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hour-long event. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i am the wilson center s vice senior vice president. event, whichday s is another in our ongoing books of wilson series that marks the publication of new books by fellows of the wilson center. james reston is a wilson center global fellow. [indiscernible] i believe so is it? i was once at an event henry kissinger was speaking at and the chair said can everyone hear me? and from the side, henry kissinger said, by definition, the people who cannot hear will not respond. [laughter] now audible. to repeat station identification you re at the wilson center and , today is another in our books at wilson series featuring the latest book by the remarkable james reston who is a wilson center global fellow. the topic of the book deals with a contentious period in the history of the vietnam war, and the book itself deals with the contentious debate over how to mark that war and the american role and sacrifice during t ....
me and from the side henry kissinger said, by definition, the people who cannot hear will not respond. [laughter] you re at the wilson center and today is another in our books at wilson series featuring the latest book by the remarkable james reston who is a wilson center global fellow. the topic of the book deals with a contentious period in the history of the vietnam war, and the book itself deals with the contentious debate over how to mark that war and the american role and sacrifice during that period. that was fraught with politics and contention over the appropriate artistic expression to memorialize that dramatic period in american history. the gold standard of book reviews remains the new york times. they reviewed it this week and described the book as superb and affecting in terms of the emotions it evokes as one reads it. it is a fantastic volume. jim has been affiliated as a fellow at the wilson center. it is remarkable the topics he has taken on in 17 b ....
.. we also have to think about security, cybersecurity with all of that connectivity. finally making sure we don t exhaust i.p. addresses. i think all of those things play into the internet of things and will be really important going forward. guest: the fact of the matter, you ve got two agencies primary in this space, with us being expert agency when it comes to telecommunications platforms and the like and we have to recognize and i believe the way the world is evolving. once upon a time you know, you two are still wedded to paper and i am, i am surprised i don t have it in front of me and that s where our information was stored. now most of our information is not and so when you talk about these companies that have access to your personal information and seems like like every hour we re hearing about a data breach. it is important for us to keep this working relationship with the ftc and other agencies to insure that there is a seamless line or means of protection ....
there are books for sale. i recommend you pick one up and perhaps get a signature on it. with that, i will turn over the introduction of our speaker today. thank you. good to be here. welcome to the seminar. it is wonderful to have them back. he is an alumnus. spent part of the work on his book here. we are delighted to have them come back with the final product. let me just say by way of introduction, he is entering director of the east asia program at syracuse university, and the former vice president of the foundation. in that capacity he has done a lot of good work and research and is also a trustee, us china relations. he graduated magna cum laude from harvard college concert with the u.s. army in vietnam, holds ma and phd degrees from stanford. his book is already been reviewed, and we are very much looking forward to his presentation today. thank you very much. it is a special privilege to be here. this is where the project started. i wanti want to take this ....
geopolitical events, and i wanted to hear a bit more about the impact of politics here in the united states. this is an election year. what effect, what impact that will have on the economy? because there was quite a lot of economics in the presentation. i understood most of it but, i mean, part of it not most of it. i m not an economist. but i wanted to understand the impact of the politics on the economy. so i m now in my fifth year. i m one day, frankly, into my fifth day at the fed. so this will be my third election cycle and i can say that politics plays absolutely no role whatsoever in our deliberations or in our decision. so we you know, the focus inside the fed is very much not partisan politics or elections. it s very much economic fundamentals, so it can be very jarring to emerge from the fed and talk to people who think of politics think of economics in political terms, which i referred to earlier. honestly, it has no effect. you know, we announced a ....