Showing the role radio played shaping american view and Foreign Policy. All right. So last week we talked about coming to the war in europe and coming to the war in asia, so what id like to talk about today is the american reaction to all of that. Lets call that the american debate over american involvement in world war ii. This is the most important debate in all of american history, and Public Opinion probably more than any previous debate mattered here in part because for the first time it was a way of gauging Public Opinion. The gallop poll organization had begun regularly polling the American People. And so leaders had a much better sense, a much more direct sense what the people actually thought. So youre going to see a lot of polling data in this, in fleshing out exactly what americans thought. So well focus quite a bit on Public Opinion and talk about actual policy as a reflection of that Public Opinion. At the start of the war in europe my argument is that there were two basic
I was doing a lot of work. Sewing my seeds and the harvest came up. I was out there working and American Radio Networks recognized my work. They said, we may have a position open and i said okay. I thought it was for a dc bureau chief. Mind you, i had done local government. I even dabbled in washington. I anchored the weekends at wtop. But never in my wildest dreams would i imagine id be questioning american president s and they would call me by name. Well, at least three. But i did the work. And i started out local. Local being baltimore. My home, my love, being baltimore city. I came south and said lets try this. I thought id be there actually, i didnt want to stay when i first got here. I thought id stay for 23 years. Ive been here for 23. I started out being a reporter and i realized coming in what power was. Washington power was having a president call your name. The people who kept telling me i needed to have a president call me by name meaning the first president i covered, wher
Oklahoma, an awardwinning journalist and the author of multiple books, this being the most recent. For two decades in the school of journalism, more recently in the school of international and public affairs. Before we begin, let me thank the Madison Public Library, Madison Public Library foundation. All the sponsors who contributed to making this a successful event and the director of the book festival who organized this celebration of books and authors over the four day weekend. On behalf of the Madison Institute i want to thank the w foundation, charitable arm of the Capital Times and many individual donors of Madison Institute who help our efforts to support and illuminate issues of public policy. Ann nelson will cast light on how the council for International Policy which was created in 1981 is worked for four decades to channel money and people to influence the outcome of our elections and public policy. The book is been praised by a number of individuals including nancy mclean w
Are here in the room and all of you watching at home at cspan book tv, we are delight today start the third day of this years fourth day celebration, today we will do 32 events, i hope you are all staying all day. [laughter] we couldnt be more delighted, thank you for making more time in the morning and check out schedule and come back for more things tomorrow, we will star today, how we win, shes in conversation with hannah and i will send you over to them. [applause] okay, what have i dont . Anyone who knows me, technology is not my friend. [laughter] hi, welcome to madison. Thank you. Let me just tell you a little bit about sarah, her bio is on the website, its in your information and its on the book that you all will be buying many copies of. [laughter] but sarah is a very incrediblable woman, she was getting ready to leave after president bush the second and getting ready to go until Hillary Clinton brought her in the office and said, talk to me about what youre doing and she said
On House Resolution 191 and adoption of 591 and adoption of House Resolution 591 if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 591 on which the yeas an nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 44, House Resolution 591, resolution providing for consideration of the joint resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 54, relating to a National Emergency declared by the president on february 15, 2019. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the ordering of the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned cove