And his talk today entitled Josephus Daniels in world war i will share the research from his most recent book. Please join me in welcoming dr. Lee craig. Well, as as dr. Orr informs you during the introduction, i am a college professor, and we are scheduled to do q and a at the end of my presentation, and so i always know, as a professor, what the first question will be, and what the answer to that is. And the answer is, yes, and the question is, will this material be on the final exam. So, yes, it will be on the final exam. In fact, anything i say is potentially material for the final exam, so i expect to see a lot of note taking. So my talk today is about Josephus Daniels and his role during the First World War. While you were enjoying lunch i was being interviewed on cspan. First world war. And while you are enjoying lunch i was being interviews on cspan and the first question that i got was, why why would Josephus Daniels, a small town newspaper editor, be secretary of the navy dur
Followed another four years of carnage. Weve got time for one or two more calls. The symposium resumes at 1 00. We can siad jens members start to trickle in behind you. Marvin in ann arbor, michigan. Good morning, marvin. Hi. I was wondering why you dont put more blame upon the germans for the war on the western front when the germans were preparing for war for about a dozen years and using a pretext to invade france. You would assume that the germans would require more blame than the french. Well thank you for the question, marvin. Youre absolutely right the germans had been preparing for war for not simply 12 years but even longer than that. The problem with many accounts of the outbreak of the First World War, however, is they focused only on one power or possibly two. If you look on the other side of the lens youll see france and russia signed a military alliance in 1894 specifically targeting germany, the terms of which stipulated that france and russia were supposed to invade ger
Of Josephus Daniels, 41st secretary of the navy who held office between 1913 and 1941. Daniels decisions helped prepare the u. S. Navy for its eventually involvement in world war i. And his talk today entitled Josephus Daniels in world war i will share the research from his most recent book. Please join me in welcoming dr. Lee craig. Well, as as dr. Orr informs you during the introduction, i am a college professor, and we are scheduled to do q and a at the end of my presentation, and so i always know, as a professor, what the first question will be, and what the answer to that is. And the answer is, yes, and the question is, will this material be on the final exam. So, yes, it will be on the final exam. In fact, anything i say is say potentially material for the final exam. So i expect to see a lot of note taking during the talk. So my talk today is about Josephus Daniels and his role during the First World War. While you were enjoying lunch i was being interviewed on cspan. The first
Julianna goldman new details on president obamas trip to mexico. We begin with peter cook, who has breaking news. The release of the latest fed minutes. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. These minutes, the last meeting under fed chairman ben bernanke, when the fed chairman continue to scale back its Bond Buying Program another 10 lane dollars. Another jobs report. The first testimony of janet yellen. They saw the Economic Outlook basically on track despite volatility in emerging markets. They made very few changes in their statement. The minutes say all members agree the cumulative improvement and the likelihood of continued improvement indicated it would be inappropriate appropriate at this meeting. At the table, i number of participants noticed they should be ready to adjust if the economies took a turn for the worse. They indicated changes are coming and that is important. Participants agreed with the Unemployment Rate approaching, it would be appropriate for the committee to changes
We start tonight with developing news that navy seal operation againstal show bob militants in somalia. The raid targeted a Senior Leader of the group. Al shabab is behind the killing of 60 people in a mall in kenya. The u. S. Raid was carried out early this morning on oh the somali coast. Earlier tonight, i spoke with rosalyn in washington about the raid you in somalia. There are reports indicating that u. S. Navy seals may have found their target, a top leader of al shabab at a beachside villa in the southern part of somalia. Other reports are indicating that may not have been the case, that while the raid may have taken place friday into saturday, there was actually no one found or captured. Its not unusual to have this lex of confusion, but what is surprising is that the u. S. Military is steadfastly refusing to talk about what if anything might have taken place in somalia in the last 48 hours. We should point out its not unusual for the u. S. To provide some quiet military assista