The hall, over a century old, was beautiful. On the stage, four chairs. Next to each chair was a glass of water, though only one glass was covered. That glass, and the chair next to it, would be used by the president of the United States during the panel discussion that was set to occur in just a few minutes. No one in the crowd knew quite what to expect. The leader of the free world, the commander-in-chief of the United States military, participating in a 90-minute panel discussion during a policy conference on overcoming poverty? Not the usual setting and environment for a president, to say the least. But through the curtain President Obama appeared, taking his seat on the Georgetown University panel, along with Harvard professor Robert Putnam and American Enterprise Institute president (and my boss) Arthur Brooks.
The conversation that followed was a hit, with much wisdom from both sides of the political divide.
This article appeared in The Washington Post on May 15, 2015. The full article will be posted here on May 22, 2015. Click here to read the full article.
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