commander-in-chief has a constitutional obligation to take seriously the commitment the nation has made in conventions like the geneva convention and i might also add the convention against torture. the statute in cumbers the statute of crime and so on and so forth. see absolutely and i think washington was very eager to catapult this into the realm of nations and it was important to him that he sort of saw the united states as a shining way of democracy and the public that would abide by principles so i think it s definitely important for the commander-in-chief to be looking at the commitments that we make. others could? more questions? speeches, opinions about canada? [laughter] [inaudible] she wants to make a speech about canada, her youth. i spent many summers canoeing in canada and singing every morning oh canada which is a beautiful and it s for that reason that i ve made it a point in junior high school of studying the history of canada and why i happen to have t
lman and a friend of his called in full glory reflected: discovering the war of 1812 in the chesapeake. is other is a book by james johnston entitled from from sle hip to harbor ship to harbor. both are extraordinarily wonderful works, beautifully written, engagingly written. one deals with the sort of general overview in history of the war of 1812 as it, excuse me, affects the upper chesapeake and also the whole of the chesapeake. but it not only tells you the stories, but it takes you to the places and helps you to envision it through some absolutely extraordinarily lovely illustrations that were commissioned for the work as well as drawing on contemporary illustrations. jim johnston s book is an extraordinary tour de force about the journey of an american, african-american family from a muslim context in africa to a slave ship that brought that individual to annapolis on to georgetown in a much larger context and then, ultimately, the family journey all the way to ha