He did his graduate work in history at the university of pennsylvania, where he focused on the history of religion, he holds a master, and his roster of publications is so long that i am not going to try to read them all to you you can go to get a full account of his publications, and other salient elements of his biography in his doings i am going to mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what we will be doing this afternoon. The first is called Abraham Lincoln, redeemer president. It was published in 1998. It is the first of his lincoln books. The emancipation proclamation the end of slavery in america published by simon and schuster. That brought him his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas the debates that defined america. For some reason that did not win the lincoln prize. A new history of the civil war and reconstruction came out in 2012. The fifth title i will mention is called gettysburg, the last invasion, which brought a third lincoln prize to alan.
Brookings. David was appointed assistant secretary of state by donald trump. He previously served in the air force for 35 years, beginning as a linguist in 1980, retiring as a brigadier general. He was the advisor to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and served as the defensive attache in beijing. He recently served as the director of the China Strategic Focus Group in hawaii from 2017 to 2019, where he was an abjects adjunct senior fellow. David, thank you for your service to our country and the important work you are doing now. As you can see from his background, he has been at the forefront of managing policy questions that shape the future of these relationships and has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy to china and is preoccupied with keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole, where we have a huge number of relationships, partners, allies, and interests that go beyond simply the question of china. Assistant secretary stillwell and i were here
and allow his country to export 1a leopard ii battle tanks to ukraine. a scandal of abuse and neglect at three children s homes in doncaster. the regulator rated the homes as good even though there had been many warnings about ill treatment and this year s oscar nominees have been announced. those up for best picture include everything everywhere all at once, avatar, and elvis. the chairman of the bbc has been ordered to give evidence to mps on the digital, culture, media and sport select committee on the 7th of february to answer questions on his alleged involvment in a loan to former prime minister, borisjohnson. richard sharp says he has no plans to step aside or resign over the row, and believes he has done nothing wrong. richard sharp is accused of helping to facilitate a loan to the then prime minister, when he was applying to be bbc chairman. his appointment is now under review by the commissioner of public appointments. our media editor katie razzall has been speaking
is where we will see the hot conditions. split fortunes by tomorrow afternoon. this is a closer look. highest temperature in scotland likely to be 21 degrees in aberdeen. quite windy up to the north west as well and northern ireland up to around 18. now we have this band of cloud and patchy rain and to the south of that, aside from dismissed and mark there will be lots of sunshine. east wales, the midlands, the west country mist and murk. tomorrow night will be very warm and muggy in the south. to the south of this front. to the north, a cooler and fresher start to saturday morning. al around the line of the weather front on saturday we could see some heavy thundery rain and for most it will be a cooler day, but heat will cling on in the south east corner. 27 to maybe 29 degrees but it won t cling on for long. all of us cooler and fresher by sunday and by this point there could be some heavy thundery rain in the south. lord geidt. cooler and fresher sounds good to me. h