Hello, everybody. Thanks for joining. On behalf of the bookstore im pleased to introduce tonights event with the new look young castro the making of a revolutionary in conversation with the ambassador. Before we get started i want to encourage everyone to check out the schedule. For example june 25, ash carter will discuss his new book inside box lessons from a lifetime leadership in the pentagon. And on july 8, Charles Fishman will present one giant leap that flew us to the moon. After the talk we will time for questions from the audience and we are pleased to have cspan book tv. Asking questions please know you will be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you before asking your questions. After the qanda we will have a signing at the table and we have Copies Available for purchase in the next room. Your choice to purchase books supports the series and ensures the landmark of independent bookstores, so we thank you for that and also thank you for silencing y
Hello, everybody. Thanks for joining. On behalf of the bookstore im pleased to introduce tonights event with the new look young castro the making of a revolutionary in conversation with the ambassador. Before we get started i want to encourage everyone to check out the schedule. For example june 25, ash carter will discuss his new book inside box lessons from a lifetime leadership in the pentagon. And on july 8, Charles Fishman will present one giant leap that flew us to the moon. After the talk we will time for questions from the audience and we are pleased to have cspan book tv. Asking questions please know you will be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you before asking your questions. After the qanda we will have a signing at the table and we have Copies Available for purchase in the next room. Your choice to purchase books supports the series and ensures the landmark of independent bookstores, so we thank you for that and also thank you for silencing y
Jeffrey. Before i get started i want to encourage everyone to check out upcoming book schedule on harvard. Com events. For example, on june 25th ash carter will discuss his new book inside the five sided box lessons from a lifetime on pentagon on july 8th charles will present one giant leap a mission that flew us to the moon. After tonight talk well have questions from the audience. But pleased to have booktv cspan knowing youll be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come over to you before asking your question. After the q and a well have a signing here at this table we have copies of the young castor available for purchase in next room. Were grateful to you for buying books here at Harvard Bookstore and your choice supports author series and independent book stores so rewith thank you for that and we thank you for silencing your cell phones for the remainder of the evening so now im very pleased to introduce tonight speaker presenting acclaimed new book young Cast
Information and updates as we are able to do so. And once again thats coming from the White House Press pool. So the president no doubt has his mind on what is happening across the world in brussels, belgium, but he certainly has a big speech today. This is be the culmination of a historic trip that he has made here to havana, cuba. After arriving on sunday just after 4 00, but then on monday, he laid the wreath at the jose marti memorial and then soon after that we heard the starspang el barn banner by two of them back to back with raul castro at the revolutionary lace. There they talked about a number of issues from strayay and commerce to counter narcotics to the environment and also about cuban doctors, about how cuban doctors are able to help not only the people in haiti but folks around the world. But a number of other issue that the first meeting in more than a half century betwewe the two leaders, and then on from there it was the news cference that everyone is talking about. T