to my mind, professor not has done more than anyone to tell us what woodrow wilson had to deal with, to tell us the history and the moment of woodrow wilson, to tell us what he confronted in the world he lived in. professor tony smith has done more than anything to tell us why this matters. frankly, every president since wilson, it has not been a question of whether or not they were will sony and whether or ian or not.re wilson so much of his book tonight still continues to guide american foreign-policy. some might say hot might say haunt american policy. what professor smith will help us understand in a more foregoing way helps drive america today. i m pleased to have the author of this book, why wilson matters , to explain to us. then you can go buy your own copy. professor smith, the floor is years. applause [applause] professor smith: i think everything is working. i think he introduced me in a way that introduced my family. my sister and i grew up in richland hills i
acting director. this hearing on the 2020 census is available on c-span.org. leaving the last few minutes for a conference on countering violent extremism in qatar, iran, and the muslim brotherhood, featuring lawmakers and former intelligence officials. house homeland security committee chair mike mccaul, david petraeus, and former white house strategist steve bannon. coming up shortly, former defense secretary leon panetta. from the beginning, it has been devoted to the freedom, security, and prosperity of the united states and the health of its institutions. its work is especially focused on strategies for the long term, strategies that thus deal with our most abiding challenges. in its research, it draws upon a wide variety of perspectives and opinions, and it will do so today. and it covers a wide variety of policy areas. domestic, foreign, and national security. let me first of all in addition thank you all for being here and participating in this conference. i said
hello, everybody. up next is our keynote speaker. and before general petraeus comes on stage, it is my pleasure to invite brigadier general retired don bacon, congressman from nebraska, to the podium, distinguished officer of the united states air force and highly decorated aviator, congressman bacon specialized in electronic warfare, intelligence, reconnaissance and public affairs during his long military career. he has served four deployments in the middle east, most notably in 2007 to 2008 in iraq during operation iraqi freedom. his military decorations include the air force distinguished service medal, two bronze stars, two legion of merits and five meritorious service medals. congressman bacon will introduce our keynote speaker, general david petraeus. congressman bacon. [ applause ] hopefully, the mike s working? do you hear me all right? thank you to the ambassador for the introduction. it s an honor to be here at the hudson institute today, and it s really an hono
the french and we were doing it, by the way, with the support of the church. and the church that was most involved in this was guess which one? the presbyterian church which was woodrow wilson was a member of. in fact, calvinism in general was the opposite of the anglican church. so what we have here is a argument that democracy is something that is suited only to certain peoples who have had a certain cultural history to them. well, if that s the case, what are these cultural prerequisites? and here the more i read wilson, the more i became persuaded that there was the dog that doesn t bark x. the dog that didn t bark was calvinism. and it was particularly the covenant of the presbyterian church. this was the template for wilson of how democracy comes about. now, i don t know how many of you belong to the group of churches that today can be called affiliated with presbyterians in terms of their domestic organization, but it s not just churches
we found in the age of trumpets important to choose your words carefully so i want to tell you why i find them to be both wilson experts but of a different quality and a different tone and tenor. to my mind the professor knock has done more than anyone to tell us what woodrow wilson had to deal with. to tell us the history and most moment of woodrow wilson, what he confronted and how he confronted it and these developments of his own thinking in the world he lived in. professor tony smith as the other side of that coin has done more than anyone to tell us why this matters. so frankly every president since wilson has not been a question of them or of whether or not they are will sony and but rather how much. animated woodrow wilson in particular of democracy in so much of professor smith s work in the subject of his book tonight will continue to guide american foreign-policy today, one might even say would continue to haunt american policy today. what woodrow wilson said wil