Global Economy & Development
Locally led development in a time of disruption
President Obama will address mourners in Arizona in the wake of the shootings that left six dead and many one – including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords – wounded. In times of such tragedy, presidents are called upon to comfort, lead and draw the nation together.
On January 12, Senior Fellow Emeritus Stephen Hess, a veteran of the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations and former presidential speech writer, took your questions in a live web chat on what Obama might say, and the notes that other presidents have struck in at critical moments in history.
