Line between Civil Service and the military. If confirmed he will be the first black american to lead the pentagon. Getting there will require a special congressional waiver since he hasnt been out of active service for the requisite seven years. Some are hesitant to sign off. Biden wrote an article in the atlantic explaining his choice and urging a swift confirmation. Austin led the u. S. Central command under president barack obama when biden said he pved he could react well under pressure. Biden wrote his many strengths and knowledge in the department of defense and our government are uniquely matched to the challenges and crises we face. He is the person we need in this moment. The required congressional waiver has been granted only twice in the past, most recently when Congress Approved president Donald Trumps nomination of jim mattis in 2017. Biden says he aims to vaccinate 100 million americans for covid19 during the first 100 days in his administration. My first 100 days wont e
For those watching on zoom some housekeeping remarks. You are an attendee of our zoom event tonight, that means you do not have video or audio privileges but you can interact with our moderator and guest by writing your question in the q and a box. The moderator will be reviewing those during the question and answer session which will conclude tonights program and to introduce the moderator it is my pleasure to pass the program over to doctor robert citino. Doctor robert citino, Senior Historian at the National World War Ii Museum in louisiana, we have a special guest with us tonight. A friend of the museum. My friend and a wonderful writer and author, ian toll, one of those people who doesnt need an introduction as we like to say. The introduction, he is extremely accomplished scholar and writer. He is the author of the epic story of the founding of the u. S. Navy as well as a trilogy called the pacic war, the third volume of which has just been released called twilight twilight of th
The Ohio State University and senior fellow at Cato Institute. Finally, Jackie Schneider at stanford university. Thank you very much for the introduction. I am grateful for events hosted back in the before days. I was able to meet with colleagues and talk about ideas that make their way into this book eventually. Im grateful to be on our panel like this, i think i cited most, if not all of you in this book. It is my privilege to share this with you. This book comes out of my personal experiences in uniform in the u. S. Navy so i thought i would start with this. The first is back in 1999, my first job in the navy, i was a targeted officer working at the u. S. Headquarters. A short air campaign against the modern state ended with no fatalities to a lot of people, this looks like a big Success Story for technology, new american way of war. Revolutionary wars but we made a lot of mistakes including blowing up the chinese industry. This was a mistake that was coordination failures, lots of
Depaul English Department and cohosted by Depaul History Department. Its a thrill to get to host an event with two real stalwarts of the English Department, Kathleen Rooney and miles harvey. Amazing writers and researchers. Were very grateful to have amy tyson from the Depaul History Department to present and interview them. I also want to thank all of you especially for being here. Its always so meaningful to feel support for artists and the arts. During this difficult time when bombast and quick takes seem to rule the day, a lot of us recognize its the quieter, more thoughtful creations that actually sustain us. So, that said, i would encourage you, if you like what you hear tonight, to please support these great writers. I will both links to their books in the chat and i know theyre on display at the depaul bookstore in lincoln park. We do have one technical issue or constraint that i would ask your help with, potentially. We are limited to 100 participates tonight and i see were at
And grew up in a lower middleclass family in california. He went to the local college, whittier college. And went to Duke University law school in the worst years of the great depression. The second world war, he joined the u. S. Navy. You can see the photo of nixon as a young navy officer. He served with distinction in the pacific, getting the right equipment to the right place at the right time and was given a series of commendations by his commanders. He was also a very talented offr player turn on his hours and he had a great ability to bluff. That is a valuable quality and someone undertaking Foreign Policy at a high level. Been46 after he had demobilized from the navy, nixon ran for congress. You can see the poster from his first election campaign. Ii veteransld war were elected into congress and the senate. Was nixon, one was john f. Kennedy. One was joe mccarthy. Career,arly political nixon rose very rapidly through the ranks. He was an odd anticommunist. He worked very hard to