The executive director of James Monroes home, highland, and she has been the executive director there since 2012. I see that the college of william and mary has moved into their backyard because highland is a department of the college of william and mary. Prior to assuming the leadership at highland, she worked as Archaeological Research manager at monticello down the road from 19992012, so she has been on that road for a long time. When i was in law school, i lived on brown mountain, so i know the area very well. She earned her ba magna cum laude from the university of arizona, then headed east and did her phd at the university of North Carolina chapel hill, and she has also taught at chapel hill in the university of virginia, so we are delighted this afternoon to have sara bonharper, executive director of highland. [applause] sara bonharper what a warm welcome. Thank you. It is a pleasure to be here and a pleasure to be on this lineup and a group that knows so much about monroe. I am
We have, for those of you who have been with us for this spring semester, we have had a number of really great presentations and special events. This is one puts particularly me, the special to launch of greg brezinskis worldg the third sinoamerican rivalry during the cold war. Know, isany of you associate professor of history and National Affairs at George Washington university, really one of this countrys leading historical voices and historians of asia. Of nation building in south korea koreanamericans in the making of a democracy. Of course now, winning the third world. Its really shes a friend and part of the Wilson Center family, is even more special. 2010, 2011 at the as the most Senior Fellowship you can get from the Wilson Center. He is a Senior Adviser to two of the programs at the center the history of Public Policy programs of north korea documentation progress project is also a member of the Advisory Board of the center. He his current work, he is on to his next project of
With that, christian will introduce todays speaker. Thank you. Welcome to all of you. Theyve been patient with us in the past running over session. Cspan is here. Be aware you will be taped. I feel good about giving them a couple minutes extra for set up. We have, for those of you who have been with us for this spring semester, we have had a number of really great presentations and special events. This is one particularly special, special to me, the brazinskysegg winning the third world. Gregg, as many of you know, is associate professor of history and National Affairs at George Washington university, really one of this countrys leading historical voices and historians of asia. He is the author of nation building in south korea. And of course now, winning the third world. He is really a friend and part of the Wilson Center family which makes it more special. 2010, 2011 as in a Wilson Center fellow, the most Senior Fellowship you can get from the Wilson Center. He is a Senior Adviser to
While the cartoon implies that madison fled from the british in panic. In fact, he and most of the , including monroe, state on the field until the end. They narrowly avoided capture. The british moved on to washington, d. C. , where they burned many public buildings, including the white house. In the aftermath of this disaster, armstrong resigned as secretary of war. And monroe assumed the office while remaining secretary of state. All of the british departed fort departed washington and failed to take fort mchenry. The possibility of another attack on the capital was spurred. The war ended in february 1815 with the u. S. Ratification of the treaty of ghent. Monroe was elected president in 1816. A culmination of his Public Service career that had taken him through so many different offices and experiences, here and abroad. He and his wife elizabeth undertook the restoration and refurnishing of the white house process that would occur , a throughout his two terms in office. It cannot b
He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President for policy of the competitive and reprise institute. He also served as deputy chief at the office of lands and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] mr. Gattuso i will speak from here. A more casual approach. We are here to talk about spectrum policy. If you want to talk about Net Neutrality you are in the wrong place. This is probably the only gathering of people today on key fcc issues that are not talking about Net Neutrality. We will see that as a good thing. It is hard to believe just a few decades ago spectrum in the , United States, and around the world was one of the most constrained resources on earth. Every detail of the use of radio frequency was dictated by the fcc or directed by the u. S. Government. You ha