john sununu who served as george h.w. bush s white house chief of staff and andrew card, who was chief of staff for george w. bush. they discuss the father and son s leadership styles and approach to world events such as the fall of the soviet union and 9/11. i want to welcome you to nole wood farm, and i m terribly happy to have andy card and governor sununu in this room. this stage has welcomed over the last 100 years some very interesting people, and tonight we re making history to learn about some of the inner workings of the white house, but i want to mention there have been pundits, there have been professors actually, there was a professor here a couple of months ago who led a group of us to egypt, 87 of us to be precise, and he s the professor that s pushing back the dates of the pyramid and the sphinx like 10,000 years, which i think is wonderful. there s also been a very famous writer by the name of samuel clemens who was here, mark twain, and my father remember
carden and governor sununu in this room. this stage has welcomed over the last 100 years some very interesting people. and tonight we re making history to learn about some of the inner workings of the white house. but i want to mention there have been pundits, there have been professors. actually there was a professor here a couple of months ago who led a group of us to egypt, 87 of us to be precise. and he s the professor that s pushing back the dates of the pyramid and the sphinx like to 10,000 years which i think is wonderful. there s also been a very famous writer by the name of samuel clemons who was here, mark twain. and my father remembers as a 12-year-old boy he used to sit with other kids from dublin at the feet of the writer. and mark twain would read some of his latest work. and then of course most special of all the white house connection was the 300-pound president. neither bushes would have qualified for that. william howard taft s secretary of the treasury buil
helped by house oversight and reform subcommittee this is an hour and 45 minutes. the committee will come to order. without objection which is often wasted clear recess of the committee at any time and when have to do that as of the vote schedule this morning. and i now recognize myself for my opening statement. every four or eight years, our nation has undergone a peaceful transfer of power. in 1981, for example, another one-term president handed over the reins of government to his election adversary. in the wake of the election president jimmy carter calmed the nation, saying we ll have a very fine transition period. i told him i wanted the best one in history. president carter even sent incoming president ronald reagan a telegram that read: it s now apparent that the american people have chosen you as the next president. i congratulate you and pledge to you our fullest support and cooperation in bringing about an orderly transition of government in the weeks ahead. my be
going to lose our civil liberties over this and what are we really treating it and we speak exclusively to roger porter is the co-founder of the pop group pink floyd he explains why the result of the u.s. election was always going to be disappointing. if it s been reelected it would have been worse for everyone in the world but that doesn t make no good candidate. even just gone 6 o clock in the russian capital watching r.t. international. has become the 1st russian city to begin a mass ovid vaccination program the country sputnik the job is being made available to the public free of charge front line workers will be the 1st to get the vaccine and this includes hospital and school staff however 1st it will be only given to those under 60 years old where russia s daily infection rate has reached around $29000.00 and the numbers have been steadily rising since early september your shop of oliver visited one of the senses that makes the sputnik jap. the card companies say they d
along with the university of new england. last year, when we gathered for this event, we did so far the first time since our passing of our dear friend, barbara bush. charlie after, president bush went into the great beyond. today, i ask we lower our heads up for a moment for the void left by the passing of these iconic americans and how lucky we were to have befriended them. [no audio] thank you. throughout the year, we honor president and missions bushes legacy bush s legacy, where the bush exhibit chronicles their love affair with maine, presidential years, and the bush connection with you wendy that she would any une. today, we had the incredible opportunity to examine a pivotal moment in american history, and of america s educational system. we gather to learn about and to commemorate, the 30th anniversary of president bush convening all u.s. governors to create a unified set of national educational goals. this work brought data and research at long last into the p