Were not always being taped live by cspan. Were delighted to have them all here today. This is a particularly exciting entry in our longstanding Public Health rounds that are sponsored by our Health Society and medicine program. The focus today is the inaugural report of the aspen Health Strategy group. The name, Health Strategy group, is taken from the aspen Strategy Group, for those of you familiar with American Foreign policy, you probably know about the aspen Strategy Group. It is undoubtedly the leading Bipartisan Group of its kind looking at Critical Issues of Foreign Policy and we establish the Health Strategy group with that in mind to bring together remarkable people from across different sectors in the American Health and medical landscape to look at the most pressing problems and to come together with different perspectives to make recommendations for change. This particular Strategy Group is cochaired by former secretaries of hhs, and also former governors, both kathleen se
Welcome you all to the city of wilton manors. I like to open my meetings with a pledge to the flag and with good news. If you would join me with the pledge to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. And as i indicated, i like to share some good news at the beginning of the meeting. We had excellent news a couple of hours ago. Senator Frank Artiles from the state senate resigned. I do not know if that is appropriate, but frankly, i do not feel there is any room in the florida legislation that makes ticketed, racist, or homoobic rarks so i am happy to see him go. [applause] that is the good news of the day. And i also want to think the Service Employees International Union and land parenthood and the womens march for hosting this town hall meeting today. I am sure this is going to be very interesting for everyone. Such an incredible
Welcome you all to the city of wilton manors. I like to open my meetings with a pledge to the flag and with good news. If you would join me with the pledge to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. And as i indicated, i like to share some good news at the beginning of the meeting. We had excellent news a couple of hours ago. Senator Frank Artiles from the state senate resigned. I do not know if that is appropriate, but frankly, i do not feel there is any room in the florida legislation that makes ticketed, racist, or homoobic rarks so i am happy to see him go. [applause] that is the good news of the day. And i also want to think the Service Employees International Union and land parenthood and the womens march for hosting this town hall meeting today. I am sure this is going to be very interesting for everyone. Such an incredible
Light. Afterwards airs every saturday at 10 00 p. M. And sunday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. You can watch all previous afterwards programs on our website at booktv. Org. As 2015 comes to a close many publications offer their recommendations for the best books of the year. Here is a look at some of the book the wall street journal suggests to its readers. Jonathan bordens american war lords looks at Franklin Roosevelts relationship with generals who helped win world war ii. In the fall of the ottomans, examines the middle east during the first world war. A manual jarrett, recalled the 1960 murder of the Prime Minister of the newly formed republic of the call and go. Although it was a cold war, the threat of military conflict throughout its existence, it was the non war, the single non war, the third world war which could have obliterated human and animal life on the entire planet. That is a look at some of the books the wall street journal recommends from over the past year. Booktv covered m
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 when Benito Mussolini italys Prime Minister asked the greek Prime Minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3 00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. It was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. It prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest figure of the 20th c