For more than a century the Hoover Institution has been dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, National Security and democratic were excited to be able to connect virtually with you to showcase the work coming out of our institution. These policy briefings provide an opportunity for you to her directly from some of our nations top scholars on pressing issues facing the road during this difficult time. We hope you enjoy and find out in our discussion. We will be taking audience question state and encourage you to submit yours at the q a buttons located at the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from general h. R. Mcmaster, the senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was a 26 National Security adviser to the the president of the United States. He also served as commissioned officer in the United States army for 34 years before retiring as Lieutenant General in june for the 2018. His latest book is entitled battlegrounds and will be released in se
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Lynton history prize, mark lynton history prize and the j. Anthony prize, the work in progress prizes are administered jointly by Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for journalism at harvard md. And i want to introduce our host for this evening. Thats ann marie lipinski, Pulitzer Prize winning former editor of the chicago tribune, and the curator here of the Nieman Foundation. Weve got a good and very stimulating evening ahead. So ann marie. Were killing the music. Ive done it. Thats it. Its my folks that jazz. Its called the jazz lounge bar. In case anyones interested interested. Thank you, jonathan, and welcome everyone to the presentation of the j. Anthony lucas prize project honoring the very best of american Nonfiction Book writing in celebrating gifted writer winners this evening, we remember Pulitzer Prize winning journalist j. Anthony lucas, a 1969 nieman fellow, and the late mark linton, a history enthusiast and expert and Senior Executive at the firm Hunter
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