guests, and then we re going to talk a little bit, and we re looking forward to having some of you ask questions as well. the reason i m very excited about this book but also about our guests is it s a rare thing to be good at public service, to be a person of action, and it s also a rare thing to be a scholar and to be excellent at the study of something. and tevi troy and kiron skinner, both bring that to the table. tevi was someone who worked in many places in public service from the congress to several departments, at the department of labor and department of hhs, but also, very importantly, at the white house which is what these books are about or this book and several of his other books. he s also, again, an accomplished author who s written in addition to this piece on the white house about intellectuals in the white house as well as emergency preparedness in the white house and the use of social media by presidents. so i hope you will take the time to listen but also
about this book and about our guest, there is a rare thing to be good at public service, to be a person of action and a rare thing to be a scholar and excellent at the study of something. and both bring that to the table. chevy was somebody who worked in many places in public service from the congress to several departments, the department of labor and partly in the white house which is what these books are about in several of his other books. he is a published author who has written, in addition to this piece of the white house, pieces of intellectuals in the white house as well as emergency in the white house and use of social media by the president. i hope you will take the time to listen and to think about buying this book, fight house, where fourth of july coming up in the president s birthday the summer, anytime is a good time for love going to learn more about the white house and the presidency. skinner, has also a person of action and the scholarly repute, she is so
author tevi troy will be here as well as by karen skinner to moderate this book. we will talk a little bit. we are looking forward to have some of you ask questions as well. the reason i m very excited about our book. there is a red rare thing to be a person in action. in a rare thing to be a scholar and be excellent at the study of something. tevi troy brings that to the table. teddy was someone who worked in many places in public service to several departments. but also very importantly at the white house which is what these books are about. he is also a published author who has written in addition to this piece on the white house intellectuals in the white house as well as emergency preparedness in the white house and the use of social media by presidents. i hope you will take the time to listen but also to think about buying this book. we head fourth of july coming up. anytime is a good time to really learn more about the white house and presidencies. karen skinner is als
cosponsors are listed in the program that you have received. my name is linda yar i m a research professor here at the elliott school and director of partnerships for international strategies in asia. this is a program here at the elliott school that partners directly with universities and research institutes across asia. and since 1994 we ve had extensive work with universities and research institutes and government agencies in vietnam. we love to be able to also bring the voices of the region here. here to washington. this week is devoted to waging peace in vietnam is especiall especially i would especially like to acknowledge the partnership with the institute of policy studies and their associate fellow ron carver. [applause] whom we will hear from animal today at many locations around the nation s capital the service of veterans to our country is recognized with gratitude. we also remember that november h mark the day the guns, fell silent in europe and what was known
we were very pleased to welcome them here because they complement the research and teaching mission of the university so well. the center for presidential history promotes the study of u.s. presidency through teaching, research, public outreach events and also through its collective memory project which is an oral history run by staff on the center who film and record archives of people who have been in various administrations as well as local officials who work closely with those administrations. the center also runs a very robust postdoctoral fellowship program. it s been in effect for an five years and it s rapidly become probably the most influential and famous fellowship program of its kind. each who completes the term has published a book or contracted a book at a major university press such as harvard, cornell, and they all get jobs and that s a good thing. we re very proud of them. the center for presidential history complements the work we do. in addition to the work