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literary celebration, a combination of lectures, readings, panel discussions, versations, and it began the first years looking at the work of ernest deming way and it grew ernest hemingway and it grew. there was a seminar devoted to tennessee williams and a collection of writers. they look to people like james james merrill. since that time, over the 30 plus years, the seminar has stuck to that same four-day format. it is an investigation of a particular literary theme. anyway you can divide contemporary american literature, we have had seminars devoted by biography an autobiography, seminars devoted to poetry as well as in a particular sense the poetry of elizabeth bishop. we have looked at the popular crime fiction genre. we did a seminar called the dark side. a lot of really wonderful big-name crime writers. we delve into nonfiction through a variety of topics. one of the things we like to do is explore how nonfiction writing and fiction talk to one another and ....
. they re only going to give me so much time here. [laughter] [applause] oh, come on. get your for a few more minutes. i want to thank the vice president. we give him one more great round of applause, thank you for addressing the governors. and understand the challenges that the governors have in dealing with all the issues and i appreciate the discussion of the opiate crisis which every governor sitting around this table understands and deals with on a daily basis. it s now my pleasure to introduce someone very special. i m honored, this is the first time in nga history we ve had a head of state addressed the national governors association and it s only fitting that we have the canadian prime minister to address us today because in america, think of that relationship we have with canada. not only the gigantic border that we share as governor. but also the friendship. i do not believe there is a better bilateral relationship than two countries in the entire glob ....
morning. join the discussion. the national governor s association is holding its annual summer meeting this week in rhode island. today, governors heard from vice president mike pence who spoke about ongoing efforts to replace the affordable care act. his remarks were followed by canadian prime minister justin trudeau who talked about the importance of the north american free trade agreement an broader economic relations between thest and canada. this portion of the n.g.a. meeting is just over an hour. i m now honored to introduce the vice president of the united states of america, who as you know, a year ago, sat right with us, voted on our n.g.a. resolutions, but most importantly, as governor, he understands the challenges that we all face, how to gre our economies, how to build an infrastructure, transportation, how to make sure that our children are getting the best quality education. he understands that we want to work together in a bipartisan way, we want to w ....
governor mcauliffe: i want to thank the vice president. we give him one more round of applause. \[applause] governor mcauliffe: thank him to address the governors and understand the challenges that governors have in dealing with all of the issues and i appreciate the discussion of the opioid crisis which every single governor deals with on a daily basis. i will like to introduce, the first time in n.g.a. history we have had a head of state address the national governors association and only fitting that we have a canadian prime minister to address us today, because in america, you think of that relationship we have with canada, not only the gigantic border that we share together, but also the friendship. i do not believe there is a better bilateral relationship between two countries in the entire globe than exists between canada and the united states of america. and i want to thank the prime minister, who has stepped out and led on such important issues of dealing with ....
basis. i will like to introduce, the first time in n.g.a. history we have had a head of state address the national governors association and only fitting that we have a canadian prime minister to address us today, because in america, you think of that relationship we have with canada, not only the gigantic border that we share together, but also the friendship. i do not believe there is a better bilateral relationship between two countries in the entire globe than exists between canada and the united states of america. and i want to thank the prime minister, who has stepped out and led on such important issues of dealing with climate change, how to deal with extremism, working with us here in america. i want to thank the prime minister, making sure that canada is open and welcoming to everyone. he has been a fighter to protect women s rights and protect the rights of the lgbt community. he understands when you are opened and welcoming, good things happen and economies g ....