Book and lindsay will be speaking today, as well, about some of the experiences that her family and she personally has gone through alzheimers disease. When i think back to the first time i met members of the demo family in 2009 it really feels like im reviewing the notes that i took on someone elses life. We did not know each other and i didnt know about oldtimers disease or how lethal it is and i was just a journalist who was on an assignment in pittsburgh and i went into their hotel room spend a couple of hours interviewing them and when i came out it was like i had gone through the Looking Glass and i was completely blown away by their story and what they were going through and i was never going to be the same which is why i decided to write a book about them. I learned from them quite a few lessons that i like to share with you today and hope that it will shed light on where we are with this epidemic and thats what it is, a Public Health epidemic. I think its the Public Health epi
Book called the inheritance which follows a family centered in north dakota that carries a very rare genetic mutation that guarantees alzheimers disease. I am really pleased to say that with me today is lindsays father, dean, was a central figure in my book. Lindsay is speaking today, as well, about some of the experiences that her family andna she, personally, have gone through with all timers disease. When i think back to the first time i met members of the demo familyem in 2009 it really feels like im reviewing the notes that i took on someones elses life and we did not know each other and i did not know anything about usas timers disee or how widespread it is or how lethalal it is and i was just a journalist who is on an assignment in pittsburgh and i went into their hotel room and spent a couple of hours and when i came out it was like i had gone through the looking glass. I was completely blown away by their story and what they were going through and for me i would never be the s
Now a pentagon briefing on air force operation. Air force secretary Deborah Lee James and chief of staff general mark welsh spoke with reporters for more than an hour. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the state of the air force press briefing. And Brigadier General mobilization assistant to the director of Public Affairs and im very privileged to introduce the honorable Deborah Lee James secretary of the air force and general mark welsh is chief of staff of the air force. Let me give you the groundrules wrote that. What we are going to do today is secretary james and general welsh will have opening remarks and then well open it up for questions and answers. Standard rules of engagement apply today so please state your name and affiliation when you are called on and then we will do one question and one followup and depending on how much time we have with us if we can get to other questions. If there are any questions we dont get answered today you are more than welcome to call the a
Whether or not they decide to sue me for doing my job. No, no, no. First of all, heres what i always say. Do not boo, vote. [applause] doing does not help. Voting helps. [applause] but think about this. They have announced that they are going to sue me for taking executive actions to help peop people. So you know, they are mad because im doing my job. And by the way, i told them, i said id be happy to do it with you. So they on the reason im doing it on my own is because you dont do anything. But if you want, lets work together. [applause] now i mean everybody recognizes this as a political stunt but its worse than that because every vote they are taking like that means a vote they are not taking to actually help you. When they have taken 50 votes to repeal the Affordable Care act, that was time that could have been spent working constructively to help you on some things. [applause] and by the way, you know who is paying for the suits that they are going to file . You. Now, now you are
I. Will with Everyone Welcome and thank you for being here at the 2022 texas book festival, live from austin, texas. My name is brian sweeney. Im the proud member of the Advisory Board at the texas book festival. And though i am biased, i firmly believe it is the best one in the country. So thank you for being here. We are absolutely delighted today to have two unbelievably talented authors on our panel talking about the environment both past and future. Im going to start at the end. Id like to welcome maya cave and ross and to austin and to the book festival. She is an author. Lawyer and activist. For 30 years, she has led the Delaware River Keeper Network, which is the area where she grew up and lives now with her family. And she is the founder of the green amendment for the generations, which is the subject of her book, which has been updated. It is called the green amendment the peoples fight for a clean, safe and healthy environment. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome maya, keit