Of lyndon and lady bird johnson, andhonorable hubert held, miss lucy baines johnson, daughter of lyndon and lady bird johnson, and the retired Major General of the United States army, the silver star, bronze star, and purple heart recipient. [applause] the archive of this library contains thousands of letters to president. Many of which concern the vietnam war. These reflect the dramatically contrasting views of the war held by americans, including our troops. Dear mr. President , here is a picture of a little via menus a little girl and myself. They live in a village about eight miles southeast of denying. Their mother was killed by vc. It is our duty to keep her smile, which betrays so much on her face. There are many more who do not have the freedom to smile, which she has. Its our duty as americans to bring happiness to those who may otherwise never be as free of care as she. To be able to pose with her and have her still look so happy gives the idea of the good we are doing here.
Kissinger sat down with lbj president ial Library Director mark updegrove. On the first of a threeday conference in texas. Then took questions from the audience. Severalhear first from introductory speakers, including president johnsons two daughters. The conversation with kissinger starts in about 30 minutes. This program is two hours. Please welcome, the archivist of the United States, daughter of lyndon and lady bird johnson, the honorable hubert bola. Miss luci baines johnson, daughter of lyndon and lady bird johnson. And dr. Bernard let ski. The retired Major General of the United States army, the silver star, bronze star, and purple heart recipient. [applause] the archive of this library contains thousands of letters to our 36th president. Many of which concern the vietnam war. There are two letters during the height of the president johnsons tenure in office which reflect the dramatically contrasting views of the war held by americans, including our troops. Dear mr. President ,
The idea in larrys revival of stagnation is that because Going Forward the returns to capital and Consumer Spending are likely to be weaker than theyve been in the past, that the real Interest Rate that is needed to provide full employment could be very, very low. And there are a lot of reasons as we see very low Interest Rates, and he talked about in his remarks to the association of business economics a number of reasons why the demand for capital and the demand for Consumer Spending might be unusually low Going Forward and the same ones that, essentially, you need very low Interest Rates to get the economy up to full employment. Slower growth both from population and and also from possibly slower technical change, also he notes and i think this is an interesting point that if you look at new Industries Like facebook on the one hand versus the industries that were dominant in the 50s and 60s like steel making obviously, facebook and Similar Companies have much smaller needs for capit
It seems to me if this trend really continues unfortunately 2015 will be recorded as the bloodiest year yet since 9 11. Mike mentioned one of our recent obligations related to terrorism in north africa and the impact regionally and globally. We do have copies for those who might be interested. Let me just mention that were covering a broad area all the way from [inaudible] health security, for example, the ebola crisis, and in general i think we have to look at the record. And the record of last year 2014, for example, there is an increase of 30 in north africa over 2013. And, again if you look at 9 11 from 9 11 you look at that particular region which really underscores the nature of the threats, there is an increase of 800 , and so on. And so today were going to discuss several of the countries in the region. Again, there are many terrorist groups involved in this activity. Some are regional and some are foreign fighters and so forth. So i think were going to deal with both the domes
Constitutionally. So i dont think its merely that. And in suleiman the government actually created the words that were, that were being advertised. So isnt that substantially different . Because the governments not creating these words. Justice sotomayor the court indicated that thats the monument course. Im talking about johanns. Thats right. But in suleiman though, a private organizes fraternal order of eagles put its name on the monument it created the message, then donated it to the park. In johanns, yes, the message was espoused beef, its whats for dinner, but even then the secretary of agriculture didnt write ad copy. Sorry, the government had control, it just was not at every step of the way saying this is how the message must be. But at the end of the day, it had final approval. But to return to Justice Alitos hypothetical and what the test should be, the test can include other elements. And even if suleiman and johanns could be read as just a twopart test for all sorts of reas