Madison and james monroe were born. Grew to manhood and made their own. From this small expansive lands on the north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s and a dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, saving the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book and i have said most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected network that ties them together at the founding of this country and its a story that invokes the historian bill calls the story of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the American Experience and doctor cheney is a longtime member of ai faculty and let me acknowledge how much we all appreciate the scholarship and intellectual contributions to aei, not to mention the service he done for our country. This is the latest in a series of several works by doctor cheney and examine our countrys history with consideration and rigor. And James
What indepth today live at noon eastern on tv on cspan2. Welcome everyone to this book launch webinar featuring doctor lynn cheney and Vice President cheney in a conversation about doctor cheneys newest book the virginia dynasty the creation of the american nation read on robert, im robert doar. I want to start by reading from doctorcheneys opening paragraph. But the spike enjoy drawing compass of a map of virginia, extend the other leg of the compass so he reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle. Within it not only washington also thomas jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born. From this small expansive land on the north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s, a dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, building the republic. What a great way to start a book. I spent most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected networks that tie them together at the founding of this country. I
Im robert door. I would like to start this morning by reading from doctor cheneys opening paragraph draws into map of virginia, George Washingtons boyhood home and extend the lake of the compass so it reaches out 60 miles an dry circle. With it in it not only washington but thomas jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born more and. From this small expanse of land on the north American Continent came four of the nation first five president s, the dynasty whose members secured independence, crated the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book. I have spent most of last night reading it and its wonderful chronicle, for major leaders in the interconnected network that tied them together at the founding of the country, a story that evokes the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience. Dr. Cheney is a longtime member of the faculty so i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge how much we appreciate her scholarsh
announced, whether or not he lies in state under the capitol dome, c-span will be covering and you will learn about it here on washington journal as well. right now we will show you something from 2005. senator byrd wrote his autobiography in 2005, ent entitled child of the appalachian coal fields. here is the senator. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . could evenings good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it is my privilege tonight to introduce a and producers since this will not be my privilege. this is a west virginia evening, and many of you have come from west virginia to be with your senior senator, and i want to turn the podium over very i will be brief. i want to first of all welcome the senators this evening. it is an honor and privilege to have you at the national archives in washington. i would like to welcome patrick connor. since i am not introducing the senator, the words are