Different chap it terse in the book so some of the rich Historical Context is lost in my presentation today. I will ask your forbearance to offer you a few indeath glasses. Any questions about the details, the contest or other i would be happy to answer in the q a. Politicians this congress and many soldiers and their families made decisive distinctions between themselves and their social Welfare Benefits and civilians in theirs. Claiming soldiers and benefits isnt new. They had organize the after the civil war, for example, that soldiersere entitled to pensions and to soldiers homes, for example. But i would say in the late 20th century without conscription, without mass armies, the divide between civilian and soldier grew wide and army leaders made very special efforts to distinguish soldiers of the volunteer era from civilians and benefits from quite different. Id like to focus on the moment of origin of this politics of separation, a moment of origin for the volunteer force and the
Me just emphasize that we are at the Wilson Center, the nations nations memorial to 28th president and one of the nations key now Public Policy form here at washington dc. You are add to the washington history seminar, and activity since 2010 we have ten we have jointly sponsored with the National History center. Its represented here by date kennedy comments director and the associate director. Amanda along with pete in the back help us get organized for the sessions sessions that we hope will provide a forum for bringing Historical Context to Public Policy and to invite historical perspectives on international and national affairs. As always we want to acknowledge the society of historians of American Foreign relations for sponsoring, cosponsoring the series as well as George Washington University History department and several others. Other named donors that allow us to make this on a weekly basis. Im supposed to point out that you can look at videos of this in past sessions on both
[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] i think well get started. Welcome everyone im christian, i direct the history and Public Policy Program Policy program here at the Wilson Center. I am delighted to welcome all of you to this session with jennifer metal set also on behalf my cochair from George Washington university. Since were on cspan today let me just emphasize that we are at the Wilson Center, the nations nations memorial to 28th president and one of the nations key now Public Policy form here at washington dc. You are add to the washington history seminar, and activity since 2010 we have ten we have jointly sponsored with the National History center. Its represented here by date kennedy comments director and the associate director. Amanda along with pete in the back help us get o
Has gotten us into trouble, or at least has inflicted injustice around the world and therefore restrained and diminished. Ive come up with nine words which i think describe his doctrine. Embolden our enemies, undermine our friends, and diminished our country. When you look at what has been done to our military most especially, but a really other insurance of national power, and our alliance relationships, and what has been done to really encourage our enemies to think that this is a moment this is a year of living dangerously for the united states, it really as up to a fundamental transformation he inherited from his predecessor. A lot of colors. A lot of callers. Grant, good morning. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. Announce a to significant Law Enforcement action regarding north securitys privacy and act also known as health of bill two. It passed health bill to in march 23 of this year. The bills authors write down an antidissemination provision and pa
Had nothing that he enjoyed more than exploring the earned income tax credit. His pechant for policy included the first law that he signed as president , the family medical leave act, as well as the childrens initiative, the other laws that we will discuss, and if you wonder the impact of these laws, i was speaking on a radio show and one of the producers was not there because her family is going through a rough patch, and she is able to do that without imperiling her job, and she would thank president clinton for that if she could be here today. Alexis herman deserves applause for being here because her flight was canceled, so she jumped in a car and got here at about midnight. [laughter] [applause] she has promised not to take a nap until the panel is over. [laughter] Alexis Herman helped organize the 1992 Democratic Convention and with bill clinton won that she became the Deputy Director of the Transitional Office in the white house. She handled the White House Office of public liai