Washington correspondent of the star ledger and a past president of the club. Columnist george will once said that the late senator Daniel Patrick moynihan of new york wrote more books than most senators had read. Todays guest, former House Speaker newt gingrich, has written even more books than senator moynihan. But remember, there are four times more house members than there are senators. Speaker ing given is gingrich is here to talk about his latest book, understanding trump. Well speak for about 20 minutes and then take audience. If you have not previously purchased a book, please do so now. Proceeds benefit the National Press Club Journalism institute that does journalism trading and helps the club. Before we begin, please turn off or silence your cell phones. Id first like to acknowledge the members of the Headliners Team responsible for organizing the event x. If youre in the audience, please stand and be recognized. Betsy fisher martin. Lisa matthews, lori russo. Heather weaver
Whose topic tonight is Warren Burger. And the Warren Burger, of course, is the founder of our society and is of immense importance to us. Theres no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. He was a Warren Burger clerk, but he had a long history before that. And its worth a moment, president sexton earned his bchl a. In history and m. A. In ph. D. And religion from ford ham and taught and shared the Religion Department at st. Francis college in brooklyn before he went to Harvard Law School. He went to Harvard Law School graduating in 1979 and was Supreme Court review of the clerk review. He clerked on the d. C. Circuit before he clerked for Justice Burger. After his clerkship, he went to nyu in 191. By 1988, he was dean of the law school. And his tenure there was extremely successful, though law school was firmly ensconced in the rankings as one of the top five law schools in the country. And by 2002, he was elevated to president of nyu and served there until th
From officially serving in combat roles. She lives in austin with her family and works as executive coach and consultant goes back to her all mamater guest lecturing at university of texas. She speaks publicly about her experiences in the military. Fight for increased military effectiveness through equality. Were so pleased to have her here. Without further adieu. M. J. Hagar. [cheers and applause] thank you so much. Thank youbook people. You guys have been so wonderful and warm. Wherever you bought your book, return it and buy your book from bookpeople. Thank you so much. Ive been speaking for seven years. I am so nervous right now because im speaking to a bunch of people i know and love andun respect, many of whom are in the many o audience, our toes masters. I would ask you not evaluate the speech. Toastmasters. Im blown away how many are here. I want to save time on oneonone with everybody because i havent seen you in a while. My mom said speak for an hour. Somebody told me be brie
We are people who are real. We have dealt with this and written about it. Again, i want to thank politics and prose and cspan for thinking enough of this series to continue to cover it. You dont get these kinds of people in this kind of room without this kind of coverage but i want to thank you all for being here tonight for our fifth installment. I want you to feel free, feel welcome, feel at home. Come to the microphone, ask a question, intelligent, civil, and we will answer. Without further ado i want to introduce this great panel. We will get into bullet points on their career and into the discussion. I want to start off with someone who i have such respect for and admiration and love for. Doctor Mary Frances Berry, former head of the u. S. Civil rights commission. She has a list of things she has done. She has been jailed for fighting against apartheid in south africa. The list goes on and on. Awe o she is author of the book 5 and a pork chop sandwich and the corruption of democra
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