, drones, cyber warfare, unmanned naval vehicles. In the coming months, you’ll be hearing plenty about these new means of war and destruction that have come to define the Obama Doctrine. Here's a glossary to help you through:
In Obama’s first bid for the presidency, he vowed to reverse many of the defining Bush-era foreign policies: clandestine CIA bases and prisons, coercive interrogation techniques, torture, indefinite detention without trial or accusation, drone strikes and civilian deaths. But for the most part, Obama’s foreign policy has been a continuation of what we now call the Bush Doctrine.
In an interview with David Rothkopf of the Carnegie Institute, David Sanger, the author of Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, describes it well:
When Barack Obama came into office, there were many liberals and other supporters of the new president who were...
In Obama’s first bid for the presidency, he vowed to reverse many of the defining Bush-era foreign policies: clandestine CIA bases and prisons, coercive interrogation techniques, torture, indefinite detention without trial or accusation, drone strikes and civilian deaths. But for the most part, Obama’s foreign policy has been a continuation of what we now call the Bush Doctrine.
In an interview with David Rothkopf of the Carnegie Institute, David Sanger, the author of Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, describes it well:
When Barack Obama came into office, there were many liberals and other supporters of the new president who were...
- 6/20/2012
- by David Barnett
- Celebsology
Despite the best efforts of the State Department and media titans such as The New York Times, unredacted WikiLeaks cables appear to be making their way across the internet.
Information wants to be free and that, apparently, even applies to censored portions of WikiLeaks. Unredacted versions of censored WikiLeaks cables appear to be quietly (and widely) disseminating through the torrentsphere, conventional websites, and the murky subculture of conspiracy- and cryptography-oriented websites. Meanwhile, a controversial Russian figure associated with WikiLeaks has announced his intent to release further unredacted cables to the web.
The leaked diplomatic cables currently available through both the primary WikiLeaks website and its mirrors and through journalistic partners such as The Guardian and Der Spiegel go through a process of editing before formal release to the public. In an interview with NPR's Terry Gross, The New York Times' David Sanger described a process in which his newspaper and...
Information wants to be free and that, apparently, even applies to censored portions of WikiLeaks. Unredacted versions of censored WikiLeaks cables appear to be quietly (and widely) disseminating through the torrentsphere, conventional websites, and the murky subculture of conspiracy- and cryptography-oriented websites. Meanwhile, a controversial Russian figure associated with WikiLeaks has announced his intent to release further unredacted cables to the web.
The leaked diplomatic cables currently available through both the primary WikiLeaks website and its mirrors and through journalistic partners such as The Guardian and Der Spiegel go through a process of editing before formal release to the public. In an interview with NPR's Terry Gross, The New York Times' David Sanger described a process in which his newspaper and...
- 1/15/2011
- by Neal Ungerleider
- Fast Company
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