Assessing u. S. Soviet relations in the 1960s and 70s. Im not going to chair the panel, but i will turn the duties over to my colleague here at the Miller Center, professor barbara perry, who is going to anchor the panel. Barbara is herself a noted scholar of the 60s and of the kennedy era and the kennedy clan. She is also the director of president ial studies here at the Miller Center. She is a very seasoned expert oral historian as well as a written historian, and for many years she helped lead the Oral History Program here at the Miller Center, which was one of the signature undertakings that we do in interviewing the leading members of president ial administrations from the four years on up until the present. Or at least i should say the recent past. We have completed oral histories under her leadership and russel rileys leadership of every administration through the george w. Bush administration and we are planning to lay siege to the Obama Administration and well find out what th
The first speaker today is , the author ofnd five books about the men who rode with john mosby during the civil war, his first one is mosbys rangers, which deal with withen from bmi who served mosby, and who has subsequently which tellre books, the story of 110 more men who arved with mosby and it is fifth volume at press right now with will probably be the final volume in that area trade in that series. Hes received the Jefferson Davis historical gold medal. Mr. Buckland is a graduate of the university of kansas and had a 22 year career in the u. S. Army in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, slightly higher than i got to when i was in the army. And he has many awards and serve much of his career in special forces. If youve seen some of the awards he received her in that time, we certainly thank him for his service. Works for the United States government and lives with his wife, maureen, in centreville, virginia with three sons in the title of his presentation today is jo
We are calling it a very ambitious trip. What arehere are the numbers to call. What are your expectations . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488002. 2. Dependents, 202748800 republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Good morning on this sunday, the 21st of may. Has thisWashington Post headline. A shot of the president holding a bilateral meeting with the king of bahrain. This is part of many meetings he is having this morning ahead of this major speech. The story says the presently is the nation home to islams holiest site as a backup to call in the fightan against terrorism as the worst of the relationship with arab leaders. It little more on the speech. Peter stephenson is a reporter for the Washington Post joins us by phone now. Guest thank you so much for having me. Host sure thing. Set the backdrop for us. Speech stage for the sieg we are hearing about islam today. What is at stake . Guest this speech is the convergence of a lot of different aspects of President Tr
Center, the president ial Recordings Program. Lots of adjusting stuff we want to learn. But first off, thank you for joining us. Tell us about uvas president ial Recordings Program. When did it start and how does it operate . Guest it started in the late 1990s when finally, it became available to researchers to actually study these fantastic, intimate recordings of the president s of the United States, the ones who recorded the most were president s kennedy, johnson, nixon, who people find fascinating. They are interested in the johnson tapes and next and tapes have great historical significance. As to the kennedy tapes. The purpose of our program is to give people transcripts to read along with these recordings, because while the recordings are priceless, they are not of even adequate sound quality. They are secret recordings, so that president s have their aides put microphones were they would not be heard. So instead of having a microphone next door heads like we do, the microphones
Center, the president ial Recordings Program. Lots of adjusting stuff we want to learn. But first off, thank you for joining us. Tell us about uvas president ial Recordings Program. When did it start and how does it operate . Guest it started in the late 1990s when finally, it became available to researchers to actually study these fantastic, intimate recordings of the president s of the United States, the ones who recorded the most were president s kennedy, johnson, nixon, who people find fascinating. They are interested in the johnson tapes and next and tapes have great historical significance. As to the kennedy tapes. The purpose of our program is to give people transcripts to read along with these recordings, because while the recordings are priceless, they are not of even adequate sound quality. They are secret recordings, so that president s have their aides put microphones were they would not be heard. So instead of having a microphone next door heads like we do, the microphones