Although its been said before, weve got new old news, i guess that the Drug Companies and the opioid business are facing a criminal probe. All of which would have at one time virtually trashed this market. Instead, the dorn thing just wont quit. Dow gained 55 points. Nasdaq advanced. 18 with all three closing at record levels. So we have to ask ourselves, what the heck is going on here so you know what im going to do in honor of these records, im going to run down all the reasons why this rally keeps on trucking first, while, indeed, discounter dollar tree had problems with the tariffs, the big guys are doing just fine. Walmart, target, amazon, costco simply havent felt the pain. The tariffs air problem for some many chains but the sky is falling narrative hasnt played out. Inflation remains subdued. When you consider everybody was predicting the trade war would devastate all retail, things are going much better than expected. Number two, the enterprise is very soft, but far fewer comp
I am honored to be here because the secretary has been involved in the foundation for about 15 years now and it was hard for us when she became secretary of the army because she had to step off the board but now that shes no longer secretary of the r. Air force. Im going to say to introduce debbie and she will be formally introduced by allison of the National Press club, she has been a friend for many years and set the example when she was at scic she was leaving people and was president of the Technical Division of the Largest Division and she doesnt mince words. Shes always there and when she became secretary of the air force, i used to stay up at night watching cspan and she with a decisive leader. She always made decisions quickly and i look forward to being here today where i dont have to watch on tv but have had the opportunity to learn about her leadership style and shes been a role model the last decade. I would like to introduce Alison Fitzgerald kodjak who has been so kind to
Air force. Im going to say to introduce debbie and she will be formally introduced by allison of the National Press club, she has been a friend for many years and set the example when she was at scic she was leaving people and was president of the Technical Division of the Largest Division and she doesnt mince words. Shes always there and when she became secretary of the air force, i used to stay up at night watching cspan and she with a decisive leader. She always made decisions quickly and i look forward to being here today where i dont have to watch on tv but have had the opportunity to learn about her leadership style and shes been a role model the last decade. I would like to introduce Alison Fitzgerald kodjak who has been so kind to host us today for this book event. Thanks so much. Good morning everybody welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am a correspondent at npr news and president of the press club this year. For the cspan public radio audience
Father was an educator and when i was born, he was president of ford Valley State College in southern georgia. My mother had been a classroom teacher and then went back to that and stopped again over the course of my early life. But they were the prime influences as parents are with all children. They set very high standards for their children but had a soft hand. It wasnt that you must do this but we expect you to do this. And my father, who had spent a great deal of his career researching the development of leadership figures, had always argued that, if you had an advantage over the massive black people, if you had an education, if you had a good job, then you had some responsibility to use that education and that position to help those less fortunate than you. And so my older sister and my younger brother and i all absorbed these messages from our parents. And never in a hectoring way. But always, this is your responsibility and youve got to do it. And i hope the three of us took th
And then beyond that, there are themes that emerge about the importance of National Causes that catalyze people to see themselves as leaders. Catalysts like the brown decision itself, which black leaders were so heavily involved. And then of course the Civil Rights Movement that generated grassroots leaders who came about and then became leaders for the rest of their lives. So the book has those major themes and i think thats exactly what emerges from the interviews and thats why i wrote the book, to call attention to these themes. But you can also just go to the website and find what you want in these interviews. Phyllis leffler, thank you very much. Its a pleasure. Id like to begin by asking you to recollect as best you can what you think of as being the most important early influences on your own life. My father wasrse an educator and when i was born, he was president of ford Valley State College in southern georgia. Had been a classroom teacher and then went back to that and stoppe