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It is about 90 minutes. Tonight as i said we are partnering with the Hauenstein Center. If you have not heard bill brands speak before, you will be delighted, and if you have been here in the past, youre in for another treat. Please join me in welcoming my colleague, gleaves whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center to introduce our speaker. [applause] thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. We really appreciate our partnership with the ford. It is always a treat. We will continue to bring you excellent programs. That stimulate the mind and heart for public service. Happy was...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the fourth and final event in this years leon panetta lecture series. Before we begin, i want to first ask that on this memorial day, we have a moment of silence in honor of all those men and women who have died while serving in the United States armed services. [ event concluded ] [gavel pounding] thank you. This season, we are discussing the health of american democracy. It is very fitting that we recognize the individuals who have even the greatest sacrifice four our freedoms and our way of life. We honor their commitment to country. Our guests and our dis...

For sale in the corner. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much for coming. Please remember to fill out the survey here to help us know how to find programs like this [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] next up on booktv, mark tooley, president of the institute on religion and democracy, talks about his book, the peace that almost was. Its from this years fall for the book festival in fairfield, virginia. Our guest tonight is historian mark tooley. Mark tooley is the president of the institute on religion and democracy in washington d. C. His writing has appeared in National Review online, t...

They adjourned immediately. You can imagine the panic in the hallways at the hotel and the negotiations going on that night, and there may have been a meeting with lincoln that night by some of the delegates. The next day they vote on it and clearly it had been arranged. This time passed by one vote. Illinois switched from abstention to four. The public switched. Apologized to have apologetically told lincoln i guess my career is over, but he did not take it that hard. At least they did not do any great damage. [inaudible question] they gave them space. And including in that package. That was ...

But it hasnt been so. Our Founding Fathers understood that the executive branch was the branch most prone to war, and so with due deliberation our Founding Fathers took the power to declare war and they gave it to congress. Exclusively. President obamas new position as president , which differs from his position as candidate, is that hes fine to get some input when its convenient for us, maybe after the election. But hes not really interested enough to say that it would bind him or that he would say we need attacks now and come to us tomorrow and ask permission. He thinks whenever its convenie...