Our best wellknown president ial historians who has written so many things and so many books, but im going to be asking you about some of the stuff i found in my old wellworn copy of character above all. The first thing id like to ask all of you is, we lost our bush and george bush just so close together. What kind of reassessment do you think this has brought for the country as to what the bush name stood for and whats the significantly was of all the work that they did in so many arenas of Public Service . Looking back on it now, close to a year, i just think about life the Public Service. I think about world war ii generation. It really wasnt about them as individuals. I think it was actually a turning of the page of our countrys history in many respects. And i was privileged to be asked to give the eulogy for my grandfather when we came back to houston and really was a celebration of both of their lives. Wasnt a celebration of one individual but also celebration of our heritage. Wh
And the report is my testimony. I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. Former special Counsel Robert Mueller set to appear before two committees of congress. The House Judiciary Committee and Intelligence Committee wednesday july 17th, 9 00 a. M. Eastern. He will testify in open session about his report into russian interference in the 2016 election. Watch live coverage on cspan 3, online at cspan. Org on listen with the cspan free radio app. Two household and security subcommittees held a joint hearing how fema contracts are awarded and managed. They want to know about a 30 Million Contract after Hurricane Maria was awarded to a new company and tarps were never delivered. They heard from fema, Government Accountability office and Homeland Security Department Inspector general office. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on fema contracting, reviewing Le
Comcast along with these Television Support cspan2 has a public service. Welcome to afterwards on book tv. Who was reporting to . Title based on conversation i had with President Trump as i was becoming acting secretary of the interior and i sat down with the president and had a discussion about potentially taking this role after serving as deputy secretary and in the discussion we got into the discussion and i said good right report to . He said you report to me which was a difference perspective. I expected to be told i chief of staff or someone else so i walked out with that in my memory and it turned out it was true as i worked with the president i discussed issues with them and hee made inputs he wanted to make and it turned into a working relationship that was efficient and different than the experiences i experienced so i use that title as you be the book, it has a broader version. My view is all of the individuals whether in Civil Service or elected officials or the judiciary u
Unbiased, word for word, from the Nations Capital to wherever you are, because the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. David, welcome to after words on book tv. Your book is titled you report to me, where did that title come from . Who was reporting to who . Well, that book is really titled based on a conversation i had with President Trump right as i was becoming acting secretary of the interior. And i sat down with the president and had a discussion about potentially taking this role after serving as deputy secretary and in our discussion, we got to the end of the discussion, and i said to him, who do i report to . He said you report to me, which was a very different perspective than i expected. I expected to be told i reported to the chief of staff or someone else. And so, i walked out of there, out of the oval office with that crystallized in my memory and it turned out that it was actually true, that as i worked wit
Megan kate nelson is a writer and historian living in lincoln, massachusetts. She has written about civil war us western history and American Culture for the New York Times the Washington Post Smithsonian Magazine preservation magazine and civil war monitor nelson earned her va in history and literature from the Harvard University from Harvard University and her phd in american studies from the university of iowa, and she has taught at Texas Tech University cal state fullerton harvard and brown nelson is the author of saving yellowstone three cornered war ruin nation and Trembling Earth and were so excited to have her with us today. So before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. If not that link is posted in the chat. So that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. Hi everyone. Thank you so much