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assistant to president george bush graduate of yale university. [applause] thank you so much for that love and lovely introduction judy. as you mention i used to work as a presidential speechwriter before i started writing this book so you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book didn t much care for my old occupation. in fact robert e. lee was so offended when he heard george washington might have used a ghostwriter to pen his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it. he said anyone who says george washington used a ghostwriter was quote injudicious. so if i ve learned nothing else from writing his biography it s that i should say a little bit less about my own biography. i m so pleased to be at this beautiful house and i m so grateful to the historical society for inviting me today. i had a chance to go over to see the historical society earlier today and it is such a wonderful facility and i m so happy to see it expanding. ....
of the senator s career. c-span: this is what the book looks like. thank you for joining us. guest: think he very much. [inaudible conversations] said an nec this is much too tall for me. thank you so much for coming this evening. please take the time now to turn off or silence your cellphone. if you don t then follows on facebook hand twitter and instagram. please take a minute to sign up for your e-mail newsletter. i promised we will not spaniel. thank you for coming on behalf of the entire staff i am pleased to welcome new to talk about the book empire of lead to explore how the city was tainted from the outset from becoming the proud a citadel of republic that george washington envisioned within two centuries ago. here to talk about his background which is fascinating also the author to the guide to washington d.c. as well as a contributor to did down a - - sedan brown book and also has critics content for sites such as budget travel we originally started this p ....
so when we talk about illegal guns, mostly we are talking about individuals prohibited by law from having guns, having those times. so that is difficult to estimate because we don t necessarily have access to measure and survey those individuals. are most gun crimes committed with registered or unregistered guns? well, it may be surprising to many, but we actually don t have a registry. it s actually written the federal law that the federal government may not maintain a registry. there are a few states that have their own registries mostly those registries are for handguns only. states like california although they recently expanded their registry to include long guns as well. maryland, new york new jersey, few states. by and large under federal law we do not have a registry. in the book that you collected it so they reducing gun violence in america, you announced there were 31,000 gun deaths last year in the united states. how does that break down between suici ....
next jonathan horn recounts robert e. lee s decision to join the confederate army after being sought by the north and the south. from louisville kentucky, it s about an hour. it s my pleasure to introduce dr. horn. he is an author and former white house presidential speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his robert e. lee biography the man who would not be washington published in january of this year. jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and nbc radio. his writing has appeared in the new york times the weekly standard and other outlets. during his time the white house jonathan served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush and as a graduate of io university and we welcome him to louisville university. [applause] thank you so much for that lovely introduction judy. as was mentioned i used to work as a presidential speechwriter before i started writing this book. so you can imagine my shock when i learned tha ....
when he is killed on the balcony, he believes, and eyes imagine, martin dies believing everything and everybody has turned on him. the cosmos shifted against them. five days later he was right and everybody else was wrong. that s not the way that he got out of there. you can watch this and other programs online that booktv.org. jonathan horn is next. he recalls robert e. lee s decision to join the confederate army after being sought by both the north and the south. it s about one hour. now, it s my pleasure to introduce jonathan horn. he is an author and former white house presidential speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his new robert e. lee biography, the man who would not be washington, published in january of this year. ....