Before we begin, i would like to share our mission and the relevance it serves in our world today. As you all know, senator ford believed that students need a better understanding of how our government operates and that the principles by which he conducted his work, civil discourse, cooperation, and the willingness to compromise are vital to our nations future. In keeping with this mission, the center of established the Statesmanship Academy in 2012. The academy currently serves over 100 local Area High School students who have a passion for public service, enhancing their leadership skills, and for study the issues that face our communities, states, and nation. At the academy, we strive to teach these students to examine both sides of every issue, to learn how to respect another persons opinion, even when it may differ from their own, and that working together should not be assigned as weakness, but a sign of strength. These students are fully dedicated to the work and to reviving the
Independence missouri. He is the nauthor of growing up my grandfather and dear harry, love bess, bess trumans l letteres from 1919 to 1993. He is the head of the board that has been vacant since his mother retired from our board. Clinton, thank you for joining our board and thank you for being here today. Clifton daniel truman. Thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. Im honored to be here and to be on the board. I am a little bit stunned, 19 years old, the first truman scholars. I was with my mother in independence, missouri, when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college. I was sort of in awe of being in that group as my mother told me i should be. Actually, the way she put it was, clifton, all of these young people are doing a lot better in college than you are. I will share a couple pieces. Its interesting some of the things the panel has been talking about. The panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afterno
Independence missouri. He is the nauthor of growing up my grandfather and dear harry, love bess, bess trumans l letteres from 1919 to 1993. He is the head of the board that has been vacant since his mother retired from our board. Clinton, thank you for joining our board and thank you for being here today. Clifton daniel truman. Thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. Im honored to be here and to be on the board. I am a little bit stunned, 19 years old, the first truman scholars. I was with my mother in independence, missouri, when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college. I was sort of in awe of being in that group as my mother told me i should be. Actually, the way she put it was, clifton, all of these young people are doing a lot better in college than you are. I will share a couple pieces. Its interesting some of the things the panel has been talking about. The panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afterno
Independence missouri. He is the nauthor of growing up my grandfather and dear harry, love bess, bess trumans l letteres from 1919 to 1993. He is the head of the board that has been vacant since his mother retired from our board. Clinton, thank you for joining our board and thank you for being here today. Clifton daniel truman. Thank you, andy. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, truman scholars. Im honored to be here and to be on the board. I am a little bit stunned, 19 years old, the first truman scholars. I was with my mother in independence, missouri, when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college. I was sort of in awe of being in that group as my mother told me i should be. Actually, the way she put it was, clifton, all of these young people are doing a lot better in college than you are. I will share a couple pieces. Its interesting some of the things the panel has been talking about. The panels have been fantastic. This is a great way to spend the afterno
One hour. Good evening. Picked up copies of an article from the wall street journal recently as you entered the auditorium on the impact of the Vice President ial nominee on election results. For those of you who did not pick up copies, we will have extras after the program. Tonight, we will be discussing not just the electoral process, but the evolving role of the vice presidency. We have the honor of hosting professor joel goldstein, the author of the newly released book, the white house Vice President scy. Dr. Goldstein is a highly respected scholar of the vice presidency, presidency, and constitutional law. Ishas consistent consistently sought out by Media Outlets for commentary and insight, especially during the president ial campaigns. The new article in york times, he was quoted as saying my wife says i am an exotic plant that blooms every four years. [laughter] professor goldstein is best known for his work on the vice presidency. It came out of his doctoral work, his dissertat