And dont say a word until you know who you are talking to. I wont say much tonight because i dont know you that well but i know you have an interest in the topic of the day extraordinarily important to all of us and i want to encourage all of you to pick up this book that we are introducing him. Ive traveled as i said all over the United States many times. But theres one state in particular that you just cant get past. Its always stood out. Its way down south but among all the states those are the friendliest people in the whole country. There is no getting around even when it even when i was a student at Duke University we would go to South Carolina to buy fireworks and they were always friendly to us. That might have changed nowadays but the important part is the people. The people were always hospitable and each which way. You couldnt imagine more friendly people even those of the opposite political persuasion. They would hope they could change your mind that in but in our family of
Very easy to focus on the grand battles of the war but this is a part that people need to know about. This is a part that affected civilians. This is a part that affected the people back home. And in many ways what happened in galveston and in texas was typical of what happened across the south. Particularly in seaports that were blockaded during the war. There was a continual, there was a continual Union Federal Navy Presence offshore, there were regular bombardments of the town. There was, you know excitement when a blockade runner would arrive. But its and there was lots of hardship. Lots of they did without a great deal. But it is, its something that people need to know about. Its another aspect of the war thats maybe not as heroic not as dramatic. Its part of the war thats very hard to glorify but its an important part of the war because it represents, it represents life as lived by a lot of people 150 years ago. For more information on booktvs recent visit to galveston, texas, an
Probably have have had friends who have died doing that. To me, it goes against everything in the american ethos not to be doing that. Theres a lot of unanswered questions, were still getting information now that had to be pulled out through subpoena. We dont know where the president was, what hillary was doing. You know everything what they were doing during the bin laden raid, but you dont know any of this stuff, and then, of course, you have the coverup, and it really goes in with my book for personal political gain. They wanted to show that libya was pacified because libya was their baby right . That was their intervention under the guise of the duty to protect, to stop gadhafi from killing his people. I would submit to you many more people were killed after they destabilized it. Genocide genocide of christians. Isis has a Radio Station a tv station in libya right now. Its a disaster. So before, during and after, tubs of failures tons of failures. And if Hillary Clinton decides to
Executives, and debate the question of National Security versus freedom of information. This 90 minute event was hosted by the new America Foundation. The Gilder Lehrman institute of American History. And dickinson college. Ok, good morning and welcome to the new America Foundation. We are here for the third and in our panel series of president s at war. This is a series for the understanding lincoln course , brought to you by the Gilder Lehrman institute for American History and dickinson college. So we are engaged in a discussion of Abraham Lincoln and his role in his legacy in American Society but were also thinking about how the issues he confronted as a commander in chief, as a president had he president have evolved in the modern day and where they might be headed in the future. This panel is about the role of the press. This is the wartime press and Civil Liberties during war. It is one of the most controversial aspects of lincolns legacy. It remains one of the most controversia
Powers, and explosive new story by journalist Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill reveals details about the secret role of the nsa and he was overseas assassination program. The u. S. Is reportedly now carrying out drone strikes based on cell phone tracking data without knowing whether the individual in possession of a tracfone is in fact the intended target. The article was just published in a new digital magazine launched today by First Look Media. Glenn greenwald and Jeremy Scahill join us. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The second round of syrian peace talks resumed today in geneva after a oneweek pause. Steering government and opposition representatives have met separately with you and envoy Lakhdar Brahimi as the two sides face continued divisions on a number of issues, including the future president bashar alassad. The meeting comes as over 600 civilians were evacuated from the besieged city of