With the talent of the people in g s a. Weve wanted to work outside of our bureaucracies. This is the new government were producing here locally and we want to match that we have great partner like our libraries and museums and were going to compliment that. We can only do that to embrace the opportunity not only to make mistakes but better sufficiency and involve more people and housing and economic opportunity. This is what Market Street isal about its our main corridor in San Francisco. And thats why for so many years even before the Companies Technology came to be there were those artists from a. C. T. , from the theatres, from the costume shop and their great Arts Foundation burning man they were trying to get some life 90 in the story front and with that risktaking came some attraction but its symbolic with the Publicprivate Partnership we help them and they us. My job and i know nancy pelosi has done it im following here lead to sustain that success to open up those opportunitie
Booktv is on facebook. Like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers, watch videos and get uptodate information on events. Facebook. Com booktv. Military historian bill yenne recounts the career of happen arnold, commanding general of the u. S. Force during world war ii. The author reports that general arnold is often considered the father of the u. S. Air force for his expansion of the Military Branch during the war and the technological and strategic advances deployed under his command. This is about 50 minutes. [applause] thank you. Well, hey, i appreciate everybody coming out on a day like in this. I mean, what are we doing in here . [laughter] the sun in the sky and all of that great flying weather which is why california became a mecca for aviation. But here we are, and im happy, happy to have you all join me and thanks to willie for inviting me to come and talk. Well, im here today to talk about my favorite Childrens Book author. And thats a man named h. H. Arnold. Here are
You will all be very famous because cspan is filming us today. I dont know when that will air, the state had. Thank you again for coming out. Thank you. [inaudible conversations] when you look at congress in 1901, less than 2 of members came from workingclass backgrounds, got into politics and eventually wound up in congress. Flash forward to the present day, the average member of congress that less than 2 of their career doing manual labor jobs, Service Industry jobs. So this is one thing that really hasnt changed, you know, lots of different aspects of the political process of change. Broadcast television, cable mayors, big money in politics and promote this is happening, one of the constant stirring back, during the last hundred years or so is workingclass people are not getting elected to Political Office. You talk about the founding fathers. He mentioned hamilton a couple times in the boat and his view that the merchant is probably going to be able to represent the worker, probabl
The Second World War ii you, you know, 50 nations came together to find the United Nations. At the as accident aid epidemic ladies and gentlemen of the jury, people came together here to make sure the crisis would not be go Forward Holding a decadelong vigil in the names millions with hiv and aids. This is the place where the struggles and poster of many of our fellow americans lived through this. Im excited to be here not because of the un laughter but its since the Great Depression this Historic Building stood empty. Once again in dark and Uncertain Times this nation invited in our times and its a massive commitment by president obama to put people back to work and reclaim our future. The recovery act modernized this structure providing seismic ubtdz u upgrades and a having more focus sustainable designs to meet the pat numb design. And soon nearly after 6 empty years eyed nations will bring federal workers in the midmarket area and to ignite all the commitment. With the recovery act
Historically on the United Nations first its be packed our country with the rest of the world. 24 is history and to them showcase this building respectfully and to see the plaza this g s a building compliment the work were doing with Center Market street and right now 3 years later after the groundbreaking we have 15 companies to relocate here we have 5 thousand residential unit being built in the 3 block radius and a 26 percent of them are going to be affordable. We want to create opportunity to work and live in the city to be creative and to be include in the Economic Opportunities here. So im working with anyone else Technology Companies but companies that decided to move into midmarket even without the innovative of a Tax Exemption and 3 of the companys said were coming because of the talent here in the city. I know theyre to be matched with the talent of the people in g s a. Weve wanted to work outside of our bureaucracies. This is the new government were producing here locally an