Coat designed by oleg cassini. I think it is a wonderful example of her simple elegance. That a became very, very popular. The only thing that she wore to adorn the ensemble was a beautiful ruby brooch by tiffany that j. F. K. Gave her to celebrate the birth of john junior, right after the swearing in. And of course most famously finishing the ensemble was the hillbox hat. She wore that on the back of her head so her face could be seen. That actually set a fashion trend. Whereas the hat would normally be worn on the top of the head, she had a pushed back to sort of frame her face. Displayed here at its storage box is perhaps one of mrs. Kennedys bestknown dresses, the dress that she wore during her televised tour of the white house in february 1962. Visitors to the museum when we have this dress on exhibit are quite surprised to realize it is red, because of course the program was filmed in blackandwhite and broadcast in black and white. But i like to surmise that she chose red for tha
Afghanistan. The discussion hosted by the Stemson Center in washington, d. C. Included analysts like stuart bolin, Inspector General for iraq reconstruction and his recent report arguing that a the u. S. Does not have a well executed plan to implement and oversee the reconstruction efforts. Defense department and u. N. Officials also participated in the discussion. This is an hour and a half. Good morning everyone. I am Ellen Laipson and im delighted to welcome you to the Stimson Center for this muggy of this conversation about war and peace new tools for messy transition. We are gathering at the time that we can see the end of both the iraq and afghanistan engagement, and this event in a way is pivoted around the offer by the special Inspector General for the iraqi reconstruction to present some of the findings for the final report so the special Inspector General office created in 2004 is now completing its work so it is a moment of reflection and looking back at what are some of the
This is a sort of thing and thank you because in my mind at least that connects. Its something that boulevard and immediately. When you did when he went from town to town he set up universities and educational centers. He left and they all fell apart. In the climate that this movie encourages and suggests stick with it stay there, educate the children and concentrate on the girls especially latin america where girls dont have a whole lot of power. Thank you for the question. Are we running out of time . We have time for one more question . Thank you. I just want to thank you for your contribution. I think its important for us to learn about latin america. Im curious you have talked about hispanic culture a lot. Mainly it sounds like its a synonym for the spanishspeaking Spanish Speaking countries of latin america. Could you comment comment on the portuguese influence and the that you saw with bolivar . When napoleon came in and invaded the peninsula the portuguese royal family got into
Where girls dont have a whole lot of power. Thank you for the question. Thank you. I think, are we running out of time . We have time for one more question . Please. Thank you. I just want to thank you more your contribution. I think its important for us to learn about latin america. Im curious, youve talked about his tannic culture a lot hispanic culture a lot, mainly as a synonym to the spanishspeaking countries of latin america. Could you comment on the port tweeze influence portuguese influence, did you see interaction with bolivar and the portuguese or brazilians . Thank you. What happened, of course, is when napoleon came in and invaded the peninsula, the portuguese royal family got into boats, a whole convoy of boats, and sailed to brazil which was their colony. So they transplanted the royalty to brazil, and they felt they kept the portuguese power and the portuguese monarchy going. It was a very different story from the rest of pushspeaking america. There really is a distincti
Veteran of the publishing world. I worked for harper is a Senior Editor and Vice President for many years and went on to work at Simon Schuster as well. So i have been around the block. Im a bit of a veteran in all fields, but we have learned so many things in this conference so far. It such a delight, such a pleasure to the wonderful keynote speech about the importance of words and the report from the frontlines of so many countries, south africa and russia, marvelous and to learn that the First Encounter between europe and the new world, between the conquistadors and the quinta was over a book and on and on with the heritage of Thomas Jefferson and the wonderful discussions that you just heard. At such a vibrant discussion. And wonderful to know that it will go on on in the sum of as we go forward around the world. Now what we have learned in the whole process is that the book culture is changing, although we all know i think in our hearts that the world of books which we have known