Cardiac arrest and she kept saying cardiac arrest. She was able to sense that because she could read things faster. A number of people were kept out of the workforce who would be very productive members of society who would contribute but the gatekeeping keeps them out. I hope we will get around that because its not ok. Finally, i took, what do you call it, the blue van, the air shuttle from dulles. I kept asking, where are you from . Kenya. You could see the level of education. I said, do you mind my asking what is your background . Engineering. How far did you go . Phd. So a phd is drying driving the shuttle from home to airport. Anyway, i will leave it there. Lets thank our panel for an illuminating discussion. Will all of you be available for questions . Great. Lunch is served in the other room. You can bring your lunch in here and have something to eat. Obviously a huge issue related to immigration. Our panel this afternoon at 2 30 is going to deal with immigration and labor l. A.
All of us from the nixonkissinger community, the importance of doing this. The documents are one thing but to hear from the people who made history is a great addition not only to the nations knowledge , to the history, but the next generation of americans who will have to grapple. As geoff pointed out, this was the third in a series. We covered the was to cover the ones we covered so far have been the reorganization in structure and sudden diplomacy in china. The five years of the administration were very fruitful and many called it the golden age of diplomacy. This one is going to focus on the vietnam war, negotiations and the paris peace accords. It was one of the biggest problems that nixon faced when he walked in the door and took office. It is difficult today in 2014 to comprehend the vietnam war. The country was already on the edge because of the kennedy and Martin Luther king assassinations. The war exacerbated those tensions. And the draft meant every family was effected. We h
Was a sophomore at George Washington university. Kt i was a freshman. Geoffrey my facts are wrong. She grew in stature and importance under nixon. Under president reagan, she was a contributing member of the National Security council. She has kindly conceded to moderate. And in that particular series, this is a third wind. This is the third one. And it is very happy to introduce kt. Thank you. Kt thank you. I want to add thanks to all of us from the nixonkissinger community, the importance of doing this. The documents are one thing but to hear from the people who made history is a great addition not only to the nations knowledge but the next generation of americans who will have to grapple. Sometimes with the very same issues. As geoff pointed out, this the third in a series. We covered to cover so far have been the reorganization in structure and sudden diplomacy and china. Five years of the Nixon Administration were a fruitful time in Foreign Policy, many called in the golden age of
From history and all these pictures and paintings and all that, statues, and there were no women. I started to think maybe there werent any women than. What do you think . [laughter] do think there were any women around the time of the declaration of independence and the constitution and all that . You do . Do think there were actual women . Probably. I did start to think about the and thought, well, adam and eve. There were women then. Although my favorite Bumper Sticker is eve was framed. [laughter] of course living here and growing up your, i did go to mount vernon all the time, so i did know that there was somebody named Martha Washington. But that was about it. To you all know anything about Martha Washington . Go ahead. She was married to George Washington but did she do anything herself . Is anybody know . Go ahead. [inaudible] she cheered up the soldiers at valley forge. Thats exactly what i knew about Martha Washington. Is that she spent a winter at valley forge with the soldi
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