this morning it is my particular honor to introduce colonel robert dalessandro. connell robert dalessandro, is among relatively small group of world war i historians in america today, having written extensively on american expeditionary force in the great war. currently, colonel dalessandro is acting secretary of the american battle monument commission and former director of the united states army center of military history. colonel dalessandro's special interests is suggested by his celebrated publications include military insignia, especially as worn by the officers and men of the american expeditionary force, and the african-american soldier. his book, organization and insignia of the american expeditionary forces, 1917-23, received the army historical foundation award for excellence in writing, which, okay, of particular note to officers on active duty is his army officer's guide, which he continues to edit. among his favorite hobbies leading battlefield tours to historical site in the united states and europe. this morning colonel dalessandro will speak to u

book, dalessandro and his "over there: america in the great war."nd david merrin and his book war."g watch the 2017 colby military atters symposium saturday noon eastern on c-span two's tv. thursday's white house briefing, tom bossert announced details for the new executive to improve cyber security. afterwards, the white house principal deputy secretary fielded questions from the of fbir about the firing director james comey. this is 45 minutes.

on my far right is rob dalessandro, a well-known author and military historian specializing in the american expeditionary forces. and has written a couple of books. one is for sale outside. i'm going to be a shill for rob and encourage you to buy his book out there. he just came out with a new one called "remembering world war i," which is being published by eastern national. it just came out very recently. they are the distributor for the park service. he also is acting secretary of the american battle monument commission, and most important to me, he is our chairman of the world war i centennial commission. let me just say about rob that without his support and the support of the abmc, we would be having a very tough time right now. so i am very grateful to him and the abmc for their support. [ applause ] >> trust me on that, he has been a real hero for us. in the middle is monique siegfried. monique is french born in carthage, tunisia, so a french north african. being from carthage, she got interested in ancient carthage, and is a student and scholar in the ancient roman wars in north af

book, dalessandro and his "over there: america in the great war." and david merrin and his book war."g watch the 2017 colby military atters symposium saturday noon eastern on c-span two's tv. thursday's white house briefing, tom bossert announced details for the new executive to improve cyber security. afterwards, the white house principal deputy secretary fielded questions from the of fbir about the firing director james comey. this is 45 minutes. >> another light crowd today. good afternoon. first off, before we get started i would like to bring up homeland security adviser tom mosser to tell you about executive order on cyber security at the president just signed. he will take a few of your questions and respectfully i ask that you keep your questions for him on the topic of the executive orders. don't worry, i will come back and answer all the rest of your pressing questions as soon as he wraps up. i will turn it over to tom. >> thank you. thank you very much for your time. a couple things positive to report. about one hour ago president trump s