Confronting congress and the nation. The purpose of the program is not to provide or advocate for any particular political positi position. It is nonpartisan. It is intended to inform policymakers and the public about the sorts of issues they are dealing with. I want to first give a few thanks first to the Melon Foundation for providing the funding that makes these briefings possible. I also want to thank our assistant jeffrey who is outside this room for helping to make the arrangements. I want to thank the office of Jerry Connolly which booked the room. And i want to remind or explain why there were index cards on your seats and why i passed other index cards around. What we will do after the presentations by the speakers we will get questions, answer questions, but we would like you to write those questions on the index cards rather than ask them in front of the audience. Keep your index cards ready and jot down questions when they come to mind. And so now i will turn this over to m
Next, a National History center briefing with a political scientist and a historian who have spent their careers studying americaniranian relations. In light of current tensions between the two nations, they traced the history of u. S. Policy towards iran and Irans Nuclear program, which began in 1957 with the assistance of the Eisenhower Administration as part of an atoms for peace initiative. Good morning. This is an amazing crowd. We have already turned away a good 50 people or more. Kennedy, director of the National History center. I want to welcome you to this rethink on the history of u. S. Iranian relations. This is part of an ongoing series at the National History center to bring historical perspectives to Current Issues that are confronting congress and the nation. The purpose of the program is not to provide or advocate for any political position. It isnonpartisan, intended to inform policymakers and the public about the issues they are dealing with. Want to give a few thanks
I want to give a few thanks, first to the Mellon Foundation for providing funding that makes these briefings possible. I also want to thank our assistant, jeffrey, for helping o make the arrangements. I want to thank the office of gerry connolly, which booked the room, and i want to remind or explain why there are index cards on your seats and why i passed index cards around. What we will do after presentations by the speakers is we will get questions, and we would like you to write those questions on the index cards, rather than ask them in front of the audience. So, keep your index cards ready, and jot down questions when they come to mind. So, now, i will turn this over to matthew to offer introductions. Matthew thank you, dane, and jeff, and everybody who helped arrange this event. Everyone out there supports the National History center and all the other professional organizations and networks that help historians thrive. And thank you for coming to the event. We will have to get y
Not to provide or advocate for any particular political position. It is nonpartisan, it is intended to inform policymakers and the public about the issues they are dealing with. I want to give a few thanks, first to the Mellon Foundation for providing funding that makes these briefings possible. I also want to thank our assistant, jeffrey, for helping make the arrangements. I want to thank the office of gerry connolly, which booked the room, and i want to remind or explain why there are index cards on your seat and why i passed index cards around. What we will do after presentations by the speakers is we will get questions, and we would like you to write those questions on the index cards, rather than ask them in front of the audience. So keep your index cards ready, and jot down questions when they come to mind. Now i will turn this over to matthew to offer introductions. Matthew thank you, dane, and jeff, and everybody who helped arrange this event. Everyone out there supports the Na