My childrens godfather is a former special forces group and he had a line he got from a commander somewhere in his career that said there are some peoplpeople just need killing. Some you will not be able to reason with or negotiate with and there is just evil in the world and that is kind of the approach he takes. He doesnt necessarily like it when he knows it needs to be done he went out and he does it. He runs through the bucs as a combination of multiple people that ive known in the world of government, diplomacy, part of government. Hhes actually named after somebody right here in dc who processes fisa warrants for the prophetic justice. So there is one over at doj, real life, and i hope it is a great name for a character. He is a collection of these people and then what i tell folks is that hes my alter ego. He gets to go and do the things my wife wont let me do. She let me go to afghanistan but she drew the line of chasing female operatives. So there is a line i cant cross. Host
Which is her base of operations on Lafayette Park but as we are all working from home and joined you in your home, were trying out this new mode of communications that is perfectly fitting with our historic mission. As all of you know we were founded in 1961 by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy who had the vision at such a young age in such a short period of time as first lady to create an organization like the White House Historical association to give nonprofit, nonpartisan support to the work of maintaining the Museum Standard of the white house, but also in Education Mission to teach and to tell the stories of the white house and its history going back to 7092 when George Washington who were talking about today actually selected that piece of land and hired a young irish architect to build the white house. Creating education materials and content is a a core part of our mission, and thats what we do everyday through the wonderful, wonderful books that we publish, our programs that we h
So i welcome you this morning, thank you all for coming, my name is dane kennedy. Im the director of the National History center. Which is sponsoring this briefing. It is on the geo politics of middle east oil, Historical Perspectives on the current crisis. I want to just briefly explain what we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. Which has booked t
Wedgewood property to give the house to the women. They also accused the counsel members of supporting criminal activity. By attempting to steal this home these squatters are like any others in other foreclosed and renovate the property. They are asking the mom to voluntarily and peacefully leave the home. New norng the chp this morning the chp is investigating. The freeway was closed for more than two hours overnight and so far the chp isnt identifying the victim or the driver. No one else was hurt. This is the 56th time a pedestrian was killed in san jose. Three victims including Twin Brothers and their kunss. Greg liggins was there. Candles were lit in memory of twins michael and mark urista. All 16yearold dublin high students who lost their lives in that fatal crash monday night. The mother was overwhelmed upon seeing the hundreds who came out to support. This is so beautiful to see everybody out here. It warms my heart. Its beautiful. I cant put it into words. The family asked the
What we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. I also want to alert you to the fact you have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions. Well collect them. Theyll give formal remarks in the first half hour and the second half hour will be devoted to q a. Well go from there. Thank y