Share. Shes going back to new york tonight to cover the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Hell be at the u. N. Tomorrow. The pentagon said to me, no, no, no press. Edith got her way into it. I think thats where we start tonight. But if it makes news, youre got to give me a full. Absolutely. I expect that we will have an absolutely fascinating conversation tonight. I want to start by saying one thing. I am not a war correspondent. Im a pentagon correspondent, and im thrilled, honored, and humbled to be with these women tonight. I work out of the pentagon. I have traveled to war zones, but nothing, nothing, approaches what these women have done and what so many journalists, regardless of gender, i think you would all agree, men and women, did in opening the way to covering battlefields, to bringing the stories of american troops fighting in faraway places into our living rooms, into the front page of our newspapers. If nothing else, that era was such a turn in journalism that i prob
First of all, to apologies. Its slightly weird to be writing a book called the men who united the states during its time when given that reason struggles and washington is seems more disunited than it has been for a long time. I know all good people turn off their cell phones, im going to play you a short clip of music at the end. I just hope that nobody telephones me during this presentation. Like root of giuliani. I will feel like rudolph giuliani. To do is tieo try you bit more of the background of this book, which is a big sort of plum pudding of an affair. Once a tell you how it all came into being, pluck one or two of those plums from the putting pudding. The background, quite a complex story. You might be able to tell im english. I fell in love with this country quite literally when i first arrived here in 1962, a student hitchhiking. I basically met at a science fair in london, i was a delegate to a schoolboy science fair, i met a young canadian woman, i was 17 years old. , and
[applause] thank you very much indeed. First of all, it is slightly weird to be writing a book called the men who United States at a time when given all the recent troubles in washington in seems more disunited than for a long time. I know good people turn off their cellphones but i can so i am going to play you a short clip of music at the end so i hope that nobody telephones me during this presentation or i will feel like rudy guiliani. I dont know if you remember when he had to answer a phone while addressing a huge political campaign. The scope that doesnt happen. What i want to try to do tonight is tell you about the background of this book which is a big plum pudding of an affair and once i have told you how it will come in to being, two plums from the putting and illustrate what the book is all about but first background. It is the context story. As you might be able to tell i am english. I fell in love with this country quite literally when i first arrived hindered in 1962 as a
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