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enter washington's marines. so washington's marines actually consisted of four separate and distinct groups. i already mentioned to you that washington had soldiers fill in the role of marines as depicted here by. that picture of john glover that you see in the left hand side. and i mentioned that there were many out there as well. privateers were served in the role of marines as well, particular on some of the larger ships. an example, this is a gentleman named william shippen. william shippen was a 27 year old merchant from philadelphia. and the of four. he started the war as a privateer before assuming command of the marine detachment on board the pennsylvania state flagship, the montgomery. each of the separate stage had their own navies as well because the continental congress had not yet been able to acquire the resources to build a national navy with the british international eyes now on philadelphia's doorstep ship and went ashore to fight beside the continental marines as a member of the philadelphia mi
enter washington's marines. so washington's marines actually consisted of four separate and distinct groups. i already mentioned to you that washington had soldiers fill in the role of marines as depicted here by. that picture of john glover that you see in the left hand side. and i mentioned that there were many out there as well. privateers were served in the role of marines as well, particular on some of the larger ships. an example, this is a gentleman named william shippen. william shippen...
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by the washington monument. along the mall. at hains point. much has been done, but this has really been only a beginning. the activities of mrs. johnson and her committee were a jumping off point for washington and for the rest of the nation. they showed that in a time of complex urban crisis, functional, attractive surroundings can exist. bringing joy and new opportunities to city dwellers. for in the words of her husband, maintain a livable environment has now become one of america's greatest challenge. when mrs. johnson and mrs. lasker, there are many other hardworking colleagues put some playground equipment in the schoolyard when they improve some neighborhood parks, when they plant an avenue of flowering trees, then i think they're shovel out their shovels, dig deep into the future of this land, because those shovels, while digging deep, are really changing the lives of our children. these efforts are what history going to remember if by.
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, washington. he talked about climate change and clean energy. jobs and the economy. homelessness, education, and infrastructure investment. he also discusses protecting civil rights and stresses the need to enshrine reproductive freedom in the state's constitution. governor inslee has held the office since 2013. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. and good afternoon. i'd like to start this afternoon by thanking reverend dee isenhour for her inspiring invocation. you always inspire me. bobbi ray. isn't that wonderful harmony? let's bring some harmony to this discussion. i just love it. and for the university of washington huskies who gave us an incredible season. that was an amazing season. [ applause ] mr. president, madam speaker, mr. chief justice, distinguished justices of the court, members of the legislature, tribal leaders, members of the consular corps, and most importantly, my fellow washingtonians. i come to you as a governor, as a granddad,
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lee was related to washington. i do think his decision, unlike the decision of most of the southern officers who went to west point to join the confederacy is part of what sex the family and the nation's esteem. >> we have a couple of minutes left. you had some closing thoughts. i only want to a couple more words. the story is worth knowing. we can see how a family can be built from the choice but not just from dna. what are you saying there? >> i think it is important to keep in mind -- they are the people known to the public during both george washington's lifetime as president and then long afterwards as his family. etiquette is important to keep in mind that in many cases, who we define as family is a choice. who we leave out of our family and we include in it, there are conscious choices there. they are waiting out people in their construction of washington's family and who is washington's heirs. i think the people right now because of the promised dna tests have gotten, there is this idea of biological family
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washington is like that. and washington and the whole nation is what the people make it. the people represented by. in wartime. the job of a congressman is a hard one. he is a people's employee and they work day and night. he must answer to the people for appropriations. war policy is not anything on everything that concerns the everyday life and future of an american. focal point of all washington. the white house. home and office of the president, his executive assistants include marvin macintyre enviable custodian of the president's appointment book and stephen, who reports the white house in the war. the press. once telephones smashed the symbolic donkey on his desk. his remaking the wartime job of the president and his. winston has crossed and re crossed the atlantic toon on strategy and to plan op ed not defense of all presidents. great duties. none is more than that of rewarding the nation's heroes, their congressional medal of honor to general doolittle, who led our bombers over. tokyo guarded the 28 nation stand united until victory is mankind. grant us victory o
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we need it in the state of washington. we pursued some of the most transformative policies in the nation while i have been in this position. for example, i am proud the leaders of our state are under no illusion that social justice issues were somehow settled 60 years ago with the passage of the civil rights act. we will continue advancing social justice. and we have made equity a part of everything we do in state government, environmental justice policies -- [applause] we have done so with environmental justice policies like a new agency in the office of equity. we must maintain our progress against racism and its pernicious influence on the past and present. the genius of america, i believe, is that we can recognize that we are not yet in a state of perfection, but we will always work to form a more perfect union, and that is what we are doing in the state of washington. before i close, i want to say that there are two grave threats in the united states and unfortunately, in our state today. one threat is to the very bas
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they do like george washington. everyone does, but they're not keen on what the federal government's been doing. intervening in their lives. they don't really pay their taxes much. they're sort of in a separate economy and away from what's going on in the rest of america. in the west, we grew more corn and rye here than, anywhere else in the new world. and because of that, most people who lived here were farmers. they farmed corn and they farmed rye. that's how they made their living. now, if you want to sell corn in the west, that's a difficult proposition because your neighbor is also trying to sell corn in the west. so you're not going to find a great market. so for these people, only option people who lived in western pennsylvania was to find a way to make their corn and rye easier to move right. more valuable. and the easiest way to do that was whiskey. whiskey for them was the the chief economic engine of here in western pennsylvania. one of the issues they faced here in the west was that they didn't have a lo
they do like george washington. everyone does, but they're not keen on what the federal government's been doing. intervening in their lives. they don't really pay their taxes much. they're sort of in a separate economy and away from what's going on in the rest of america. in the west, we grew more corn and rye here than, anywhere else in the new world. and because of that, most people who lived here were farmers. they farmed corn and they farmed rye. that's how they made their living. now, if...
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yeah, so consequently in washington to get to know that in washington. so he becomes an expert in this and then at age 18 he buys his first tract of land in the shenandoah valley, but leases that from lord fairfax with the money that he's earned. when the house of burgesses is looking for somebody to go out into the wilderness to follow an order from london to keep the french from infringed on, the forks of the ohio, where the allegheny monongahela river has come to form the ohio river. now, pittsburgh, who else do they hire? they find young george washington in his twenties, and he goes up, he gets within miles of lake erie. he falls into the icy allegheny river and swims himself out. he knows this and he has this vision that he pursues as a retired general, as a president, to pierce through the appalachian chains that were separating the coastal, the north american colonies, the north american united states as it became, and to go through there to the vast interior of the country which he was investing, he bought a lot away. so he's got a scholar of am
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but in the years that the city of washington, d.c. is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary us. this room serves for the house of representatives. the second floor of the building that we'll see in a moment was the united states senate, the house of representatives. each representative at that in our history represented 30,000 people. we had a population at our first census of about three and three quarters million. we had 106 members of the house we would sit in this room and eventually from 16 states and the story as the us capitol the story where we're taking a new and actually offer it doing things like adding new states to the original 13 also. so the bill of would become a part our constitution while philadelphia was the capitol in fact the secretary of state thomas jefferson would formally announce amendments to the constitution in by basically coming congress here in this building and officially announcing that changed our constitution which of course the bill of rights is a huge part of our history and will be in
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lozada: it's a washington insider book written by a certain kind of washington insider. he's a very good washington insider journalist, but he is not someone who held high office. he is not someone who has worked in the white house. those are different kinds of insiders. there are pockets of insiderness washington, and that is one of the ultimate versions of the journalist as insider. peter: what was the reaction to that book here in this town? because he name checked a lot of people. andrea mitchell, tammy had died, mike allen, chris dodd, trent lott. this was about 11 years ago. chronologically speaking, it's the earliest book -- my essay on that book is the earliest one that appears in this book, in "the washington book.": what was interesting about that book is there was almost as much pre-reaction is there was a reaction. people knew it was in the works, and people were talking about it. he had published a profile of mike allen, who was then the lead writer of playbook morning newsletter, which was a huge deal at the time. it still is sort of a robust franchise. he
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what is a washington book? mr. lozada: that is a good question because i define it very expansively. the obvious washington books are political memoirs and manifestoes and campaign biographies and the like that i often think of special counsel investigations, commission reports, supreme court opinions as being vital washington texts. and of course there are books you may not think of as overtly political books. but they land in a moment where they become highly politicized so i included those as well in the canon of washington books. host: you say even in the bad ones, there is something to glean. mr. lozada: oh yeah often especially in the bad ones. a lot of these books get pored over by political reporters who will give you the dreaded takeaways. the sort of five things you need to know from mitt romney's book or whatever the latest volume is. i tried to come after that and i try to find some insight in the little things. it could be just a throwaway line that they used with a low-level aid. it could be something
what is a washington book? mr. lozada: that is a good question because i define it very expansively. the obvious washington books are political memoirs and manifestoes and campaign biographies and the like that i often think of special counsel investigations, commission reports, supreme court opinions as being vital washington texts. and of course there are books you may not think of as overtly political books. but they land in a moment where they become highly politicized so i included those...
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so let's begin with the washingtons. if you think about the history of our first ladies in civil rights, it's a checkered past. and we have to begin to look at the washington and a precedent that they set. they brought their enslaved servants to the president's home, both in new york and philadelphia when they went to philadelphia for the second capital. they had to circumvent a philadelphia law in order to keep their enslaved workers with them. there was a law that said that any enslaved person who was in the city of philadelphia for more than six months was freed. so what washington's did was they sent their enslaved workers back and forth between mount vernon and their presidential home. and this was a way of having anyone, not having anyone there for more than six months during one of those transition periods. martha's personal oil made by these men owner, also known as on each judge, escaped. she knew when the transition was happening and she used that as an opportunity to leave slidell. there's a wonderful book tha
so let's begin with the washingtons. if you think about the history of our first ladies in civil rights, it's a checkered past. and we have to begin to look at the washington and a precedent that they set. they brought their enslaved servants to the president's home, both in new york and philadelphia when they went to philadelphia for the second capital. they had to circumvent a philadelphia law in order to keep their enslaved workers with them. there was a law that said that any enslaved...
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so that'hat you see with things in washington, d.c. today so so the big fight in the house of representatives in this room is or not to pay for this treaty and there's days of debates and on the last day there's a big crowd in our public balcony. you have men like vice president adams supreme court justices sitting the balcony and. the big this is of course an era where we love our speeches deepd with rhetoric and the best speaker of the time is a man named fisherderalist. he is definitely this treaty to survive. but he's been ill. he hasn't said anything. and of course, this last day, everyone's waiting to see if heout it. and he does. he stands up and he's sort begins by saying, well, if my strength can hold out, i'd like to say a few words on the ■nsubject. he proceeds to speak for over an hour. i think it's about five pages in the congressional record speech. he collapses at the into his sleep, but he lked a british and if people remembered all the devastation. do we really want to do this again? fight another war, four years and
so that'hat you see with things in washington, d.c. today so so the big fight in the house of representatives in this room is or not to pay for this treaty and there's days of debates and on the last day there's a big crowd in our public balcony. you have men like vice president adams supreme court justices sitting the balcony and. the big this is of course an era where we love our speeches deepd with rhetoric and the best speaker of the time is a man named fisherderalist. he is definitely this...
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in washington. in wartime, his people are busy who pass through these gates in a never ending stream. important people. little people, humble people. young and old. all determined to give their in our nations our peril. here at the portals of the union station. president roosevelt frequently comes to welcome distinguished visitors from other united■t nations. president and prime minister feel a genuine warmth and sincerity of a washington welcome as they pass down historic pennsylvania avenue from war ravaged countries across the seas come to the shores of the potomac to personally participate in great war decision. secretary of state ho veteran diplomat is often upon departure to wish them godspeed. this newest public in wartime washington, among the most frequeed to it, come those needing knowledge, seeking information vital to the successful conduct of their wartime duties. more than a million people are crowded :into washington in wartime, a city with a peacetime population of half a million.
in washington. in wartime, his people are busy who pass through these gates in a never ending stream. important people. little people, humble people. young and old. all determined to give their in our nations our peril. here at the portals of the union station. president roosevelt frequently comes to welcome distinguished visitors from other united■t nations. president and prime minister feel a genuine warmth and sincerity of a washington welcome as they pass down historic pennsylvania avenue...
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risdiction over the city of washington, d.c. we've already passed , legislation this year that passed the house passed the the senate and was signed into law by the president that rescinded washington, d.c.'s soft on crime policies. we're going to have an emergency hearing wednesday with the mayor and police chief of washington dcaa risdiction over the city of washington, d.c. we've already passed , legislation this year that passed the house passed the the senate and was signed into law by the president that rescinded washington, d.c.'s soft on crime policies. we're going to have an emergency hearing wednesday with the mayor and police chief of washington dcaa >> chanting "hands off dc" >> we want to follow the money trail to see if outside groups are paying for this activity and things like that so we are all going to say a few words and then we will be happy to answer any questions. i yield to representative lauren boebert. >> [booing] >> this is what the students at gwu are facing each and every day. their learning activitie
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but washington d.c. as a as an urban area changed considerably the whole center of washington moved there was very little downtown in terms of of residential for people the whole the entire shopping district in and market area of washington had moved and slowly hotel deteriorated in terms of its goods and services. so by 1960s it was it was necessary to the hotel and whe president john f kennedy traveled from the capital to the white house, he decided that it had to be improvements to pennsylvania avenue. he created the pennsylvania avenue development corporation, a task revitalizing this corridor. he wanted pennsylvania avenue to once again be the the font avenue of everyone's dreams. the commission decided that the willard hotel should be demolished and open parks very should be created. an auction was held. the admission was a dollar and you were asked to bring chisels and hammers. the hotel was stripped. everything. if you could car it, you could take it in the lobby. going to see the tiles. there's
but washington d.c. as a as an urban area changed considerably the whole center of washington moved there was very little downtown in terms of of residential for people the whole the entire shopping district in and market area of washington had moved and slowly hotel deteriorated in terms of its goods and services. so by 1960s it was it was necessary to the hotel and whe president john f kennedy traveled from the capital to the white house, he decided that it had to be improvements to...
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she has let down the city of washington, d.c. everybody believes in peaceful protests, but this is trespassing now. gw has asked for help to have the encampment removed because this is private property, and the mayor is weak in the face of foolishness and she won't do her job of enforcing the law in washington, d.c. we are calling on the mayor to step up and support the president and administration at george washington. all students deserve to be protected and deserve to have their voices heard but you cannot take over a university for your own end. none of you would let it happen to your own house; you would not let your house be overtaken by a group of people, you would call police. sir, i let you talk, calm down, i am talking now. it is no different on private property. mayor bowser needs to step up and lead for once in washington, d.c. and all the people and all the students here at gw. >> i graduated from george washington in 2006 and i went to law school here in 2010. this is sickening to see thousands of jewish students ma
she has let down the city of washington, d.c. everybody believes in peaceful protests, but this is trespassing now. gw has asked for help to have the encampment removed because this is private property, and the mayor is weak in the face of foolishness and she won't do her job of enforcing the law in washington, d.c. we are calling on the mayor to step up and support the president and administration at george washington. all students deserve to be protected and deserve to have their voices heard...
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washington is the same way. you never come away from a session with washington without any about what the commander's intent is. so there is the clarity of their thinking, the clarity of their expression and their physical durability. washington never seems to catch cold over the course of 18 years. it's not, you know, physically accurate. he's very durable and. and eisenhower, despite smoking packs of cigarets a day in 1944, is the same and it projects robust. this in the captain on the ship their ability to roll with the vicissitudes of the things are very very dark for washington in particular and their dark for eisenhower at certain points to to have a sense that okay tomorrow we're going to get at him again neither rhythm neither washington nor eisenhower particularly good tactical. they don't see the battlefield spatially and temporarily the way a great captain does the way our three generals here would they? they're not napoleon. and they're they have moments of strategic insight and and great confidence.
washington is the same way. you never come away from a session with washington without any about what the commander's intent is. so there is the clarity of their thinking, the clarity of their expression and their physical durability. washington never seems to catch cold over the course of 18 years. it's not, you know, physically accurate. he's very durable and. and eisenhower, despite smoking packs of cigarets a day in 1944, is the same and it projects robust. this in the captain on the ship...
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the university president begging the city of washington, d.c. police to come in and remove the trespassers and they are refusing to do so. i believe when the second week, it's 1414 days approaching of this violation of the law, of trespassers intimidation of jewish students, desecration of statutes, statute of george washington dressed as what appeared to me as hamas soldier. do i think it's the role of the department of education to ensure that these students lives are being protected and they are in a safe environment and from what i saw firsthand at george washington university i don't think that's the case especially for jewish students. i guess my question is will you commit to working with the university president and administrators who were begging thesee local law enforcement officials and i hate to say this but blue cities who are refusing for whatever reason to go in and remove the trespassers. will you commit to working with the university professors because they are reaching out asking for help from somewhere, the house oversight com
the university president begging the city of washington, d.c. police to come in and remove the trespassers and they are refusing to do so. i believe when the second week, it's 1414 days approaching of this violation of the law, of trespassers intimidation of jewish students, desecration of statutes, statute of george washington dressed as what appeared to me as hamas soldier. do i think it's the role of the department of education to ensure that these students lives are being protected and they...
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washington's leadership style? yeah, so i think his number one leadership quality was service. he always chose to serve. he didn't want to. he was kind of a reluctant leader, but he always chose to get in for the good of the country because he believed there was something on the back end for that. you have to credit people who choose a life of service at all, no matter where they are politically. you got you're in the game. so i think that that's the first step. but he did it time and time again. i mean when he came back here to mount vernon with martha, it was like, this is it. i want to just farm and run this place here and finish my life here. but he was tapped again. obviously, in the the constitutional convention and obviously, as the first president for another eight years, i think his leadership style was again of all to listen to all sides let them argue in front of you and then make a decision. and he was decisive in his leadership wasn't wish wishy washy but he did let it play out in front of him. the lea
washington's leadership style? yeah, so i think his number one leadership quality was service. he always chose to serve. he didn't want to. he was kind of a reluctant leader, but he always chose to get in for the good of the country because he believed there was something on the back end for that. you have to credit people who choose a life of service at all, no matter where they are politically. you got you're in the game. so i think that that's the first step. but he did it time and time...
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how tall was george washington? well, if we listen to some biography, he was 63 or maybe six four in the house inches that the max figure was able to attract the house six four and a half inches, and then come on, he's sending out incredibly detailed letters to his purveyors and tailors. and you don't write to your tailor, do you? so, yeah. and what did he write this tailors? well, yes. okay. the there are many letters. and in some it says, well, you know, and i should you take my measurement, you have to bear in mind that i am six foot two in my shoes, which means that in the 18th century, shoes had heels. so and then other letters says that he writes, they send out to his tailor, says, well, i am full, six foot tall. so i think i think that gives us a essential clue to from where we should start. okay. maybe he wasn't he was that athletic, muscular giant that some biographers want him to become, not only because it wasn't like that, but because he would have no, sorry, he wouldn't have known what to do with that k
how tall was george washington? well, if we listen to some biography, he was 63 or maybe six four in the house inches that the max figure was able to attract the house six four and a half inches, and then come on, he's sending out incredibly detailed letters to his purveyors and tailors. and you don't write to your tailor, do you? so, yeah. and what did he write this tailors? well, yes. okay. the there are many letters. and in some it says, well, you know, and i should you take my measurement,...
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washington he blames his supported officers for the failure to take washington. i think more than a fair share of blame sits on early shoulders himself, but he ultimately retreats back across the potomac river on july 13th and july 14th, 1864, union army pursues. and that's how we get into the campaigns of 1864 as an epilog pg and august 1864, there is a conference of war at the thomas farm on the monocacy battlefield. u.s. grant was there. david hunter there, bill sheridan was there. and that's where the plan was hatched for the following fall campaign, sheridan's victories for third winchester and fishers hill cedar creek were put into movement at the thomas farm, a place that was fought over so heavily on. july 19, 1864. lou wallace wanted a monument dedicated on the battlefield, wanted to be a stone obelisk. and one of the inscription to say, these men died to save the capital and. they did save it. monuments not there. but i think the testament is there. and my last concluding remarks i'm going to give to a guy named isaac bradwell who fought in the 31st geo
washington he blames his supported officers for the failure to take washington. i think more than a fair share of blame sits on early shoulders himself, but he ultimately retreats back across the potomac river on july 13th and july 14th, 1864, union army pursues. and that's how we get into the campaigns of 1864 as an epilog pg and august 1864, there is a conference of war at the thomas farm on the monocacy battlefield. u.s. grant was there. david hunter there, bill sheridan was there. and...
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washington one thing that struck me reading your book was i have sort of two images of of washington. one is an incredibly good looking sort of studly guy in a uniform on a big white horse who's the man and yet incredibly humble i mean, just sort of eerily humble. can you reconcile this and talk to us about why that was? well, one of the great traits that george washington had was that he was self-aware. he knew his strengths were he knew his weaknesses were he knew that he was not a great public in large part because he had trouble talking. he had a grasp the breathy voice that from a childhood respiratory illness. and famously he very few teeth. in fact, by the time he was president, i think he only had one tooth in his head. so he had these unwieldy dentures in his mouth, made it very to speak. so at no, was he a great public speaker? but he had everything else and the main thing in that regard was he had command presence. he was the tallest guy in the room. he was six foot three. he had ramrod straight posture. he dressed immaculate as lee. he had steely eye contact. gilbert stuar
washington one thing that struck me reading your book was i have sort of two images of of washington. one is an incredibly good looking sort of studly guy in a uniform on a big white horse who's the man and yet incredibly humble i mean, just sort of eerily humble. can you reconcile this and talk to us about why that was? well, one of the great traits that george washington had was that he was self-aware. he knew his strengths were he knew his weaknesses were he knew that he was not a great...
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but there is even a greater argument for washington to be able to develop. it's so alliances in the, in the, in the pacific. should anything happen there, such as, perhaps a chinese attack on taiwan or much more likely, the escalation of tensions in the disputed areas of the south china sea. now there's a phrase that you often hear here in washington about, so to be able to walk and to go, i'm at the same time any washington's ability to sort of various alliances, even perhaps in the face of concurrent crises. and you can argue with that alliances and the endo pacific, strong alliances, and also the fact that these allies also have strong relationships with each other would help washington achieve that goal of being able to walk and chew gum at the same time. and, you know, it can also perhaps even go beyond the region worth noting here that japan is actually ukraine's strong good start partner in the, in the pacific showing that japan and the us really are like minded countries. and their alliance is especially important when he comes to preserving the rule
but there is even a greater argument for washington to be able to develop. it's so alliances in the, in the, in the pacific. should anything happen there, such as, perhaps a chinese attack on taiwan or much more likely, the escalation of tensions in the disputed areas of the south china sea. now there's a phrase that you often hear here in washington about, so to be able to walk and to go, i'm at the same time any washington's ability to sort of various alliances, even perhaps in the face of...
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washington is the place to be. i welcome our new washingtonians who have seen the genius and promise of our great state. the minimum wage was nine dollars in 2013, today, it is over 16. the wages overall have grown by 39% and doubled the national rate. our gdp has grown 45% from 528 billion in 20 $13-$768 billion today. we should be proud of this. we are among the very few states that rank as both a top state for business and workers. we have done great work. >> [ applause ] >> we contemplate this next year and the work ahead. i think back to my dad who coached track at high school. he told his is to imagine that the finish line was 10 yards beyond the tape and he wanted to make sure that they wouldn't let up before the race was over. my dad always said and it sticks with me, run through the tape. we are going to run through the tape this year. just as i know, he will give it your best work and i will give you mine. this is not a farewell speech and these are not famous last words. i'm not writing into the sunset.
washington is the place to be. i welcome our new washingtonians who have seen the genius and promise of our great state. the minimum wage was nine dollars in 2013, today, it is over 16. the wages overall have grown by 39% and doubled the national rate. our gdp has grown 45% from 528 billion in 20 $13-$768 billion today. we should be proud of this. we are among the very few states that rank as both a top state for business and workers. we have done great work. >> [ applause ] >> we...
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, d.c., or visited washington, d.c. and so i had this line of research i was very interested in, and i don't want to fail to thank the people behind the database, which is called chronicling america, which was funded by the national endowment for the humanities. it's some massive of 19th century newspapers, and that was incredibly helpful to me. i could just do a lot of research from home on my laptop, reading any newspaper in any small town in ohio, pennsylvania, new york that lincoln's went through. so i was always trying to look at lincoln. but then a student in my class said, well, what's lincoln's scene? what's he seeing? as he looks out the window? and it was a an astonishing and i hadn't even thought to reverse the camera in that direction. so i tried to really look at what every town appeared like. we we have such good photo resources. we heard an amazing talk from garry about how closely you can look at an individual photograph. i thought that was amazing. the high resolution in our ability to zoom into the bac
, d.c., or visited washington, d.c. and so i had this line of research i was very interested in, and i don't want to fail to thank the people behind the database, which is called chronicling america, which was funded by the national endowment for the humanities. it's some massive of 19th century newspapers, and that was incredibly helpful to me. i could just do a lot of research from home on my laptop, reading any newspaper in any small town in ohio, pennsylvania, new york that lincoln's went...