Meeting of the longterm budget for not able to all of what theres a lot of pieces we can work on and hopefully we can break it into areas of interest for members on the hill to work on and i would say key is bipartisan. Each piece has to be addressed by the republicans and democrats together. I think the maya is right on target. Our history, we have never had a Budget Commission that has exceeded. That tradeoffs are too broad. Weve had pieces, however. As closer commission is probably everyones best example. Members of Congress Want to be bailed out. They wanted to have someone else make those painful decisions. We dont have that with most budget issues. One of the other examples of the property and plant and equipment for federal agencies, a proposal to the commission if it doesnt already exist to close Certain Agency field offices and properties. Thats an example of for our Something Like that might work but i think we tend to resort to much to this notion of a process fix that a con
Championed by Lady Bird Johnson who worked with private organizations to clean up the nations capital. Up next, showcase for the nation the story of mrs. Johnsons beautification program. It details the first ladys effort to plant trees and flowers and improve parks and playgrounds in the District Of Columbia with the hope other cities would follow. Ms. Johnson beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. To me, it describes the effort to bring the Natural World and manmade world into harmony, to bring youthfulness to life to our whole environment. Narrator after the president ial elections in 1964, mrs. Lyndon johnson felt it would be most effective is the nations first lady to concentrate her efforts in a few major areas of concern. During a meeting at the lbj ranch, mrs. Johnson was urged by the secretary of the interior to share her lifelong interest in beautification. Putting this into practice would require organization and hard work. Mrs. Johnson wanted to
It is my pleasure to introduce this afternoons speaker Elizabeth Schmidt who is a professor at the university of loyola maryland. She received her phd from the university of wisconsin madison. From the cold war to the war on terror, which fyi is available for purchase outside of this room today. She is also the author of cold war and the colonization in guinea. In 2007, mobilizing the masses. The author of peasants, traders, and wives. And decoding corporate camouflage, published in the committee. Her next book is foreign intervention in africa after the cold war, sovereignty, and responsibility in the war on terror. Todays talk is based on the last book, and is entitled, foreign intervention in africa during the cold war. Thehank you very much for kind introduction. Thank you for coming. Organizationsf that i was also going to think thank. But he has done that for me. I will proceed to the talk. As eric indicated, my talk is primarily based on my on information and topics covered in m
Commencement patient proclamation to the end of the war. That is going to be chronologically our focus. I will try to emphasize something magic emphases for the moment. I think it is always good to go back and touch base with what we think are our primary theories of concern. Can i ask you guys just to help us our review major themes we are having in mind right now . One. Ne mention we are trying to think carefully about what our interpretation of the American Civil War tells us. Hadthe Popular American in his regards to slavery, racially quality. Always reminding ourselves of the interrelationship between those two are very complicated. It is nine and he sends a very simple kind of relationship, say yes. That is one of the themes that will be central today. Northernormation of names. Aims. Wares how the aims of the starts as only a war of preserving the union. Emancipatione the is added. Those are probably the two things that are most relevant this morning. Just keep those in mind as
University. Received the he is Army Historical foundations distinguish writing award. He is also one of americas foremost experts on the First World War and he holds a doctorate from the Royal Military college of science. Discuss and later answer your questions about his new book, 47 days. Ler notes that mitch has become a preeminent world war i historian. Commenting on the book, waller has written with an absorbing narrative. 47 days brings to life that war is final and bloody offensive when general john blackjack pershing and more than one million americans and french soldiers broke the back of the mighty german army. Son. Se welcome mitch yockle good afternoon everybody. Im excited to see a nice crowd come out and here a talk on a subject that doesnt get a lot of attention in the United States. That is the United States effort in the First World War. We got into the war in april of 1917 as a partner to the allies. And slowly build our forces until it turned into the ofmactic battle