The North Tower of the World Trade Center. 9 03 a. M. , the second commercial aircraft crashes into the South Tower. 9 37 a. M. 9 37 a. M. , a third plane crashes into the pentagon. 9 59 a. M. , the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses. 10 03 a. M. , a fourth plane crashes, this one near shanksville, pennsylvania. It would later emerge that passengers had recaptured the plane from the terrorist who had hijacked it, intentionally forcing the plane down in an empty field. 1028 a. M. , the North Tower collapses. Over 2000 people either died or sustained injuries from which they would soon die in less than two hours on a beautiful autumn morning. Where were you . Condi rice, where were you . How did you first learn of the attack . And i think this is something we all felt but how did you process the information . It started like any other day. I was supposed to give a speech later in the day about national defense. I had not traveled with President Bush. It was there pre9 11 thi
A very important step towards a bipartisan Infrastructure Framework that does include a number of provisions that are relevant to the offshore Wind Industry in this country. We are going to talk a Lot Today about the opportunity and where we see the Tipping Point for the industry. Let me dive right in with introductions. Our first Guest Today is David Hayes, special assistant to president for climate policy. Hes a senior member of national climate advisor Gina Mccarthy white house team. David was most recent Executive Director of the Energy Ey environmental impacts center at the Ny School of law and served under President Barack Obama and bill clinton as Deputy Secretary and chief Operating Officer at the department of the interior. We are also joined today by Bob Agenda looser two terms as governor of louisiana and also represented the state as a member of the us house of representatives and chairman of the republican governors association. Governor jindal served in the george w. Bush
At the hoover institution. He shares recommendations for training teachers on the subject at the us chamber of Commerce Foundation. Good afternoon, welcome to the latest edition of civics forward. The future especially the future of our political and economic systems is a key part of our work at the Chamber Foundation. Over the years many words have been written about the decline of civic knowledgeand civics bills in this literature. All are wellmeaning you seem to have gained traction. Thats not the case with a clear eyed optimistic piece that David Davenport our Guest Today recently wrote for the foundation. I cant tell you how many people spent sent copies of this paper to me even before it was published. And it describes it as a must read for anyone who is concerned about thestate of civic knowledge and civic skills in america. And ways of thinking about ways to elevate civics and strengthen our democracy. So what were delighted david has agreed to participate in Todays Episode of
Express concern about tyranny of the executive. Those leaders reached a compromise that satisfied both that the debate over the scope and the role of a changing presidency continues. You will hear heritage visiting Scholar Doctor Allen guelzo tell the debate on the Role And Scope of the presidency here Doctor Allen Guelzo is a senior Research Scholar in the council of humanities and initiative on politics in statesmanship in the James Madison Program at penn state university. And as i mentioned before, hes one of ours renowned visiting scholars here at the Heritage Foundation for the former Institute Center for american studies. As an acclaimed scholar of american history, dr. Guelzo writing has been recognized as among the most important contributions both scholarly and public understanding of the 19th century of america. For example, his book abraham lincoln, Redeemer President received the 20000 Lincoln Prize as well as the 2000 Book Prize of the Abraham Institute of the midatlantic
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