it was the first of 13. at that dedication he articulated his vision, which has guided my entire agency from its early days. ofbring together the records the past and house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of women and then in the future. the nation must believe in the above all,uture, and believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment to create their own future. collecting, protecting, and encouraging the use of records of our country has been our use from the beginning. we are proud to open government focus on transparency has resulted in an unprecedented level of access to previously classified material. the december 2009 executive order which created the national declassification center at the archives, the mandate to review by 2013 for declassification a backlog of 352 million pages dating back to world war i. the six oldest records were world war i formulas for invisible ink, declassified by t
changes that have been made. they also talk about the cia, department of defense, and the white house during the nixon administration. it has been closely guarded and in great demand since they were created during the kennedy administration. there were lots of individuals in the chain that made this possible, but i want to publicly joe during his time as an archivist. he truly embodied the slogan, releasing all we can, protecting what we must. thanks, joe, for making that happen. [applause] with an advance copy of today s release, i had an opportunity to did in and go through the history through the lens of the daily brief. i immediately went to five marks of 1970, the first marine my firstinto nam, and day in the country. not that i expected to see my name prominently announced in the presidential daily brief, but i was curious about what was going on. related to vietnam, and the principal developments of that , the middle east policy, which troops are coming back from egy
our website, c-span/history. the next president making appointments to the supreme court will be president donald trump. with hillary clinton white house, the rest of the world they have forget looked up to the united states of america. c-span continues with the vice presidential debate between governor mike pence and senator , beginning at 7:30 p.m. eastern with a preview of the debate. 8:30, the predebate briefing for the audience. at 9:00, live coverage of the debate followed by your reaction. the 2016 vice presidential debate. watch liveon c-span, and anytime on-demand at c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. each week until the 2016 election, road to the white house rewind brings you coverage of past residential races. next, a vice presidential debate from 1980 between dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. questions from panelists. the republican ticket of incumbent vice president bush and dan quayle defeated democrats michael dukakis and lloyd bentsen
up next, cia director john brennan discusses the history of the president s daily brief. following his remarks the panel of former intelligence officers and giving brief offers discuss the documents importance. the cia, lyndon b. johnson presidential library, and the university of texas at austin cohosted this event as part of a symposium entitled the president s daily brief, delivering intelligence to the first customer. is about two hours and 15 minutes. good afternoon. growth, director of the lbj president delivery. on behalf of the cia, the national record archives and records administration, and university of texas, it is my great privilege to welcome you to the president s daily brief, delivering intelligence to the first customer. 50 years ago president johnson in an address to the american business leaders said a long axiom in my political thinking has been a man s judgment is no better than this information on any given subject. since its creation, the presiden