Friend and coeditor franke now y scutaro franks, an attorney and the author of president grant reconsidered and the supreme courts retreat from reconstruction. Hes the president of the Grant Monument association, which is dedicated to the preservation of grants tomb, which you can see behind me here. He served previously as the counsel for the constitu ation for the Senate Judiciary committee and as a special counsel to the house, select investigative panel. He now serves as Vice President and senior counsel of j. C. And franks, thank so much for being with us tonight. Thank you, chris. Its so good to be with you. Thank you. White House Historical Association for hosting us tonight and for all of you who are joining us. Before we start, why dont i give chris an introduction, although already gotten a partial introduction. He is really one of the most talented and vivid describe of the civil war currently lecturing. He is a ph. D. And editor shape and cofounder of the emerging civil war
Spend half ofla the your interested have been made i am glad you called pergonal switching gears. The newest book is called Bobby Kennedy. You refer to him as a misfit . Imagine growing up the younger brother of joe kennedy, jr. Both sixfooters confident in a diligent this little guy you call him arunta the irish kid that would not get the land and so i think what happened is to develop into the. Then in with the was interested in those places. But he cared about the pow. And had to do the fact he was overlooked. He had that tremendous affection for girl in blesses read though long way. Isnt the Irish Catholic . In ben condemning him. In with the reagan airport. And then he drank themselves to death and was so distraught that he drove through the airport three times. And said that is what made a difference. Bin to have no benefit to anybody. Just to show respect. Chris matthews was your earlier. Using the phrase in the 1968 campaign looking for the national soul. What was, he looking f
Much. T to thank you very it doesnt get more special. , we haveing the army the First Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd airborne conducting afghanistan in support of operation freedoms sentinel. Colonel toby, where is he . Raise your hand. Where is he . I hear so many good things about you, toby. Thats good news. Happy thanksgiving to all of you. I have to say, everybody is talking about you folks in afghanistan, everyone is talking about the progress you have made since i opened it up. I opened it up. We are fighting to win. You people are really, you have turned it around over the last three to four months like nobody has seen and they are talking about it. So, thank you very much. Host from west palm beach, florida, the president thanking the troops serving in america. In military bases and in harms way around the world. Thank you for sharing your anchoring holiday with us. On cspan two possible tv this holiday weekend, if you love tv this cspan2s holiday weekend, if you love history,
Library foundation colleagues, i thank you for coming this evening. And i would like to extend a warm welcome to those who are joining us online as well. I would also like to acknowledge the support of our underwriters for the Kennedy Library forums, the lead sponsor bank of america, the institute, boston globe, infinity, our bookstore has copies of his books available for purchase. This year marks the centennial of John F Kennedys birth as we honor life and legacy during ken ential centennial year and we could not be pleased to honor tonight. Im honored to introduce todays participants in tonights program. Professor of history at bart college and author and editor of 11 books including mcmilan, eisenhower and the cold war and reagan and thatcher, the difficult relationship. I am also deliberated to introduce moderator, Public Service at new york university, Award Winning author, president ial historian and director of museum. Please join me in welcoming richard and tim. Thank you, and
Im lauren finch, acting director of the museum. On behalf of all of my Library Foundation colleagues i thank you for coming this evening. And id like to extend a warm welcome to those who are joining us online as well. I would also like to acknowledge the deer support of our underwriters for the Kennedy Library for moms, bank of america, the Lowell Institute and our media sponsors, boxing glove, xfinity and wbr. Richard aldous agreed to sign books, our bookstore has copies of his books available for purchase. This year marks the centennial of the john f. Kennedys birth. As we honor his life and legacy during this centennial year, we cannot be more pleased to explore the life and the birth of our dear schlesinger junior in more detail tonight. I am delighted to introduce theparticipants in tonights program. We are pleased to welcome richard aldous, author of the new biography schlesinger, imperial historian. He is a professor of history at bard college and the author of 11 books includi