The National Governors association met this past weekend in washington d. C. For its annual winter meeting and focused on ways to combat childhood hunger and current initiatives at the state and local levels that have been successful atrophiedi feeding c at school. This is about an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, and i think we should get started. Its another important big day here at the nga and we have a lot of good work to do. Im dorothy mcauliffe, first lady of virginia and chair of the nga spouses leadership committee. And its my honor and great pleasure to welcome you all to this very special winter meeting, joint session for governors and for spouses. Today were talking about ending child hunger, improving lives and investing in americas future. I want to thank all the governors who are here this morning and their spouses and all the many Partner Organizations who are in attendance this morning. I will say its my understanding its been several years since
Good morning, everyone. Good morning. And i think we should get started. It is another important, big day nga and we have important work to do. Im door to mcauliffe, first lady of virginia, and chair of the spouses leadership committee, and it is my honor to welcome you all to this very special winter meeting, joint session for governors and thousand. Today, we are talking about ending child hunger, improving lives, and investing in americas future. I want to thank on the governors here this morning and espouses and the many Partner Organizations in attendance this morning. I will say it is my understanding that it has been several years since there has been a joint session of this nature at the nda, so nga, so im excited for the unique opportunity to have the spouses at the table. I want to give my acknowledgment. Excusednd does have an absence this morning. Hes currently at fox news extolling the good work being done here this weekend for the nga. He will be joining us later in the s
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Happen but it does know its going to be a bad situation with him and burr into guns. So to answer the question, i think clearly he cant enter a duel without a suicidal impasse because it chances are decent beer going to get shot. That had to be in your mind. I will say and i dont want to monopolize this but i find it staggering, staggering that anybody could engage in this. If i had a copy of my book, which i dont have i would read a passage from it describing what it was like. The thing is they stood like this. They stood sideways and in order to minimize their outline they wore a cape to make it unclear where their actual body was. They put their shoulder up like this to try to protect their chin all to no effect. There are just 10 yards apart. Its only out of this wild anxiety which is natural in the moment that people are unable to aim and shoot but the whole thing is just so crackers that its hard to think of it in logical terms. Anything else . You have to use the mic apparently.
Finalists include sean mcmeekins the ottoman in game which examines world war i, the end of the ottoman empire, and the instability in the middle east since the early 20th century. Next, the train to crystal city recounts a secret Prisoner Exchange program during world war ii and the american internment camp that was at the center of it. Also, Timothy Snyders study of the holocaust and tj stiles book on george custer. Custer. The history of nazi concentration camps is also nominated. The winners will be announced on march 30. Book tv has covered many books which have been nominated, and you can watch them on booktv. Org. Host this is book tv on cspan2 on the campus of university of wisconsin in madison. Joining us 1st is professor will jones whose book, the march on washington, came out recently. How long was that in the planning . Guest well, it was in the planning for over 20 years, since 1941. The march on washington was planned during the 2nd world war, and it was called up at the