Eric from Washington University is traveling, so i am filling in, which i am delighted to because jason parker is a good friend of mine. First, let me make some general introductions. This is the last session of the washington washington history seminar for this spring season. We will start up again in september, and we have together our fall lineup of speakers, and we will be sending that out very shortly. It is a very exciting list of speakers. I think you will find it very exciting very interesting. We are delighted that we have been able to attract so many very first rate people to speak. I want to thank, as always, the people behind the scenes who make this possible. The liaison for the Wilson Center makes all the logistical arrangements here, and amanda perry, over to the side and the front, the assistant director of the National History center who also helps out in arranging these events. I also want to issue a special word of thanks to our sponsors. First and foremost, schaeffe
Dangerously cold air from the arctic howling across the upper midwest heading east. Omar villafranca in bismarck, north dakota where it fields like minus 20. Reporter the arctic blast blew through colorado overnight, dropping 6 inches of snow in the denver area. Snowplow drivers worked overtime to try to keep streets passable. But the fastmoving storm coated Rocky Mountain roads in ice, slowing 18 wheelers to a crawl. In boulder, emergency workers stayed busy responding to ccidents caused by the slick streets. Farther east in north dakota, more than 450 miles of interstate were frozen. In the region, frigid winds gusted more than 45 miles an roadways because of limited visibility. Even tow trucks needed towing. In bismarck, the storm caught eric biore offguard. His honda civic had to get pulled out of the snow by a good samaritan. We have blizzards every year. Not twice right away in december. Singledigit temperatures have now started freezing parts of the missouri river, behind me you
School of law in 2008. Editor tontributing the atlantic online and serves as the magazines or corresponded. Respondent. R his most recent book was reading the u. S. Constitution was published in 2013 by Oxford University press. Finalist for the american bar associations award for his previous books. His book religious freedom on trial was also a finalist. He has written for the near times, the new york review of books, the nation, the new republic, and he received his master of law from Duke University where he served as article director. Before attending law school, he received his ma in english writing. He was editor of the harvard crimson. [applause] thank you. Introduction. Ous i also think everybody thank everybody who came out at a time to think about president ial transitions when we may not want to think about president ial transitions. Here we are. I want to thank the sponsors of this event, the National Archives and record administration, and the harry Truman Center for gover
Me. Mary coming you have written a really terrific book and of the back is says Mary Thompson shows has used the trove of cables to provide a fascinating account of how the policy works from the bottom up. Why did you write to this book quick. Secretary thank you so much for the question. In part admiration was the motive plot to understand what my colleagues do with the key leaks was something that nobody had imagined. So that was the unique opportunity been to see in realtime world beaters who are still in place many of them for someone who had actually been a diplomat to have that experience from which the cables were written to comment and to make sense. How long was your career in Foreign Service . Lets start with that. 1989 by United States Commission Agency i come from the Public Diplomacy part with tenures when the agency was folded into the u. S. State department the night continued as a officer with the state department then evolves to into the u. S. Embassies in 2012. But i
Me. Mary coming you have written a really terrific book and of the back is says Mary Thompson shows has used the trove of cables to provide a fascinating account of how the policy works from the bottom up. Why did you write to this book quick. Secretary thank you so much for the question. In part admiration was the motive plot to understand what my colleagues do with the key leaks was something that nobody had imagined. So that was the unique opportunity been to see in realtime world beaters who are still in place many of them for someone who had actually been a diplomat to have that experience from which the cables were written to comment and to make sense. How long was your career in Foreign Service . Lets start with that. 1989 by United States Commission Agency i come from the Public Diplomacy part with tenures when the agency was folded into the u. S. State department the night continued as a officer with the state department then evolves to into the u. S. Embassies in 2012. But i