Welcome, history lovers. Good morning. I am thrilled youre here, and i am particularly happy to welcome students from the Palm Beach Day Academy fifth grade and their teachers. [ applause ] and also students from Palm Beach Atlantic University and faculty. Thank you for being with us. This, after all, is about the future. [ applause ] dr. Cheney has focused much of her life on teaching children American History so that the next generation can learn from the past. But before i introduce her, we had a surprise guest fly in from wyoming last night. And i would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years, dick cheney, to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [ applause ] thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me and a lot to lynne. Well, im honored to introduce this mornings distinguished speaker. And when i called her last year to invite her, she said gay, am i the only speaker who hasnt won a Pulitzer Prize . I said yes, but youre the only speaker who is chairman of the National Endo
Good morning. I am thrilled youre here and i am particularly happy to welcome students from the Palm Beach Day Academy fifth grade and their teachers and students [ applause ] and also students from Palm Beach Atlantic University and faculty. Thank you for being with us. This after all is about the future. [ applause ] dr. Cheney has focused much of her life on teaching children American History so that the next generation can learn from the past. But before i introduce her, we had a surprise guest fly in from wyoming last night and i would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years, dick cheney, to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [ applause ] thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me and a lot to lynne. Well, im honored to introduce this mornings distinguished speaker and when i called her last year to invite her, she said, gay, am i the only speaker who hasnt won a Pulitzer Prize . I said, yes, but youre the only speaker who was chairman of the National Endowment of humani
Morning. I am thrilled you are here and i am particularly happy to welcome students from the fifth grade and their teachers. And also students from Palm Beach Atlantic University and faculty. Thank you for being with us. This, after all, is about the future. Dr. Cheney has focused much of her life on teaching children American History, so that the next generation can learn from the past. But before i introduce her, we had a surprise guest fly in from wyoming last night and i would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years, dick cheney, to please stand up. Vice president cheney. Thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me. Well, i am honored to introduce this morning a distinguished speaker. When i called her last year to invite her, she said, gay, am i the only speaker who hasnt won a Pulitzer Prize . I said yes, but you are the only speaker who is chairman of the National Endowment of the humanities for seven years and you are the only speaker who was second lady of the United State
resignation. this is about an hour. .. a testimony to the job they do and the reverence for books books that we all share. richard nixon is a hard man to let go of. by first i remember as a child in black and white fuzzy television seeing this odd man, he was on a good ticket with general eisenhower and there was some problem taking money from a secret fund. and i thought this is interesting. he never stopped being interesting. richard nixon was never boring. david mentioned he was probably as interesting in his after presidency as he was during his presidency. i chronicle in the book beginning with spiro agnew. remember spiro agnew being in some trouble and i said to my editor at the new yorker, thought lamented and just the legendary william shawn saying what are you thinking of writing next? i don t know. i have a feeling we are going to change vice presidents and presidents within a year. this is labor day of 73. a way out there kind of wild thought at the time. we agre
pacific crest trail in wild. former u.s. congressman todd aiken appeared on chance s wall street journal to talk about his book, firing back. he talks about a controversial statement he made about rape in his senate campaign, this just over half an hour. we re joined now be former congressman and 2012 republican senate candidate from missouri, todd akin. coiningman akin, much of your books about the day in 2012. what happened? guest: actually that s just the first chapter. there s a whole lot more in the book. the interview was cut on a friday afternoon, and i could tell by looking back at the tape i was a bit tired, but i didn t see anything that seemed too outstandingly that people were going to jump on because it was one of those gotcha, trying to trap you type of things, because the talk show host was a very liberal guy. so then it played sunday morning, and a guy that had been they call them trackers, had been following me during the whole campaign. he pi