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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Good morning, everyone. This is the second in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the houses impeachment inquiry, without objection the chairman reserves the right to call recess. make an Opening Statement and representative nunes will make an Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect...

Interacted with his contemporaries, how he viewed himself, and how we remember him today. Professor smith today, what we are planning to do is spend a little time talking about George Washington and the character he developed over a lifetime. If you think about what we have done for the duration of this course, we brought him into the story intermittently throughout, whether it is talking about individual bibles or how he organized men or how he recruited men to get them to stay in the service. ...

Washington is that washington is an enigma to the modern audience. Why . Because we dont really know who he was, how he looked. When i show you these images here, these images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every 10 years or so, about 700 political scientist and historians around the country rank our president. Who knows how current president is going to rank. Whenever those rankings come out, these three guys here rank at the top. Sometimes it will be lincoln, sometimes it will be ...

And the character that he developed over a lifetime, and if you think about what weve done for the duration of this course, weve brought him into the story intermittently throughout. Whether its talking about individual battles or whether its talking about how he organized men or how he kept men he recruited men to get them to maintain or stay in the service. And one of the things i try to get across whenever im talking about washington is that washington is a bit of an inenia to a modern audien...

And one of the things i try to get across whenever i am talking about washington, is that washington is a bit of an enigma to a modern audience. Why . Because we dont really know who he was, how he was, how he looked. I mean, when i show you these images here, these images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every 10 years or so, about 700 political scientists and historians across the country, they rank our president s. Now who knows how our current president is going to rank, but nonet...

You can also open some questions. From a timing standpoint economically, i think its an interesting time. We had jackson hole, Second Quarter gdp numbers looking a little better so thats great. From a human and social perspective, its an unfortunate time in our sympathies and prayer go to the folks in houston. Get right into it. We will talk to the domestic economy and the Global Economy. Lets start off with u. S. Economy. Where do we stand right now whats the outlook for the next three to five ...

[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. So i will welcome all love you to the liberal arts faculty in day Research Fellow at the war and peace center and will welcome you to this timely end be enormously importantt presentation. Give this is a great pleasure and honor to be with this crowd. With waging war. I do want you to know that there was a time for president s to declare war. From the university of vermont and the legislature met and they said did you hear about this fellow i...

[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. So i will welcome all love you to the liberal arts faculty in day Research Fellow at the war and peace center and will welcome you to this timely end be enormously importantt presentation. Give this is a great pleasure and honor to be with this crowd. With waging war. I do want you to know that there was a time for president s to declare war. From the university of vermont and the legislature met and they said did you hear about this fellow i...

We do lots of the events here each year 25300 and assigning all the time over all shot reso welcome back of his interfirst time is great to meet you and i hope youll consider setting up for our newsletter that is at the counter where you could purchase copies after the event were also visit on lined to find out what were doing that way. I just want to say a couple words first about the book jefferson john is a professor of history and a former editor of the journal of southern history he has bee...

Beth hill is fort tie continue row georgia key to a continent and it was written by a director of fort ticonderoga in the 1960s. Its still the preeminent book that provides the history of fort ticonderoga. And then my last book which is unrelated to my district, but i try to and im interested in books of powerful women in United States history, and as i was recently walking through a bookstore, i saw the autobiography of helen keller the story of my life. Obviously, that was published quite a lo...