Unionists and premillennial religious references in the writing of confederates, and i was wondering about the relative prevalence and frequency of religious references on the two sides, if theres any difference, or if these images are equally evident for unionists and confederates, and i also wondered about women and men, if there is any sort of difference in their propensity to make such references. Question that dovetails out of religion indo with the lives of your two subjects, who we heard a little bit about early in his martyrdom, but religion and his degree of heidi. Lets start with john. Thank you for that. By the 1850s and 1860s, middleclass women are assumed to be more moral and religious on either side of the masondixon line, so one would anticipate and certainly find in these diaries that women refer rather morerayer than men. Particularly west point graduates, etc. And there is a great deal of resignation toward the vicissitudes of childbirth, etc. If i survive this is in
Broad question of john and then for katie and steve. John, you found a great deal of postmillennial religious reference in the writings of unionists and premillennial religious references in the writing of confederates, and i was wondering about the relative prevalence and frequency of religious references on the two sides, if theres any difference, or if these images are equally evident for unionists and confederates, and i also wondered about women and men, if there is any sort of difference in their propensity to make such references. The question that dovetails out of that has to do with religion in the lives of your two subjects, who we heard a little bit about early in his martyrdom, but religion and his piety. U of lets start with john. John thank you for that. By the 1850s and 1860s, middleclass women are assumed to be more moral and religious on either side of the masondixon line, so one would anticipate and certainly find in these diaries that women refer to god and prayer ra
[inaudible conversations] are we ready to go . Great. Welcome to todays launch of the council on Foreign Relations and the pendant Task Force Report north america time for a new focus to rid the cochairs hear Robert Zoellick of course, somebody who i think last time i interviewed you we were both in sudan. So thank you very much. Shannon oneil, director and cochair, David Petraeus i think last summer i into the jew we were in iraq. So its good to be in a slightly more tame environment. I want to get right to the question of why now, why this . Reading newspapers, the attention, the focus of this administration clearly on Foreign Policy, current prices the in the middle of these, please to the idea of a pivot to asia and effectively what youre talking about in the Task Force Report is a pivot to north america. So why . Its time for a new focus. The reason is when you come back to it, our number one and two trading partners are our two neighbors, not other countries or regions of the wor
American people would be, elect people who are going to work with, cooperate with the president of the United States. That does not mean agree on every issue. We are a separate and coequal branch of the government of the United States. We need to reflect thoughtful consideration of the president s proposals and propose to the president. We are the Article One Branch of government that poses policy. He executive carries out policy. That is the context in which we ought to operate. Having said that, i think the American People made it clear they think the obstructionism is largely the responsibility of the republican party. Thomas mann and norm ornstein, along with the brookings institution, American Enterprise institute wrote a book. Essentially the theme of the book was there is gridlock on the confrontation, refusal to compromise, and while they say they have come together to criticize in the past, at this point in time there theyre only conclusion is the responsibility of the republi
Questions. Thank you very much. [ applause ]. Director general amano, thank you very much for your presentation. I have a few questions to pose to you. Im sure our audience has many that it would like to pose to you. I know iran is going to be a big focus of attention, so therefore isle start off talking about the agency and its role. I particularly want to raise the concern that i and many others have about the growing politicization surround iing th board of governors and its discussions about the agencys role. I remember when i yutzed to attend board of governors meetings, general conferences, usually there was a consensus among Board Members on any particular topic. It was very rare there was voting and a divided membership. Now its almost the norm on lots of issues for there to be voting and differences. You mention the the state level concept or state level approach. I think this is a very innova innovative approach to safeguarding. I think it would enhance the agencys role yet y