Ron Suskind and Paul O'Neill - the famously candid Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush and a 2008 adviser to Barack Obama - meet for a high-voltage Washington-insider conversation about the rise, fall and bailout of Wall Street, the perils of speaking truth to power and the tough choices ahead for America.
The event is one night only, December 7th, at the Florence Gould Hall in New York. Tickets are available through the box office or ticketmaster.
In an e-mail sent to the senior staff on June 8, Orszag elucidated how the cost argument was dissolving, both inside the White House and beyond it. Mostly, though, he and Zeke Emanuel were left to watch as the expanded coverage advoates - including Nancy-Ann DeParle - ascended. The unspoken default was to do coverage first, pushing the moral issue of universal coverage, and at some point in the future, maybe years from now, the expanded mandate would force a cost crisis that would finally bring all combatants to the table to change the way health care was delivered in America.
Look for Ron tomorrow, September 20th, on the following programs.
NBC - The "TODAY" show - 7 am
MSNBC - "Morning Joe" - 8 am
NPR - "Fresh Air" - check local listings
Sirius XM - "White House Insider" - 3 pm
Comedy Central - "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" - 11 pm
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