Chicago and in 2005 went back to ethiopia. Talk about disobeying your parents. He wanted to become a farmer. The agriculture piece was interesting, you could leave medicine in the United States and work in agriculture, ethiopia and find yourself contributing, doing in some ways better, feeling more alive, more in charge, more influential, is really surprising to some people. He had 400 employees, drives five cars, white and two kids, gained a little weight, doing really well. Running a business, that is a really exciting dynamic for so many people like myself, first, Second Generation immigrants in the United States to realize your home country has opportunities your uniquely positioned to seize. That will be an essentials piece of effort thats story. We are out of time, but that is a fantastic place to leave it for now. This book is full of brilliant stories like that that wraps the anecdotal around the analytical strand. The book is the bright continent breaking rules and making chan
To the pardon. This was at the gerald r. Ford president ial museum. This event is one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] thank you, hank. Along with our audience here at the beautiful gerald r. Ford president ial museum in grand rapids, i would also like to welcome our cspan audience to this event. My passion for this flowed from my understanding of archibald who became a National Hero who stood up to Richard Nixon i demanding secret white house tapes that would prove or nixons guilt in the watergate coverup. President rviewing ford in 1995, i was struck by his passion in explaining the reasons for his pardon. I think there are more compelling reasons even now to step back and look at the historical evidence and the perspective that comes with time. Program, weays have a special filmed piece by tom brokaw who covered the events of the pardon. Mr. Brokaw could not be here today, but he filmed this especially for todays historic gathering. Pardoni remember of the was many things. Backs a su
Tribes of wisconsin. Shortly after this conference, the university began to reach out to the American Indian communities in the state of wisconsin, sending researchers and other personnel. We get the beginnings of a research relationship. I think it is time that we look back on that history and look forward to the next 100 years of the relationship. American history tv is featuring wisconsins state capital, madison. Learn more about madison and other stops on our city store at www. Cspan. Org localcontent. Youre watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. President Gerald R Ford pardoned former president Richard Nixon. Up next, john logie and Jill Winebanks recall the events up to the pardon. This was at the gerald r. Ford president ial museum. This event is one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] thank you, hank. Along with our audience here at the beautiful gerald r. Ford president ial museum in grand rapids, i would also like to welcome our cspan audience to this
Thank you, hank. Along with our audience here at the beautiful gerald r. Ford president ial museum in grand rapids, i would also like to welcome our cspan audience to this event. My passion for this flowed from my understanding of Archibald Cox, who became a National Hero who stood up to Richard Nixon i demanding secret white house tapes that would prove or disprove nixons guilt in the watergate coverup. After interviewing president ford in 1995, i was struck by his passion in explaining the reasons for his pardon. I think there are more compelling reasons even now to step back and look at the historical evidence and the perspective that comes with time. To begin todays program, we have a special filmed piece by tom brokaw who covered the events of the pardon. Mr. Brokaw could not be here today, but he filmed this especially for todays historic gathering. All i remember of the pardon was many things. It was a sunday morning, back then in washington it was very relaxed. You must remembe
The platform of the Democrat Party is a life is not a life until it leaves the hospital. That is extreme. [applause] Carly Fiorina i must tell you as i have traveled across this country, over the last several years, i sensed a deep disquiet. It is not political. It is not partisan. People are disquieted because they fear we are losing something. They think we are missing something. They fear we are losing that sense of limitless possibility that has always defined this nation. We always knew if something was worth doing, the nation would do it. Even better if it was hard to do. We would figure out how to do it. We knew our lives were filled with possibilities that came with our godgiven gifts and we trusted that our children and grandchildrens lives would be filled with greater possibilities. Yet, people no longer feel this sense of possibility. And when we lose a sense of limitless possibility that has always defined this nation, we lose the core of who we are. Theres a reason my peop