, the lincolnncoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. , at same lincoln had taken that time, a firm stance against the expansion of slavery into the American West and was making plans against fort sumter. He was not compromising. Weve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromise that could have saved the civil war from happening. Or not. To decide whether loyalty to state is more important to loyalty to country or not. One of the many reporters a lot of us have been talking to last and these last few months have been the gift that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. One asked me, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him . What came out of me was have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever been to that cemetery . Comedy many of those guys died for their state . How many of those guys died for their state . Have you ever read the gettysburg address . What did lincoln collect what did lincoln call it . A nation. Just pointi
Museum and Education Center currently under development at the department of state. It will be a multimedia, publicly accessible, engaging space with Public Programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. What is diplomacys relevance to their lives today and how, possibly, they could become involved. We are actively collecting artifacts, researching history, and developing Public Programs. We are very busy. We have a very active Public Program already for students. One of the ways we tell the story of diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. Absolutely. Lets jump right in. First object we would like to show is the oldest in our collection. It is the first treaty that the United States entered into, in 1778. Most americans and International Folks understand that american independence in 1776. Part of the recognition was not only did you have friends and allies that were going to fight your enemies in Great Britain, b
To the programme. Coming up in the next half hour. The transport secretary insists that the collapse of carillion will not mean the end of a flagship rail scheme. It will not affect the h52 project. A labour mp says that the royal bank of scotlands treatment of Small Businesses may be the largest theft anywhere, ever. And mps debate the plight of the rohingya people, who fled from burma for bangladesh. The refugee camp is now equivalent to the size of bristol. Carillion was awarded work on the h52 project a week after a profit warning. The contractor collapsed this week with debts of more than £1 billion. In the commons, a conservative critic of the rail line called for a full review of the project. With the sad demise of carillion, could be secretary of state confirm that he is performing a full review of the Business Case to make sure that the remaining public sector, or private Sector Companies are able to deliver these rejects without serious cost to the taxpayer . I know my right
Publicly accessible, engaging space with Public Programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. And how, possibly, they could become involved. We are actively collecting artifacts, researching history, and developing programs. We have a very active Public Program already for students. One of the ways we celebrate diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. Absolutely. Lets jump right in. The first item we would like to show is the oldest in our collection. It is the first treaty that the United States entered into, in 1738. Most americans understand that american independence in 1776. Not only did you have friends and allies that were going to fight your enemies in Great Britain, but also, the establishment of economic security. This is something that was really on peoples minds. Adam smith and people who understood the wealth of nations understood that poor nations were weak nations. Part of the negotiations with fran
Cold war now. The late 1950s. There was some not so much sighing, but conversations to happening exchange culture and to understand each other better between the United States and the soviet union. In 1959, there was a big exchange of National Exhibitions. The soviets sent International Exhibition to new york city in 1959. Here is the exhibition booklet. You can see that on the cover they featured sputnik. What message were they trying to send with that . Their exhibition covered sputnik and soviet industry, agriculture , and cultural arts. President eisenhower flew from washington for a preview tour. With Vice President nixon he and the delegation toured the elaborate show. All jovial despite the size of the crowd. The show is a counterpart of an american exhibition to be opened in moscow next month by mr. Nixon. In the elaborate cultural exchange, fullscale models of sputnik are among the things russia is proudest of. Legitimately impressive achievements exploited to the utmost here.