Good book, churchill and the bomb. One of my grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The farther backward we can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. We think, most of us, that history is past. Done and dusted, over with, just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over. But then it wasnt. I remember farther back when people were scared of the abomb, and then worse, of the hbomb. And now today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin ruane is professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University in United Kingdom. He has written quite a few books, one on vietnam, and one is coming out very shortly on anthony eden. And that will be a very interesting one because, for me, he had such a long history with grandpapa. He is working on now something that i am really, really hoping to get my hands on, but i
Information technology and Intergovernment Affairs will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I recognize myself for five minutes for my opening statement. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here, and its been over 240 years since our forefathers declared independence and a democratic experiment began. Throughout the entirety of our existence, our adversaries, both internal and external, have sought to suppress our democratic process. Our existence as a democracy depends on free, fair and accurate elections. Today, were here to talk about the best way to protect our integrity of our Voting Systems. There are over 10,000 election jurisdictions nationwide that administer elections, and even within states, counties use different systems to conduct elections. A year ago, last september, Ranking Member kelly and i held a hearing ensuring the integrity of the ballot box to discuss potential issues with the upcoming election. It was an issue
Please welcome edwin a sands. Edwina sands. [applause] edwina good morning. Can you hear me all right . Clear as a bell, i hope. It is lovely to be here for another conference. Each one i come to seems to be even better than the last. We have kevin, kevin ruane here, who has written this very, very good book, churchill and the bomb. One of my grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The farther backward we can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. We think, most of us, that history is past. Done and dusted, over with, just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over. But then it wasnt. I remember farther back when people were scared of the abomb, and then worse, of the hbomb. And now today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin ruane is professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University in United
[ applause ] good morning. Can you hear me all right . Clear as a bell, i hope. Well, its lovely to be here for another conference. Each one i come to seems to be even better than the last. Now we have kevin, kevin ruane, here, who has written this very, very good book, churchill and the bomb. So i one of my grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from is this one. The farther backward we can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. We think, most of us, that history is past. Done and dusted. Over with. Just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over, but then it wasnt. I remember farther back when people were scared of the abomb and then, worse, of the hbomb. And now, today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin ruane is professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University in United Kingdom. He has written quite a fe
Winston churchill and nuclear weapons. We have another very special lady, please welcome edwina sands. [ applause ] good morning. Can you hear me all right . Clear as a bell, i hope. Well, its lovely to be here for another conference. Each one i come to seems to be even better than the last. Now we have kevin, kevin roane here, who has written this very, very good book. Churchill and the bomb. So one of my grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The further backward we can look, the further forward you are likely to see. We think most of us, that history is past. Done and dusted. Over with. Just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over. But then it wasnt. I remember further back when people were scared of the abomb and then worse of the hbomb. And now today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin roane is professor of m