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Now it is a great honor to introduce our guests. What an amazing panel. Americas most distinguished historians and scholars of congress to help us understand our current vexations. Edward ayres is president emeritus at the university of richmond. He is the author of many books on the civil war and reconstruction, including, i will highlight one of his many Award Winning books the thin light of freedom the civil war and emancipation in the part of america, which he discussed at the National Constitution center in 2017. His forthwomaning do ining book southern journey. Welcome, it is an honor to have you. My pleasure, thank you. And Joanne Freeman is 1954 graduate of Yale University and is a professor of Ame ....
Good morning and welcome, everyone. Especially the nominees and their families to todays nominations hearing. Today well hear from two panels. On the first panel well hear from justice eide nominated to be Circuit Court judge on the tenth Circuit Court. Did i get the pronunciation i dont think . Aaige. Second panel, senator coons, do you have any opening remarks today . Excuse me. Thank you, senator for the opportunity to serve alongside you as the Ranking Member in todays confirmation hearing. Id like to welcome each of the nominees, their families and friends of the United States senate. Congratulate you on your nominations. And i look forward to posing questions to you. The positions to which you have been nominate ready important in the federal judiciaries we know ....
Well, thank you very much, robert. Its a real pleasure to be here today at transylvania. Want to thank president kerry and transylvania for hosting me here today. Happy to be veterans day here as well. I also want to acknowledge my good friend ben chandler. He and his family of course are descendants of one of the people im going to be talking about today. Kentucky has been extremely well served with ben as the executive director of the Kentucky Humanities Council and i want to thank him for sharing some of the anecdotes im going to use today. Finally, i want to thank chris mosher, all of whom have contributed in one way or another not only to the remarks today, but speeches ive been giving to prominent kentucky senators over the past few years. Two of these three men helped define kentucky politics for much of the 20th century. Both served as governor and as senator. Both were intensely ambitious men. Both rose from ....
Politicians who served as governors and the senate. Senator mcconnell argues that the competition between Happy Chandler and Earle Clements led to the election of Thruston Morton. Well, thank you very much, robert. Its a real pleasure to be here today at transylvania. Want to thank president kerry and transylvania for hosting me here today. Happy to be veterans day here as well. I also want to acknowledge my good friend ben chandler. He and his family of course are descendants of one of the people im going to be talking about today. Kentucky has been extremely well served with ben as the executive director of the Kentucky Humanities Council and i want to thank him for sharing some of the anecdotes im going to use today. Finally, i want to thank chris m ....