This summer i had a very ambitious reading list currently i am finishing a book on dday with the 75th anniversary and im about finished with the book but going there to see first half on firsthand what has happened the greatest generation and the world were two veterans strumming the beaches of normandy it is overwhelming to imagine what they went through. Im also reading seapower which just went paperback. I am a Navy Reserve Officer and the champion of bigger Stronger Navy that tumultuous world that we live in today. With the former secretary of defense as secretary panetta and secretary gates and now i can add ash carters book to that collection my daughter who is nine years old and i have a reading competition whoever reads the most books wins. She is currently beating me. But if she beats me she gets a puppy so that is her motivation. I have a lot of work to do to catch up with her to win the competition. I use to work at barnes noble i spent a lot of time there and i often buy bo
Gives that ability to change. [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. Welcome to the council of Foreign Relations its a pleasure to have george here for the belated lunch i am sure most of you know the byline very well in his new yorker articles and his most recent books and the most important chronicle of the iraq war winning the National Book award in 2014. And now his new book our man Richard Holbrook. We were thrilled to have an excerpt to focus on two pieces in afghanistan which we will talk about in this conversation i recommend the piece not as a substitute but a teaser then you will go on to read the entire 500 pages of the hardcover edition. It really is an extraordinary and fascinating book both as a chronicle and a reflection on American Foreign policy and diplomacy over that halfcentury that Richard Holbrook was a central player but also with this individual it is a really complicated rich portrait of holbrook as many of you know. I want to start not with Foreign P
[inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen can i have your attention please. Welcome to the Richard Nixon president ial library for this very special occasion. We begin thero Patriotic Program appropriately with the presentation of colors followed by the singing of our National Anthem please rise. [applause] the esperance rotc thank you for that special presentation to our nation. [applause] please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen i have the events director for the foundation it is a pleasure to have you all here tonight. Thursday last week marked the 7h anniversary the largest seaborne invasion at the turning point of world war ii. A day that is remembered as dday time to remember and honor the heroes of the greatest generation of world war ii. What is a time to remember incredible sacrifices made in the face of evil to protect thee essential freedoms and it is a time to show the tremendous respect and appreciation and admiration to the great warriors of world war ii and all who se
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2024. [applause] [applause] will they hurt the state of the state address delivered by our governor spencer cox. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , by the way this is thought in the script, two of the best people on the planet. [applause] madam Lieutenant Governor, my best friend abby. Enter utahs Public Servants and my fellow utah gathered here tonight, welcome. I want to especially recognize senator representative mcpherson representative. Congratulations join the best legislative body in the country. [applause] all right, im glad because the clapping out of the way. We have so much to govern a short amount of time ill ask again like i did in previous years to please hold any applause until the end of the speech. No matter how difficult that may be especially for mike mauer and the gallery, right left back in 1847 a group of peculiar people arrive in utah. What they found us a place native americans already knew was quite different than anywhere else. Our mountains are taller, our snow is