There is a great meeting going on right now in Washington sponsored by the Atlantic Monthly, the Aspen Institute and the Newseum. The meeting is called “First Draft of History.”
Yesterday, speakers included Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, White House senior Obama adviser David Axelrod, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, General David Petraeus, and others.
I am going to post the live feed up above for those interested in following the balance of the excellent program left today.
Here is what we have today:
9:00 am
Steve Schmidt, Former McCain Strategist
Robert Shrum, Democratic Strategist
Interviewed by John King
9:40 am
Alan Greenspan, Former Chairman, Federal Reserve
Interviewed by David Leonhardt
10:15 am
Jeff Bewkes
Chairman and CEO, Time Warner
Interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg
10:55 am
Carol Browner, White House Energy Czar
Interviewed by Ron Brownstein
11:35 am
Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark
Interviewed by Norah O’Donnell
12:00 pm
Lawrence Summers, National Economic Council Director
Interviewed by Maria Bartiromo
12:40 pm
Brian Schweitzer, Governor of Montana
Interviewed by Jacob Weisberg
1:45 pm
University Presidents Panel
Moderated by Howard Fineman
Panelists:
Drew Gilpin Faust, President, Harvard University
John Sexton, President, New York University
Ruth Simmons, President, Brown University
Shirley M. Tilghman, President, Princeton University
2:15 pm
Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google
Interviewed by James Fallows
3:15 pm
Media Panel
Moderated by Margaret Carlson
Panelists: Eugene Robinson and Walter Isaacson
— Steve Clemons
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