vice president dick cheney and former deputy cheney and former deputy assistant secretary of state liz cheney discuss the book "exceptional" which looks at america's foreign policy and national security. [applause] please be seated. >> well, good evening to all. my name is john heubusch. i the only thing the executive director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation, i want to thank each and every one of you for coming out of this evening. if you would end on of our men and women in uniform who serve our cause around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands: one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thanks. please be seated. now play ball. before we get started tonight i'd like to recognize one person in particular in the audience. his name is ben sutton and he is one of our board of trustees members at the foundation. thanks for coming. [applause] no matter how practiced one might feel they are at introducing a famous or important p

his most recent bestseller the wright brothers and then we will wrap up the evening with dick and liz cheney talking about exceptional, why the world needs a powerful america. that's coming up tonight on booktv in prime-time. here is eric larson with his best-selling book about the sinking of the lusitania. >> welcome everyone to the 31st annual "chicago tribune" printers row with us. my name is tom for scholars. before we get started a quick thank you to our sponsor. as i mentioned earlier today's program is being aired live on c-span2 spoke tv. at the end of the presentation we are going to take some questions from the audience so when the time is right please line up right here by the microphones so that her home viewing audience can hear your questions. you can keep the spirit of lit fest going all year round with a subscription to the printers row journal. that's the tribune's premium books section fiction series and membership program that also please download the trip books app for more info on the lit fest as well as access to our digital bookstore. lastly the lit fest encourages eve

that is because tonight, we are in the presence of another true american hero, vice president cheney and liz, welcome to the reagan library. [applause]. here is another more modern definition, one that i i know about the family and millions of people in this country will easily embrace. hero, a man of distinguished ability for his brave deeds and noble quality. i like that. in all honesty, it does not to demand justice. how do you find someone who has quite literally dedicated his entire life to his country? someone who has served five presidents and in the process has selflessly come to the aid of our country great crisis. if any of your accounting, that is for presidents i've listed, not, not by that i previously noted. the fifth vice president cheney served with great honor, perhaps not directly, but surly with great honor, without hesitation, was ronald reagan. first is a foot soldier during his time in congress, then then as a member of the intelligence committee and represented of dick cheney of wyoming was a critical player on capitol hill who help make president reagan's legislative

me in welcoming to the stage vice president dick cheney and former assistant secretary of state liz cheney. >> thank you. thank you very much. it's a real joy and an honor for us to be able to be back at the reagan library and as john mentioned, the whole concept of american exceptionalism is one that president reagan wouldn't have even questioned and in many ways we were very inspired by president reagan, by the things he did and said both during his presidency and before and his notion that it was critically important that the united states lead the world, is understanding that without us there was no one to defend us. his rejections of ideas of moral equivalence were at the forefront and you will see when you buy our book which i hope you will do, that we open the book with that quote that leads the whole thing is by president ronald reagan. on march 23 of 1983, he said it is up to us in our time to choose and choose wisely between the hard and necessary task of reserving peace and freedom and the temptation to ignore our duties and blindly hope for the best while the enemies of freedom

i just want to thank the cheney's for being a great conservative leavening here in laramie. we need that here as you know. i am also hoping liz will run. host: gordon, you live in laramie, what part of state is laramie, wyoming in? >> caller: southeast wyoming, we are west of cheyenne. host: are you a native of laramie? >> caller: know i'm not i'm in next greeny and i have been here since 1996. wyoming reminds me of colorado when i was a kid back in the 50s. i love it here. guest: thank you for your kind words about liz. she she is a good one and gosh she has so much to contribute in the years ahead. >> caller: i hope she, i would vote for her for president in a heartbeat. guest: thank you. i would too. >> caller: you bet. you said said you like thrillers, i was wondering if you ever read nevada bar? i don't care for her politics but she read some good thrillers. guest: i will try it. i haven't read it but i will try. i like mr. box who is a native of wyoming who writes thrillers. or at least he is in wyoming. host: lynn cheney, your first first two books were novels, why? guest: in those days,, it was much more practical. in

but my maiden claim is cheney, but it's c-h-a -- >> guest: ah, so no question about how to say that one. >> caller: no. i'm so looking forward also to reading your husband and liz'sd to ask you i have a 4-year-old granddaughter, and which book of yours for chirp would be more -- for children would be more appropriate for her age level? >> guest: oh. well, i'm not sure it's age level, but whenever i'm going to give a first children's book to a girl, i give "a is for abigail." it's just a perfect gift for a little girl. what's her name? >> host: diane, you still with us? >> caller: yes. >> host: what's her name? >> caller: her name is bella. >> guest: then you buy a is for abigail, and inside the page you say, and b is for bela. and she will love it her whole life. >> caller: yeah, because she can spell her name real well. thank you so much. it's a joy to have this program. >> host: that's diane in mission viejo, and next up is david in cape coral, florida. wow. cape coral, florida billion. hi, david, sorry about that. >> caller: hi. hi, mrs. cheney. >> guest: hi. >> caller: i just called to express, i always wanted to tell somebody how grateful we were that your h

vice president dick cheney and former deputy cheney and former deputy assistant secretary of state liz cheney discuss the book "exceptional" which looks at america's foreign policy and national security. [applause]