he was here at the willard visiting his granddaughter sara bradley willard who was married to henry willard. well, it turned out when lincoln came here to stay before he could move into the white house, he suddenly realized he had forgetten his bedroom slippers. sara bradley willard remembered that her grandfather who was visiting had very large feet and approached him and indeed he had a pair of bedroom slipsers. and he loaned them to lincoln. i thought you might like to see a picture of the slippers. [laughter] >> this is your prize for the evening. well, lincoln wore those slippers while he was visiting at the willard hotel. but when he left for the white house, he returned them with a little note saying, thank you for the very comfortable slippers. a. lincoln. now that pair of slippers used to be in the museum of the ford museum. at the ford theater museum, i mean. and i had seen them there. last saturday i went down to the renovated museum hoping to catch another glimpse of these slippers. unfortunately, they are no longer on exhibit. and so i talked to the ranger who was there in char

willard. well, it was taken at brady studio by alexander gardner, but the -- or was an artist in jh untracked james h. story came to washington. he had a portrait studio up rabies, but previous you would get your photograph should also have your painted portrait done. story was afterwards involved in the metropolitan museum of art as a painter he knew kelly and kelly had the opportunity to sit down and interview him regarding that famous photograph. that story helped depose. the story tells kelly. there was never a man more abused and divided them again. he was called uncouth and coarse in all sorts of stories were told of him which were not true. he was not at all quartz or ross in build. his soul seemed to rise above his personality. he was full of fire. he would awaken become translated an exalted and forget himself. he indulged in no flourishes of moratorium was studied more torque while justices. he was himself nerve to gesture by the force of his own mind and the action of his soul. with

willard or wallace c. gregson.given the recent arms sales going through and the context of the missile tests do we see this as something else happening? most of us are behind -- for instance, when they were announced in 2008, china suspended military discussions. those started up again last month. are we anticipating another tit-for-tat because of the arms sales? >> if history bears out at such a time as arms sales would be announced with a consultation with our congress would take place, the prc has reacted very vocally and our military to military engagement has historically been suspended. whether or not that has been the case this time or not will remain to be seen. i would offer that in the discussions with the secretary, on the way to beijing. we emphasize the need for constancy in that military dialogue. we were explaining the mutual benefits of maintaining it. whether or not differences erupt between our governments or not, we will be testing the majority of that military to military relationship in the fut

chairman and willard. want to direct my first question and thank you for your lifetime commit to the cause of human freedom and all the things that people talk about. the importance of protecting the freedom of people like you personified and we are grateful to have you here today. i was encouraged about your discussion related to protecting our battle groups from emerging chinese missile technology. as you probably are very aware, the report said we had to be careful because it could have set the strategic balance between the u.s. and china and the u.s. and russia. in light of some of the recent reports and the media that china is working to perfect or develop a mid-range and long range missile defense capability, they don't seem as concerned as we are. i guess my question to you, can you talk to us a little bit about the chinese missile defense technology advans and pacifically the median to long range capabilities? >> i would only offer that in terms of their missile defense capabilities that they are b

the events which led julia ward howe to return here to willard hotel and a week in the early morning hours to write your immortal battle hymn of the republic. lincoln at the crossroads alliances the organization that has been working to past two years to commemorate president lincoln's grant review of 70,000 soldiers that so inspired julia ward howe. tonight we are meeting to celebrate out the likes of abraham lincoln and the vision of julia ward howe and your immortal battle hymn. you've are the true believers in the mystic chords of memory of the union that president lincoln referred to and in the end vision of it expressed in julia ward howe's battle hymn of the republic. in the early 1990's, a virginia state highway marker was placed along route 72 do know the president lincoln's grant review. the honor guard was under the command of captain brian o anka of the 16 or two outs. a resident of bailey's crossroads out that time was the late bert shaq make him a from world war ii europe whose family had fled the ravages of europe after 1945 to come to america to start life anew. upon

i'm pleased to be joined by old friends and colleagues admiral willard and mr. david sheer. china's rap it rise as a regional political and economic power with growing global influence has significant implications for the asia pacific region, the united states and the world. these developments occur in a dynamic environment with little historical precedent. as secretary gates said during the past three decades an enormous swath of asia has changed almost beyond recognition. hundreds of millions emerged from poverty to higher living standards as a result of cooperation, openness and mutual security. new and re-emerging centers of power alike are realizing extraordinary growth and development. from india to indonesia, china to russia, and australia to japan millions have moved to poverty to prosperity. this helps drive the growth. in turn, china gains greatly from asia's growth. the united states welcomes a strong, prosperous, and successful china. as president obama stated, the relationship between united states and china will shape the 21st century, which makes it as importa

that the secret service was doing, and identified that someone was able to get on a bus from the willard hotel with the indian delegation, and i think this is a question, too, for the state department and the office of protocol. was there a visits officer there going through the list, matching up the list from the white house with the protocol office to see that the people getting on that bus with the official delegation coming to the white house, which, by the way, go to another entrance, not the entrance where all the other guests were coming in. how did they get on that bus and get past everything? >> larry: laura, is the fact that he was with a delegation make it seem sort of semi-logical that he could get through? >> not really, larry, because there's a protocol officer with that delegation all day. that same foreign delegation that comes to the dinner at night, goes there also in the morning. some of them participate in the bilateral discussions with the president and his delegation, but these folks at night sometimes have a plus one. they steemz are allowed to bring guests, the fo

that's where willard carrier did it. what is the state of entrepreneurship today?the proverbial good news and bad news. first, we know that in spite of everything, entrepreneurs are still the primary engine of job creation in the united states. in the last 30 years, literally all new net jobs in this country have been established and created in firms less than five years old. to illustrate this point better, in more concrete terms, consider one company, ebay, in its first five years of existence it hired 645 people. an average of 228 new people a year. the e bays of the future are out there doing the same thing right now. when john kenneth gal grate told us that the era of the entrepreneur was over, intel, microsoft and cisco were already underway. a more recent example is mary nailor. she is here today and will be with us on the panel in a minute. mary started her company with a loan from her mother of $2,000 and now runs the nation's largest concierge service. this, ladies and gentlemen, is how recoveries are made. mary's and bills across the country taking risks

like, stanley and roy, santa ana, willard and madr ditch, care dough, pecos, as well as coach tee. while new mexico does not provide the most general -- generous film incentives in the nation, we do provide the most effective ones. we built the global reputation as both a leader and preferred production location to talented workforce, experienced management and unmatched natural beauty. indeed, with two more golden globe awards going to the new mexico film crazing heart this past sunday night, new mexicans continue to prove we make some of the finest films in the world. just today, today, for my speech, movie maker magazine announced that due to the state's excellent incentive program, albuquerque has surpassed new york and la to become the best place in america to live and work in film production. (applause.) >> now, due to our past efforts, which we did together, the legislature and the governor, and given the direction the industry is moving in, we have a unique opportunity over the next 12 to 18 months to make this industry an integral part of the state's economy along with ran