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A small rocky typhoon swept island. This is okinawa, principal link in a chain of islands that stretches from japan to formosa. Unimportant this perhaps at first glance, but the role in todays tense world is out of proportion to the size. An area equal to half of that rhode island, okinawa is a vital out post less than 400 miles from the post of communist china. But okinawa has not always played the important world role it plays today. For many centuries it slept, an island off the beaten track of world affairs. Futile lords were over villages where life centered around rice and religion. Answ...

Podcasts. In our final program looking back for president george w. Bushs decision to increase troop levels in iraq, scholars offered their analysis of the surge. From Southern Methodist university this is almost two hours. So its my pleasure to introduce the chair of this panel who is the executive director of the center at the university of texas at austin. And he has, i think, not unique but certainly worth while perspective, duel perspective of being a person who has both studied Decision Making in the white house and been part of Decision Making in the white house. He was a valuable membe...

Sti perspective of a person who has studied decisionmaking in the white house. And a valuable member of really making the Network Connections and the interviews that are the underlying factor and underlying base of this project work. Will, i thank you for that, and i turn the mic over to you. [ applause ] all right. Thank you very much, jeff. Im honored to be moderating this panel here with four very dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i might let it go to my head and try to interject myself too much in the discussion. So ill be sitting down there w...

Democracy and in our society. We do that through Civic Education programs that bring the United States senate to life, and conversation like tonight, that bring American History into focus. We are very proud to partner with the Massachusetts Historical Society on todays program. They are an invaluable resource for american life, history, and culture. All of us at the institute are proud to gather and esteemed panel tonight. Fred thys covers politics at wbur, where he has been since 1998. Breaking news and serving as a trusted source of truth and information. He previously was the nbc news bure...

Questions as we toured the battlefield. The other book i just read is a book called the last cowboys, and it is really an interesting book. I like books that are sometimes not fiction, but they read like fiction. And this book is about a group of rancher family in utah, being there 150 years, and just the changes. We have got urbanization in the area now and then also they make extra money on the rodeo circuit. And so its just a real family book and it is really interesting. The other book that im reading, and, you know, im on the plane. Im here and there so ive got all these things tucked awa...