Twitter or run facebook we no longer owned the this just happened so embrace that of what and how and what is next journalism has to redefine itself. But is the active fair and concise reporting has to be the providence civic we have to stop their. [applause] [inaudible conversations] coming up next is a panel on the American West. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon thank you for taking an interest in this panel we have competition so were glad you came to this one. I am Geoff Schumacher serving as the Committee Chairman for the festival this year hoping to put together the panels i hope you enjoy them so far with more to come the title of this panel is the old west dies hard reshaping the narrative of the American West and leaves open a lot of territory to talkedabout but the underlying premise a lot of misperceptions continue to shape a people think about the west and especially las vegas for cry powerhouse to provocateurs are here today that livein or write about the west will
Want to introduce you to stephen raldolf. The historian of the u. S. Department of state, dr. Raldolf. What do you do . I direct the History Program here. I have about historian. From predominantly diplomatic and area study background. We have a series of missions. The one that bring you here, i think, today. We published the Foreign Relations of the United States series. But just to make sure we understand the context. The other third of the office or so do historical able cease and support of policy making at the state department and normal official history aspect documenting the history of the department. So incredibly productive and interesting work i get to do. The formulation series began in 1861 with a request from congress for some of the documentation associated with a diplomacy of the opening of the civil war. And its continued ever since then. Which is a series of incredible miracles, i think, that this series has survived and matured as it has. We operate under now a 1990 i
Study this problem as well. And i just lament. We are getting out of the big wars and big operations business right now. I dont see anyone saying we cracked the code on that. I do think i would like to make a distinction. Im moderately optimistic that they want to defend themselves. Will it be through purely the local defense course. It may be the case in some of the places. Especially if the system for paying these guys breaks down. The u. S. Goes away, which i think is an e quale right now looking a the the headline theres an e call chance we walk away from afghanistan. And that really makes my blood run cold. Because theres been so much effort and sacrifice. Not just military. A lot of civilian friends. People trying to help the place. And this country, our country, is very good at turning our back and walking away. My first book was actually for the counsel of Foreign Relations called interstrengs or neglect. It was about central america. We have no. Its not on my resume. It was a
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