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Welcome those who are new to the fdr president ial library and museum, our 14th annual roosevelt reading festival. We have already had 14 authors speak today. I dont want to disparage them. We kept the best for last, we will end on a high note. I appreciate you all coming. Those who are members raise your hand. Look at that. That is fantastic. I appreciate you being here and your support, two trustees today, jack goodman says supporting the library for 35 years. [applause] one of the most intere...

Good afternoon, everyone. We had a great day so far, welcome those who are new to the fdr president ial library and museum, our 14th annual roosevelt reading festival. We have already had 14 authors speak today. I dont want to disparage them. We kept the best for last, we will end on a high note. I appreciate you all coming. Those who are members raise your hand. Look at that. That is fantastic. I appreciate you being here and your support, two trustees today, jack goodman says supporting the li...

White house intern and then a speech writer. He has a long record of acclaimed books on president ial this has brought him to the helm of five president ial libraries and Centers Across this country and throughout his career. He appears regularly, as many of you know, im sure, on news is cspans inhouse historian. He will be on a president s and patriots history tour. He focuses this year on truman, eisenhower, and churchill. In his his tours and writing, he is able to bring history to life. The ...

The helm of five president ial libraries and Centers Across this country and throughout his career. He appears regularly, as many of you know, im sure, on newshour and is cspans inhouse historian. Next month he will leave his semiannual president s and patriots history tour. He travels through the american heartland and focuses this year on truman, eisenhower, and churchill. Both in his tours and in his writing, he is able to bring history to life. The boston globe praises his scholarship as com...

Terrorist gunman opens fire on hostages who are innocent and again they need to get in to stop the shooter fast. Overand over again they practice, another nightmare scenario. How many people you have in there . I dont know. Dozens of hostages are being held. And then shots fired and a chase through cubicles and a maze of offices to try to find them. Reporter after each scenario theres an afteraction review where the officers go over what went right and what went wong. Afteraction reports include...

For Big Questions. Regardless of who the next president is. Who controls ask congress. How do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy. How do we make Technology Work for us and not against us especially when it comes to solving challenges like Climate Change . Safe and keep america lead the World Without becoming its policeman . How can we make our politics reflect what is best in us and not what is worst . Last year Vice President biden said that with the ne...

Shot at opportunity and security in this new economy . [applause] how do we make Technology Work for us and not against us especially when it comes to solving challenges like Climate Change . How do we keep america safe and lead the World Without becoming its policeman . How can we make our politics reflect what is best in us and not what is worst . Last year Vice President biden said that with the new moonshot america can cure cancer. Last month he worked with this congress to give scientists a...

Death. [applause] good morning. Let me see what it says here. My name is douglas wilson. [laughter] im the codirector of the lincoln study center at knox college. It is my privilege to introduce the first speaker in the 2015 Abraham Lincoln institute symposium. He is a young scholar who has already earned an array of honors. He was educated at penn state where he took his bachelors degree in 2001 and at the university of maryland where he earned a masters degree in 2003 and a phd in 2008. The de...

It is still a controversial story. I wanted to know more about it. It was a puzzle for me. That is why i chose truman. I am going to come back to mr. Truman, but it is interesting that this is the first time you have ever been on television. I think most people have not been on television, a country of 320 million people, this is my first time. I know, being with you, i will enjoy it. The audience needs to know up front that you were married to a man that was on television a lot. Yes, he was. My...

I looked around for another president that i might enjoy working on for a few years, and i came upon truman, who i remember, i am old enough to remember him. Truman had two big puzzles in his life. I said, you really have to write about some of those puzzles. It gives you something to work on, to work through. Maybe other biographers, other readers do not know about the puzzles or even see them as puzzles, but you do, and that is how i chose truman and worked very hard on the puzzles which turne...