I got it approved. Ronald Reagan Couldnt do it and nobody could do it. I got to done. In their first week, they terminated it. Check that one out, bagram. Check it out, willie. You got your Google Machine . Bagram, alaska. I hear there is some of the best Moose Hunting in all of the world in bagram. Imagine if Joe Biden or wait a second. 24 7. Bagram left. That would be bagram, alaska, bagram, afghanistan to the right. No. I think he may have confused alaska and afghanistan. Not a slip of the tongue either. He said it five or six times, gwynne, closed with check it, google it, find it, look it up, take it to the bank. One thing he is right, though. Rodney reagan did nothing about bagram so that part of it is true. Thank god. Thank god he is so much better than every other president ever he says except for The Other 45. That was a Campaign Event in Michigan Last Night where he repeatedly confused alaskas arctic national Wildlife Refuge known as anwar with bagram Military Base in afghani
I am pleased to announce a miniseries of six lectures entitled great president ial lives. This series is attractive for two main reasons. The first being its timeliness. As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker himself, our esteemed umw Professor Emeritus of history william b. Crawley, he has just completed 50 years on the faculty of university of the Mary Washington he has contributed in numerous ways. The creation of our Historic Preservation program in the creation of this great life series among them. It is for his excellence in teaching his perhaps best known. And to thousands of our students who have come through our halls. He has received our institutions highest honors in teaching from his colleagues and his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who has made the greatest impact upon their lives. Dr. Crawley through these years has become a true
And answer portion, in the interest of video and audio reporting, if you could just come to our microphone by the white pillar so we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion, and lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against something solid. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen, to politics and prose the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjuncrt senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. He is the New York Times best selling author with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is the tale of two brothers. One went off to sea and one became Vice President. Neither was heard from ever again. However in rare cases, the Vice President is not relegated to obscurity. Namely when the president the previous president dies. And his newest, best New Y
tis of history william b. Crowley who just completed 50 years on the faculty of the university of mary washington. During that half century, dr. Crowley contributed in innumerable ways and significant ways, certainly not least of all, the creation of our renowned Historic Preservation program and the creation of this amazing great lives series. It is for his excellence in teaching that he is perhaps best known and certainly to literally thousands of our students, he received our institutions highest honors in teaching both from his colleagues and from his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who made the greatest impact on their lives. Dr. Youly has become a true icon of this community. And so it is with great pleasure that i introduce Professor William b. Crowley. Who droug upawing upon his 50 yf political history has truly shared so much of his knowledge and will be sharing it again with us to day and he looks at some interesting and controver
My name is Katie Willard and im part of the event staff here at politics and prose. Before we begin, i would like to go over a few quick announcements. First, please silence your cellphones and other noise making devices. Not only is it courteous to the author, but we are also on cspan tonight. So you do not want to be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. Secondly, during our question and answer portion, in the interest of our video and audio recording, if you could come up to the microphone right here by the white pillar. That wave, we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion afterwards. And lastly, once everything is done, if you could please pull up your chairs and place them against something solid. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight, i am pleased to introduce jared cohen to politics and prose. Cohen is the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet ink as well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. He has written sever