Many thanks to all of you for being here this evening. Thank you for joining us. Thank you so much for your time and being so generous with your most precious commodity, which is your time. [applause] be safe everybody. House Majority Leader Kevin Mccarthy and House Minority whip have been leading a congressional delegation to read hurricane to examine recovery efforts. This weekend, puerto ricos resident commissioner shared several photos on twitter of her and house colleagues, including this one with the u. S. Coast guard, while getting a tour of the florida keys. While members also received a briefing from the coast guard and fema. Tuesday. Returns on the agenda, extending funding for the Childrens Health insurance program, a repeal of the Health Care Law of the independent advisory board. A republican tax reform bill is set to be announced. You can watch the house live here on cspan. The sun is back monday for judicial nominations, including Circuit Court nominees. Is confirmed, al
Admiral howard president jackson, dean, faculty, students, thank you for this wonderful privilege that youve given me, this honorary degree. I will tell you, my fellow on arend this is pretty cool. It feels a lot like a superman cape. I want to know, does it stop bullets . [laughter] i could use that in my job. President jackson, fellow on i class of 2015 come its a sincere honor to join you on this extraordinary occasion. Today marks a triumphant milestone in your lives. Symbolically crossing the stage you will also cross over into the next phase of your lives. With each step, you will pound into your souls this week feeling of accomplishment. Years now, you will recall the challenges of that last calculus class, the anxiety of preparing for your last test, the excitement of your last big red freak out night and the last witnessing of the Shirley Ann Jackson weather machine. [laughter] [applause] avriladmiral howard i thought it appropriate that i start this speech and share with you
To defend them and endorse a way of proceeding with the criminal justice they would not in any other circumstance. Fortunately i think that is changing so there is disagreement but libertarians are awaiting that argument. Host what do the colleagues that National Review think of your writing . Guest National Review is a very intellectually diverse place. Kevin williamson and myself are more libertarian, rich is more conservative, in this book i hope to present both argument. Is not a political book. I am not rude to anyone, is respectful of all views. It is a National Review idea. There should be something in it for everyone. Host c w cook is the author, here is the book. Conservatarian manifesto. This is booktv on cspan2. Next on booktv Lillian Faderman talks about a courtesan personal stories behind the gayrights movement. My new book is about how all lesbians and gay men and transgendered people got to where we are today. It is a remarkable story. We have gone from the 1916s when we
So it was the town who did it. Thank you. [applause] good evening. Im the Program Director here at the town hall and its my pleasure to welcome you to this evenings event presented by by telephone and University Bookstore as part of the seattle lectures. The purpose to of the caucuses by microsoft sponsorship provided. Our program will run for about 40 minutes tonight and after that we will have time for questions. We ask that you come to the microphones at the end of the stage so we can pick you up for the recording we are making and also that cspan is making. So brighter than usual tonight and then tonights program will be available through the Media Library on the website and then after the qanda books at the bookstore table on the other sides of the curtains here in the town hall cafe space will stay open for another few minutes if you want to chat about what weve heard tonight. Before i introduced against i want to mention a couple other events that might be of interest. The fall
Quarterly, and there is only story in every issue. They have the same size in uniform design. Each book is about one aspect of globalization. So in the aggregate, we will publish a new can look at our website which is columbia Global Reports and see what we are up to. We are looking about the Book Publishing business, one of the things we have learned is that each book, even though we all have globalization it means many Different Things to many different people. The launch of our first book which was about the secondary Mortgage Market was not in brooklyn. Lotta people in suits and ties and then this is more appropriate to this book. To tell you a little more, has anyone ever heard of William Ackman . So significant only that if you people have. He is is the hero to American Youth evidently. The come up when you get home, he is a bad boy wall street investor. We have people camped out at the steps of the library for half a day just to be in the same room with him. She is one of the pa