Good morning again and thank you for joining our second session today. My name is what he register. I teach in the History Program here. Director of the project on slavery race and reconciliation. The institutions endeavored to not only understand a particular history, but the obligations that that history has had for us. It is my pleasure today to introduce our speakers and order of their appearance. First up this morning as professor Tracy Campbell at the university of kentucky. Professor campbell received his ba from the university of kentucky and phd at duke remarkable and has a teaching history. He taught at mars hill and union colleges. Kentucky, hebeen a has been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. Kiss the author of numerous articles and five major books, including most recently, his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. Louis, which he tellingly calls a biography. Our is directly related to symposium today. The history o
Us. It is my pleasure today to introduce our speakers in order of their appearance. First up this morning is professor Tracy Campbell at the university of kentucky. Professor campbell received his ba from the university of kentucky and phd at duke university, has a remarkable record of teaching and scholarship in history in the United States of the 20th century. Before arriving at kentucky, he taught at mars hill and union colleges. Since he has been at kentucky, he has been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. He is the author of numerous articles and five major books, including, most recently, his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. Louis, which he tellingly calls a biography. This is directly related to our symposium today. His 2005 work, deliver the vote the history of Election Fraud in american political tradition. This is a book that we need to take up today, if not for the first time, even for the second time. Americas ye
Mali is a longtime journalist that worked at the washington post. She and her late husband wrote the book americas machine invested interest with conflicts. Tell me how American Military complex has changed since the eisenhower administration. It has expanded and morphed into a sheen that includes not only the military and the industry and the defense contractors. It also includes congress and the think tanks that provide the rationale for the conflicts and includes the intelligence bureaucracy that provides. He was concerned about the fact that america could become based on of a perpetual war. Understanding. Is that true today . At the bigger problem than he could have imagined if he relies p. Would want to make the same speech again today particularly given whats happening with syria. People need to understand about this drives us to war and understand we have as a result of this conflict, a vested interest in the war. Everybody gets a piece of the pie. This has resulted in iraq and
Thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] live next to the u. S. Chamber of commerce in washington with german chancellor Angela Merkel focusing on u. S. German relations and the importance of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership. Which is getting attention on capitol hill. A survey released by pew Research Showing 53 of americans regard a trade agreement as a good thing. Been at theor has white house meeting with president obama on a number of issues. In particular on sanctions against russia over the intervention in ukraine. The ap saying that the president says violence escalating in Eastern Ukraine is making it obvious to the world that prorussian militants are not peaceful protesters. He voiced his support for the Ukrainian Government on the day of its first major offensive aimed at driving out the insurgents occupying government buildings across the east of ukraine. We will hear from t