Of the senators career. Cspan this is what the book looks like. Thank you for joining us. Guest think he very much. [inaudible conversations] said an nec this is much too tall for me. Thank you so much for coming this evening. Please take the time now to turn off or silence your cellphone. If you dont then follows on facebook hand twitter and instagram. Please take a minute to sign up for your email newsletter. I promised we will not spaniel. Thank you for coming on behalf of the entire staff i am pleased to welcome new to talk about the book empire of lead to explore how the city was tainted from the outset from becoming the proud a citadel of republic that George Washington envisioned within two centuries ago. Here to talk about his background which is fascinating also the author to the guide to washington d. C. As well as a contributor to did down a sedan brown book and also has critics content for sites such as Budget Travel we originally started this program over the summer of thi
Until 2009. Thats when we saw this explosion of all the stores. Also to get data in order. We have so little data and i think thats really important for good policy to be made before we roll this out and commercialize it, we really need to look at this situation and do it slowly and be very thoughtful and set up the regulations first. Let me add to what happened in 2009 is attorney general holder on behalf of the Obama Administration announced that they were going to depriority ipes marijuana offenses. So even though emailed legalized it in 2000, thats certainly when the momentum started. My pieces of advice, i think would be very simple, to not underestimate the lobby and the industry thats behind this. I think thats something that we are still doing in colorado and i think that the idea that this is a grass roots peoples movement, thats just silly. The idea might be. Decriminalization might be, but legalization in colorado has become completely synonymous with commercializeation. I w
York times the Weekly Standard and others. During his time in the white house Jonathan Horn served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush, Yale University and we welcome him. [applause] thank you sell much for that love the introduction. As mentioned i used to work as a president ial speechright ear before i started writing this book so you can imagine my shock when i learned the subject of my new book didnt much care for my old occupation. Robert e. Lee was so offended when he heard that George Washington might have used a ghost writer to pen his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it. He said anyone who said George Washington used a ghost writer was injudicious so in writing this biography, i should care less about my own biography. I am so pleased to be at this Beautiful House and so grateful to the Historical Society for inviting me today. I had a chance to see the Historical Society earlier today and it is such a wonderful facility and i am
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone. Id like to welcome you to this afternoons session of the washington history seminar, and for those of you who dont know the seminar is a joint project of the Woodrow Wilson Centers History and Public Policy program and the american Historical Associations National history center. My name is Eric Arn Ericsson from George Washington university, and i am the cochair of this seminar. As is our custom, i want to thank two people whose behindthescenes efforts makes this seminar possible on a weekly basis amanda no moniz and pete [inaudible] i would also like to express thanks to the society of historians of Foreign Relations whose generous financial contributions support this seminars activities. Todays speaker is Bartholomew Sparrow who is a professor of government at the university of texasment he is the author of multiple works including from the outside in world war ii and the american state, the insular cases and the emergence of the am
I pray for them every day. You write about blue star families. Certainly members of the military. You talk a little bit about gold star. Gold star mothers those who have lost a son or daughter. Very inspirational story in here about a mom who is a gold star mother who is also in the numeral academy. The ui to touch a little bit on that . I got to no her when she was complete mom and discovered that lots of them have asked. The 1st big challenge there child is going through without you. As i began to communicate her she had an older son she lost in iraq. The younger son was five at the time. And the process of her coming to grips with the idea that she had the 2nd son who wanted to serve comanche tells a story. It is very meaningful. Now she now she is completely supportive of him. It was a difficult journey for. So, you know im really proud of her for being willing to tell her story. Well, we are coming to a close. Is there anything else you would like to add about your book and where