A grateful nation gives thanks for victory. Hundreds of thousands crowd into americas churches to give thanks to god. President truman announced he official surrender, this is a solemn, but glorious our. I wish that franklin d. Roosevelt had live to see this day. General eisenhower informed me that the forces of germany have surrendered, to the united nations. The flags of freedom fly all over europe. For this victory we join in offering our thanks to the providence which is guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light. Much remains to be done the victory won in the west must now be won in the east the whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been freed. United the peaceloving nations have demonstrated in the west that their arms are stronger by far than the might of dictators or the tyranny of military clicks that once called us salt and wheat the power of our people to defend themselves against all enemies will be proved in t
Mark Rick Atkinson author of the guns at last lights of the war in western europe 1944 to 1945. The Program Starts with an archival newsreel from may of 1945 showing the signing the surrender and the statement from president harry truman. What im this year marks the 75th trying to find a good yeah theory had lived to see this day generalize and how are informed me that the forces of germany have surrendered to the United Nations the flags of freedom fly all over europe for this victory we join in offering our thanks to the providence which is guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light much remains to be done the victory one in the west must now be one in the east the whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been freed. United the peaceloving nation have demonstrated in the west that their arms are stronger by far than the might of dictators or the tyranny of military that once called us salt and wheat the power of our people
Room here. Great to see so many members and sponsors and our board. Thanks for joining us here and welcome to trucon 2019. [applause] i am so glad youre hear with us today and i am especially grateful to those of you who traveled a great distance to be here. Thank you. Before we get underway i want to take a moment to thank those who helped make this event and so much of this possible. Were fortunate to be supported by sponsors in the work we do and the world we seek a create. Bob abernathy, Carnegie Corporation of new york, john d and kathyrn macarthur, and others, and with em to herb to the truman for over a decade. Mr. Sandler passed away and i was happy to have met him a few weeks ago. We are not just grateful for their continued investment since 2008, but the willingness to lead by example in funding and guiding the full fight for likemined organizations. Id like to thank board members, alvin, steven bailey, jake sullivan, john finer, matt spence. Franklin templeton investment. Gu
Mr. Burns thanks. Its great to be with you. Great to be with all of you. Mary yes, it is great to be here. So we are tasked with looking at the future of american diplomacy and Foreign Policy, but i thought i might look backwards for a moment. How did you get started in this gig . This was early 1980s, you write in your book you were offered a princely salary 21,000. Mr. Burns it seemed like a lot then. Mary yeah, it was in 1980s in washington. And what was the attraction. . Mr. Burns my dad was a career army officer, so i learned to respect Public Service through his experience, as i was growing up. Then when i was 18, just by serendipity, one of my best friends in high schools father was the ambassador of egypt, so i spent time in cairo at an very impressionable age, and that was my introduction and. And then i went to the old u. S. Embassy on groves square and took the written exam for Foreign Service ironically the same week that our colleagues were taken hostage in tehran, which s
Thank you. Before we get underway, i want to take a moment to thank those who helped make this event and so much of our work possible. We are fortunate to be supported by a range of sponsors, who are partners, really, in the work that we do and the world that we seek to create. Thank you to our conference sponsors, bob abernathy, the Carnegie Corporation of new york, compton foundation, Craig Newmark philanthropies, the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, open society foundation, the sandler foundation, and here i just want to take a moment and recognize Herb Sandlers support to the Truman Community for over a decade. Mr. Sandler passed away just last week, and i am so glad to have met him just a few weeks ago. We are grateful not just for their continued investment in our Organization Since 2008, but for their willingness to lead by example in funding and guiding the good fight for a wide range of likeminded organizations. I would like to thank Board Members, john driscoll,