Why wouldnt the government have protections . It just wasnt done why wouldnt the government have a pension for officers and everybody else and not the president in fact he had very little money he had to borrow money quite secretly to pay for the move back home. This is not well known a doesnt mean he didnt have money but he needed cash to cover all of the expenses to move out of the white house. When he got home, in order to provide income he undertook the writing of his by autobiography in memoirs which no other president had ever done except for Herbert Hoover but his time was much briefer than trumans and his covered far more tumultuous history. So to undertake the twovolume that more was a major and ambitious task. And then he built his library. Now it was a previous president ial library but it was established after he died in officer truman was the first one to officiate over the president ial library and again he was beginning something one of the things i try to emphasize in t
Thank you, jeff. Im honored to moderate this panel with four dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i might let it go to my head and try to interject myself too much in the discussion. So i will sit down there while they make their presentations and will come back up here during the actual q a time. You have the detailed bios of the speakers in your program so i will not repeat those first is professor richard emerman. His bio says he recent retired from temple university. I know richard well. Richard does not know the meaning of the word retirement. We are Close Friends and collaborators and the state Department Historical Advisory Council and he continues to be active as a scholar and mentor and is an active citizen in the guild of National Security scholars and historians. Next to him is a professor mel leffler of the university of virginia. Again, another titan in the field of diplomatic history. I started reading his books as an undergrad
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Crashes in iran. Early reports indicate no survivors. Were live with the latest. Plus, the new Emergency Declaration in puerto rico after a string of earthquakes. The bombshell in major League Baseball. The new cheating allegations against the boston red sox. And Harvey Weinstein on trial. The cell phone habit that nearly got the hollywood mogul tossed in jail. Thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. We begin with iran firing back launching more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles at u. S. Forces in iraq. But so far there are no reports of casualties. Those missiles rained down in the middle of the night in retaliation for the u. S. Drone strike that killed a top iranian general. The attack could signal a major escalation in tensions, but iraqs foreign minister said already he, President Trump, toned down his rhetoric last night tweeting, all is well. The rockets fired which were fired from these bases in western and Northern Iraq and abcs Serena Marshall has the latest from wa
What brought down the boeing jet. Wicked weather. Back here at home, snow and ice causing accidents across the east coast and now the major new storm about to blast the country. Charged with murder, the estranged husband of the missing mother of five behind bars. How investigators think he carried out his attack. Race against time. Crews on the front lines trying to contain more than 100 fires tearing through australia before temperatures rise again. Ginger is right there as team heroes save these koalas. Who is jeopardys greatest of all time . Ken jennings barely ahead after day one of the epic primetime showdown. How jeopardy james is planning to fight back tonight. Good morning, america. Thank you for joining us. We want to get right to the major breaking news out of the middle east. Breaking all throughout the night. Iran retaliated for the u. S. Strike against their Top Commander launching more than a dozen missiles at u. S. Military bases in iraq. No u. S. Casualty reported and o