End, if you could pull up your chairs, it will give you more space for the book signing and help us get back to bookselling. Welcome to politics and prose. My name is abby fennewald. I run all of our events in the store. Np,youre not familiar with p i would invite you to take a moment to sign up for our calendar of events and see everything else. We are operating inside three locations around town and will be doing events in all the spaces as well. We are doing more than ever. I would hate for you to miss out on any of it. With that, on to why your here. We are so happy to have eric burns back with us. Here four times before. He is back to talk about his new book, 1920 the men that made the decade roar. This is absolutely not your typical history book. And he is not your typical academic historian. He brings his journalist eye to the topic just as he had with , his previous book. He is a former nbc news correspondent and is the former host of fox news watch and has won an emmy for medi
Madam president , honored legislators, mr. Chief justice, members of the judiciary, my fellow constitutional members, family, friends, and my fellow idahoans. What a year. Life sure has changed for me. On some weekends i go home, go out to the ranch, visit my family and friends, one day i was in my normal emmitt uniform, levis, hat, getting fuel, guy at the fuel pump kind of glanced at me a couple times. As i was paying for my fuel, he saundered up and says, has anyone ever told you you look like brad little . You know, i proudly said, yes. Said, makes you mad, doesnt it . I could not accomplish as much as last year or most of my life without the support of my family. Especially my wife, your first lady, teresa. [ applause ] its rewarding for me to watch so many people learn about her. Teresa is selfless. She loves our family and state. Im proud f you, teresa. Im grateful to have you by my side. The celebration of an important milestone is upon us in 2020. The 100th anniversary of the
School, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you waive your arm . Thank you. [applause] mark in uniform at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on the library. This is probably my last introduction because i have been drafted by the president so if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. Say, thealways like to command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield and with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our allies and partners, and the future military leaders from around the world, a place where th
[applause] thank you. This lecture series has been ongoing almost since the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series in the library. This is probably my last introduction because i have been drafted by the president. Some of you can identify with that. To go to washington to save the republic, which needs saving. Say, theys like to command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware. It plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield. And with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our and futurepartners military leaders from around the world. A place where a future chief of staff of the Pakistani Army might rub shoulders with the future defense minister from india were a future commander of the Israeli Defense force might meet the future commander of the arab legion. Communication has been incubated. It
Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favori