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Things that are uniquely ours. So, whether its our history, our cultural, the great beauty of this country, the diverse beauty of this country. Without it, in absent the federal support for it, i think much of it would be in a fragile state. I think my first exposure to a National Park was yellowstone. My family was traveling across this country in 1960. We stayed over in yellowstone. I can remember waking up and seeing a wolf out in the woods. Again, so, a beautiful, beautiful landscape. Ive been to yosemite in california. More than anything, the scale is just so different. But each park is so unique. I dont think one is like another. Is the tapestry of them all really a remarkable contribution to this country. This past thursday, the National Park service celebrated its centennial. We talked to members of congress about the parks and Historic Sites and their states. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. Monday on the communicators, author Malcolm Darpa isibes how working for w
Something many important streets in cairo come off round abouts and it is difficult to avoid the central square. It is central to the citys travel pattern. So having it occupied was a hassle for drivers. The square was designed and built way back in the miamidade middle of the 19th century by the then ruler. He studied the ruler and the reconfigeration of paris as a modern city. I had a lot of egyptian student friends. He hung out today, made films together and talked about the future. When in january of 2011 thousands and thousands of young people, a lot of them students, came to the square and they actually occupied it and brought tents and stayed the night and some didnt leave. They started putting up placards saying please resign, president , we need a shower. When they did that, i recognized that as the sons and daughters of the people i went to school with. I followed the arab world for 30 years so i felt an ifinity to them. I was interested in what they had to say because their
Our authors who are agreeing to participate in this reflection on the book and where the arab world is now in the wake of this publication and in the wake of all of the developments of the last three plus years. Im going to briefly introduce our speakers. They will speak each for about 10 minutes in the order that i want to reduce them. I may ask them a few more questions and try and get them to fight with one another intellectually. Then we will have plenty of time for you to pose your questions or challenges to them and to all of us. Dan brumberg is one of our oldest in terms of longestserving partners in the journal of democracy. In fact he joined our editorial at an early stage of his career. And its been very influential in shaping our coverage of the Political Developments related to the arab world and associate professor of government and codirector of the program of democracy and government at georgetown university. He also serves as a special adviser with the institute of peac