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Washington Journal Summary Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:00-7:30 Question/Newspaper Articles/Phones/Phoner 7:05 On the Phone Phoner ADRIEL BETTELHEIM CQPolitics.com White House Reporter cqpolitics.com Topic: An update on the health care debate. 7:30-8:00 PHIL KERPEN Americans for Prosperity Vice President for Policy afphq.org Topic: Americans for Prosperity's opposition to efforts by House Democrats to pass health care legislation. 8:00-8:30 REP. ROBERT ANDREWS D-New Jersey, Education & Labor Subcmte. on Health - Chair house.gov/andrews Topic: Where Democrats stand today with support for the health care bill . 8:30-9:00 KEN CUCCINELLI Virginia Attorney General Topic: A discussion about Virginia's & Idaho’s efforts to block the health insurance mandate included in the health care bill. Some experts say that states cannot overrule the federal statutes. 9:00 U.S HOUSE COMES IN HOST: Pedro Echevarria
Federal Bureau of Investigation 2011 Budget
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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2011 Federal Bureau of Investigation budget. Director Mueller testified about funding requests for various programs, proposed improvements in national security and intelligence, challenges facing law enforcement officers, and information management at the bureau.
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the fiscal 2011 budget request for the operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In his testimony General Petraeus addressed a number of issues including Iranian nuclear development, security threats in Afghanistan and Iraq, tensions in the Middle East, and al-Qaida operations in Yemen. He also said that "the time had come" tor re-evaluate the military's bar on service by openly gay and lesbian personnel.
Presidential Remarks on Health Care Reform
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President Obama talked about the health care reform debate over the past 16 months and what is included in the health care bill. He equated the upcoming vote on the bill with Civil Rights, Social Security, and Medicare, and in his remarks said, "The time for reform is now."
House Speaker News Conference
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her weekly legislative briefing to the press, which was entirely devoted to the health care bill. She said she believes the Democrats have enough for passage of the bill and is confident that the Senate can pass the reconciliation bill.
House Minority Leader Weekly Briefing
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House Minority Leader John Boehner held his weekly legislative briefing, which focused on the health care bill. He warned Democrats that the bill will not become more popular with voters after its passage and also criticized Democratic leadership for considering the use of procedures that could avoid a straight up-or-down vote on the Senate bill in the House.
House Rules Committee will meet to consider a rule for House consideration of the budget reconciliation/health revision package. Agenda · HR 4872 — Reconciliation Act of 2010 · HR 3590 — Senate Leadership's Health Care Overhaul The House Rules Committee met to debate rules for the health care bill.
Working in the Shadows
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A journalist goes undercover in several menial labor jobs in different parts of the country to experience (and tell the tale) of undocumented workers. He argues that to sustain the lifestyle of cheap food and delivery services, a underworld of below-minimum-wage, exploitation of workers must exist. The event is in Tempe, Arizona.
Drug War Zone
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Howard Campbell talked about his book Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez (University of Texas Press; October 15, 2009). For this book about the drug war taking place in the border towns of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico, Professor Campbell collected testimonies from drug traffickers and law enforcement officials. He responded to questions from members of the audience.
Regnery Publishing Interview
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Marji Ross talked about the latest releases from Regnery Publishing such as Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack by Marc A. Thiessen as well as the continuation of "The Politically Incorrect Guide" series and the launch of "The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide" series. She also talked about authors Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter and Regnery's parent company, Eagle Publishing. She was interviewed at the Conservative Political Action Conference held February 18-20, 2010, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
My Dream of Stars
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The former space station astronaut talks of her time in space and the pursuit of commercial space travel in the age of NASA budget cuts. The event is at Legacy Books in Plano, Texas.
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
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Samuel Fleischacker and Russell Roberts talked about The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Topics included his historic importance in the social sciences and impact of his work. Professor Fleischacker participated by remote link from Chicago. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Adam Smith (1723-1790), a philosopher and economist, published Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776. "The invisible hand of the market," the term economists use to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace, is a metaphor first used by Adam Smith in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). Samuel Fleischacker is a philosophy professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of several books, including A Third Concept of Liberty: Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam Smith and On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A Political Companion. Russell Roberts is a economics professor at George Mason University as well as a research fellow a the Hoover Institution. He is also a founding advisory board member for the Library of Economics and Liberty. He is the author of numerous books, including The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity.
Joseph Pulitzer and Rupert Murdoch
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James McGrath Morris and Michael Wolff discussed the professional and private lives of Joseph Pulitzer and Rupert Murdoch. The authors examined the differences and similarities between the two media heads, the way each changed journalism in their respective eras, and the great transformations in the media that occurred in the late nineteenth-century and the early twenty-first century. James McGrath Morris and Michael Wolff presented their books at the Strand Bookstore in New York City.
This program contains language that some may find offensive.Drug War Zone
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Howard Campbell talked about his book Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez (University of Texas Press; October 15, 2009). For this book about the drug war taking place in the border towns of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico, Professor Campbell collected testimonies from drug traffickers and law enforcement officials. He responded to questions from members of the audience.
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
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Samuel Fleischacker and Russell Roberts talked about The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Topics included his historic importance in the social sciences and impact of his work. Professor Fleischacker participated by remote link from Chicago. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Adam Smith (1723-1790), a philosopher and economist, published Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776. "The invisible hand of the market," the term economists use to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace, is a metaphor first used by Adam Smith in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). Samuel Fleischacker is a philosophy professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of several books, including A Third Concept of Liberty: Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam Smith and On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A Political Companion. Russell Roberts is a economics professor at George Mason University as well as a research fellow a the Hoover Institution. He is also a founding advisory board member for the Library of Economics and Liberty. He is the author of numerous books, including The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity.
The Shadows of Youth
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Historian Andrew Lewis presents a history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the groups centrality in the advancement of civil rights and profiles several of its key members, including Julian Bond, John Lewis, Marion Barry, and Diane Nash. Mr. Lewis follows many of SNCC's members from their early activist efforts to their later careers in politics. Andrew Lewis discusses his book at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia.
Three Days Before the Shooting...
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Adam Bradley, associate English professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder and John Callahan, literary executor of the estate of Ralph Elison present Ralph Ellison's posthumous second novel, which is derived from over three thousand pages that the author left following his death in 1994. Ralph Ellison, the author of Invisible Man, never published another novel during his lifetime and worked on his follow-up book for forty years. Adam Bradley and Jim Callahan discuss Ellison's efforts to complete his second novel at McNally Jackson Books in New York City.
Three Days Before the Shooting...
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Adam Bradley, associate English professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder and John Callahan, literary executor of the estate of Ralph Elison present Ralph Ellison's posthumous second novel, which is derived from over three thousand pages that the author left following his death in 1994. Ralph Ellison, the author of Invisible Man, never published another novel during his lifetime and worked on his follow-up book for forty years. Adam Bradley and Jim Callahan discuss Ellison's efforts to complete his second novel at McNally Jackson Books in New York City.
Encore Booknotes: Midge Decter "An Old Wife's Tale"
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Seeds of Terror
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Gretchen Peters talked about her book Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda (Thomas Dunne Books; May 12, 2009). She read passages from her book and talked about the role of narco-trafficking, specifically opium, financing the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. She argued that the Taliban are more criminals than ideological warriors and that economic alternatives must be created if the current situation in Afghanistan is to change. After her presentation, which included slides, she answered questions from members of the audience. Gretchen Peters was an Afghanistan correspondent for the Associated Press and ABC News.
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
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The authors examined the enthusiasm of blacks for achieving a post racial America in the era of Barack Obama - and the progress toward that goal at the end of his first year in office. The event was in Washington, D.C.
Hollywood on the Potomac
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Jason Killian Meath talked about his book Hollywood on the Potomac (Arcadia Publishing (August 24, 2009). In his book he talks about the relationship between presidents and celebrities. Several photographs were displayed. He was interviewed at the 32nd Annual National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, a fundraiser for the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library held Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
My Dream of Stars
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The former space station astronaut talks of her time in space and the pursuit of commercial space travel in the age of NASA budget cuts. The event is at Legacy Books in Plano, Texas.
How Capitalism Will Save Us
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Steve Forbes argues that while the current economic crisis has left many Americans questioning the value of capitalism, it's still the best system to get us out of it and lead us to prosperity. This talk was hosted by the Manhattan Institute in New York City.
After Words with Diane Ravitch
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Former Assistant Secretary of Education and Brookings Institution fellow analyzes what she calls the death of the American school system through too much testing. She speaks with Washington Post education reporter Valerie Strauss.
Working in the Shadows
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A journalist goes undercover in several menial labor jobs in different parts of the country to experience (and tell the tale) of undocumented workers. He argues that to sustain the lifestyle of cheap food and delivery services, a underworld of below-minimum-wage, exploitation of workers must exist. The event is in Tempe, Arizona.
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
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Samuel Fleischacker and Russell Roberts talked about The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Topics included his historic importance in the social sciences and impact of his work. Professor Fleischacker participated by remote link from Chicago. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Adam Smith (1723-1790), a philosopher and economist, published Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776. "The invisible hand of the market," the term economists use to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace, is a metaphor first used by Adam Smith in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). Samuel Fleischacker is a philosophy professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of several books, including A Third Concept of Liberty: Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam Smith and On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A Political Companion. Russell Roberts is a economics professor at George Mason University as well as a research fellow a the Hoover Institution. He is also a founding advisory board member for the Library of Economics and Liberty. He is the author of numerous books, including The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity.
The authors examined the enthusiasm of blacks for achieving a post racial America in the era of Barack Obama - and the progress toward that goal at the end of his first year in office. The event was in Washington, D.C.
House Speaker News Conference
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her weekly legislative briefing to the press, which was entirely devoted to the health care bill. She said she believes the Democrats have enough for passage of the bill and is confident that the Senate can pass the reconciliation bill.
Presidential Remarks on Health Care Reform
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President Obama talked about the health care reform debate over the past 16 months and what is included in the health care bill. He equated the upcoming vote on the bill with Civil Rights, Social Security, and Medicare, and in his remarks said, "The time for reform is now."
House Republicans on Health Care Bill
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House Republican leaders spoke to reporters about the health care bill. Among they topics they addressed were the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of the bill and the House whip count.
Partisanship and Governance in Washington
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Panelists talked about challenges to U.S. fiscal and economic health and identified ways to overcome a "broken" Washington. Among the topics they addressed were the state of the U.S. economy, trade agreements, the effectiveness of the stimulus, U.S. foreign debt, and health care reform. Carl Cannon moderated. Audience question and answers for this program are included in program identification number 292610-2. This program was part of a Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress discussion held in conjunction with the release of its new report, "Prosperity or Decline? Breaking Washington's Deadlock to Save America's Future."
Strategic Planning, Investment, and Partisanship
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Panelists talked about bipartisanship for the purposes of strategic planning and investing in the future. Topics included national security, education, and energy issues. Following their remarks, panelists responded to audience members' questions. Carl Cannon moderated. This program was part of a Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress discussion held in conjunction with the release of its new report, "Prosperity or Decline? Breaking Washington's Deadlock to Save America's Future."
Harriet Beecher Stowe Portrayal
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Ms. Turnquist, introduced by Ms. Sanderson, portrayed the author Harriet Beecher Stowe. She talked about her life and the influences behind her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Recordings of Lyndon Johnson
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The editors talked about their three-volume book Toward the Great Society: The Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson, February 1 - May 31, 1964. They played and discussed recordings from the initial months of the Johnson presidency. The transcripts in the book are compiled from the secret recordings and include discussion of the origins of Johnson's Great Society program, the civil rights movement, and the viability of U.S. policy in Vietnam. After their presentations the panelists responded to audience members' questions.
President Jackson and the Civil War
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William Freehling talked about President Andrew Jackson and how his career, thoughts, and actions relate to the origins of the Confederacy and the coming of the Civil War. The unresolved disagreements about the status of slavery and the nature of the federal union created situations that presaged the dissolution of the union in 1861 since its founding. William Freehling, a senior fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, is the author of Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816-1836 and The Road to Disunion in two volumes. "Four American Presidents (But What Did They Have to Do With the Civil War?)," the annual symposium of the Museum of the Confederacy, was co-sponsored and hosted by the Library of Virginia on Saturday, February 20, 2010.
President Tyler and the Civil War
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Edward Crapol talked about President John Tyler and how his career, thoughts, and actions relate to the origins of the Confederacy and the coming of the Civil War. The unresolved disagreements about the status of slavery and the nature of the federal union created situations that presaged the dissolution of the union in 1861 since its founding. Edward Crapol is the author of John Tyler, the Accidental President, published by The University of North Carolina Press. "Four American Presidents (But What Did They Have to Do With the Civil War?)," the annual symposium of the Museum of the Confederacy, was co-sponsored and hosted by the Library of Virginia on Saturday, February 20, 2010.
Bob Dole Oral History Interview
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Former Senator Dole talked about his life and career. This interview is part of an oral history project at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The location of this interview is not known.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Portrayal
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Ms. Turnquist, introduced by Ms. Sanderson, portrayed the author Harriet Beecher Stowe. She talked about her life and the influences behind her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Recordings of Lyndon Johnson
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The editors talked about their three-volume book Toward the Great Society: The Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson, February 1 - May 31, 1964. They played and discussed recordings from the initial months of the Johnson presidency. The transcripts in the book are compiled from the secret recordings and include discussion of the origins of Johnson's Great Society program, the civil rights movement, and the viability of U.S. policy in Vietnam. After their presentations the panelists responded to audience members' questions.
President Jackson and the Civil War
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William Freehling talked about President Andrew Jackson and how his career, thoughts, and actions relate to the origins of the Confederacy and the coming of the Civil War. The unresolved disagreements about the status of slavery and the nature of the federal union created situations that presaged the dissolution of the union in 1861 since its founding. William Freehling, a senior fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, is the author of Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816-1836 and The Road to Disunion in two volumes. "Four American Presidents (But What Did They Have to Do With the Civil War?)," the annual symposium of the Museum of the Confederacy, was co-sponsored and hosted by the Library of Virginia on Saturday, February 20, 2010.
President Tyler and the Civil War
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Edward Crapol talked about President John Tyler and how his career, thoughts, and actions relate to the origins of the Confederacy and the coming of the Civil War. The unresolved disagreements about the status of slavery and the nature of the federal union created situations that presaged the dissolution of the union in 1861 since its founding. Edward Crapol is the author of John Tyler, the Accidental President, published by The University of North Carolina Press. "Four American Presidents (But What Did They Have to Do With the Civil War?)," the annual symposium of the Museum of the Confederacy, was co-sponsored and hosted by the Library of Virginia on Saturday, February 20, 2010.
Bob Dole Oral History Interview
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Former Senator Dole talked about his life and career. This interview is part of an oral history project at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The location of this interview is not known.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Portrayal
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Ms. Turnquist, introduced by Ms. Sanderson, portrayed the author Harriet Beecher Stowe. She talked about her life and the influences behind her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Recordings of Lyndon Johnson
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The editors talked about their three-volume book Toward the Great Society: The Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson, February 1 - May 31, 1964. They played and discussed recordings from the initial months of the Johnson presidency. The transcripts in the book are compiled from the secret recordings and include discussion of the origins of Johnson's Great Society program, the civil rights movement, and the viability of U.S. policy in Vietnam. After their presentations the panelists responded to audience members' questions.
President Jackson and the Civil War
Airing Time:
William Freehling talked about President Andrew Jackson and how his career, thoughts, and actions relate to the origins of the Confederacy and the coming of the Civil War. The unresolved disagreements about the status of slavery and the nature of the federal union created situations that presaged the dissolution of the union in 1861 since its founding. William Freehling, a senior fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, is the author of Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816-1836 and The Road to Disunion in two volumes. "Four American Presidents (But What Did They Have to Do With the Civil War?)," the annual symposium of the Museum of the Confederacy, was co-sponsored and hosted by the Library of Virginia on Saturday, February 20, 2010.
President Tyler and the Civil War
Airing Time:
Edward Crapol talked about President John Tyler and how his career, thoughts, and actions relate to the origins of the Confederacy and the coming of the Civil War. The unresolved disagreements about the status of slavery and the nature of the federal union created situations that presaged the dissolution of the union in 1861 since its founding. Edward Crapol is the author of John Tyler, the Accidental President, published by The University of North Carolina Press. "Four American Presidents (But What Did They Have to Do With the Civil War?)," the annual symposium of the Museum of the Confederacy, was co-sponsored and hosted by the Library of Virginia on Saturday, February 20, 2010.
Bob Dole Oral History Interview
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Former Senator Dole talked about his life and career. This interview is part of an oral history project at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The location of this interview is not known.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Portrayal
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Ms. Turnquist, introduced by Ms. Sanderson, portrayed the author Harriet Beecher Stowe. She talked about her life and the influences behind her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Recordings of Lyndon Johnson
Airing Time:
The editors talked about their three-volume book Toward the Great Society: The Presidential Recordings of Lyndon B. Johnson, February 1 - May 31, 1964. They played and discussed recordings from the initial months of the Johnson presidency. The transcripts in the book are compiled from the secret recordings and include discussion of the origins of Johnson's Great Society program, the civil rights movement, and the viability of U.S. policy in Vietnam. After their presentations the panelists responded to audience members' questions.
William Freehling talked about President Andrew Jackson and how his career, thoughts, and actions relate to the origins of the Confederacy and the coming of the Civil War. The unresolved disagreements about the status of slavery and the nature of the federal union created situations that presaged the dissolution of the union in 1861 since its founding. William Freehling, a senior fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, is the author of Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816-1836 and The Road to Disunion in two volumes. "Four American Presidents (But What Did They Have to Do With the Civil War?)," the annual symposium of the Museum of the Confederacy, was co-sponsored and hosted by the Library of Virginia on Saturday, February 20, 2010.