Of books focus on one singular question. Who shot jfk . Of ahis part militaryindustrial complex because of initiatives that kennedy had taken . These issues are fascinating and they have inspired what is and remains and will remain a passionate debate among people on all different sides of this issue. Thats not what this book is about. I am not writing a book about who shot j. F. K. I have no new theories to offer about where the bullets came from or who shot j. F. K. This is actually a very different book. What im interested in is not who shot j. F. K. , im interested in the transfer of political power that takes place in the hours after the assassination, and i want to move the focus away from the tragedy thats unfolding in the president ial limousine and move it back about 60 feet to the car carrying Lyndon Johnson, follow Lyndon Johnson over the course of the day, as he goes to Parkland Hospital and then to air force one and back to washington, d. C. , to give people a sense of the
Museum in terre haute, indiana. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. Our featured contend their week is eugene v. Debs. At the turn of the 20th century, a fifetime contender on the socialist ticket and the nations most celebrated world war i protester. This footage captures debs on his return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana, following his release from prison by president Warren Harding after a federal conviction stemming from those war protests. Tonight we are in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to earnest freeburg, who is a debs biographer. His book is called democracys prisoner. Eugene v. Debs, the great war and the right to dissent. Its been 85 years since debs died. Why do we care about him . Debs was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time and conflict between labor and. When it was a viable, growing and important part of the american political culture. Is he interesting as a snapshot in time or does he have a lasting
At the turn of the 20th century, a fivetime candidate for president on the socialist ticket and the nations most celebrated world war i protester. This december, 1921 footage captures debs on his return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president Warren Harding after a federal conviction stemming from those war protests. Tonight we are in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to one of our two guests, Ernest Freeberg, a debs biographer, whose book is called, dempseys prisoner. It has been 85 years since debs died, why do we care about him . He was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. More importantly, he was the central figure in a socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing, and important part of the american political culture. Is he interesting as a snapshot in time or does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many thirdparty candidates, he and his
And now please welcome chief davidvation officer brown. [applause] david brown thank you very much. Ofcome to the closing lunch this conference. Reflect on time to all that the Preservation Movement has achieved over the last 50 years. Is also given us a chance to look forward and see how the work we are doing today will able to be here and participate in these conversations. Beingk forward to you involved in these conversations we aremonths ahead pleased to be joined by representatives of the American Express foundation. They have been at close partner of the trust. Story in thet history of preservation is the leadership provided by tim and richard and American Express. Some of theave iconic places and the hidden gems in america. As well as our pioneering work to engage millions of americans in preservation through social media. In 2011 American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation established the aspire award. It recognizes an emerging leader in the preservation f
That we eventually want to operate with a much smaller Balance Sheet than we have at present. The, that we would reduce the size of the Balance Sheet to essentially, whatever size we needed to manage Monetary Policy effective in, in effective and efficient way. Now a lot has changed since prefinancial crisis in terms of the Financial System and, we are studying, were engaging in project at this time. To consider whether a longrun operating framework should look like. So, i cant tell you exactly what size of Balance Sheet we will determine is the best to operate in an efficient and effective manner. It might be somewhat larger than the very tiny quantity of reserves that we had precrisis. We have not determined that. We have also said that we will, we expect to reduce the size of our Balance Sheet overtime by ceasing diminishing, ceasing entirely reinvestments and beyond that we havent given Additional Guidance other than to say the timing of reductions in reinvestment will depend on ec