“The Commission’s first responsibility is to produce a report summarizing the principles of the American founding and how those principles have shaped our country.” That is how the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission introduced “The 1776 Report” this week. In doing so, the commission was not determining K-12 curriculum. It was not setting state social studies […]
being introduced to a line of dignitaries by the dean of the w abbey who spotted lord salisbury in the line, and he said to thet queen, oh, do you know lord salisbury? she said, oh, yes, robert and ia were out in the nightclub lastas night til half past one.ha so that s sort of the tenor of her dry humor. host: sally bedell smith is the guest of queen elizabeth the second is the topic and we will begin with a call from mike in syracuse, new york. your honor book tv on c-span. thank you. my question is basically this. given that span of queen elizabeth s reign, being one of the longest rains in england or the u.k. history, given all the prime minister s she has worked with all of the historical events she has seen in her lifetime, has that impact her as a queen from your knowledge? well, i think she has a she has a vast store of information, obviously. one of the fascinating things about the queen is, she does not have an ideological filter. she takes things then. that
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