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Recipient. Next robert kenzer nominates Abraham Lincoln, citing lincolns influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu. S. This is about 45 minutes. Youd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. I had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. Our next speaker is robert c. Kenzer. Bob is the William Benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 yea...

University richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. For most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. Like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. Bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. Bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. He teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several o...

Good morning, we began this morning on saturday december 29th by taking a live look outside and from our roof cam are here on van ness ave. We are time is winding down and still no deal to keep the country from falling off the fiscal cliff. With the deadline just three days away the president and congressional leaders met at the white house for more talks. Stacey cohan has the latest period centers called for them not to meet on saturday. House Speaker John Boehner said that he would not bring a...

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Thank you. Mic on . Oh, yes. Sorry for that. I want to get started. We run as tight a ship as we can for world affairs. Welcome to session 2164 of the conference of world affairs, entitled the political crystal ball. How appropriate, given what is coming in the next couple years. Today is tuesday, april 8, and we are in umc 235. Ime is suzi addicks m have the pleasure of moderating this panel today. We will have each of our panelists give some comments, roughly 10 minutes. Them an opportunity, i...

That you have. We do this out of respect for our panel and each other. We do not want these things going off in the middle of our meeting. I am when to start by introducing our four panelists in the order in which they will speak. On this, socided there is no significance to be read into the order in which they will speak. Our first speaker is to my immediate left, david bender. He is well known to many Conference Attendees for his involvement in public issues and political activities. He also h...

And he, in seventh grade, took a leave of absence to participate in bob kennedy, Robert Kennedys president ial campaign. So [applause] [laughter] it is called truancy. [laughter] i was trying to be diplomatic, here. Leave of absence. Second is mary hughes. Mary is a seasoned political strategist and author, who has focused her efforts on increasing the number of women in congress and state legislatures, especially california. [applause] fromhould know that 19842008, in the nine bay area counties...

And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Warner washingtons clock ticked another day closer today to automatic tax hikes and spending cuts, the socalled fiscal cliff. The president took to the road, while republicans warned theres a deadlock in efforts to reach a deficit deal. Now, of course, santa delivers everywher...

Delay legislation but republicans say the tool is key to protecting their minority rights. Warner on the eve of World Aids Day, ray suarez updates the hopes and frustrations in the fight against the deadly disease. Brown mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Warner and is the grand canyon 60 million years older than weve long thought . We ask science correspondent miles obrien. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and...

In counterterrorism strikes around the world. Look at this. Ever since anybody knew such a document existed, this is how the administration has been coping with requests to see this document. This is a letter from the Justice Department telling the aclu that they neither confirm nor deny the existence of the documents described in your request. Quote, the fact excuse me, the very fact of the existence or nonexistence of such diagnostics is itself classified. Thats what theyve been saying for mor...