This class in 2010 at Temple University in philadelphia. Professor farber now teaches at the university of kansas. So weve been talking these last few weeks out loud about a few core issues that have, in many ways, given thematic intensity to the 1960s era. Weve been trying to think about the meaning and reality of equality in the United States in the 60s era. Weve been pondering what Democratic Practice could and should look like in the United States, and then very much so and very pertinent to what were going to do today what role the United States should play internationally, what role should the United States play in a world that was fast changing in the 1960s. So weve gotten to the point in this class where weve reached a point where president johnson has decided by early 1965 to begin a forthright military intervention by the United States in vietnam, and the reasons have been fairly compellingly laid out by johnson between 1964 and 65, with the gulf tonkan resolution in 1964 the
Sec. Clinton i expected to go to work for the Childrens Defense Fund for marian adelman. I had interned for her, i think after my first year, maybe, and again, i think thats right, i wanted to go to work with her so i moved to cambridge and began working, doing investigations and litigation around issues like the incarceration of juveniles with adults in adult prisons or the effort to give tax exempt status to private segregated academies so they didnt have to pay taxes issues like that. Expanding childcare, Getting Better conditions for migrant workers. Thats the kind of work we were doing. And thats what i started doing when i graduated and went right to cambridge to work for her. Timothy please tell us about the call from john doerr. Sec. Clinton this is a very funny series of actions. I was down visiting bill in arkansas, i think it was right after christmas, if i remember. Either right before or after. Bills phone rang and he got a call from john doerr. And john doerr said, i have
We are good to go. Welcome everybody. We are back with chatter on books and happily we already disclosed location, one more page books in arlington we take books, wine and chocolate more seriously than we take ourselves. Thank you so much for letting us be here. Thank you so much for coming. Its going to be out in the open. My name is jeanne mcmanus, later were going to be speaking with wil haygood who im honored to meet. The book will talk about a lot of things that talk about tigerland which is Remarkable Book about some really incredible young man at a very difficult time. A couple of the things on tap, random thoughts, i know youre the you. I kind of obsessed with look at bestseller list you hate. I take the bullet for the team but im always interested in something that pops up unexpectedly, and i talked a couple of weeks ago about these books that were decades old popping up, to kill a mockingbird, was a prime example, and we know why and we know why the handmaids tale was there.
Were going to get started because we have a hard cue at 8 48. Please raise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the National Anthem by tim kepler. Clr o say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [ applause ]. Please be seated. We have a lot to do and a lot of special guests to thank before we get going tonight. Youll hear in a couple of moments from Rhonda Johnson who is the president of at t california. At t is the cosponsor with the Nixon Foundation at todays events which have been going on since the 5k race for space this morning right up to this moment celebrating 50 years ago. I
The lead on one of its most complex phase and missions. Today, the outcomes arent international. I a, michael, quite sure what the latest updates now the ones is waging an open war against russia. Had the hands of the ukrainians, and thats according to the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman mario i bought the car over who was responding to a recent comments by britain and stopped implement. And then it came in on the new debit camera in an interview with reuters suddenly declared that ukraine has the right to strike as he put it on russian territory with british weapons. For the 1st time, a western politician so openly admitted something that has long been an open secret for all countries of the global majority. The west is wage and an open war against russia at the hands of ukrainians. Well, david cameron, an x, british Prime Minister, now the u. K is most senior diplomats and he had some more interesting things to say when it came to essentially escalating the conflict in ukraine a