The embassy of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan in washington. My colleague and director will be moderating the conversation but its my great pleasure and honor to ask the ambassador to provide welcoming remarks. Your excellency. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are right now in joining us for the session. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistan. We are glad to be hosting the event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council a wonderful partner of the embassy in washington. I want to offer a warm thank you to the Atlantic Council further help in organizing this important discussion and all the great work they are continuously doing. Furthermore i would like to express my gratitude for taking the time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. Ambassador i thank you and not just for joining us today that for all the great work that youve done in afghanistan over the y
First families, 200 years of private life in the white house. He served as a consultant to the smithsonian, and was the National First ladys library historian until 2017. Hes currently writing camera girl for simon and schuster. So welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today and very honored to give you a little bit of a back ground about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, a parent should not really have per se a favorite child, and, you know, i think an author shouldnt perhaps have a favorite book. But i will say that the research of this book, and then the unique promotion that i did for the book will always be a very important part of my life. I started writing this book, researching this book at a time when there was still the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings firsthand. Of course, they were Young Children and one or two had almost been teen
Afternoon or good evening, depending on wherever you are sitting right now and joining us for this session. May peace be upon you. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistans listen and peace series. We are glad to be hosting this event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council. A wonderful partner of the embassy in washington, i want to offer a very warm thank you to the Atlantic Council for their help in organizing this very important discussion. And all the great work that they are continuously doing. Furthermore, i would like to express my gratitude to doctor patricia, and doctor daniel. For taking this time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. , and busted or i think you not just for joining us today but for all of the great work you have done in afghanistan over the years. Its an honor to have you with us today, thank you for moderating and guiding us through this conversation. For those of you who
He is currently writing the chronicling of life when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer. Welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the White House Historical association today and im very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. I have to tell you, as is often said, a parent should not really have, per se, a favorite child and, you know, i think an author perhaps shouldnt have a favorite book. But i will say that this the research of this book and then the unique promotion that i did for the book will always be a very important part of my life. I started writing this book and researching this book at a time when the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the hardings. Of course, they had been Young Children and one or two had almost been teenagers. And then at the end of the process the 75th anniversary of the death of president harding, of course he died in 1923, so this was in 199
Discusses the life of the woman married to president Warren Harding and dispels some of the myths during her time at the white house. The Historical Association hosted the event and provided the video. Today we are welcoming the author of a dozen books on president ial families, including four full length first lady biographies and an overview of all the families who made their home in the white house. We wrote a two volume history americas first family an inside view of 200 years of private life in the white house. He served as a consultant to the smithsonian interpretation of the exhibit and was a librarys historian until 2017. He is currently writing camera girl ethe first chronicling of jacqueline bovine kennedys life when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer. Welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the white house Historical Association today and im very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. You kn