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[applause] thank you very much for that introduction and thank you to the David Library for hosting me. Its a real pleasure to be here and see all of you this afternoon. Thank you. The title of my talk this afternoon is, love and honor in 1812. Patriotism and Popular Culture in the new United States. On june 19th of 1812, James Madison made a public announcement of the first war ever to be declared in the history of the United States. He said, quote, i exhort all the good people of the United St...

A Palestinian Refugee camp entitled they are human too. As well as a novel about Palestinian Refugees. And you should see this photo book. It looks like gaza today. I mean, nothing has changed. But its very interesting that it was put out by i a conservative out by a conservative, explicitly conservative ideological publisher. And then there was what priced israel by alfred m. Williamthal who i believe is the founder of the American Council on judaism which made what was back then the mainstream...

Host our guest, larry elder. Radio talk show host, columnist. The firms are up on the the numbers are up on the screen. Were talking about his most recent book which is a memoir. Mr. Elder writes a lot about politics as people who follow him know. If youd like to dial in and talk about that as well, 2025853885 in the east and central time zones, 5853886 if youre in the mountain or pacific time zone where we are right now on the campus of usc. Mr. Elder, chapter two, if norl was hate. My hatred f...

Them other than fighting. There are a lot of people in the United States to just wanted to wipe them out, get rid of the problem. You know, early on because they concede that it was going to continue to grow. They were growing quite quickly, and they just wanted to get rid of them. And so it was up problem pretty much from what i have read. Everybody in the country was talking about it or have heard about it. The fortyniners. Salt lake city is pretty much the way you go if you go to get to calif...

Years ago today out of curiosity november 4, 1913 the United States was preparing to muster 500,000 troops and year up for war against a major power. President wilson had just given an ultimatum to that nations head of state but we did not go to war. At least not then. That major power was on the side of the atlantic. It was mexico. And the general was the great menace of that moment. So i found this on the front page where else, the new york times. The next 17 pages of that days paper there was...

The great war. I am the editor of the world policy journal and i would also like to welcome the National Members participating in the meeting. You know, i said at lunch i have a surprise here because 100 years ago out of curiosity, november 4th, 1913, the United States was preparing to muster 500,000 troops into europe and the war against the major power. President wilson had given an ultimatum to the nations head of state but we didnt go to war at least not then. That major power was on this si...

It is not only about the Peace Process. And we have to be engage in a the dialogue with all regional and International Issues that are on the table to negotiate. And so to be able to agree on the differences, iran and the u. S. Both want to seek an end state from the Peace Process to terrorism to the weapons of mass destruction, i give you one example. Some years i was involved in this. The reason was the iranians want to see the end of state and for them the end of state was their right to Peac...

She settled in Washington Heights and when it turned to a spanish neighborhood, theres a big hospital there, and because of her training in cuba, she is able to treat the patients in spanish so she has made full circle. But to answer your question, they were all america bound with the exception of the one family. Those who remained in cuba, they came as tourists of passengers in transit but they were always paying bribes to the policemen or to somebody organizing. None of them was deported. Alth...

Tomorrow, a discussion at that defense spending in u. S. National security with a keynote speech by the pentagon comptroller. The Brookings Institution host the event on cspan 2. What i like about cspans coverage is they are very thorough. A Steady Program i want to watch is available. What i enjoy mostly is coverage that you have on the floor, the debates on the floor, as well as the hearings that you cover, the subcommittees and Major Committee hearings. She watches cspan on comcast. Cspan cre...

A minor School Disciplinary offense should put a student in the principals office, and not a police precinct. [applause] well also continue offering resources and support survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and dating violence. Earlier this summer, i announce a new Justice Department initiative, known as vision 21, which offers an unprecedented snapshot of the current state of victim services. It calls for sweeping evidence based changes to bring these services into the 21st century ...