Previous administrations. I am the assistant professor of Political Science at usc and thanks to everyone for coming and helping to set this up. Political Science Research has shown that judges sentencing tends to be harshest right before lunch. I assume similar patterns hold for political discussion so my pledge to you is that we will make up some time in the air and aim for a safe landing by 1230 and hopefully you wont have to throw anyone after flight along the way. You may begin by introducing our distinguished panel which, in the spirit of this conference, combines some luminaries from academia with people who have really rich experience in the political world. To begin, going from left to right, matthew kohn is a professor of economics, spatial studies and environmental science. Ron plane is former chief of staff to joe biden and al gore and a former 2016 advisor. Joe is a former assistant to george w. Bush. My colleague is professor of Political Science and next we have the 40 L
Thank you for being with us. This is the future. Dr. Cheney has focused most of her life on teaching children American History. So that the next generation can learn from the past. Before i introduced her we had a surprise guest from wyoming last night. I would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [applause] thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me. Well, i am honored to introduce this morning the distinguished speaker. When i called her last year to invite her she said am i the only speaker who has not won a Pulitzer Prize . I said, yes. But you are the only speaker who is chairman of the National Endowment of the humanities for seven years and you are the only speaker who was second lady of United States of america for eight years. [applause] if you google her you will be blown away by all of her awards and accomplishments. As always i am not going to list all of those. While she was head of neh she published american memory a repo
Thank you for being with us. This is the future. Dr. Cheney has focused most of her life on teaching children American History. So that the next generation can learn from the past. Before i introduced her we had a surprise guest from wyoming last night. I would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [applause] thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me. Well, i am honored to introduce this morning the distinguished speaker. When i called her last year to invite her she said am i the only speaker who has not won a Pulitzer Prize . I said, yes. But you are the only speaker who is chairman of the National Endowment of the humanities for seven years and you are the only speaker who was second lady of United States of america for eight years. [applause] if you google her you will be blown away by all of her awards and accomplishments. As always i am not going to list all of those. While she was head of neh she published american memory a repo
Good morning. Im thrilled to welcome the fifth grade teachers and students and also stubts from Palm Beach Atlantic University and faculty. Thanks for being with us. Dr. Cheney has focused much of her life on teaching children American History so that the next generation can learn from the past. But before i introduce her, we had a surprise guest fly in from wyoming last night. And i would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years, dick cheney to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [ applause ] thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me and a lot to lynne. Well, im honored to introduce this mornings distinguished speaker. And when i called her last year to invite her she said, am i the only speaker to hasnt won a pulitser prize, i said yes, but youre the only speaker who was second lady of the United States of america for eight years. If you google dr. Cheney, you will be blown away by all of her awards and accomplishments. But as always im not going to list all of that. I expec
George schultz, and many, many others. The man we have to thank for this great volume is here with us today, ambassador gill robinson. He will join us now to share some remembrances. Thank you. Ambassador robinson and i did not remember to shut off my phone. Thank you all for being here. Appreciate it very much. I thought i would where is the publisher . Wheres the publisher . And the managing editor. Oh, there is the managing editor. Hi. Megan, thank you. I think i want to give you a little bit of background on how the book came about. When i was at a dinner with one of the president ial scholars sitting next to me, they began a talk about democrat republicans when they left office. The president s people, cabinet, and how they wrote books. And at 1. I said at one point i said they get together and wrote stories about their own president , the people who appointed them. They said no, not at all. He thought for a moment and said no, never, but it would be historic if they did. So over