Lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you . 47 including coauthored books. I have chatted about. Incoln for 21 years how do you keep doing this . An inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasnt been pursued before. For me, this was more inspiration than invitation. I plunge into it. I love doing research, i love doing writing. I love the conversation. What about the inspiration for the press . Where did that come from . It came from my dual careers over the years. I was a journalist for about three or four years. I became a Government Public Affairs person for a member of congress, first aid wide new york political campaigns, for the mayor of new york. How government relates to the press was always part of my life. Still is at the metropolitan museum. With Government Relations as well as press relations. Just the idea percolated up in my head about how different it might have been in the 19th century both in terms of press and in terms of lincoln, almo
True opportunity and social mobility for the future. The book takes some of the biggest shifts, is happening in our region of the world. The explosive growth economically and asia and the rise of china. Its economic rise and strategic rise. Its desire for a larger and more military force. My conclusions are overwhelmingly optimistic ones and i come to those optimistic conclusions informed by my experience as Prime Minister. It was impossible for our nation, for history to improve its relationship with the u. S. And china at the same time. This is a zerosum game county could only improve the relationship with one at the cost of the relationship with the other. I set out to prove that that was the right. You could improve both. During my time as Prime Minister we took a step forward in our alliance with the eu. We know trained u. S. Marines in our northern territory. President obama said he wanted a harsh environment for them to train and. Or, have i got a harsh environment for you. [lau
There are group van jones are involved with are somewhere else and then there in the middle is the constitution project which tries to bring these groups together and this panel today really represents a cross spectrum view of this problem and, i will introduce the Panel Members as we go on but i have to say from the beginning, our representative from koch, represents a group that has been in interested in criminal Justice Reform from the beginning, families against mandatory minimums was really started with the assistance and support of the Koch Foundation and we appreciate that. We appreciate all else that i have done. I can say the same if we had some of our very liberal benefactors here because this is something that has attracted support way different parts of the spectrum. Weve got a number about of folks dropping in. So well handle this sort of casually. And congressman danny davis is here. I would like him to say a couple word. Congressman davis is from illinois. He has served
Holiday week. One were marking with a special look back at people who broke through and made a big difference in 2013, our this week Game Changers. Weve got some surprising revelations and brandnew interviews, starting with texas senator ted cruz. Its hard to remember a freshman senator stealing the spotlight so quickly and with such force. He stopped the government in its track for 16 days. To cheers from tea party activists. Jeers from democrats. But thats not slowing cruz a bit. Hes setting his sights on a higher office. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl has his story. Reporter when it comes to politics, you could say this has been the year of ted cruz. Its the government that needs more help. Reporter aside from the president , no one attracted more attention or more controversy. Cruz went from obscurity to leading president ial candidate in a political nanosecond. And a man at the center of the Government Shutdown ended 2013 as runnerup to the pope as times person
Made america rich. Museumhe cochair of the and serves on the smithsonian council. An advisory he has been the museums president and ceo since 2009. He has established several new initiatives including the center for Financial Education and Museum Finance academy. He has curated and worked on over half a dozen exhibits and displays including our current exhibit commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of the federal reserve. Today, david will explore how one of the treasurys greatest leaders help fight the war of 1812. I will now turn the program over to david cowen. [applause] thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about the war of 1812. We are in the bicentennial of the events of the war of 1812. We will break it down into three different sections. We will have the background of what led us into the war. We will then do the war itself capable to the first two parts quickly. And we will get into the main event of what we will discuss today, the financing of the war of 1812. Us