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on happy to introduce our next speaker. john jay hennessy is an author serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at fredericksburg at the military park. he is the author of a great book, the first battle of manassas. as well as the definitive book on second manassas, returned to pull run. let s welcome john hennessy. [applause] mr. hennessy: i have to start with this. this is not a gratuitous praising of my team that i have loved since i was 11 years old. the pittsburg penguins play hockey. you may remember they won the stanley cup. i offer this is context for some of what you have heard this week. does anybody recall who was defeated in the final? [booing] mr. hennessy: do you remember? do you remember? nashville is in the state of tennessee. who lives in the state of tennessee? will green. [laughter] mr. hennessy: after the stanley cup finals, he called me or i called him. i cannot remember which. he told me how great it was. i told him, you know th ....
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just under an hour. good afternoon. good afternoon everyone. i am the director of the roosevelt house public policy institute. i see get used to saying good afternoon because we have been increasingly hosting afternoon programs. one more special than the next than the previous. it is a special privilege and honor to be introducing the program today. we had to say what guest would we want to have at roosevelt house, the home of eleanor and franklin roosevelt, with the words of the four freedoms on the wall. natan sharansky, we are so pleased to have him. i am not going to spend time redescribing or interpreting a biography that is so well-known and all of our minds and hearts for all he endured in the name of freedom. it is one of the moving stories of the 20th century. i can just say we are honored to have him. we are grateful to our friend, a great journalist, publisher, member of the roosevelt house board of advisors and most recently, a teacher in our human right ....
who we are, the united states and the russian federation? i don t want to blame anyone for the current situation in russian-american relations, but today is the first official remarks by me as an ambassador for the russian federation to the united states. [applause] amb. antonov: i am not a magician. i want you to stop killing in chechnya. stop killing gay people in chechnya. i want gay people left alone in chechnya. we need to protect gay people. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. stop killing gay chechnyans. [applause] [crowd noise] amb. antonov: you can see our relations are complicated. it seems to me everybody has the right to explain what he wants. how he can see how he sees the current situation. it seems to me i also have the right to convey a few remarks to you, trying to explain how we in the russian federation understand the current situation in russian-american relations. i would like to explain to you ho ....
public policy institute. i should get used to saying good afternoon, call because we have been increasingly posting afternoon programs, one more special than the next. and maybe the next, as far as i know. it is a special privilege and honor to be introducing the program today. we had to say guest would we want to have at roosevelt house, the home of eleanor and franklin roosevelt, with the words of the four freedoms on the wall. it would be natan sharansky, we are so privileged to have them today. i will not spend any time read describing this biography which know very well in our minds and our hearts, what he endured. it is on the moving stories of the 20th century. i can just say we are honored to have him. we are grateful to our friend, a great journalist, publisher, member of the roosevelt house lord of advisors and was recently in his new role, a teacher in our human rights program. friend to our halls and persuading him to come. i am delighted to introduce for t ....