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Eleanor Hill talked about an inquiry into terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the lessons learned during the investigation. Among the topics she addressed were intelligence prior to …

Author Robert Mann discussed the political history of the Vietnam War and the politicians and policymakers who conducted it. David Shreve, scholar with the Miller Center of Public Affairs, c…

Ms. Beasley and Ms. Shulman talked about the reference book they co-edited, The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia, published by Greenwood Publishing Group. They were joined by Mr. Bon Tempo, wh…

In a speech titled, “The Greatest Upset in American Political History,” former Representative Kenneth Hechler talked about the 1948 presidential election, marking its fiftieth anniversary. H…

Author W. Dale Nelson talked about his book “The President is at Camp David.” The book talks about Camp David, its history, the various United States Presidents who have stayed there, and th…

Former Representative Robert Walker (R-PA) spoke about his twenty years in the House of Representatives and the impact of Republican control of Congress since 1995. He described the strategi…

Author Ward Just talked about the small level of interest, both by authors and readers, in novels set in Washington, D.C. He also commented on his latest such novel, Echo House. After his re…

Thomas Brazaitis and Eleanor Clift talked about their book, War Without Bloodshed: The Art of Politics. The book focuses on the careers of eight political figures as representatives of vario…

The authors of Toward the Millenium: The Elections of 1996, published by Allen & Bacon, talked about both the congressional and presidential elections of 1996. They discussed primaries, camp…

Participants briefed reporters on a recently completed study of the federal judicial selection process. They focused on the fairness and speed of the process among other issues. The Miller C…

The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy annually hosts the Virginia Festival of the Book. The panelists talked about the American presidency, the constitutional form of …