Good afternoon, everybody. You can hear me okay . My name is todd sedgwick. Im privileged to be one of the commissioners of the centennial commission, and it is my honor to help organize this symposium. I want to thank all the participants and all of you in the audience for coming, and the thousands who are watching this this afternoon from home as it is being live streamed. Very briefly i would like to introduce the moderator and panelists. On my far right is rob dalessandro, a wellknown author and military historian specializing in the American Expeditionary forces. And has written a couple of books. One is for sale outside. Im going to be a shill for rob and encourage you to buy his book out there. He just came out with a new one called remembering world war i, which is being published by eastern national. It just came out very recently. They are the distributor for the park service. He also is acting secretary of the American Battle monument commission, and most important to me, he
Thanks to other weather problems we had to ditch we have the right panel here. I could myself on that, to talk about americas entry into the war. This is provocative question. Program touch on it today quite a bit. What is americas place in the world, particularly swirling im going election to have our panelists will open with a couple of remarks, then we will have some questions. Every time i look at that it echoes of wilson, very much with the topics we hear today. Should beagenda primary, american first or should we be involved in bettering democracy overseas, and a more stable world . These are all topics that we touch on and what will no doubt be a spirited conversation. Who have risen to be you have every reason to be afraid. [laughter] great times together. Jack, i will open the floor to you. Thank you very much for inviting me here. Ive never been to this museum, it is extraordinary. The centennial is very important. The entry into the war become even more itself is a rorschach
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That as Senate Democrats went into the wee hours of the morning holding a marathon series of protests against republicans efforts to repeal the Affordable Care act. Theyre accusing republicans of trying to repeal and run. With trump cabinet confirmation hearings set to start, both sides are bracing for a fight. First up, trumps pick to head homeland security, general john kelly, and his choice for attorney general, senator Jeff Sessions. But its sessions whos taking the brunt of the controversy as his civil rights record comes under fire with groups like naacp and aclu denouncing his nomination. Democrat cory booker is planning to come out against sessions becoming the first sitting senator to ever testify in opposition to another for a cabinet position. Still, trump says his nominees, particularly sessions, should fly through. I think every nomination will be theyre all at the highest level. Jack was even saying, i mean, they are the absolute highest level. I think theyre going to do
Story. Every year there are fewer, those who witnessed the attack that plunged the u. S. Into war. But 75 years later they still have a story to tell. Living one day like its going to be my last day. Every day is going to be my last day. Is that lesson you learned that day on december 7th . Oh, yeah, life is precious. The infamous day that defined a nation and a super power, ahead on sunday morning. Pauley the Rolling Stones have been rocking the rock music world for more than half a century. And theyre showing no sign of slowing down. This morning they look back and ahead with anthony mason. The Rolling Stones took roots 55 years ago when Keith Richards noticed the blues albums under mick jaggers arm. Im carrying this record, its a chat invitation. Its a damage of some kind. I said, what do you got . Keith and mick return to their roots to sing the blues later on sunday morning. Pauley reflexes on race, gender and sexuality are all to be found in the work of a photographer sorry that