he has lived here in the bay area for the past 22 years with his wife brigitte. currently working as the workforce investment act program coordinator and for the united nations -- united in the nations of east bay, earl encourages native american youth and adults to finish their high school, diplomas, as well lead g d's, an enrolled in vocational programs to further advance their training. he also assist those who want to achieve a higher educational degree by promoting recruit and and retention of native american students throughout indian country. as earl is a veteran of the indicted states marine corps and a graduate of the seattle police academy, he assists native american veterans in the pursuit up careers in law enforcement. he is also known through indian country as a not

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so, for example, if you wanted to get telephone line you had to make an appointment with brigitte telecomlf to get telephone line put into your house. you wanted to get a new -- you had to make an upon met with british gas. you had to physically go to the store, get the phone number from a store assistant, then go home and call and we for your appointment, and that could take several months. she did away with all these regulations. you now have a country which is as wealthy and profitable as any other, where as in those days britain was known as a tour of country with first full crisis. >> amanda foreman is our guest, she is a historian and author, and we are going to be talking about margaret thatcher and her tenure as prime minister, 1979- 1990 of great britain and influence as ms. foreman has already started talking about. here is a picture from the newsweek cover story that amanda foreman wrote. here is margaret thatcher which hurt -- with her best political ally, ronald reagan. the numbers are on the screen. you can go ahead and start dialing in if you have some questions. we will be