Hoover Daily Report | August 14, 2025

Today, Condoleezza Rice joins the GoodFellows to consider the possible outcomes of tomorrow’s meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska; for Frontline Voices, Army veteran John Moses discusses his work supporting Afghan refugee communities in Massachusetts and beyond; and Richard Epstein critiques a recent federal court decision upholding the government’s power to compel pharmaceutical companies to provide drugs to Medicare at steep discounts. 

Hoover Daily Report | August 14, 2025

Episode Transcript

>> Narrator (00:00):
Welcome to the Hoover Daily Report.
Ideas Advancing Freedom It's Thursday,August 14, 2025.

>> Speaker 2 (00:06):
Today, Condoleezza Rice joins the Goodfellows to consider
the possible outcomes of tomorrow'smeeting between President Trump and
Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
For Frontline Voices, army veteran JohnMoses discusses his work supporting Afghan
refugee communities in Massachusetts andbeyond, and Richard Epstein
critiques a recent federal court decisionupholding the government's power to

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compel pharmaceutical companies to providedrugs to Medicare at Ste deep discounts.

>> Narrator (00:33):
Condoleezza Rice on summits, cold wars and universities what to expect
from tomorrow's Putin Trump summit inAlaska For a new episode of Goodfellows,
Hoover Institution Director and formerU.S. secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
no stranger to engaging in statecraftwith Russia's enigmatic president,
joins Neil Ferguson,John H Cochran, H.R. McMaster and

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Bill Whelan for a spirited conversationabout Vladimir Putin's motives,.
How to characterize the present U S Chinacompetition, and the sensibility
of the Trump administration's threatsto withhold federal research funds from
leading universities in orderto change campus cultures.
Following that,Sir Neil recounts his recent sit down with
Argentine President Javier Milei andtariff agnostic John Cochran assesses

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the state of the Trump administration'sever evolving trade policy strategy.
Finally, the panelists discussedthe recent 80th anniversary of the only
wartime use of atomic weapons and
the importance of its annualremembrance on August 13th.
Director Rice also joined Special Reportwith Brett Baer on the Fox News Channel to

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discuss the state of the Russian economy,the possibility of a ceasefire
in the Ukraine war, andPutin's negotiating position.

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From Lowell to Kabul.
One Veteran's fight for Afghan alliesin this episode of Frontline Voices,
host Iron Mike Stedman sits downwith John Moses, retired U.S.
Army Sergeant, first class,former Hoover veteran, fellow and
co-founder ofthe Massachusetts Afghan Alliance.
John shares his journey from a blue collarupbringing in Lowell, Massachusetts,

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to serving in Afghanistan and
ultimately helping evacuate 68 Afghansduring the chaotic 2021 withdrawal.
The episode covers the moral injuryveterans felt watching the collapse,
the shifting US public sentimenttoward Afghan refugees, and
how John is keeping the mission alivethrough community support and advocacy.

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His story is a testament tostaying above the political fray,
leading with compassion andhonoring the promises we made.
Tune in for an inspiring andthought provoking conversation.

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Slowly strangling the pharmaceutical industry,
writing at the Civitas Outlook,senior Fellow Richard A Epstein criticizes
the Trump administration forcontinuing a lawsuit
against pharmaceutical firm Boehringerstarted under the Biden administration
concerning drug discounts required by theMedicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.
Epstein also critiques the reasoningunderlying the U.S. court of Appeals for

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the 2nd Circuit's decision, holdingthat the program is constitutional.
The price negotiation program was createdby the Inflation Reduction act and
could require more than 90%discounts on drug prices for
companies that voluntarilyagreed to participate.
Epstein writes that if conditions forimposing prices on drug
manufacturers continue to loosen, quote,drug development will be impaired across

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the board because no one wantsto develop the next blockbuster
drug if the government takes awayits gains by clever regulation.

>> Speaker 2 (03:32):
Hoover Preserves rare reformatted footage of the first
atomic bombings on August 6,1945, Harold Agnew,
a young physicist withthe Manhattan Project, and
a small group of colleagues flew aboardthe Great Artiste, the instrumentation
aircraft that followed the Enola Gay,on the first atomic strike mission.
Acting as scientific observers, Agnew andcolleagues monitored the mission and

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documented its progress.
What was recorded is believed to be theonly airborne footage of the bombing of
Hiroshima.
For the Nagasaki mission, cameras wereprovided to tail gunners aboard the plane
to shoot footage of the explosion.
Agnew donated his original materialsto the Hoover Institution Library and
Archives in 1980.
Now available through the Library and

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Archives Digital Collectionsportal in higher resolution,
this film serves as both vital scientificevidence and a profound visual testimony
on the 80th anniversary ofthe Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

>> Narrator (04:29):
This month in Hoover history,
Hoover hosts 2024 Summer Policy Boot CampIn August 2024, the Hoover Institution
hosted the 8th annual HooverInstitution Summer Policy Boot Camp.
Participants had the unique opportunityto hear from a wide cross section of
the Hoover Institution Fellowship.
The Hoover Institution Summer Policy BootCamp is an incredible opportunity for

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the Hoover Institution to shapethe next generation of policy leaders,
boot Camp Co Director andSenior Fellow Joshua D.
Rao said.

>> Speaker 2 (05:00):
That's your Hoover Daily report for Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Each weekday we bring you research,analysis and commentary focused on public
policy, national security, and the ideasshaping American society and government.
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principles with a commitment tosustaining the safeguards of the American

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