Well im not giving anything away by saying that the left is a known jefferson and in the right doesnt own jefferson. The past owns jefferson. Every nation needs ennobling National Creation story. Thomas jefferson is indispensable to ours. I think it is not a scientific measure of anything, but you can learn something by taking note of the cabinet room in the white house where the president meets with his cabinet. And i thought that over the years to look at early photographs and read stories in the new york times, every four years when a new president comes into office, the cabinet room is redecorated and portraits are hung on its wall. So harry truman placed on the wall of the cabinet room for portraits of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and woodrow wilson. After his retirement from the presidency in 1953 truman remarked to a reporter, Thomas Jefferson is my favorite character in history. When eisenhower became president , he put up William Howard taft and George Washington replacing
Civilization which came out on tuesday. It is getting incredible reviews. We have hosted a series of conversations about the truman era, joe. And it kind of makes us realize we should be talking about truman more and the impact on the world stage. Lets bring in another great panel to continue the timely discussion. Former u. S. Senator now an msnbc news and msnbc political analyst, Claire Mccaskill is here. She knows truman more than anybody. Columnist and associated editor for the washington post, david ignatius. Historian and rogers chair and the american presidency at vanderbilt university, jon meacham, who unofficially advises president elect joe biden. So, jon, let me ask you, you were the first while i was writing the book and sort of developing my thoughts, you were the first to draw parallels between harry truman and joe biden and saying at the time if joe biden ended up being elected, there would be some parallels between the two that were too hard to miss. Yeah, you know, com
We have hosted a series of conversation about the trueman era. And it kind of makes us realize that we should be talking about him more. And its impact on the world stage back then. His presidency. And still today. Lets bring in another great panel to continue the timely discussion. Former u. S. Senator now a political analyst. Claire mccaskill is here. She knows truman more than anybody. Columnist and editor for the washington post. And historian and at vanderbilt university. Who advises elect joe biden. Let me ask you. You were the first while i was developing writing the book and sort of developing my thoughts. Drew parallels between tru man and biden. Saying if biden ended up being elected there would be some parallels between the two. That were too hard to miss. Coming to power at a moment where the infrastructure of the world is either under stress and strain or is fully broken. Its a moment of global consciousness. Not simply intellectually. In a tactile sense. Because the pande
Weve hosted a series of conversations about the truman era, joe, and it makes us realize we should be talking about truman more and its impact on the world stage back then. His presidency and still today. Lets bring in another great panel to continue the timely discussion. Former u. S. Senator, now an msnbc news and msnbc news political analyst, Claire Mccaskill is here. She knows truman more than anybody. Columnist and associate editor for the washington post, David Ignatius and historian and rogers chair at vanderbilt university, jon meacham who unofficially advises president elect joe biden. Jon, you were the first while i was developing, while i was writing the book and sort of developing my thoughts. You were the first to draw parallels between harry truman and joe biden. And saying at the time if joe biden ended up being elected there would be some parallels between the two that were too hard to miss. Yeah, its, you know, a coming to power at a moment where the infrastructure of
Good afternoon. My name is roy brownell, and im pleased to be the moderator of participant for the third and final panel. Title for this panel is real world scenarios illness catastrophe and governmental response. The idea is to give a sense of the practical realities of the 1947 statute. Now i have the great honor introducing our distinguished panelists. Dr. Joseph j fins he is the e William Davis jr. Md professor of medical ethics at wild cornell medical college. Hes also visiting professor of law and Solomon Center distinguished scholar in medicine bioethics and law at yale law school. Dr. Finz will be speaking about the experience of speaker carl albert who during the 1970s for several months was first in line to the presidency. Dr. Rose, mcdermott she is the david and Mariana Fisher University Professor of International Relations at brown university. Shes also author of the book president ial leadership illness and Decision Making dr. Mcdermott will be speaking about president ial