Where else are you able to have face time with historians such as we have here . It is one of the great delights of such an experience, which leads me to the opportunity to introduce jennifer keene, not only a specialist in American Military history in world war i but extraordinary educator and lifetime friend of the museum and its mission. Jennifer spent some time in australia. She was reminiscing about being kangaroosy crowds of while she was there, so we have a lot in common. She has published widely on the american involvement in world ar i, including, doughboys world war i and the remaking of states, and the united and the first world war. She is also the lead author for an American History textbook, visions of america, that uses a visual approach to teaching students u. S. History. Jennifer has received numerous awards for her scholarships, including a fulbright to france and australia in the membership of the library of congress scholarships and international studies. Theres muc
Weve also got some other raffles going on, and at your table you have been given a notecard that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them, and what i will do, i will take up the most objectionable ones [laughs] well proceed from there. But, so if youve got a question, write it down, and we will ask our wonderful speakers today. Weve also at the break we are going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance acknowledge them. Our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So, thatll be the end of our day. I really like our speakers presentation title today. Mission impossible rethinking george b. Mcclellan. After what weve heard so far in this conference, i think it is even more impossibler. Dr. George rable is the Professor Emeritus at the university of alabama, roll tide. He held the Charles Sumner so chair of history. He is the author of fredericksburg, fredericksburg, which won a lincoln prize. His most recent boo
Escapehe author of from north korea. Book, thanksgiving a holiday at the heart of the beencan experience, has very well received. The tradition here is to give and introduce her, a portion of what you get from this. Theespecially pleased with book. I was so delighted to see she mentioned a little place in virginia, which is now located in charles city county, my birthplace, as one of the places that held a thanksgiving ceremony before the pilgrims. Massachusetts, think that. Join me in welcoming ms. Melanie kirkpatrick. [applause] kirkpatrick good morning. And thanks to harold and frank for your warm welcome. All of you at the forum. 100 was a lot of fun to research. Thenss a historian arthur injured junior agreed it was a thanksgiving that theeeded the pilgrims and indians in massachusetts. Five days from today on this coming thursday, i am pretty sure i know what youre going to have for dinner. Survey, on thee fourth thursday, an astounding 88 percent of americans eat turkey. A meal
Good evening and welcome. Im ken ken weinstein, president and ceo of Hudson Institute. I apologize for the condition of my voice this evening. I really, really wanted to be here for the book form for Melanie Kirkpatricks new new book, the holiday at the heart of the american experience. I want to thank our friends at the historic Explorers Club in manhattan, especially the executive director and our good friend judas and i also want to thank the viewing audience on cspans book tv. Hudson institute is a policy organization that is based in washington, d. C. We promote International Leadership for the sake of security, prosperity, and freedom. Most of our work is in the Public Policy space. We do a lot of work on the future of security in asia, we look at fighting isis, talk about trying to overcome the challenges of the iran deal and so this book is an outlier of the product, will be thankful for many things as thanksgiving approaches like many of our its extraordinarily timely coming a
North korea continues down today poses a direct threat to the United States and our allies, particularly south korea and japan. We must go further and take action to punish the north korean regime and those who aid and abet in its provocative actions. The legislation before us today would significantly enhance our ability to curb the north Korean Nuclear program. The bill requires the president to sanction anyone who knowingly supports the north korean regime, whether by if you are furnishing materials for north Korea Weapons Program or by selling luxury goods to corrupt government officials while so many North Koreans live in poverty. The bill also provides exemptions for humanitarian organizations that work to relieve the suffering of millions of North Koreans. We must continue to let the people under the rule of this brutal regime know that we stand with them in their democratic aspirations, even as their government continues to threaten the International Community. I commend the ef