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Good morning. For those of you that are new to the occasion, welcome to the 22nd writers symposium. Its one continuous century of hostility. We call this years installment when the war lost the war the centennial legacy of world war i. To establish the theme and suggest a direction. This morning it is my particular pleasure to introduce colonel robert. Having written extensively in the four centigrade for. Currently, he is the acting secretary of the Battle Monuments Commission and former direct...

Hornberry welcome to brookings. Im Michael Hammond of the Foreign Policy program. I have the privilege of back mac thornberry, republican from the 13th district x testis from the 13th district of texas. The first texan ever to have that role. Texan whose family goes back to ranching in the 13th district as far back as 1881. Probably wonder what he was doing in rainy washington when he could have been back in texas during springtime, but we are grateful for your service. Its a momentous time in a...

Welcome to brookings. As you know, i had the privilege and honor of welcoming back to brookings chairman mack thornberry, from the 13th district of texas to discuss matters of defense policy, budget and many other subjects under the sun. He is the chairman of the Armed Service committee. A texan who goes back to ranting in the 13th district as far back as 1881, probably wondering what he was doing on a rainy washington dealing with the federal budget when he couldve been back home in the texas s...

He is the chairman of the House Armed Services committee. The first texan to ever have that role and a texan whose family goes back to ranching in the 13th district as far back as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. District as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up h...

He is the chairman of the House Armed Services committee. The first texan to ever have that role and a texan whose family goes back to ranching in the 13th district as far back as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. District as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up h...

I want to remind everybody that todays meeting is on the record. It is also being livestreamed over the internet on cfr. Org so everyone who is watching us by the internet, welcome. Also remember since this is on the record, anything you say can and possibly will be used against you. It is my great pleasure to introduce the three distinguished historians we have with us today to talk about world war i. You all have complete bios so im not going to go through everything our panelists have written...

[inaudible conversation] folks, lets get going this morning and please remember if you would to put your phones on do not ring so that were not interrupted during our speakers presentations. My name is ray a pennington, ipg military history at norwich and im very happy to introduce a couple friends of mine this morning. Is Jennifer Keane whose professor of history and state of the department of history at Chapman University in southern california. And as you can tell, shes a specialist in the Am...

What does this day, memorial day mean to you . Good monday morning on this memorial day. Simple crime. Somebody who died known only to god. This piece dont take the remembrance out of memorial day. Share with you in part what he writes at the hill. Com. What does memorial day mean to you . Is a day off work, time spent grilling with family and friends. A day to grab the hottest discounts on cars and electronics. It seems over the years memorial day has come to represent the luxuries of to societ...

To authors and historians to speak about what was then called the great war. We learn about the creation of the memorial to honor those who serveded and about artifacts in the museums collection. This is about two and a half hours. 100 years ago on april 6, 1917, president Woodrow Wilson signeded a declaration of war against germany, entering the United States into world war i. More than 4 million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform and more than 100,000 americans died in th...

And involve you in conversations with top world war i historians as we learn about the history of the u. S. Role in the war and its impact. As we open the program, we are joined by the president and ceo of the National World war i museum and memorial matthew nayler. Matt nayler, you have resources in telling the story of world war i, why is it important for people in 2017 to know this story . I dont know you can think of the last 100 years particularly in the United States without understanding ...