Writes about the accountability on the nsa spying issue. Heres peter bakers headline. Post, bye washington scott wilson, controversies show how obamas inattention to detail may hurt his president ial legacy. We want to get your thoughts on this. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Tweet, cspanwj. You can also post your comments on facebook or email us. On both fronts on the nsa and the Health Care Law, president obamas down to this i did not know. No president can be aware of everything going on in a sprawling government that he theoretically manage. Theoretically manages. This constant questions about how much in charge he really is. Days, the president s health and Human Services secretary said that the that despite internal concerns in a mr. Obama wasn, not told about Serious Problems with the new row grahams website until it was rolled out this month. Said theicials president was not aware that the National Security agency was tapping the ph
Printersrowfest. It is my pleasure to announce the moderator. I cannot think of a more appropriate discussion in 2014 and an Election Year too a conversation with you and the authors of the book fixing illinois politics and policy in the prairie state there is a book coming out i believe on tuesday by Hilary Clinton called hard choices and that might have been a more appropriate title. On my far right is j. Thomas johnson. Tom was appointed president of the Tax Federation of illinois in 2006 and became president in january of last year. He was on the illinois revenue board and was the chairman of the gaming board as well. Tom johnson. [ applause ] to my direct right is james nowlan. Jim was a senior aid to three governors. He is president of stark county communication and they publish Community Newspapers in central illinois. He is vice chair of the Illinois Ethics Commission that oversees the ethics and ethics training of 120,000 state of illinois employees. He was elected to the hous
Please keep the spirit of lit fest going all year long with a subscription. This year we are also introducing a new digital bookstore. Please take one of our promo cards for information about the app and axis the special book deals. Before they can todays program please file ensure cell phones. You return your camera flash off. We will allow you to take pictures. You can post those pictures online using hashtag printers row. Gives me great pleasure to introduce to you guys are moderate todays conversation, eric banks. Mr. Banks. Thank you. Thank you very much. Welcome everybody. Its good to see you here this morning and its my pleasure to welcome today Monique Brinson demery, the author of the amazing book, finding the dragon lady the mystery of vietnams madame nhu, which has recently been published by Public Affairs books. She holds a masters degree from harvard university, and when she made contact with madame nhu who was the unofficial first lady of the south east government in 2005
So he and friends hitchhiked to a service station to get it fixed. As they approached the outskirts of the city, they ran out of gas. So they pushed the car up the hill, coasting into town just before the deadline. Tom went on to win the race by a resounding 54 votes. There is no question there may have been some luck of the irish operating when it came to tom foley, as well as incredible stamina. What led him to make history as the first speaker of the house from west of the rockies was not luck. It was his hard work. His deep integrity. And is powerful intellect. As michael so eloquently and movingly stated, his ability to find Common Ground with his colleagues across the aisle. It was his personal decency that helped him bring stability and order to a congress that demanded most both, and still does. It brings me to a final point. At a time when our political system can seem more polarized and more divided than ever before, it can be tempting to see the possibility of bipartisan pro
To all wealthy authors who publish. I should mention the same breath where publishing james webb, who is a terrific United States senator and his focus right now. So i dont want to favor one author over another. When we acquired that book, Jonathan Karp knocked down here and now sits there was anything we could do for the ebook specifically to brainstorm some ideas and talked about when the right time to act on those ideas might be. We been thinking about also as a Digital Product from the very beginning. Of my rule is the National Media and the communications team. What is an effective Media Campaign . Verdugo . Depends on what the book is and it depends on what the potential for a book is. There is what i like to think of as topdown campaigns, campaigns like Hillary Clinton, which begin with National Media and breakout from there. A few big hit generate a number of things that sort of create themselves. My role at the clinton title has been to work on the marketing side of that, whic