You know about this. And it leads to the question, are they misof informing congress, do you think . And if so, why . Well, first of all, they havent been asked the right question, so they havent misof informed congress. But there is such a thing as to missive misrepresentation to missive misrepresentation. And if you knew there was a terrorist getting your money, you would with duty bound to report it. And our country, our administration should not be vibrantly and robustly allowing american taxpayer money to be fungiblely financed into terrorist salaries. We should just abruptly say this has got to stop. Now, let me give you a similarly. The biggest simile. The biggest demonstration in the history of man kind occurred in egypt some months ago. The biggest petition in the history of mankind occurred in egypt some months ago. The Muslim Brotherhood was dethroned. The question was, and i have my own tv show, i asked this question, everybody in the media was asking this question, was it
And he had magical powers as a diplomat. It was the chinese revolution. He could get in the door of prime ministers, and he had a lot of influence at the key moments. He got in the door to some extent because of eddie jacobs said. He would come and say youve got to see him and that would seal the bar. [applause] if you would like your copy of genesis, we are sending it in the hall and he would be happy to sign your copy. Thank you. [applause] booktv is on facebook. Like us to interact with guests and viewers, watch video and get uptodate information. Facebook. Com booktv. Stephen talks about the life and Lasting Impact of Dale Carnegie author of how to win friends and influence people and a number of other books. How to win friends has sold over 30 million copies published in 1937 and was named the seventh most influential book by the library of congress. This is about 45 minutes. So tonight we are really happy to have steven watts back. Steven watts has been called by a biographer of
The demographic changes for the 1980s. This is about 20 minutes. The book is called Barack Obamas america have new conceptions of race, family and religion end of the reagan era. Catholic University Professor John Kenneth White is the author. Professor, lets begin. Tell us about the cover of the book. I had not been to do with the cover, but it works so well for the book because it is the photographs of people who attended obama rallies in 2008 and you have a mixture of coming in now, white, black, hispanic, you name it. Theres even a couple of pictures and their of al gore and you have to really search for that. But it describes i think visually the changes in the democracy of the United States that led to Barack Obamas election. And sho forth. And i think americans understand the changes taking place in the country are here to stay. But for some americans can creates discomfort because there is a sense of loss. A loss of a 1950s america. A loss of a time when rules were clear about m
Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and this very special graduation ceremony. Im richard curran, the smithsonians distinguished scholar and ambassador at large. First and foremost, i like to extend the welcome to our colleagues and friends from the u. S. Army, distinguished leaders, and, of course, our officer our graduates and their rightly proud and maybe families. Id like to welcome distinguished guests from the Monuments Men and women foundation, including members of the board and relatives of the world. Two monuments officers. This is a very special occasion. I dont usually wear this every day to work at the smithsonian. But id also like to welcome our guests from, bank of america, whove supported the initiative from the beginning. And finally, my smithsonian colleagues and those from sister organizations involved in Cultural Heritage protect like the department of state, the fbi, the international council, museums and others who in this program, as instructors, guide
Natural history and this very special graduation ceremony. Im richard curran, the smithsonians distinguished scholar and ambassador at large. First and foremost, i like to extend the welcome to our colleagues and friends from the u. S. Army, distinguished leaders, and, of course, our officer our graduates and their rightly proud and maybe families. Id like to welcome distinguished guests from the Monuments Men and women foundation, including members of the board and relatives of the world. Two monuments officers. This is a very special occasion. I dont usually wear this every day to work at the smithsonian. But id also like to welcome our guests from, bank of america, whove supported the initiative from the beginning. And finally, my smithsonian colleagues and those from sister organizations involved in Cultural Heritage protect like the department of state, the fbi, the international council, museums and others who in this program, as instructors, guides and enablers. The ceremony tod