It is my privilege to introduce professor Elizabeth Barron from the university of virginia who will speak on the election of 1864 in confederate eyes. I think this is a really important topic to address early on in this symposium so that we dont forget that there is a whole other conversation going on in other parts of the country. Professor baron got her bachelors degree from swathmore college. And then went on to teach at wellesley and temple before coming to university of virginia where shes the langborn williams professor of American History. And her first two books were from a womans point of view about womens opinions and activities in the south and in antibellum virginia. Then the biography of a spy in richmond, both of which were extremely well received and the biography won many awards. Then her next book was on disunion which was about the whole debate about the discussion of strategizing about possible breakup of the union dating from 1789 onwards. Most recently her book is
Democratic Party Platform did not support emancipation. This hourlong discussion was part of a symposium on the 1864 election hosted by the Lincoln Group of d. C. Our next speaker is known to many of us. And some of us have the strength to have read one of the two volumes this is the second volume covering the period of todays symposium, of Abraham Lincoln a life by Michael Burlingame who holds the distinguished chair at university of illinois at springfield. His earlier work, the inner world of Abraham Lincoln, is being discussed on saturday mornings monthly by a Book Discussion group that is sponsored by the Lincoln Group of d. C. And we meet at fords theater education center. Michael has done the most Massive Research on Abraham Lincoln of any scholar. He has edited 12 major books that lay out original source material from those who knew lincoln or studied him closely in the early years after lincoln. So, we are very pleased to have, as our final speaker before our panel, professor
Dont forget the whole other conversation going on in other parts of the country. They went on to teach here before coming to the university of virginia. The first two books were from a womans point of view about womens opinions and activities in the south and in virginia. Then the biography of a spy in richmond. They won many awards. Her next book was on this union about the whole debate about the discussion about our possible union dating from 1789 onwards. Most recently her book is on victory and defeat and freedom at the end of the civil war. That has won a number of prizes with the library award. Professor barron has been speaking widely including the lincoln bicentennial and the gettysburg civil war institute. Also on cspan book tv. Its my pleasure to introduce Elizabeth Barron and she will speak. The set back. Thank you. Good morning and thanks for attending the event. This morning i will address the theme of confederate interpretations of the election of 1864, but also southern
Across the nation more than 82 billion in direct spending in one year. The highest burden is in the south where it cost about 35 billion in one year. Are you concerned not expanding medicaid would exacerbate the disparities and leave more people as the sickest in our nation and increase the financial costs in the end . They are going to come to you at some point without having Preventive Care or Health Care Maintenance when they are very sick and cost the state more. Thank you very much to focus the attention on what all of the coverage is supposed to address, which is people oppose the Health Status and outcomes. In my state and states nearby, was a great disparity in diabetes and obesity. We have looked at the outcomes on medicaid and we do not see a great bit of difference. We have a system not turning out the kind of Health Outcomes we would expect for the amount of money we put a in. We have looked at expanding medicaid. Let me show you some numbers around it. Chairman waxman went
Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our lewis fuller meant auditorium. And thank you for those who are joining us through the various networks today. If you will make sure your cell phones are turned off, we appreciate it as we begin. And if you wish to send in questions or comments, simply email us at speaker heritage. Org. Posting our discussion is a senior fellow for Public Diplomacy in our douglas and Sarah Allison center for foreign policy. She focuses on the government institutions and programs for strategic outreach to the public and Foreign Countries as well as diplomacy. She is a fellow at the Hoover Institution and serves on the journalismolitical at Hanover College in indiana. Please join me in welcoming hello dale hila dale. [applause] thank you. Politics andssian 30 tricks that we have seen in full bloom in recent months, relating to specifically russias efforts to dominate and control parts of its former soviet empire. As we look at a highly unstable situa