In he is the author of three books , attorneys ofrrow the dammed, and to oneill and the democratic century. Tonights talk will center on his third book, about Richard Nixon. Its a biography of the 30 37 37th president of the United States. He was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. Join the program, please us in the atrium for book signings. Please join us in welcoming mr. Pharrell to the program. [applause] thanks very much. That was terrific. Thank you. Groucho marx used to say, after that kind of introduction, i can hardly wait to hear what i have to say. Its a great honor to be at the smithsonian because at a time when history and may be objective knowledge is under the smithsonian is this great, wonderful institution, asset that we have, and today i was reading through the Smithsonian Magazine website and they had this marvelous story ofut how the black curator an africanamerican museum in virginia got together with the white curator of the museum of and togethercy, they set down o
Globe. He served on the spotlight team. In his capacity as a journalist he has covered congress, the Supreme Court and every president ial campaign from 1980 through 2012. In addition he served as a senior politicals correspondent for the center for public integrity, a Nonprofit Center for Investigative Journalism in dc. In 1996 he received the prize and award from the White House Correspondent association for coverage of the presidency, the first time anyone had captured the first in a single year. Hes a frequent guest including at harvard, the us military academy, university of chicago and other institutions abroad. Hes the author of three books. Tonight his talk focuses on his third book about Richard Nixon, a biography of the 37th president of the United States. This book has won the award for best biography of the year, the New York Historical society and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. After the program please join us in the atrium where his book is for sale for signing. P
Historian talks about the evolving nature of the relationship between president s and they are cia directors, and how it is influenced by the president s needs and interests. One director, George H W Bush later became president himself. Smithsonian hosted this program. Good evening everyone. Its a pleasure to welcome you for our program. If you could put away our cell phones, we would appreciate it. If you are wondering why there are bright lights in here, you are going to be on tv. Im kidding, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a, wait until we bring the mic to you. The speaker will repeat the question so you can hear it. Our speaker is andr teaching at columbia working for David Rockefeller he joined the cia in 1980 nine and became a Political Leadership analyst on the middle east. Moved to the history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 1955. And his biography as director of Central Intelligence was recently declassified. Reviewscles
Im happy to now introduce the final panel today that brings together a highly impressiveat group of scholars and practitioners dedicated to the preservation of the white house, something that is near and dear to us at the White House Historical association. Doctor matthew Vice President of the rubinstein National Center for white house history and a Senior Historian at the white houseia Historical Association will moderate the conversation. The firstre panelist is Leslie Greenbaum and president of the Thomas Jefferson foundationmo which owns and operates monticello. In addition to this work shes served by president ial appointment on the committees of the preservation of the white house under president s joe biden, donald trump, barack obama, george w. Bush and bill clinton. President of the White House Historical association leading to the association nonprofit, nonpartisan mission to support conservation and preservation at the white house private funding. John serves l as the nation
Authors. Funding for cspan2 comes from these Television Companies and more. Including spark life. The greatest town on earth is a place that you call home. At spark light, it is our home, too. We are all facing our greatest challenge. Working around the clock to keep you connected. We are doing our pt so its a little easier to do yours. Along with these Television Companies supports cspan2 is a public service. Now one American History tv, we will talk about Historic Preservation. I want to introduce you to jordan. The vice chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation what is that organization . Independent federal agency for the executive branch. It is created by the preservation act of 1966. Recently a couple years ago celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is a regulatory agency, and, as we will see, has responsibilities not only in that area butut to advise the president and congress on matters concerning preservationy policy. The regulatory section is called section 106. Tha