Little did we realize that our panelists would be addressing president elect trump. We are fortunate that we have five historians that who have a sense of public purpose. They would like to reflect on some of the Public Policy imperatives and context that the new administration that will be faced with. As laid out in the program, we are going to follow the order alphabetical order. First up is nathan citino. Of rice university. A scholar of the middle east. Saudi written about u. S. And u. S. Arab relations. Khalil gibran muhammad, of Harvard Universitys Kennedy School whose work explores the , intersection between race, ethnicity, and Public Policy will be next. His research polices criminality in the United States. Our third speaker is my colleague margaret omara. I always want to say like maureen ohara, and she corrects me. She is currently focusing on the relationship between hightech and american politics. She has recently published a book on pivotal tuesdays, four elections that
At the end of the talk, we will have a question and answer session and after that he will sign the up here on the stage. Dwight eisenhowers reputation is on the rise. For a long time he was caught between the rising reputation of that man of the people and man of independence with three truman. The Eisenhower Administration and reputation was seen not as a failure but inevitably modest compared to the big decisions. Truman and the style of john f. Kennedy. Thereve been defenses by Fred Greenstein added the presidency and Stephen Ambrose and his biography. David has picked up the banner first in his and my yearbooks much admired book a matter of justice. In the Detailed Research look at the battle in 1953. The Republican Party certainly and many antidefamation certainly morally of the nation. It is a small area in a enjoys but thanks for contrasting the toll in the buck. Its the International Information agency and the books and american libraries are abroad. Eisenhower said when this w
Washington. She previously held positions at stanford and the university of pennsylvania. Prior to her academic career, she worked in the Clinton White house and served as a contributing researcher at the brookings institution. She will be upstairs one level in front of the Archives Store to sign copies of her book. The Washington Post described her book is a captivating read. She draws a vivid portrait of modern politics, one that takes readers on a delightful tour and puts on her battles into context. Just a delicious book written by an authoritative historian. And brilliant narrator. We are pleased that she is able to be with us here today. Please welcome Margaret Omara to the national archives. [applause] prof. Omara thank you so much. And thank all of you for coming out today. Archives, i have been to the archives as a researcher. I have been here as a citizen , a tourist, and a former resident of washington, d. C. It is such a pleasure to be here as a speaker to talk about my boo
Mira from the university of washington. She previously held positions at stanford and the university of pennsylvania. Prior to her academic career, she worked in the Clinton White house and at the brookings institution. She will be upstairs one level in front of the Archives Store to sign copies of her book. Describedgton post her book is a captivating read. She draws a vivid portrait of modern politics that takes readers on a delightful tour and puts on her battles into context. Just a delicious book written by an authoritative historian. We are pleased that she can be with us here today. Please welcome Margaret Omara to the National Archives da. [applause] prof. Omara thank you so much. I have been to the archives as a researcher. I have been here as a citizen. Nd a resident it is such a pleasure to be here as a speaker to talk about my book. I am pleased that you exhibited interest in such an unobscured subject that nobody pays attention to, president ial elections. [laughter] we ar
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