Good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute. I am the executive director and i am delighted to welcome all of you to this very special event. Before i begin if i could pleasa ask everyone to turn everything on silence because we are broadcasting live on cspan so please watch your language and speak in clear tone so people around the world can hear usngua today. To get the message of todays discussion out far and wide. It isnt often that one can find the publication of a new book to an International Event or i should say it isnt often one can arrange an International Referendum in a friendly country to be timed perfectly with the publication of a new book. But it turns out that today we have a confluence of. We have the referendum in turkey that although the results and process were provocative and controversial and im sur ensure will hear more about that. The result seems to be to elevate the existing precedent into an even higher and more elevated position and one that migh
Good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute. I am the executive director and i am delighted to welcome all of you to this very special event. Before i begin if i could pleasa ask everyone to turn everything on silence because we are broadcasting live on cspan so please watch your language and speak in clear tone so people around the world can hear usngua today. To get the message of todays discussion out far and wide. It isnt often that one can find the publication of a new book to an International Event or i should say it isnt often one can arrange an International Referendum in a friendly country to be timed perfectly with the publication of a new book. But it turns out that today we have a confluence of. We have the referendum in turkey that although the results and process were provocative and controversial and im sur ensure will hear more about that. The result seems to be to elevate the existing precedent into an even higher and more elevated position and one that migh
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And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex
These trials were not held by what we consider to be modern law. Has not been in place and no one has a defense the were no lawyers. Tonight, author stacy schiff talks about her book the witches, on the salem witch trials. Part with theting accusations is that wealthy merchants were accused as witches, sea captains were accused as witches homeless fiveyearold girls were accused to be witches. This is not an incident where all the victims are female. We have five male victims, including on minister. We didnt burn them, we hang to them. Hanged them. There is so much myth, i thought it was important to dispel. A signature feature of the coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country, with Nonfiction Author talks, interviews, viewer callin segments. Coming up they will be live from the miami book fair. Authors include representative john lewis discussing his book march. I live callin with author peggy noonan. Joins us tor discuss her book, the story. Book,d koppel on his ligh