national association of japan america societies and received a commendation from the foreign minister of japan. and he is the author of two previous critically acclaimed books about the senate. in 2012 the last great senate courage and statesmanship in times of crisis. and in 2018 broken can the senate save itself and the country? ira s latest book is called the betrayal how mitch mcconnell and the senate republicans abandoned america. interviewing mr. shapiro today will be eugene meyer an award-winning veteran journalist with passions for history and travel real estate and the chesapeake bay. widely, published in magazines. he is authored four books and was for many years a reporter and editor at the washington post. since leaving the post in 2004 mr. meyer has received 17 awards for his work and has had more than 50 bylines in the new york times. his first journalism job was as washington bureau librarian for the old new york herald tribune where he got to tag along with a
washington career has focused on american politics and international trade. he served 12 years in senior staff positions in the us senate. working for a series of distinguished senators jacob javits gaylord nelson abraham rubikoff thomas eagleton robert byrd and jay rockefeller he served in the office of the us trade representative during the clinton administration first as general counsel, and then as chief negotiator with japan and canada with the rank of ambassador. from 2012 to 2017. he was the chairman of the national association of japan america societies and received a commendation from the foreign minister of japan. and he is the author of two previous critically acclaimed books about the senate. in 2012 the last great senate courage and statesmanship in times of crisis. and in 2018 broken can the senate save itself and the country? ira s latest book is called the betrayal how mitch mcconnell and the senate republicans abandoned america. interviewing mr. shapiro today
canada with the rank of ambassador. from 2012 to 2017. he was the chairman of the national association of japan america societies and received a commendation from the foreign minister of japan. and he is the author of two previous critically acclaimed books about the senate. in 2012 the last great senate courage and statesmanship in times of crisis. and in 2018 broken can the senate save itself and the country? ira s latest book is called the betrayal how mitch mcconnell and the senate republicans abandoned america. interviewing mr. shapiro today will be eugene meyer an award-winning veteran journalist with passions for history and travel real estate and the chesapeake bay. widely, published in magazines. he is authored four books and was for many years a reporter and editor at the washington post. since leaving the post in 2004 mr. meyer has received 17 awards for his work and has had more than 50 bylines in the new york times. his first journalism job was as washington bure
Annual is this on . Yes, ok. Welcome to the 15th annual Barbara Olson memorial lecture. I am eugene meyer, president of the society. This memorial lecture started as many of you know shortly after 9 11. Ted nelsons inaugural lecture reminded us of what it means to be an american, how are our legal tradition is a critical part of our identity as americans. Bo ted was here today. And barbara understood this connection. We want this lecture to remind a to remind lawyers of it. So that they foster legal principles that advance freedoms, personal responsibility, and the rule of law. Other lecturers have included Justice Scalia, chief justice roberts, Vice President cheney, judges can star, robert burke, edith jones, douglas ginsburg, now justice neil gorsuch, former attorney general michael mukasey, peter teel, john allison, and senators tom todd. And then sask. And ben saas. That brings us to todays lecture. It is my honor to introduce white House Counsel don mcgann. Before the council off
Im jamie colby, in laguna beach, california, about an hour south of l. A. I think my favorite strange inheritance stories are about regular folks who discover something in moms attic or grandpas basement that not only changes their lives but reveals something i never knew about american history. My name is marty dolan. For decades, a few boxes collected dust in my mothers attic. When i opened them, i discovered my familys link to some of the most sensational crime stories of the 20th century. I meet marty, a 70yearold retired anesthesiologist. Hi, marty. Im jamie colby. Welcome to my home. He tells me this true detective story begins in 1960, when martys greatuncle, mike malone, a longtime irs employee, passes away. Martys grandmother, molly, heads to st. Paul, minnesota, to collect her brothers personal effects. Its there she makes a bizarre find under the pillow a gun. No serial numbers on the gun. They were etched out. Why would he, as a government employee, have a gun with no seria