Next, secretary of state mike pompeo talked abut the future of u. S. China relations. This was held at the Richard Nixon president ial library in california. Esidential library in california. This is just over one hour. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable Michael Pompeo. The honorable pete wilson, Christopher Nixon cox and hugh hewitt. [applause] good afternoon. Im Christopher Nixon cox, grandson of Richard Nixon and on behalf of my family and the board of directors of the foundation i want to welcome you to another important event and the museum is right behind me here. Today we are honored to have secretary of state Michael Pompeo to have chosen the Nixon Library to make a major speech about u. S. China relations. Like we do so often at the library, we are going to begin the program with a prayer. Would you please remain standing and welcome greg laurie, the Senior Pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship for an invocation. Lets pray together. We are thankful to live in this country th
Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. Her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact that she took no interest in politics and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature. She would not have married him had he been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. It became a shrine to her husband. She would invite anybody who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had accrued over there long and illustrious career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would visit her to pay their respects. It was very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went t
Roosevelts advice column, written for more than 20 years for ladies home journal and mccalls magazine. Held at the Franklin Roosevelt library and museum, this is one hour. Mr. Sparrow hello, good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the wallace center, here at the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library and museum, and happy birthday, Eleanor Roosevelt. [applause] it is one of the things we are so lucky to have eleanors papers here along with papers of Franklin Roosevelt and his administration. If you go over and look at the building, the two wings of the library are actually the Eleanor Roosevelt wings that were built in 1972. Even after the Library First opened, fdr started sketching what ended up being the structure here to incorporate eleanors papers. He was telling her, we need to have your papers at the library. When his archivist said, do you think she will give them to you, and fdr said, you can never tell what my missus is going to do. Which i think is a true statement about Elean
Christopher nixon cox and hugh hewitt. [applause] good afternoon. Im Christopher Nixon cox, grandson of Richard Nixon and on behalf of my family and the board of directors of the foundation i want to welcome you to another important event and the museum is right behind me here. Today we are honored to have secretary of state Michael Pompeo to have chosen the Nixon Library to make a major speech about u. S. China relations. Like we do so often at the library, we are going to begin the program with a prayer. Would you please remain standing and welcome greg laurie, the Senior Pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship for an invocation. Lets pray together. We are thankful to live in this country the United States of america and one thing we treasure so greatly as the freedom we have to pursue life, liberty and happiness. We have the freedom to speak our minds, the worship and freedom to proclaim the message that jesus christ died for our sins and rose from the dead and can give the personal
Eleanor roosevelt wings that were built in 1972. But even after the Library First opened, fdr started catching with ended up being the structure here to incorporate eleanors papers because he was telling her that we really need to have your papers that the library. When the archivist said, do you think theyll give it to you . The fdr said you can never tell what my mrs. Is going to do. Which i think is a true statement about Eleanor Roosevelt. How many of you are members here today . Look at that. Thank you so much. Your support makes programs like this possible. We really do appreciate everything you do for us. The library is a federally funded institution, but obviously we rely on private donations to allow us to do many of the non federal funded programs and exhibits like that. Today, we have with us a very special friend and guest. She spent many many days a year when she was working on the Eleanor Roosevelt papers with George Washington university which is really a tremendous reso