BRATTLEBORO — David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, will discuss the Obama administration's use of American power in a talk at First Baptist Church at 190 Main St. on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
His talk, “Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and the Surprising Use of American Power,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays series and takes place at 7 p.m.
Sanger's talk will offer a revealing look inside the current administration's aggressive use of innovative weapons and new tools to manage a rapidly shifting world of global threats and challenges.
A 1982 graduate of Harvard College, Sanger has been writing for the Times for 30 years covering foreign policy, globalization, nuclear proliferation, and the presidency. He has been a member of two teams that won the Pulitzer Prize, and has been awarded numerous honors for national security and foreign policy coverage.
He is the author of two books: “Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and the Surprising Use of American Power” (Crown, June 2012) and “The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power” (Harmony, 2009), which was a bestseller.
The Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays series is held on the first Wednesday of every month from October through May, featuring speakers of national and regional renown. Talks in Brattleboro are held at Brooks Memorial Library unless otherwise noted. All First Wednesdays talks are free and open to the public.
Upcoming Brattleboro talks include “The Memoir Boom: Who, What, Why” with Dartmouth professor Irene Kacandes on Jan. 2, 2013; “Concrete, Culture, and Community: The Impact of the Interstate Highway on Vermont” with UVM professor Frank Bryan on Feb. 6; and “Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln” with Harvard professor and Civil War scholar John Stauffer on March 6.
The Vermont Department of Libraries is the statewide underwriter of First Wednesdays. The 2012-2013 First Wednesdays series is sponsored by Crosby-Gannett Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation. The talks at Brooks Memorial Library are sponsored by Brattleboro Savings and Loan, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, Friends of Brooks Memorial Library, New Chapter, Inc., and Windham World Affairs Council of Vermont.
For more information, contact Brooks Memorial Library at 802-254-5290 or contact the Vermont Humanities Council at 802-262-2626 or info@vermonthumanities.org, or visit www.vermonthumanities.org.