Rajiv, when we over in afghanistan to write this book . Book . Book . I traveled the initial in early 2000. I made 15 trips from 2009 through this year, many of them several weeks at a time. I traveled all over the country, but i emphasize my time in the south. I spent a lot of time with our military forces, with u. S. Marines into Helmand Province, with Army Soldiers in kandahar, with american diplomats and reconstruction workers, and with the afghan people. Traveled around by helicopter, by my is that trucks, pickup trucks, by donkey, and really we able to get out on your own . Yes. Fortunately, though im an american, im blessed with dark skin and this beard. Did that make a difference . It did make a difference. It allowed me to blend in perhaps in ways it would be more difficult for you to do in kandahar. Rajiv chandrasekeran, here is his most recent book, Little America the war within the war for afghanistan. He has been our guest here on booktv on cspan2. Thank you, sir. Thank yo
Around the world, if you would please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, please be seated. Before we get started id like to have guests tonight. A date to begin with a welcome to one of the members of our board of trustees and the former governor of the state of california, pete wilson. Governor. [applause] also with us tonight is our terrific congressman from houston guy really is retiring after 26 years. [applause] are scum her supervisor, foy. [applause] for the city who are patient enough to go through the book signing line, just prior to the event this evening coming in at this wonderful woman to see woman is here with us today. Shes the best selling New York Times bestselling author. It is a gentleman, please join me in welcoming calista gingrich. [applause] we have with us tonight a
Friday night and they dont understand the lynchings in mississippi and brown v. Board of education. So on top of that when we as teachers are exhausted and we dont have the time to get out in the streets and from about how were being about how i worked out of contract after years of seniority because our superintendent is a guy who could put his funds towards evaluation systems and, you know, sort of this attack on teachers instead of supporting me with lower class size. I mean, theres so many complexities and nuances, and when you throw in 72 of my school is at poverty level. I transferred from 95 , when youre reporting child abuse speakers im so sorry, we are getting no, no. No note were over our time and thank you. My voice will live on. Spent thank you all so much for being here, and please if you want to continue this conversation, and i sense many of you would like to, come to signing area five where they will be with her books. Thank you so much [inaudible conversations] you are
Necessities they need to buy. Is that the kind of intervention i would be sent into about local Food Production . Awfully expensive and probably not economic, not the one i would devised. I have no idea about poor farmers. Never heard of them before the question. Im tempted to sort of challenge the notion on sort of come in an increasingly urbanized country, the relevance of the type of program. I think one of the biggest changes between 1930s and now, we are an urban country as opposed to a rural country. But i actually do think some of the ideas that i think, that i read about, and most extraordinary our counterintuitive ideas. Innovations, and im not say poor farming is arisen, on the surface sound odd, bizarre, but in the data, tremendous. One of the organizations i read about, a group called give directly which is built entire service overseas, built from the notion that its actually makes a lot more sense. Sets up a program to go to poor neighborhoods in places like kenya and uga
Darkness fall fdrs ambassadors in the rise of adolf hitler is a fascinating read i encourage you all to to get a copy david is served as Us Ambassador luxembourg from 2016 to 2017 previously served as director of planning. He joined the state department in april 2012 a singer advisor to secretary of state clinton for the quadrennial diplomacy and Development Review in 2011. He was a Public Policy scholar at our friends at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars and previously his also served as the ceo of the john. Kennedy library foundation, of course the Kennedy Library one of the president ial libraries so hes an old friend of ours as well in even prior to that. He was this after of the Us Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chief of staff to senator kerrys personal office from 99 to 2008 so he knows about what he writes as a in terms of american diplomatic history. He is the author not only of this book but also partners of first resort America Europe and the future