James i would say he was a guy who was the son of a president , had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 yearsplus of his life and then got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and shrewd politician to be elected governor of texas, and then became president of the united states. The first thing he would be known for then at the time of his presidency now and forever more will certainly be the fact that he was president at the time of the september 11th attacks and chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. Brian what were his early years like . James well, he followed in his fathers footsteps and i say that quite literally, because he was forced almost to go to prep school at andover. He went to yale. He did many of the things his father did. It really in his mind, i think, it was not him. He once said many years later there were differences between him and his father starting with the fact that he went to Sam Houston Elementary S
Studentcam documentary competitions. Middle and High School Students created videos answering the question what issue do you most want the 2020 president ial candidates to address . Our first prize High School East award goes to thomas mckenna, a 10th grader from at mckenna homeschool in lovettsville, virginia, with cspan available through comcast. Their winning entry is titled overreach from the oval office. Here i have an article to where i have the right to do whatever i want as president , but i do not even talk about that. Ive got a pen, and ive got a phone. And i can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward. Out oury one, we take executive order pen and we rescind every damn thing on this issue trump had filed. Is this the way the government is supposed to function . According to the constitution, all three branches are supposed to check and balance each other. But over the past three years, the executi
On the sculpt theyre interested theres a good book called firefighting which is a summary of the crisis in First Responders which digs deeply into these programs. I recommend everyone have a look at it over the next couple of weeks. Been among other things has been distinguished economic historian being wellsuited to put this horrible event we are experiencing now in context as well it gives a sense today about what will determine how deep this recession will be perhaps how long it will last, how effective the fiscal and monetary response has been, and perhaps will likely come and whether or not the covid19 recession will leave longlasting scars on the u. S. In the Global Economy so turn this over to ben for his remarks after which david wessel will pose some questions and after that therell be some instructions on how the audience members can ask their own questions. So bent over to you and thank you for doing this. So thank you and thank you for joining us this afternoon it feels lik
In 2008 and been burning he was head chair, he had to create one from scratch. A few of us expected successes would need to refer to it so soon but for all of us, left a copy for jake powell to consult. I recommend for people on this call if they are interested in very book called firefighting which is a summary of the crisis is one called First Responders which gets deep into the individual programs. I recommend everyone have a look at it over the next couple weeks. Been among other things as interesting as the economic historian. What we are experiencing now, put that in context, give us a sense of what will determine how deep this recession will be, perhaps how long it will last, how effective the fiscal and Monetary Policy responses been and what is likely to come and whether the covid19 recession will leave longlasting scars on the us and global economy. I will turn it over to ben for his remarks after which david wessel will host questions and then it will be instructions on how
One from scratch. A few of us expected that his successors would need to refer to it so soon but generally for all of us he left a copy for jay powell that i would recommend for people on this call if theyre interested. Theres a good book called firefighting which is a summary of the crisis and one called First Responders which gives deep into the individual programs and i recommend everyone have a look at it over the next couple of weeks. And among other things its a distinguished economic historian suited to put this horrible event that we are experiencing in context so it will give us a sense today of what will determine how deep this recession will be, perhaps how long it will last , how effective the fiscal and Monetary Policy response has been and perhaps whether the covid19 recession will leave longlasting scars on the us and Global Economy so ill turn this over to ben or his remarks after which david wessel will pose some questions and after that i think there will be some inst