Lord Paddy Ashdown on Jefferson & Monticello

In October of 2013, the Honorable Lord Paddy Ashdown was the keynote speaker for Diplomacy and Transitioning Governments, a conference co-hosted by the American Academy of Diplomacy and the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. Ashdown, a British politician and diplomat, sat down with Monticello to share his thoughts on Thomas Jefferson, politics today, lessons from history, the conference, and his visit.