Asking a young male model to take a seated position he , wrapped the youths torso in an americanindian rug. They called it the finest monument in america and would be kept secret. The work is indescribely noble and imposing, he wrote. A future without end, a repose after limitless experience. The public began calling the statue grief. Fast forward now to the first week of march 1933. Henry adams had long since joined clover at rock creek. On her first full day in washington, the wife of president elect Franklin Roosevelt invited a friend to accompany her on a pilgrimage. Catching a cab, he will la the mashed potato women drove past the house where Eleanor Roosevelt first learned of her husbands wartime affair with her social secretary. Reaching rock creek cemetery, they halted. There, the woman about to become first lady of the United States, led her companion to a marble bench. In the old days, when we lived here, said mrs. Roosevelt, i was much younger and not so very wise. Sometimes
I am pleased to introduce david cowan. He has written extensively on u. S. Financial history and is the coauthor of financial founding fathers, the man who made america rich. He is the cochair of the International Federation of finance museums and serves on the smithsonian affiliates Advisory Council as well as the Federal Reserve boards centennial Advisory Council. David has been the museums president and ceo since 2009. He has established several new initiatives, including the center for Financial Education and then using finance academy. He has curated or guest curated on over half a dozen exhibits and displays, incurring including our current exhibit. Will explore how one of the treasurys greatest leaders helped fight the war of 1812. I will now turn the program over to david cowan. Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about the war of 1812. We are at the bicentennial of the events. We are going to break it down into three different sections. We are going to break a brea
Has jolted mika to her core. What . The fact that nobody since, i guess, 96 made it into the hall of fame. And ive just got to ask a question. What has Major League Baseball and the Sports Writers that cover Major League Baseball, what has it all come down to when a guy is not allowed to get into the hall of fame and to be adored by my Young Children and meachams Young Children willies Young Children. And willies Young Children and the Young Children of america just because they committed a felony and may have perjured themselves under sworn testimony. Its an outrage. The United States congress. Whats america coming to . This is good news. Theyre cheaters. These cheaters, these felons, these perjurers are not being honored. They should say that they shouldnt be. I couldnt be happier. You listen to the Sports Writers, these dorks just being so offended by the fact that these cheaters, these felons, these perjurers thats horrible. Not being allowed in. You know, a huge percentage of memb
And new guidelines on Cyber Security. Well get to jack lews confirmation in a moment. First the cbo director Douglas Elmendorf testimony. He warned of the sequester could cost 750,000 jobs. Could you tell me in terms of the negative Economic Impact of the sequester, the. 6 , what does that translate in point of lost jobs . Our estimate is that the sequester alone would reduce gdp growth this year by zero point six percentage points. It would lower that gdp at the end of the year. We think that would reduce by about 750,000 jobs. 750,000 jobs between now and the end of 2013, right . Right. That is a whole lot of jobs. We should be working overtime to prevent that kind of job loss. If you were to replace the deficit reduction through that austerity program, the cuts to the sequester with a plan that accomplishes the same amount of deficit reduction spread over the 10 year period, you would not have that hit on jobs . Right. Our analysis, the republican leader, mr. Cantor had it right las
I was a wide eyed congressman and he was a top aide for house speaker, tip oneill. We became friends. He taught us a whole lot. I know that tip a tremendous influence on jack. It is clear that he shares the same work ethic and sense of duty. He shares another thing bipartisanship. Speaker oneill was renown for sitting down with president reagan and trying to work problems out. Jack was heavily involved in that and continues to be. He is a bipartisan person who wants to be successful at working with both parties. You mentioned the issue with trust. There is no straighter shooter than jack lew. He is one of the most honorable, honest, and decent men in washington. When he gives you facts, they are backed up with research. From the time i knew jack when he started in tip oneills office, he would always outline both sides of the argument and give each without bias. He would tell you where he came down, but he always let you make your own judgment. That has propelled him to an extremely suc