{"id":2998,"date":"2013-06-06T09:39:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T13:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2016-05-16T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T14:55:19","slug":"understanding-lincoln-panels-open-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2013\/06\/06\/understanding-lincoln-panels-open-to-public\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Understanding Lincoln&#8221; Panels Open to Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>(June 3, 2014) \u00a0The 2014 &#8220;Understanding Lincoln&#8221; online course began by unveiling the line up for a series of three expert panels on the evolving controversies surrounding presidential war-making since Lincoln&#8217;s era. \u00a0Featured panelists included noted journalists, scholars and senior military figures. The panels will take place on June 18, 25 and July 9 and will be freely available over the course <a href=\"http:\/\/new.livestream.com\/gilderlehrman\/lincoln\" target=\"_blank\">Livestream channel<\/a>\u00a0(http:\/\/new.livestream.com\/gilderlehrman\/lincoln). \u00a0Attendance at the panels is also open to both course participants and members of the general public, though anyone who would like to attend or cover the event from the press, should make reservations \/ contact with hdivided@dickinson.edu. \u00a0Full details on the panels are provided below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel 1: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 \u00a0 Presidential War Powers: \u00a0The Challenges of Managing Wars<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Location: New America Foundation, 1899 L Street NW, Washington DC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Time: \u00a010am to 11:30am<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DjWha4SYoD8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Moderator: \u00a0Matthew Pinsker, &#8220;Understanding Lincoln&#8221; instructor, Dickinson College, New America Fellow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<\/p>\n<p><b>John D. Altenburg, Jr.\u00a0<\/b>(USA, ret.), Major General and former Deputy Judge Advocate General (JAG). \u00a0Altenburg is an attorney currently serving Of Counsel at the Greenberg Traurig law firm in Washington DC. \u00a0He served for 28 years as a lawyer in the Army and helped organize the Appointing Authority for Military Commissions handling post-9\/11 cases generated from Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sidney Blumenthal, <\/b>noted journalist, author, and presidential aide. \u00a0Former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton, Blumenthal has been a staff writer for\u00a0<i>The New Republic<\/i>,\u00a0The\u00a0<i>Washington Post\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>The New Yorker<\/i>. \u00a0He is the author of several books on American politics, executive producer of the Academy Award winning documentary &#8220;Taxi to the Dark Side,&#8221;\u00a0and\u00a0<i>A Self-Made Man<\/i>, the first volume of his trilogy,\u00a0<i>The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln<\/i>, will be published by Simon &amp; Schuster in Spring 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Louis Fisher<\/b>, Scholar in Residence, Constitution Project. \u00a0Fisher worked for four decades at the Library of Congress as Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers. \u00a0He received his PhD from the New School for Social Research. He is the author of numerous books and nearly 500 articles on constitutional and legal history and is the two-time winner of the Louis Brownlow Book Award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Jeffrey McCausland<\/b>, Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), US Army War College. McCausland (USA, ret.) is a former US army colonel who served in Operation Desert Storm and now holds the Minerva Chair at the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College in Carlisle, PA. \u00a0He received his Ph.D from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and previously worked on the National Security Council staff at the White House. \u00a0He is the author of numerous essays and articles and serves as a military analyst for CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Panel 2: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 \u00a0 Civil-Military Relations: \u00a0Presidents and Their Conflicts with Generals<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Location: \u00a0Dickinson College, Denny Hall, Room 212, Carlisle, PA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Time: \u00a010am to 11:30am<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/livestream.com\/gilderlehrman\/lincoln\/videos\/54834554\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3262\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3262 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-16-at-10.52.50-AM-300x171.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-05-16 at 10.52.50 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-16-at-10.52.50-AM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-16-at-10.52.50-AM-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-16-at-10.52.50-AM-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-16-at-10.52.50-AM-195x110.png 195w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-16-at-10.52.50-AM.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moderator: \u00a0Jeffrey McCausland, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<\/p>\n<p><b>Conrad C. Crane<\/b>, Chief of Historical Services, US Army Heritage and Education Center. \u00a0Crane (USA, ret.) had a 26-year military career, including nearly a decade of service as a history professor at the US Military Academy at West Point. \u00a0He holds a PhD from Stanford University. \u00a0Crane was the lead author for the groundbreaking Army &#8211; USMC counterinsurgency (COIN) manual released in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Paul Eaton,\u00a0<\/b>(USA, ret.), Major General \u00a0who served more than 30 years in the US Army, including combat and post-combat assignments in Iraq, Bosnia, and Somalia. \u00a0From 2003 to 2004, Eaton served as Commanding General of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team in Iraq. \u00a0He previously commanded the Army&#8217;s Infantry Center. \u00a0Eaton has been a regular contributor to various network and cable TV news programs. \u00a0He is currently affiliated with the National Security Network.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Matthew Pinsker<\/b>, &#8220;Understanding Lincoln&#8221; instructor, Dickinson College, New America Fellow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Panel 3: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 \u00a0 The Wartime Press: \u00a0Civil Liberties During War<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Location: \u00a0New America Foundation, 1899 L Street NW, Washington DC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Time: \u00a010am to 11:30am<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qUE81iW0Y8E\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Moderator: \u00a0Jeffrey McCausland, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Kimberly Dozier<\/b>, The Associated Press. \u00a0Dozier, author of the best-selling memoir,\u00a0<i>Breathing the Fire,\u00a0<\/i>has served as a military affairs correspondent for both CBS News and the Associated Press. \u00a0She is the winner of a Peabody award and two Edward R. Murrow awards. \u00a0Dozier has recently been named as the next Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership, jointly held by Dickinson College, Penn State School of Law, and the US Army War College.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Linda Mason<\/b>, former senior vice president at CBS News. \u00a0Mason served 47 years with CBS, ending her career in 2013 as senior vice president for standards and specials. \u00a0She was the first female producer on &#8220;The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite&#8221; and broke ground on a number of fronts as a leader female news producer and company executive during her notable career in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Matthew Pinsker<\/b>, &#8220;Understanding Lincoln&#8221; instructor, Dickinson College, New America Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Thom Shanker<\/b>, Associated Editor, Washington Bureau, and former Pentagon correspondent, <i>New York Times<\/i>. \u00a0Shanker has been a leading correspondent with the\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>\u00a0since 1997 and covered the Pentagon from 2001 to 2014. He formerly served as a foreign editor and correspondent for the\u00a0<i>Chicago Tribune. \u00a0<\/i>Shanker is co-author, with Eric Schmitt of\u00a0<i>Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America&#8217;s Secret Campaign Against Al-Qaeda. \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3006\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/altenbuj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3006\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3006\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/altenbuj-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"John Altenburg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/altenbuj-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/altenbuj-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/altenbuj-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Altenburg<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3007\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/220px-Sidney_blumenthal_2006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3007\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3007\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/220px-Sidney_blumenthal_2006-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sidney Blumenthal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/220px-Sidney_blumenthal_2006-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/220px-Sidney_blumenthal_2006-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/220px-Sidney_blumenthal_2006-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sidney Blumenthal<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3011\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Conrad-Crane-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3011\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3011\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Conrad-Crane-25-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Conrad Crane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Conrad-Crane-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Conrad-Crane-25-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Conrad-Crane-25-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conrad Crane<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3012\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Dozier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3012\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3012\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Dozier-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kimberly Dozier\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Dozier-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Dozier-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Dozier-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kimberly Dozier<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3013\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Paul_Eaton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3013\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3013\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Paul_Eaton-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Eaton\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Paul_Eaton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Paul_Eaton-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Paul_Eaton-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Eaton<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3008\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/fisher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3008\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3008\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/fisher-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Fisher\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/fisher-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/fisher-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/fisher-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louis Fisher<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3017\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/LindaMason.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3017\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3017\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/LindaMason-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Mason\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/LindaMason-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/LindaMason-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/LindaMason-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Mason<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3009\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Jeffrey-McCausland-438.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3009\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3009\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Jeffrey-McCausland-438-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jeffrey McCausland\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Jeffrey-McCausland-438-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Jeffrey-McCausland-438-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Jeffrey-McCausland-438-155x155.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeffrey McCausland<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3018\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Shanker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3018\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3018\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2014\/06\/Shanker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Thom Shanker\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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