And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex
Served so get of jail it is insomuch as the shaken baby context. We talked earlier with professor burns with the pleabargain. To prosecutors feel pressure with the pleabargain to get it off the books . They do feel the pressure the prosecutors the way the criminal Justice System is constituted keeps working. There is a drain on the system that today we just have not invested in the system. With that guilty plea and get back so that are felt throughout the system. Host professor of law law, thanks for being on booktv. Good morning i am one of the book festival volunteers on behalf of the Louisiana Center for the book welcome. Please silence your cellphone no food or beverages are permitted in the spectator area. There will be a book signing 15 minutes after this program to all benefit the Louisiana Library foundation. We do have representation in today by adele levine. Adele levine her work entitled run, dont walk. Adele levine a practicing physical therapist will working at walter reed
Leading hospital in treating this. And i thought that adele had just the right mix of compassion and humor with a long hard days that she spent the veterans in her care. It allowed her tremendous sympathies and she shared her vulnerabilities and she asked so much. Her greatest survival tool, she will tell you, is her sense of humor, which is why i found her painful story such a delight to read. And adele has written some 30 pieces of humor for the Washington Post. When she is not working, she is also a a longdistance swimmer. She has swim across the chesapeake asics times. But today she will be talking and here she is to talk about her book, run, dont walk. [applause] am so grateful for that very nice introduction and grateful for you for having me here today. Im going to talk about how it happened that i wrote a book because i am sure that many of my friends are still in disbelief that this happened. In 2003 i own the car that my friends nicknamed the rustang. But i love the car and d
Netanyahu to prevent demographics spillover, manifested in the siege of data gaza and it also led to a psychological transition in Israeli Society and the political transition which has resulted in what seems to be a prominent rightwing majority at least permanent right wing dominance over the key institutions of israeli life. This week, the Israeli Democracy Institute took all pole and the majority of jewish israelis declared their wish to end the special relationship with the United States and find new allies. At the same time, 70 of jewish israelis declared they dont believe israel will find new allies. In other words israel should go it alone. The working title for my book which i proposed referred to the second roman second lady, second century a. D. Roman era of fortress where abandoned jewish fanatics hold up and committed mass suicide. My editors imposed this title goliath on me but as we look at developments in the past few weeks the first title might have been more appropriat
Resignation. This is about an hour. A testimony to the job they do and the reverence for books books that we all share. Richard nixon is a hard man to let go of. By first i remember as a child in black and white fuzzy television seeing this odd man, he was on a good ticket with general eisenhower and there was some problem taking money from a secret fund. And i thought this is interesting. He never stopped being interesting. Richard nixon was never boring. David mentioned he was probably as interesting in his after presidency as he was during his presidency. I chronicle in the book beginning with spiro agnew. Remember spiro agnew being in some trouble and i said to my editor at the new yorker, thought lamented and just the legendary William Shawn saying what are you thinking of writing next . I dont know. I have a feeling we are going to change Vice President s and president s within a year. This is labor day of 73. A way out there kind of wild thought at the time. We agreed i would wr