That was Edith Roosevelt, speaking in new york city 20 years after she left the white house. She was the matriarch to a rambunctious family and her husband, Theodore Roosevelt, was as outgoing as she was private. She was the groundbreaking manager of the white house, overseeing a major renovation that added a west wing, separating the family quarters from the president s office is for the first time. Good evening and welcome to cspans series, first ladies. Edith roosevelt will usher in season two of the series and the 20th century. We have two historians who know the roosevelts well. Meet Kathleen Dalton. She is the author of Theodore Roosevelt a strenuous life. And Stacey Cordery is the author of a biography of alice roosevelt. Welcome, the both of you. The 1900 election. It does not last very long because an assassin has other things in mind for president mckinley. Tell the story that brings the roosevelts in that very momentous time into the white house. It is traumatic because Theo
Zinke. Good afternoon, everyone. To get started this afternoon, i just will give lay of the land herer i i will proceed with my Opening Statement and then senator cantwell with hers. After senator cantwells remarks we will hear from our colleague, the montana senators, senator dains and senator tester. Senator danes is on the complete here and senator tester, good to have you here as well. They will introduce our distinguished witness and other member of the montana delegation, representsive ryan zi zingk zinke. I will swear in the witness and ask him three questions we address to all nominees at confirmation hearings. So thats how we will proceed this afternoon. I think its important for us all to recognize we also have a vote that is scheduled about 4 15. So that will cause a little bit of an interruption but we do want to try to move as expeditiously through this hearing as we can. Before i proceed, id like to recognize an individual who is wellknown to this committee room. Thats th
Zinke. Good afternoon, everyone. To get started this afternoon, i just will give lay of the land herer i i will proceed with my Opening Statement and then senator cantwell with hers. After senator cantwells remarks we will hear from our colleague, the montana senators, senator dains and senator tester. Senator danes is on the complete here and senator tester, good to have you here as well. They will introduce our distinguished witness and other member of the montana delegation, representsive ryan zi zingk zinke. I will swear in the witness and ask him three questions we address to all nominees at confirmation hearings. So thats how we will proceed this afternoon. I think its important for us all to recognize we also have a vote that is scheduled about 4 15. So that will cause a little bit of an interruption but we do want to try to move as expeditiously through this hearing as we can. Before i proceed, id like to recognize an individual who is wellknown to this committee room. Thats th
Military policy towards Southern Civilians. After he wrote that book, i first met him. He came to the chicago civil war roundtable, where i was a member, and talked about the book. He maintains the war historians website, focusing on military history and National Security affairs, winning the 2015 cleopatra award for the best individual blog, for his wonderfully titled blog then out of the stone age. In other words, grimsley is an awardwinning historian in three media. His books ono civil war topics which are listed in your program, mark has written an taught more generally on military history. An sae wrote for his coedited book, civilians in the path of war, is his talk today. Im sured redskins, you can get your answer answer by dr. Grimsley. Military conduct, a comparative perspective. He is no stranger to the museum programs. He spoke in this auditorium, as a matter of fact, 12 years ago as a part of the evening series lectures on hard war. We are very pleased to welcome back to the
Chernow into a rock star. It is true for years ron was recognized as one of our great contemporary historians. His life of George Washington won a pulitzer prize. His history of the house of morgan received the National Book award. His biography of Alexander Hamilton was a New York Times best seller. But lets be real. Before hamilton became a sensation, ron was not exactly what anyone would call a household name. He once said to a journal when he was told in the hundreds every week ron replied wiftfully his books usually drew about 30 letters. Now thanks to hamilton ron gets a multiple of that number every week. Now thats stardom. Im sure ron finds even more satisfying how excited hamilton has made people about American History. This one burst of musical genius has turned the Founding Fathers into, well, hip hop theyve gone from being formerly known as dead white men to living, breathing, multi racial figures whose songs young people constantly download and whose cast album just won th