Out of college and served as a staff Operations Officer at the counterterrorism center, where she was responsible for tracking down terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. She went on to become an fbi special agent at the l. A. Field office, where she specialized in chinese counterintelligence operations. Tracy lives with her husband and four and a halfyearold daughter in dallas, texas. This evening, tracy will discuss her memoir, the unexpected spy from the cia to the fbi, my secret life taking down some of the worlds most notorious terrorists. Tracy will be interviewed by our very own historian and curator, dr. Vince houghton. After their discussion, they will open the floor to audience questions and answers. Everyone will have an opportunity to ask their questions this evening. We are also going to ask that if you are trapped in the iddle of a row, please put your hand up and we will ensure you have a mic to answer uestions but there will be two mics on each side of the auditori
Symbol of oure, mastery of disguise, is standing oceans and continents in ever dwindling hours, bringing new hope to the people of the world, new horizons to the industry, and new careers to youth. For air transportation has proved itself a vital factor in the social and Economic Life of modern civilization. It is a rapidly expanding industry embracing many trades and professions, an industry employing thousands of persons. To keep each airliner in the air, over 100 workers are needed on the ground. Many of these are engaged in office work. Of this number, the Reservations Department comprises a specialized group. It is here that flight schedules, rates, reservations, and related subjects are communicated to the public by telephone. The work is interesting but requires tact, sales ability, and a pleasant, well modulated voice. Another reservations job is at the ticket counter. Here the duties include the actual issuing of tickets through direct personal contact with the public. As in m
Lectures in history, a university of texas at austin professor teaches an online class about president Ronald Reagan and the end of the cold war. Thank you all for tuning in. We are here with the tattooed historian. My great friend. A little bit in before we dive into the topic which is hygiene and nutrition. Tell us a little bit about who you are, what you bring to the history table. I think you bring a unique perspective and some great ideas. Thank you. , started out as a historian and i went on to work alongside the u. S. Army corps of engineers as a historian and archivist. That, i beganinto a facebook page. I used it as a way to showcase some of the archival things. I was enjoying that process. We were going through the archives and we were trying to find out what was inside of them. This blew up. I was not expecting that. I was expecting to maybe get 100 people to follow along. Facebook. G on, it built up more and more. I went fulltime with this project in april of 2018. I have b
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. [ applause ] well, the best news of the night is paul has left the book up here. And ive got mine. Thank you so much, paul, for sharing roberts compelling and fascinating story with us. Id also just like to take a chance to thank him. He did double duty for us last night. He taught the normandy scholars before they went off to the battlefield of normandy in pursuit of history. If you enjoyed this i very much hope you will join us on wednesday, june 27th for one of the worlds most prominent and recognized scholars of the holocaust, the anatomy of a genocide. Thank you so much for coming. Come back soon. [ applause ] first ladies. Influence and image on American History tv examines the private lives and public roles of the nations first ladies through interviews with top historians. Tonight, we look at Edith Roosevelt and helen taft. Edith roosevelt along with her husband theodore became the first president and first lady to travel abroad w
President . Arthur called me on the phone and said youre in tennessee and james k. Polk is a tennesseen. And he said i want you to do one thing. He said allen evans has done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take a weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary and i could say no. I was fascinated about the man. Did you know much about him before this . I knew his grave was behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old home place in columbia is preserved and ive been there many times and ive been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. Result of what was done to him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war left him a bad reputation. A reputation as a warmonger, and the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great deal of the attacks on Linden Johnson at the end of