North carolina a of the half the the attacks appear in to hear the concerns it was well received it it just shows you go the extra mile to get that input. I would also like to thank you for your dedication just working to protect the american taxpayer but it is interesting to see the other information that was helpful as far as the annual report and would like to note and as we spent the future is a plan that is developed by the irs will lead to a greater electronic tax and service for the irs we have a with this year from my home state to talk of those issues. A positive and important trend for the american taxpayer but we want to make sure we have responsibility to ensure that these are done and his eight is secure manner. So welcome comments for the Taxpayer Advocate as well as the chairman of the Electronic Tax Administration revised three committee your expertise will provide a valuable insight as congress conducts oversight of the play and. The report suggests is one dash adjust
Usa today on tv. Leading a team of historians and journalists the museum of news events and history from pennsylvania avenue washington d. C. And as the executive director from 2011 the former chairman of the Foster Peabody award will to serve as a member of the Advisory Board the journalism honors from the National Association of newspaper columnist in winning the award that they wrote a and coproduced lets welcome jow urschel to the national archives. [applause] one there is no line of for whiskey is in this event. Had i known i would have brought my own. Thank you for coming out today i appreciate you stopping by. I will refrain myself from turning on for too long. We have 45 minutes time. About 30 minutes into this you can flag me of a like to explain how i got into this story and into the book coming here in 1982 for the launch of usa today. And very excited to be in washington. Taking in the tourist sites and this is 1982 day just converted the card catalog system that patrons co
That spiral symbol represents bellyache which was one of the symptoms, early symptoms of smallpox. We know that they traded and rated with the mandan, but no account of such an outbreak exists among the mandan people. So where else can we look . The telltale evidence may well lie buried in ghost towns like double ditch. Remember, by 1600 or so the mandan at double ditch had ensconced themselves behind the 2nd fortification rate , the outermost ring that we can still see today. Now, at some point the villagers contracted again, taking shelter behind the innermost ditch and palisade the cause may well have been a smallpox epidemic of 1734 to 35. Double ditch in 1500 had contained a hundred and 60 homes, 2,000 people. By the mid1700sby the mid 17 hundreds there were just 32 homes and no more than 400 people. Hunkered down inside the smallest is that you see here. And then it happened again. 1781 smallpox made its way to the upper Missouri River from spanish settlements to the south. The p
Well. And also if you could at the end of the event can you hear me . [inaudible] is it on now . Is this okay . [inaudible] if you can also fold up your tears at the end of the evening and put them against a nearby shelf, that would be very helpful. Okay. Is this better . [inaudible] okay. Also on your way out be sure to grab a schedule that has our events. Politics and prose is hosting a lot of wonderful events in partnership with us boys and poets. Be sure to check it out. Now to introduce our guest author tonight George Friedman is a political scientist, author and ceo of the private Intelligence Corporation that he founded in 1996. Yes written many books and his most recent include two dark times bestsellers. The first one is the next decade and the next forecast. He has been invited to speak at many military and government organizations and as well he appears as an international a Affairs Expert for such magazines as fortune, newsweek and others just to name a few. George is here
That they actually have a thousand operatives that know something and others dont know anything about politics. Thank you i am delighted and the audience should know that youre going to speak to the council on foreign relations. It is important that those that they hear what you have to say. One word of advice, do not shorten your comprehensive answers to questions. Just do it as you are doing it because people need to hear what you have to say. I take a lot of encouragement and for years i have been talked about this and i hear which means building from the ground up and that is how howard its shifted and books will be signed and you can hear it again and invite others to watch it with you. Thank you all for coming. Thank you all so much. Thank you. [inaudible conversations] tomorrow on cspan2 the summit on combating terrorism continues with opening remarks by secretary of state john kerry. Hes much alive at a 45 00 p. M. Eastern. And then preventing terrorism. And the discussion at t