Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
Reflecting on bill clintons vision of america. The goal of the symposium is to drill down on the vision that helped bring him to the campaign and to office and we couldnt be more excited to start that this year. It is important to look at the Historical Context of bill clintons election and what happened in the 25 years between his graduation from georgetown and is election. Before we bring everyone up i ask you to sit back and enjoy what those 25 years were like. Coming out of arkansas in the postwar area, civil rights, caucasian boy who had an abiding sympathy to injustice, to go to georgetown happened to him. Behold he aspired to be like a king and john f. Kennedy. These delays he was moved by their power of words. He got some scholarship money, made his way to georgetown, fell under the tutelage of j william fulbright, fulbright in the 1960s was a powerful us senator, not only a leader in education but a great talent scout. He saw in bill clinton the best arkansas had to offer. Bil
This evening we have cspan here. Is the microphone working back there . We have just one microphone here to ask questions. Cell if you need access to this microphone, if you are sitting over there you can go back there. I want to welcome Lilly Ledbetter who has come this evening to talk about his new book grace and grit. This is the first time Lilly Ledbetter has been to politics and prose. He is from montana which is why think he has written many books. Including the song of the dodo which expects a medal for Natural History writing. He holds honorary degrees from Colorado College in Montana State university where he serves as prof. Of western american studies. He has won the National Magazine award three times for articles in a wide variety of magazines including esquire, the advantage and rolling stone. The third of these awards was for a National Geographic storing called when stock went wrong. National geographic now, David Quammen has the title contributing editor which gives him
Barbara McCarty passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph on 2023-10-26.