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Through the first thing i would say is there is this misconception that people say oh, shermans men cut a swath 50 miles wide or 60 miles wide. That is i always tell my students you dont want to think of it like a lawn mower strip. It is not 50 miles wide of lawn mower. It is 50 miles from the edge of one column through four columns to the furthest edge of the other. So in many ways it is very what is the word oim looking for. Not sporadic or episodic. But sometimes a house is targeting and othe...

Council official until we talked out about it. And that is what happened. They ran it on the council and there was some coordination. Secretary kerry was involved in terms of some of the key meetings. I do think that the example i would agree with there was a special envoy for iran. His name was bill burns. He was in the system and he was not named. All of the authority he had the undersecretary for Political Affairs and also backing him up with a huge amount of senior attention. And i think tha...

This is curtourtesyurtourtesy of public broadcasting. Lt. Governor cagle, speaker ralston, president pro tem shafer, speaker pro tem jones, members of the General Assembly, constitutional officers, members of the judiciary, members of the consular corps, my fellow georgians today marks the fifth year that i have reported to you, the peoples representatives, on the state of our state. This is our annual checkup exam on the body politic, where we measure our vitals, celebrate areas of great health...

George friedman talks about the future of europe and the potential for conflict in the coming years. It is next on booktv. [inaudible conversations] anything. On behalf of the owners and staff of all it takes them press, while clement thank you for coming out on this wintry night. Before we get started i would like to take a moment to remind everybody to turn off for silent cell phones. As well i would like to remind everybody we are recording the event. When its time to ask questions, please do...

I dont think we should have to choose between foreign subjects and domestic subjects. If you look at your programs, theres an amazing range of panels. I want you cant. So many issues we can cover, should cover. Have the expertise within our community to cover. I just dont buy this false choice that so many in our communities, in the uk, in europe and north america which is, weve got to have this debate about gaza and nothing else or about iraq and nothing else. Weve got to go in the media, only ...

Inspection is the rapid disappearance of tropical forests and grass lands and other habitats where most of the diversity of life exists. With these global changes going onto say, we are needlessly turning the goals we have inherited from forebearers into straw. For that we will be despised by our descendents california has the most far reaching environmental laws of any state, and the most integrated policy to deal with Climate Change of any political jurisdiction in the western hemisphere under...

Nonfiction and i am not so good at listening to nonfiction but my Favorite Book this year is the deep down dark it is a brilliant book. Brilliant the story of the trapped coal miners. We have to bring this session to a close if you want to wrap it up with Closing Remarks . The audience looks sad. [laughter] you can still ask us afterwards except for nicholson who has his next session. Please give them a round of applause. [applause] demand is in charge of that night is this man. A man who opens ...

Revenue. Last year we based our budget on an anticipated Revenue Growth of 3. 4 percent. That was in keeping with our pattern of conservative budgeting. So when fiscal year 2014 ended, our actual revenue was 4. 8 percent. That differential between what we spent and what we collected is deposited into our Rainy Day Fund. Every budget cycle since i have been governor we have added to that fund so that it has increased by 643 percent since i took office. [applause] annual Revenue Growth, coupled wi...

Of questions that feel a little complementary to me. One may even partially answer the other. First one is how do you balance religious freedom against islams desire to take over the world . The second one is, given your description of what islam is and does, how can it be considered a religion . Thats a very good question. Number one, i think we should define in america what a religion should be. And ill tell you what my definition will be. A religion will be given the respect in america to be ...

Question. Of course, natchez does the same thing. But i have another question. In 1863, confederate troops went out of their way, in fact, arrived late at gettysburg, because theyre busy burning down Thaddeus Stephens house. Chasing free blacks all over pennsylvania and rounding them up. Is there anything equivalent in shermans march that says does his army target politicians house, do they march out of their way just to seek revenge against particular politicians and are they rounding up any wh...