bush and his son george w. bush and it was confusing for george w. bush. george bush finally said i'm 41 and he's 43. brenly got so confusing they just said 41 and 43 as a way to distinguish them are. his chief of staff told me i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 once and president clinton had made his day. he told the staff oh my gosh. i'm pretty sure was 43 who called in that. he said now i'm a member of the family. >> president bush was reagan's vice president for eight years and there's a question here about they were adversaries and i'm not sure president bush ever thought he would be picked for vp but talk about how that relationship grew between the two of them. >> i should point out and i apologize it predates my book and it predates when i was in president bush's inner circle so i know the answer, i do just from being around for 25 years. president reagan wanted george bush to be his veep p. candidate in the 11th hour at the republican convention. historians among you will remember it was former president ford to encourage a man that

the george h.w. bush presidential library museum, years of experience at the national archives administration and the officer presidential library here. now the bush library museum, he was detailed to the bush white house and 92 to assist to the move of the bush presidential materials and has been there ever since. thank you for joining us today. >> good evening, great to see you. >> thank you for the kind introduction. also, i'd like to shout out to our partners in crime george and barbara bush foundation. my colleague from l.a. or alabama and then to the dean of the bush school and suffer the library has been so helpful here, it's a great organization we belong to. my first question, you kind of came to the bush office in a curious way. can you talk about you work for usa today did the diary can you talk about how that led to barbara bush hiring you on your staff? >> is an interesting road to the white house and the bush light, i knew a reporter at usa today in 1998 and 80 election and barbara bush

great portrait have george hw bush and his son george w. bush. and the artist who painted that portrait, and is kind of him accusing, georgia be bush setting by george w. bush and you need to post this way and george bush, i'm 41 and he is 43 and the artist said boy can't call you then and finally got so confusing that he said okay 41 and 43. and it the way to distinguish them. jean: he told me once, chief of staff actually told me that i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 months and that president clinton and made his day and he told his staff, oh my gosh, i'm pretty sure it was 43 who called him without any said he just called me 42 and. now i'm a member of the family. i thought that was very funny. warren: so president bush was bragg's vice president for eight years and is a question her about there were adversaries. and i'm not sure the president bush ever thought he would be picked for the vp. talk about how that relationship grew between the two of them. jean: i should point out and apologize, predates from when i was in presid

to president george bush's. this was a big problem because there's a lot of confusion about who you are talking about and it was a huge recommendation to my boss, number 41 was that he start using his initial because the 43rd president already went by george w. bush to distinguish himself from his father. my boss was urged to go by george h.w. bush and it irritated him so he did not want to start incorporating his middle name thank heavens for the brilliant man, i cannot remember now what is but it's in the book who came up with 41 and 43 and oh my gosh, president bush loved being called 41 and it was perfect. >> a great story about that, a great portrait of george h.w. bush and his son george w. bush the artist who painted the portrait. it was confusing george w. bush you need to post this way, george bush finally said i'm 41, he's 43 and he said i can't. prime it got so confusing the artist did 41 and 43 because it was the way to distinguish them. >> president clinton told me once, i think it was chief of staf

there's a great portrait of george h.w. bush and his son george george w.h, and artist that painted a portrait. it was kind of confusing though george w. bush post this way, george w. bush poses way. he said i-40 when he's 43. a gust of confusing the artist at heart he won, 43. it was the way to distinguish them. >> president clinton told me once, actual i think his chief of staff told me this, that i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 once and the president clinton, it made his day. he told his staff oh, my gosh, -- pretty sure it was 43 who called in that. he just called me 42. i'm now like a member of the family. which i thought was very funny. >> so president bush was reagan's vice president for eight years, and there's question here about, you know, they were adversaries and i'm not sure that president bush ever thought he would be picked for the vp, the talk a little bit about how that relationship grew between the two of them. >> well, i should point out, who have asked the question i apologize, that predates my book and it predates from

president george w.h came over, shook their hands, thanked them foror coming and then he dd give michelle obama a man to because that started during john mccain's funeral they sort of had this inside thing that was very sweet. >> both of them were breaking up at the opening of the african-american museum they were sitting next to each other just giggling. >> they were misbehaving. ethey had a great friendship which is wonderful. >> yeah, it is nice. if you've got a question you can type it into the chat at the end of the program. i will be happy to ask questions. one more thing. so, we've got this 41 locomotive union pacific that was given to us about ten or 15 years ago and just briefly tell the story president bush thought it would be a grand idea after the funeral in houston everyone could ride up on the train and have a sandwich. so talk a little bit about how you had to explain to him maybe he wouldn't be having a sandwich. >> i'm sort of embarrassed i put this in the book. president bush we would p

president george w. bush came over, shook all their hands, thanked them all for coming, and he did give michelle obama a mint because that started during john mccain's funeral. they sort of have this inside thing. and it's very sweet. >> well, and they were breaking, both of them were breaking with up at the opening of the african-american museum in d.c. i think they were sitting next to each other just giggling -- >> they were misbehaving. they have a great friendship, which is wonderful. >> yeah, it is nice. so it's, if you've got a question, you can type it into the chat, and then at the end of our program there's a period for questions. i'll be happy to ask jean one of your questions. i do, so one more thing. so we've got this big 41-41 locomotive thanks to union pacific that was given to us by union pacific for an exing hint we did about 10 or 15 years ago. and just briefly tell the story. president bush just thought it would be a grand idea that after the funeral in houston that everyone could ride

george was not well-traveled. washington not that the potomac was equal to the danube, the rhine all put together. like the potomac, but it's hardly equal to any one of those yet alone all of them. .. pittsburgh and so forth and so on so the potomac would then connect north and south as it was equidistant between the two and east and west and it served to unite the new capital city with the atlantic ocean and so on and so forth . that'swashington's vision . next >> in the constitution over the debate over the capital city, article 1, section eight, it agreed the capital city should be 10 miles square. it's 100 miles. what it means is this capital city almost laughably will be larger than paris, london, the great capitals of the world yet it would be built out of logs and wood. the question remains where these 10 miles square d. next slide. so the initial argument was new york city would serve as our interim. washington is inaugurated and it's supposed to be on march 4 1789. he's late, it's not until april 30 and m

george was not well traveled. washington thought that the potomac was equal to the sin, the thames, the danube, the rhine all put together. like the potomac but it's hardly equal but the potomac connected the community next to it, the future capital city with the chesapeake which meant access to the the atlantic. also the potomac flows westward. it would unite maryland, virginia, pennsylvania, and the roads from the edges of the tributaries of the potomac would run west into what is today the ohio territory, pittsburgh, and so forth and so on. so the potomac would then connect north and south as was equal distance between the two, connect east and west that would serve to function, it would serve to unite the new capital city with the atlantic ocean and so on and so forth. that's washington's vision. next. now, in the constitution over the debate, over the debate over the capital city, article 1, section 8 it agreed the capital city should be ten miles square. that's 100 miles. what it means is that this capital c

you had an answer except george washington.ington puts together ports known as a circular letter to the state, basically his farewell newspapers around the country print this letter and you can see the beginnings of washington's vision for a strong nation, a capitol city robust vigorous government we have. washington says we have a debt of honor and repay our veterans. we need a national governing body, we need more trade, positive relations abroad, we need peace and mostly we need to be united. this nation needs a sense of national identity. if you were to take a time machine, 1783 asked thomas jefferson about his summation, he would answer virginia. there wasn't a sense of national identity, not a capitol letter united states, a small q, the states so washington knew we needed to set unity, national pride, national debt. we need to come together as a nation, otherwise this will never happen. next slide so this country went from 1775, the start of the revolutionary war all the way until 1800. twenty-five years, a quarter of a

no one had an answer except george washington. so washington puts together what's known as a circular letter to the states. this is basically his farewell and newspapers around the country. this letter. you can see the beginnings of washington's vision for a strong nation and capital city and the kind of robust and vigorous government that we would have. washington says we all would debt of honor. we need to have a national governing body. we need positive relations abroad and we need peace and mostly we need to be a united. this nation needs a sense of national identity that if you were to pick a time machine of 1783 and asked thomas jefferson about his nation he would answer virginia. there was no sense of national identity in the united states. a small letter u. so washington knew we needed a sense of unity and a sense of national pride and national spirit. we need to come together as a nation otherwise this will never, ever happen. next slide. this country went from 1775 at the start of the revolutionary war all the way to 180

i'm here to talk about my latest book "george washington's final battle". the epic struggle of the capitol city and that nation so virtually any american schoolchild knows that george washington was heroic and stoic. he was a great and courageous commander of the battlefield and of course one of the greatest presidents through his every action and inaction, everything that he said, but it is a pretty much carved out the presidents for this presidency. but what we don't always know is that george washington had an upside to him, this is, he could be a visionary and a dreamer, and he also could be a critical player. at the same token, almost all americans have been to our capitol city, americans love the capitol city. it is spacious boulevard stand memorials and monuments, the majestic government buildings, the tree-lined mall, very few americans know the story about the capitol city of how it came to be an almost didn't come to be and that's why were here today to talk about it. so, our story begins the backdrop for our story begins in newburgh, new york. an

maybe he did really respect george and martha's privacy. does eventually give the bundle to tobias and i believe he brings them back to washinon. what is interesting and kind of cool, a glimpse into how people wrote letters, how they package up letter, elizabeth specifically notes she has a bundled them up with her own paper and three seals of her blessed friends arms that she herself uses. she makes sure washington knows that she seen the bundle but is not looked at the bundle. i think sadly there probably burned as well. although i do really love the parallel the fact the two letters that survive that we know of were found in a desk. and these were found in a desk. clearly they were not very good at taking their l letters out of desks. [laughter] so, all right. with this i am very happy that you were all able too join us today. kayla did you have any final things you wanted to say? >> this is great just want to thank again mount vernon, thank you sam. >> thank you. >> is great too collaborate. looking forward to seeing more of what your r

george was not well traveled.hington thought the potomac was equal to the seine, the thames, the danube, the rhine, all put together. i like the potomac but it's hardly equal to any one of those yet alone all of them. but the potomac connected the community next to it, the future capital city, with the chesapeake which meant access to the atlantic. rivers were important in the day of primitive transportation and rudimentary communication. also the potomac flows westward. it will unite maryland, virginia, pennsylvania. and the roads from the edges of the tributaries of the potomac would run west into what is today the ohio territory, pittsburgh and so forth and so on. so the potomac within connect north and south as it was equal distance between the two, and east and west that would serve to function and serve to unite the new capital city with the atlantic ocean, and so on and so forth. that's washington's vision. next. now in the constitution, over the debate, over the debate of the capital city, article 1, secti

it gives another clemson to martha and george's marriage, but also into elizabeth and george's friendship and they do continue to correspond up until the last year of georgia's life. he goes back to philadelphia once more and they they have tea together. they have dinner together. she helps him get a couple of gifts for for martha and then for his newest great granddaughter and then they unfortunately don't get to see each other again after the end of 1798 and george washington passes away and then a chapter of life closes, but but she led quite a life with washington as a friend. so i do have a final final little anecdote and kayla. did you want to add anything to that or i'm just gonna comment that i mean, i think it's kind of endearing that she's almost teasing him about these love letters and yeah, really interesting. so a while she can write this very series 8-page letter about how you know the fate of the new nation relies on his decision. she can also like, you know on the other side of the coin say, you know, just spoke at him a little bit and tease him and i think it's really you

so of course george washington hadn't won at saratoga. in fact, he had basically lost at the battles of brandywine and germantown outside of philadelphia earlier that fall or the same time period. so at that point, gates is getting all the rave success, which he didn't deserve. it should be skyler's, arnold's koes kush goes, but gates will take the fame. the rivals include benjamin rush and many other powerful people like john adams. rush says i think that they're actually ruled by generals green, general knox and colonel hamilton. why do i want to mention the three of them? look at how hamilton is only a 20-year-old aide and he's already seen as influential as two senior generals in the american revolution. that says a lot about alexander hamilton's leadership ability and the confidence that washington placed upon him. we all know the general story of valley forge. here is washington's headquarters at valley forge. it's the isaac pots who was a wealthy quaker who lived in philadelphia most of the time. this is his summer house. so it onl

george washington hadn't won it saratoga. he basically lost at the battle of germantown outside philadelphia earlier that fall in the same time period. at that point, gates is getting all of the rave success which he did not deserve by the way. it should be stivers, arnold's, chris goes, morgan's. but gates will take the fame. the rivals, the critics from washington, include dr. benjamin russia, the famous doctor outside to philadelphia. and many other powerful people like john adams. and these three individuals are seen as the three who have the ear of washington. and rush says that i think they're actually ruled by generals green, and colonel hamilton. why do i want to mention the three of them look at him being just a 20-year-old, eight he's already seen as influential as to senior generals in the american revolution. that says a lot about alexander hamilton's leadership ability and the confidence that washington placed upon him. we all know the journal story of valley forge. here is washington's headquarters at valley for

i would say go ahead with george. just said that in a way, right way characterize their democracy. democracy is when the right democrats, when elections, if possible, honestly, if not possible, not very want to say, but we must have the right people in power idea logically right people. this is not, maybe not the best managers look at the form that ryan in the european commission, not, not the most professional. no, just the ones who are, i guess, logically your. they allowed america to be when several elections. why? because she was a logically bure. when the trunk won't be election that in the united states have your salon or, you know, the former, the secretary general of nato said if trump will not be the lead on the western world. medical i'll go america will be the lead on the west and what we show you that these, these i told you out to liberalism, it's not pro american, it's not pro bridges. it's actually international just in a bad sense. you know, if you follow guys move into the night of states, then our gu

correct me if i'm wrong, george. i thought there was a select committee going on in congress, defined, become to some conclusions. i thought there were other investigations to come to conclusion where the president of the united states already has a conclusion. how that out very good point. yes. there's be the select committee. there's also been other committees that have been investigating and events of genuine state. and of course, there are $560.00 people who have been charged with the events of january, the 6th of these trial, ongoing and a likely to last month and months. if not years after direct, but nobody was up to read the list. mccarthyism started, of course, before the by the ministration. it started at the time donald trump was inaugurated as president. that mccarthyism was pretty explicitly like the old mac up, which is it accused from the people around from a b ages of the kremlin. that was it was, that's ages of the granite and it was worse even than the old because these are because at least the old

so enter george washington. hampton vice for problems is that remarkable to me it should've been ben franklin. it should have been john adams, thomas jefferson we had some remarkable renaissance men. well educated well-traveled, extraordinary intellects. it was not then that identified these problems and came up with the solution was a one man among them who is not well-traveled well educated. one trip abroad spent in barbados. the ability to think outside the box. here for the proms a focus on in the book. number one the government was not going to endure. as soon as the revolutionary war was ending and the headquarters in newburgh along the hudson in new york that newburgh conspiracy as david noted and fleshes out in his book their efforts to remove washington. washington's rea the third problem he identifies is in his ear. we are an upstart a republican area monarchs and of course the image of americans running around the wild wearing bearskin and raccoon hats. how do we conduct treaties and how do we have al

george, george, you're in budapest now. i lived in eastern europe in the 1980s. i lived in poland. i visited hungry. they were, they were run by a party dictatorship. so. okay. so you're in. you're in budapest right now. so you know everyone's waiting with baited breath. george, are you living in a dictatorship maker? police is just outside the door, but everything is fine. you know, of course, that was very, you know, there is a press, i mean, oh, you know, or by the size limit, it's the notion that somehow people are terrified of criticizing or, but it's just simply isn't true. and it's very funny that on the one hand, you know, is a dictator that you know, don't tell it's erin saw. 1 go whatever it wasn't biting cold in the same time. yea election next year or bond might be beaten. well, how do you compatible if this is a fascist dictatorship or you know or by might be defeated in the next election? i mean, they say the same thing about boot and open style in there and dictates a yay the last in these elections in moscow. i mean, of course, it is not a dictatorship. no one who's

now we go back to this 1801 map and i marked this particular location, that's where the george walker bought his. he wanted to build a hotel near the capitol so he bought three lots there you can see by 1801 street was in his lot but he built the building and was known originally as walker's hotel. he opened in 1796, much earlier than the other things we talked about generally the comment was made when i opened in the newspaper that at least walker's hotel had a roof on it which many of the other buildings didn't in the past. capitol hill tavern was particularly noted the quiet sansone declaration on the front of it there was a little more declaration than a lot of the links being put up at the time the same sandstone used at the capitol and the white house. later on this location was advertised as the capitol hill tavern at first it had dining and meeting rooms, stables so it was for travelers, kind of like a boardinghouse and even had recreation advertised shuffleboard in an l.a. for bowling. the hotel was run at first by a woman named elizabeth but george walker sold the building t

george washington is the guy we reek nice as george washington and i think he is. and then look at specific episodes in his mature career where he demonstrates the political tall lenz he developed and -- talent he developed and a quick overshoe i focus on seven months at valley forge, the army was a bit risk of unraveling. he needed to build bridges to congress, make that work. needed to repel an effort to replace him as commander in chief. actually a bureaucratic maneuver to get him out, and it turned out that he was a pretty good -- pretty good at political knife fight and was able to survive that cleanly. the second period i look at is the transition to peace time. his resignation with the army is a huge moment, creates again -- reinforces the notion he is man that can be trusts and dust lust after power and in the. of period of drift in 1780s, the arms of con federation, it is washington's reputation and i think talents that end up bringing the country together in the constitutional convention and ratification of the constitution. as president there's two episo

george, are you living in a dictatorship? bigger police is just outside the door, but everything is fine. though, of course, that was larry, you're over there is a press i'm, you know, you know, or by this criticise. it's the notion that somehow people are terrified of criticizing or. busy but it's just simply isn't true and it's very funny that on the one hand, you know, is a dictator. totality or in fargo. 1 whatever it wasn't biting cold in the same time, yea election next year or bond might be beaten. well, how do you compatible if this is a fascist dictatorship or you know or might be defeated in the next election? i mean, they say the same thing about book and open style in there and dictates a yay the last in these elections in moscow. i mean, you know, the over the, it goes, it is not a dictatorship. no one who's afraid of the express use. if you live and bought up, most people here hated. i mean, you know, to, as, as with most metropolitan citizen in the world tend to be very liberal. and everyone is free, free to sp

george, are you living in a dictatorship? most the police is just outside the door, but everything is fine. though, of course that was very, you know, there is a breath. i mean, you know, or body is criticized when it's the notion that somehow people are terrified of criticizing or, but it's just simply isn't true. and it's very funny that on the one hand, you know, online is a dictator that you. busy know, don't tell it's erin fargo was a bite and told him the same time yea, election next year or above might be beaten. well, how do you compatible if this is a fascist dictatorship or you know or by might be defeated the next election? i mean, they say the same thing about get open style in there and say, yea, the last in these elections in moscow. i mean, it's all over the course. it is not a day to ship. i love no one who's afraid of the express use. if you live and bought up, as most people here hated, i mean, you know, to, as, as with most metropolitan citizen in the world never tend to be very liberal. and everyone is, yo

george, it is a simple as that. and we've seen facebook, twitter, google, the most powerful corporations of the world. they can pretty much control all the flow of information on the world, working hand in glove with government, particularly with the democratic body in order to crush political this then and crush their opponents. so it's not just donald trump and the people who donald trump, the borders to be kicked off these platforms so that they don't get a voice. it's also people who have their own views on vaccines. robert f. kennedy junior. he, he felt concerned. they were trumps of all that he's been thrown off, know me, will kicked off. you know, we have the wrong, the wrong views on the vaccine you're out. you know, the most most well known public intellectual. if you agree or disagree with her, i mean my household name if you read books. ok, great. but what is interesting to me is that when they talk about democracy in truth and all these other high pollutant things, is that it's all those things only for

washington.t george .ashington: the politica fascinating account of how washington became the single most dominant force in the creation of the united states of america. david o. stewart l is a best-selling writer of history, of historical fiction, exploring topics such as the constitutionalgt convention, the gifts of james madison, aaron burr in the impeachment trial of president andrew johnson. he has won the washington best bookard for comes a history prize of the society of the cincinnati, and the prescott award of the national society of colonial days of america. "george washington's final battn delves into washington's involvement in the establishment of the capital city and describes how the process nearly tore our young and vulnerable country apart. robert p. watson is professor,, historian and author with over 40 published books and hundreds of scholarly articles. he has served as a visiting scholar at many historic sites including presidential libraries, museums, and universities, and was in and

that's the lot george walker bought. he wanted to build a hotel near the capitol. so he bought three lots there. you can see by 1801 the street is in front of his lot but he has built his building was known originally as walker's hotel. he opened in 1796 this is a much earlier than the other things we have talked about generally. in the comment was made when it opened in the newspaper that at least walker's hotel had a roof on it which the capitol didn't. many of the other did not either in the past. the tavern was particularly noted to the sandstone decoration on the front of it. that was a little more decoration than a lot of buildings being put up at the time. it is the same sandstone to construct the capitol and the white house relator on this advertises a capitol hill tavern. at first it had dining and meeting rooms and staplers it was for travelers unlike a boardinghouse. it even had recreation. by a woman named elizabeth leslie but george walker had sold the building in october of 1800. probably by the time the map was done. apparently he had trouble keeping

george washington's final battle, "george washington's final battle," the epic struggle to build the capitol city in the nation by robert p-letter watson delved into washington's involvement in the establishment of the capitol city and describes how the process nearly tore are young and vulnerable country apart. robert p-letter washington is a professor historian and author with over 400 published books ad hundreds of scholarly articles. he has served as a visiting at many historic sites including presidential libraries, museums and universities and wasn't nbc and for many years. several of his books, has won awards including the nancy titanic, the ghost ship a brooklyn an untold story of the american revolution and america's first crisis. well, david andl robert. >> that i would start first. the story try to tell it was intriguing to me because i became aware of something a lot of people know is that washington won election as it is life from elected to the armenian president of constitutional convention elected present twice of course. but the kicker was that he was elected unanimo

ind my pride way with george friedman, geopolitical -- i end my friday with george friedman.th us. lisa abramowicz preparing for the 9:00. george, thank you for being with us. there is a sentence in your essay. last century we were at war 17% of the time. what went wrong? george: we started to go to work 21% of the time. we were hit by al qaeda. we went into afghanistan on a raid to capture al qaeda. we failed at that and they escaped. then we did not know what to do. we did what we do know how to do, we sit troops in and tried to create a different country. afghanistan is afghanistan. it has been that way for a long time. in the end we spent a generation there. 20 years. we've got nowhere in terms of pacifying the country. it is time to leave. when you leave a war, it looks ugly. more ugly than most, but it looked ugly. tom: i thought of you about four or five days ago, 19 56 and the hungarian revolution. you lived, get out of dodge, get out of the country. how do you see the united states assisting afghans who say -- the taliban want out of afghanistan. how do we get them o

in 1867 the building was sold to george brown who is sgt at arms at the senate. he turned into boarding houses. this is a photograph of a stereo card that is white so fuzzy. but on the right there with a green arrow you can see the statue of george washington were going to talk about in a moment. this a building with the blue arrow is the reconstituted old brick capitol it made into some nice-looking boarding houses there. i have never seen this photograph before. i realize they are in background is the old brick capitol reconstituted as boarding houses. it's really quite attractive. the building looked like before. by 19209 congress had purchased these boarding houses and tore them down for the construction of the supreme court. they had been used as the headquarters of the women's suffrage campaign. they are associates associated with that at the end of the life of the building. now were going to talk about the statute. here you can see this is lincoln's inauguration. again the blue arrow shows you where the statue was at that point. the statue was designed for

and the george mcgovern library. and then as a visiting scholar with many organization including the truman presidential library the ford museum, the holocaust museum in us military academy at west point so now let's hear from robert watson. thank you for joining us today. >> i'm here to talk about my latest book george washington's final battle. so virtually ever any schoolchild knows that washington was a relic and stoic and great courageous demand are on the battlefield and through every action and inaction everything he said it didn't say carved out the precedents for the presidency. and then as a visionary and dreamer and a political player. and those that have been to the capital city americans love their capital city it is spacious grand boulevard with memorials and monuments. to the tree-lined. but very few americans know the story of how the capital city came to be and almost didn't. that's why we're here today to talk about it. the story begins as a backdrop in newburgh new york along the edge of the hudson

he had george washington, he's the guy we recognize as george washington and i think he is . and then look at the specific episodes in a mature career where he demonstrates the vertical talents that he's developed and just a quick overview, i focused on his seven months at valleyforge . went really the army was at risk of unraveling. he needed to build upgrade to congress and make that work. he needed to repel an effort to replace him as commander-in-chief. there was a bureaucratic maneuver to get him out. and it turned out he was a pretty good at the political knife fight. he was able to survive that cleanly. the second period i looked at is the transition topeacetime . his resignation is a huge moment. it creates again, reinforces the notion that he's a man who can be trusted. he doesn't lust after power and in a period of drift in the 1780s the articles of confederation, it is washington's reputation and i think talents that end up bringing the country together in the constitutional convention and ratificationof the constitution . as president, there are 2 episodes i look

you would want george meade to command the army.y of us have heard a variation of that but on a personal level meade and sickles are just two very different people sickles is a womanizer atrophy is a hard drinker as he is portrayed but sickles is the guy who comes out of tammany hall new york was to have a good time but by most accounts meade is a solid , reliable devoted family man of course we know a west point graduate if you've ever read means correspondent sound of is published some has been sanitized so get to philadelphia when you can see the unpublished stuff but i see the guy whose responsibility to wait on him his career and how to provide for his family they always say on my tours that is why he is 47 years old so these parties and a social events that every officer at that party was at that party tonight. and such gentlemen and stand sickles and butterfield are not the persons i should select as my intimates. not that time joe hooker is the rising star in the army so it's no surprise that he is connected to hooker that i

president biden one-on-one with george stephanopoulos. the president said just weeks ago, a taliban takeover was highly unlikely. so, was the intelligence wrong or did the president downplay it? how the president responds. did u.s. military leaders suggest keeping some sort of a footprint on the ground? and if the u.s. doesn't complete its evacuations by the august 31st deadline, will troops stay to get americans out? and what about the thousands of afghans who helped the u.s.? >>> all of this amid the reality on the ground tonight. our team and what they witnessed just outside the kabul airport. fear and chaos. gunfire believed from the taliban, beatings in the streets, contradicting the taliban's promise of an orderly transition. tens of thousands of afghan men, women and children desperate now to board planes, caught in the middle. the pentagon said it was planning to get up to 9,000 people out of afghanistan a day, but just 2,000 in the last 24 hours. tonight here, the defense secretary is pressed, can he asure safe passage for americ

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george doesn't happen in a vacuum. this is a thing that's been building up and obviously comes to a kind of a spectacular clash here at gettysburg. so i'm going to pause for a minute. hopefully some of you can see this. i would more than anything characterize the mead sickles communication breakdown on july 2nd. i would characterize that as a failure to communicate more than anything and some you know, again some historians will say no sickles got direct orders, and he just violated them because you know, he didn't like me the reason new yorker or he wanted to do or he's a president, you know, all the school this kind of stuff. i think if you break it down first of all clear indirect orders the orders that sickles received as far as where to places troops on july 2nd were verbal as far as we know they were verbal orders, you know that always carries a risk of being miscarried but also for us as historians too, you know, we don't have we don't have orders sitting in an archives somewhere that we can kind of go and and l

seeing this as the former george washington, washington was a very innovative farmer.g fish farming and trying to grow things that shouldn't grow in the poor soil in the virginia region. washington was very innovative and creative, ordering you farming technology and books on seed, everything from architecture to primary and was always trying to improvea himself. i think the ultimate view of washington'she passion, vision d creativity, his political talents all comes together in what? forging a capitol city and that's where you see him put his politicalou stock, he puts it on the table and uses his gifts, he is a visionary looking at a brand-new form of a capitol so the backdrop for the story of the capitol, you can see it after the war. now what? i found this. in newspapers and stories writers say something like have we really fought for this? it took from 77 -- 81 to even get ratified. once branch of government and holy ineffective. the lawyers and the educated, what did we have left? we couldn't pay our veterans, we couldn't s feel standing army or pay back our debt