it is time for this weeks installment of the washington history seminar historical perspectives on international and national affairs. i m delighted to welcome all of you. i was out for the last month, but it s good to be back at the program in organizing and cosponsoring the seminar i m delighted to do this as always. from george washington university. let me just do a couple of preliminaries. we would like to thank our sta staff, the people that are doing the heavy lifting in terms of getting the word out and getting us organized. amanda perry, the assistant director of the national history center. i m not sure if she is here. i want to acknowledge, and i think that we should all give a round of applause. she is leaving after a very successful tenure her place will be taken by jeffrey. next to her we welcome to this endeavor. thank you for all that you ve done for the national history center, and especially the washington history seminary. [applause] i also want to thank
i was out due to the shutdown for the first, for the last month, but it s good to be back. i direct the policy program here which has partnered for the last gosh, eight, nine years with the national history center in organizing and in cosponsoring this seminar. delighted to do this as always, cochair the session always with my cochair eric arnesen from george washington university. let me just do a couple of the luminaries, the regulars among you will know that we would like to thank our staff, the people who are actually doing the heavy lifting in terms of getting the word out and getting us organized. amanda perry, assistant director at the national history center. i m not sure if amand is here. who i want to know what you think we should all give a round of applause. she is leaving after a very successful tenure at the national history center, moving on to bigger and better things. her place will be taken by jeffrey rieger. next to her we welcome to this endeavor. amanda,
historical perspectives on international and national affairs. my name is eric arnesen from george washington university. i am the co-chair of this seminar. my other co-chair is unable to join us. some of you know, some of you do not know this is a seminar that s been going on for a number of years now. it is the collaborative effort of two organizations. the national history center, which is part of the american historical association, and the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and its history and public policy program. behind the scenes we have two particular individuals who every week work very hard to make sure that this seminar comes off with as little difficulty as possible, and amanda perry from the national history center and pierce decker from the wilson center. on the back and on the side are the folks who do the difficult work of organizing logistics and making sure that this seminar comes off week after week. the seminar is reliant upon the generosit
next on american history tv, agricultural historians discuss the history of u.s. farm bills. beginning with the first agricultural adjustment act, which was passed in may 1933, to help farmers during the great depression. hosted by the national history center, this is an hour. okay, i think we will start this session. good morning. my name is dane kennedy. i am director of the national history center. which is the sponsor of this event, i want to welcome you to this briefing on history of federal foreign policy, this is part of an ongoing series, that is sponsored by the center. that brings historical perspectives, to current issues. i should say that the center is strictly nonpartisan. and the purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular set policies, but rather to provide the historical context that can help inform policymakers, and the public if as they deal with very difficult issues. i want to acknowledge before we go any further, the financial supp
foreign policy. this is part of an ongoing series that is on cert by the center that brings historical perspectives to current issues. i should say that the center is strictly nonpartisan. the purpose is to provide the historical context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with very difficult issues. i want to at knowledge before we go any further the financial support of the mellon foundation, which made this series of briefings possible. i want to thank amanda perry, our associate director who made all of the arrangements for the event. i would like to thank the office of gerry connolly, who made possible the booking of this room. as many of you probably know, ingress is currently engaged reconciling two rather different versions of a farm bill. a house and senate joint committee is doing so. this is the consequence of a passed roughlyis every five years without much controversy, increasingly with more controversy. we will see how this comes about,