And International Studies this is about one hour. [inaudible conversations] welcome back. Cliff, happy birthday. You are welcome. It is all for you. I really am delighted to welcome general joseph votel for our keynote address today. He currently serves as ceo and president of Business Executives for National Security and he joined their in january 2020 following 89 years of distinguished military service and served for three years as commander of u. S. Central command and prior to serving as commander of Central Command he commanded the u. S. Special Operations Command and the joint special Operations Command and in addition to his current role at the visit executive Financial Security hes also a distinguished senior fellow National Security at the middle east institute and unwelcome credit [inaudible] he will talk about a theme that has come up throughout the discussion this morning which we are all aware of but werent exactly sure what to think about and i think in 30 minutes we wil
Course south following the flow past st. Louis skirting by cahokia with its mysterious indian mounds, but no time to stop because were focused on the rivers french heritage. Places like prairie du rocher, and the village of kaskaskia, established in 1703. But our camp site is fort chartres island just a short hike away from a Historic Stone fortification. Nearly a century before the revolutionary war, france controlled this part of illinois with fort de chartres guarding the strategically vital mississippi trade route. In the springtime thousands flock to rendezvous the spirited 18th century fur trapper holiday. Friendly site supervisors give you the history which includes a free tour of the museum the exhibits and air conditioning the perfect remedy to a hot day of paddling. Were in the northern end of the colony of louisiana, at that time. This fort is governed from new orleans. Its a journey into the past you wont soon forget. Coming up were crusin with my dog, chuck, looking for pe
Ten years in this wonderful visitor and Education Center and one of the things i love about doing this event every year is when you have great researchers like a man you are going to hear in a few minutes like a Family Reunion that occurs every summer. You get to see your family again when a come back to hyde park. And a cellphone, anything that beep and moans and whistles turn it off so our presentation today isnt interrupted. Second, most of you have them but if you have not seen the newly renovated Roosevelt Library in their new exhibits, if you find me afterwards or one of the other members of the Library Staff to get one of these buttons you see the exhibits for free and we are open until 6 00 so i encourage you to do that. They are really outstanding and i want to thank our friends at cspan who are broadcasting the reading festival live today, they are great supporters of the work that we do and our public programs. Chistopher osullivan is the author of fdr and the end of empire