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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Churchill And Orwell 20170829

The 33rd annual Chicago Tribune lit fest. A special thank you to our sponsors, todays program will be broadcast live on cspan2, book tv. If theres time at the end of the q a session with the other we ask you to use the microphone provided so viewers at home can. Before we begin please silence your phones and turn off all flashes on the cameras. And please welcome our interviewer, associate editor at the Chicago Tribune, colin mcmahon. [applause] and afternoon, thank you for coming, thank you for coming to the lit fest and im thrilled to be here with tom rex is written several books, well talk about his latest, tomato times previous book, the generals which was the most recent one, a fiasco which is a New York Times number one bestseller, this one is also on the bestseller list charting last week for the first time. Con ....

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Transcripts For SFGTV Health Service Board 2917 20170210

City, we arent that large that we dont really have [inaudible] of San Francisco. And clearly a number of steps have been taken, but they do appear to take an awful long time to get there. Even if we ignore the fact that this is a 2015 report because we did get an update on the current priorities and in 2016, were hoping to hear better information, but the fact that after all the discussion, that saint lukes is just an example. It has taken almost three years in order to bring about one additional bilingual staff member. And was apparently some question that there is community input. So i believe that from at least the health standpoint, we certainly are on point with most of the agreement. I do think that im somewhat concerned from director dods first comment that we didnt have the fee assessment within time, but we had agreed to have an assessment and i would ask staff that those points that are in compliance or within the complia ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20150530

[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] host welcome. I am an associate professor here at hofstra and i am pleased to be serving as moderator for this distinguished forum. A wars in iraq and afghanistan are arguably the most controversial and consequential decisions of the Bush Administration. The decision to go to war, how to get out of the wars, and related issues have not only dominated the bulk of president bushs time in office, but have also shaped current u. S. Foreignpolicy options in and around the regions. They will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. There is very little doubt that the wars in afghanistan and iraq will continue to be measures by which the legacy of the george w. Bush Foreign Policy will be measured. With that in mind, the conference organizers have brought t ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20130102

You are watching by tv. Next thomas ricks looks at why so many world war ii era generals are held in high regard while history is not than suband a general sick amanda troops during later wars. Its a little over an hour. Good evening everyone. Welcome and thank you for joining us. My name is Richard Konte and im the president of the center for no america security. Its a pleasure to welcome you here to celebrate the publication of senior fellow thomas ricks book the new generals American Military command from world war ii to today. Speaking of books, we have some for sale so if youre interested it will be on sale after the event. I already picked up on which i see some of you have in the ballroom lobby. Thomas ricks has been a member of of the family for quite a while serving as a senior fellow at the center. Tom writes a widely read blog called the best defense which won th ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20130217

Youre watching book tv on cspan. Now, tom allen, former sixterm democratic congressmann front mississippi, recounsels his inability to understand his republican colleagues and vice versa and contends congress will remain lock logjammed until the try to understand each oomph this is just over an hour. [applause] thank you very much for those kind words, and thank you all for being here tonight. This is a wonderful crowd, and im very pleased to see so many of you here. I have to say its a special pleasure for me to be at the Jimmy Carter Library because my late father was one of those very early in the carter president ial campaign who went to hear this governor, former governor from georgia, was very impressed, wrote some sort of check, and became a big fan of jimmy carter throughout his career. And i wish my father could see me now because i know he would be excited. But it is so i thank you for that. I also want to say that ....

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