And by being heard. We have about 25 minutes left. I can keep talking, but there are usually a lot of questions. [laughter] so im going to go ahead and take questions if you have them. If there arent any, i will keep going. Celeste, over here. Far back. Oh, i see you. Here. [laughter] a couple years ago you came to savannah, and you did a ted talk, and it was one of the best ever. Thank you. Thirteen million views, ladies and gentlemen. [laughter] [applause] tell us, if you would, something you learned doing a ted talk. Next time get a haircut and put on makeup. [laughter] [applause] that is what i learned. [laughter] other people will be watching this. Brush your hair. [laughter] yes. Oh, wait, they want me to here and here. Theyre going to bring you a microphone. [inaudible] okay. You talked a lot about the challenges to great conversations, but you didnt say anything specific about how to have great conversations. Well, thats because i wrote a book about it. [laughter] and it took m
Delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savannah book festival, presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, the family foundation, and mark and pat. Many thanks to jack and mary romano, our sponsors for this glorious venue, the Trinity United Methodist church. We would like to extend special thanks to our literary members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. 90 of our venue, of our revenue comes from donors just like you. Thank you. We are very excited to have a savannah book festival app for your phone available this year. Its very easy to get it from the app store and there are directions in your programs. Please try to download it. It will help you today. Before we get started i had a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediately following this presentation, brian curtis will be signing festival purchase copies of his books right across the way. If you are planning to stay for the next author presentation, please
President ial library museum. We are glad you braved the cold to come out and we are lucky enough to have cspan here with us tonight so after the presentation if you are going to ask questions please come to the microphone can record you. How many of your members here tonight . Wow what, thats fantastic. Im so happy you are here i cant tell you how much we appreciate your support. Because of you you make programs like this possible and i feel the community has come out tonight to hear what i think will be one of the most important programs we have this year. David woolner has been involved with the roosevelt institutes and the Roosevelt Library for 25 years and really has enormous insight and a depth of understanding about the roosevelt era that i think if you read the book it really comes through. Hes also been involved with Marist College for 20 years and now involved with bart and really has spent most of the last 25 years of his life dedicated to the Roosevelt Legacy and one of the
Nominations . So moved. Second . Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. The motion carries. The Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford for reappointment as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. General dunford, this Committee Thanks you for your decades of distinguished service to our nation. We are grateful to your wife ellen for the support she has always provided to you and to all who serve our nation in uniform. Id also like to welcome your son patrick. Patrick. Fortunately, you look like your mother, patrick, who is joining us this morning. Joe and kathleen send their support from afar even as i bet they are a little relieved they do not have to sit through your interrogation. In order to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibilities its important this committee and other appropriate committees of the congress are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communications of information. Have you adhered to applicable laws and r
Devices and also if youre going to ask a question, everybody has to come to a microphone or theyll cut the entire session. Please do that if youre interested in asking a question. Were very excited about science program. Its a pleasure to welcome tonights journalist and author francis ms. Gerald. Its made possible from the generation of the livingston foundation. Born in new york city and graduating from radcliffe college, she came of age as a journalist in the vietnam war era. In 1979 she published far in the lake, the vietnamese and american in vietnam. The history of vietnam in the United States military involvement in the country. The book was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a bancroft prize and a National Book award. She has since authored numerous critically acclaimed works of American History and works of the puritan publications in the new yorker, and rolling stone. Tonight fitzgerald will discuss her recent book the evangelials the struggle to shake america. She traces the history o