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Ladies and gentle blue, happy birthday. I am jeffrey rosen, president of the National Constitution center and we have an important responsibility on bill of rights day, the National Chart of the Constitution Center to inspire people around the world. Before doing that, here we go. We are going to recite not only the first part but the entire congressional charter and i know you can do it. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. And the purpose of our charter, in order to increase understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is what we are going to do today. On december 15, 1791, the bill of rights was ratified. The first 10 amendments which are now known as the bill of rights have become iconic of american liberty throughout the globe but as we learned today in a fascinating series of discussions the bill of rights is not always the bill
This panel. We will go to a little bit past 1 00. I have just met vlad zubok last evening over dinner and after dinner in which we had a fascinating conversation about khrushchev and kennedy. But two slightly different khrushchevs and kennedys about whom weve been speaking and it was mrs. Jacqueline kennedy and mrs. Khrushchev. We might save that for a later discussion. But i really enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of international historio London School of economics. Hes an expert on the cold war, and soviet russian history, and particularly intellectual history. Among his books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the korld war from stalin to gorbachev. And i also noted among his books zhivagos children. I was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremi suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center, were always happy to welcome him back. As we did recently, for an American Forum on his latest book, the impossible pr
Khrushchev. And we might save that for a later discussion but i really enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of International History at the London School of economics, an expert on the cold war and soviet russian history and particularly intellectual history. Among the books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the cold war from stalin to gorbachev and i also noted among his books zhivagos children and having just watched the movie yet again, i was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremi suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center. We are always happy to welcome him back. As we did recently for an American Forum on his latest book, the impossible presidency which in light of the incumbent might be called the impossible president. But it is called the impossible presidency and it is about whether anyone now can be a successful president. Jeremi is the mac brown distinguished chair for leadership and Global Affairs at