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    The Destructionists - The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party

    Washington Post opinion columnist Dana Milbank offered his thoughts on the evolution of the conservative movement. The Woman’s National Democratic Club in Washington, D.C., hosted this progr…

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    Sons of Wichita

    Daniel Schulman talked about his book, Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty, in which he takes a critical look at billionaires David and …

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    Pakistan Elections

    Nuchhi Currier recounted her experiences being in Pakistan to witnesses the election of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the first democratic transfer of power since the country’s independenc…

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    Working with Sharks

    Fouzia Saeed talked about her book, Working with Sharks: A Pakistani Woman’s Story of Sexual Harassment in the United Nations - From Personal Grievance to Public Law, in which she chronicles…

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    Representative Jim McGovern on Congressional Agenda

    Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) talked about his congressional agenda at the Woman’s National Democratic Club. In his speech he focused on his anti-poverty efforts. After his prepared rem…

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    Women and the 2012 Election

    Marcia Greenberger, founder and co-president of the National Women’s Law Center talked about the role of women in the 2012 election. Among the topics addressed were education and employment,…

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    Einstein: His Life and Universe

    Historian Walter Isaacson talked about his book, Einstein: His Life and Universe, published by Simon and Schuster. He described the life of scientist Albert Einstein whose theories in the fi…

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    Joe Biden

    Jules Witcover, former columnist for the Baltimore Sun, presents a biography of Vice President Joe Biden. Mr.Witcover discussed his book at the Woman’s National Democratic Club luncheon in W…

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    The First World War

    Mr. Strachan talked about his book, The First World War, published by Viking Press. In the book, the author argues that the war was a global one even before the United States formally entere…

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    Forces of Fortune

    Vali Nasr, senior advisor to Richard Holbrooke, special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, talked about his latest book which looks at the growth of the Muslim middle class in the Middle Ea…

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    Lisa P. Jackson Remarks

    Lisa P. Jackson delivered talked about Environmental Protection Agency priorities and her experience since taking over the agency. Among the issues she addressed were revisions made to Bush …

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    Barack Obama's America

    John Kenneth White talked about his book Barack Obama’s America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family and Religion Ended the Reagan Era (University of Michigan Press; August 4, 2009). In his …

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    No Sense of Decency

    Robert Shogan talked about his book No Sense of Decency: The Army-McCarthy Hearings - A Demagogue Falls and Television Takes Charge of American Politics (Ivan R. Dee, Publisher; February 25,…

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    They Made America

    Mr. Evans talked about his book They Made America: Two Centuries of Innovators from the Steam Engine to the Search Engine, published by Little, Brown. The book features 70 of America’s promi…

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    Michelle

    Liza Mundy talked about Michelle Obama’s childhood on Chicago’s south side, her academic pursuits at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, her professional career, and her relationshi…

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    First Families: The Impact of the White House

    Bonnie Angelo talked about her book First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives, published by William Morrow. The author tells the story of the wives and children of the pr…

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    Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography

    Dr. Peter Bourne spoke about his book, Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Post-Presidency. Dr. Bourne, a psychiatrist, served as a special assistant in the Carter White H…

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    Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America

    Karenna Gore Schiff was interviewed by her mother, Tipper Gore, about her book Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America, published by Miramax Books. The book is about the liv…

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    Reminiscences of a Democratic Volunteer

    Lady Bird Johnson reflects on her life as a Democrat on the 25th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s inauguration. She spoke about the environmental work she had done since leaving the White Hou…

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    Elizabeth and Mary

    Author Jane Dunn talked about her book, Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens, published by Knopf. The book is a dual biography of sixteenth-century Queens Elizabeth I of England, and…

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