i will not read them, but briefly our moderator is gregory treverton of the national intelligence council. the council supports director clapper in his role as head of the intelligence committee -- intelligence community created in 1979 to serve as a bridge between intelligence and a source of deep substantive expertise on intelligence issues, and a facilitator of intelligence community collaboration and outreach. he served as a policy analyst and director of the center for global risk and at the -- global risk and security in the rand publication. he talked about reshaping national intelligence for an age of information. our distinguished panel includes david robards, the chief historian of the central intelligence agency, publishing classified and unclassified works on the reconnaissance -- on the cia reconnaissance aircraft and intelligence in the american revolution. erin mahan is the chief historian in the office for the secretary of state and the office for kennedy and the goal and western europe. stephen rudolph is the historian for department of state, and author of powerful and b

[applause] gregory treverton: thank you gregory treverton: thank you very much. next is stephen randolph, who has a wonderful title, the historian of the state department, although i think he is not the only historian. stephen: but i am in charge of all the rest. edit is the greatest gig ever. let me start by thanking the library for hosting this event ran for also their work in preserving the record of this remarkable administration we have been talking about today. i have been doing research into the nixon material for 15 years now. you never get enough. it is truly magnificent. as well i would like to thank the cia, joe, and all of the people who helped put this thether and run declassification process that are integral to this magnificent release, and i am proud to work with you guys and the core work of our office in publishing the foreign relations of the united states series, glad to reciprocate and play a supporting role in this event today. my research strategy and preparation for these remarks was to examine the material around key moments in nixon's ma

[applause] gregory treverton: thank you very much. next is stephen randolph, who has a wonderful title, the historian of the state department, but i don't think he is the only. stephen: but i am in charge of all the rest. let me start by thanking the library for hosting this event that also the work and preserving the record of this remarkable administration we have been talking about today. i have been dealing with nixon material for 15 years now. you never get enough. it is truly magnificent. i would like to thank the cia, joe, and all of the people who helped put this together and ran the declassification process that are integral to this magnificent release, and i am inud to work with you guys publishing the foreign relations of the united states series, glad to reciprocate and play a supporting role in this event today. my research strategy and preparation for these remarks was to examine the material around key moments in nixon's management of the vietnam war, and to see where the documents took me, to see what the hysteria grap

gregory treverton: thank you, david. [applause] next is erin mahan, historian of the secretary of defense. erin: good afternoon. i am honored to join this distinguished panel of historians. dr. robarge provided an excellent overview of how the pdb worked under nixon and ford. in my time, i would like to offer inspiration and insight with the pdb used in intelligence generated in the department of defense with the nixon administration. the former secretary of defense was there all four years during nixon's first term. he was only one of four recipients of the pdb outside of the white house. a career would arrive each morning to deliver the current pdb and pick up the previous day's edition. his senior military assistant, lieutenant general robert hursley, decided just describe the secretary's interest as browsing the reader's digest. the more erudite amongst [indiscernible] but given he became senior counsel for international affairs at readers digest upon leaving the pentagon in 1973, well, that suggests that personality