wendell webb, national, done. -- national commandant, marine corps league.l, executive director military chaplains association. david zirflu national president, , paralyzed veterans of america. george malone, senior vice commander, legion of valor of the usa. john h hollywood, commander in chief, military order of the world wars. philip holinski, national president of the retired enlisted association. dennis nixon, national commander, disabled american veterans. dana atkins, president, military officers association. heather brigg, for chair of united states public health service. michael r carton president air , force sergeants association. robert swan national commander, , polish legion of american veterans of the usa dr. paul cunningham, national president, korean war veterans association. the associated members of the veterans day national committee are located in the boxes to my left. i would like to ask the presidents and the national commanders that comprise our membership to stand and be recognized. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in recognizing

of our nation.ate kelly and our dedicated men and women that serve here, it is my privilege to welcome you today. we are a great people honoring service and sacrifice to grateful nation. again, thank you and welcome to arlington national cemetery. [applause] >> it is now pleasure to introduce you to the host for 2018. mr. lawrence romo, national commander of the american gi forum of the united states. lawrence t. romo, a graduate from the united states air force academy in northern montana college, served 28 years in the air force, he was later nominated by president obama as the united states selective service director, a senate confirmed presidential reporting to the president. commander romo was elected as the national commander of the american gi forum of the u.s. in july 2018 and leads congressional charter veterans service organization advocating for veterans, equal right and educational access. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mr. lawrence romo. [applause] >> thank you, secretary wilkie,

of course peace is peaceful nationalism not not not aggressive nationalism not imperialist nationalism right but peaceful nationalism but it's not it's necessary to human society that i mean there's nothing wrong with being aggressive in defending your values in the culture that you were brought up in and maybe wanting to preserve the culture that you of your of your own family of your of your great grandparents great grandparents i mean i don't see anything wrong with that there i mean i think people should be aggressive like we are on this program to defend those ideals and because i don't think these globalists institutions you know give a hoot about what i think and feel or who i am as an individual because they don't want individuals it seems to me john they just want duplications of one you know of their their new man new person whatever it's going to be that's what they want that's what's we want to create go ahead john. well you've said the words peter you know you talked about a new man and earlier in a remark you talked about socialism one of the most sinister things that's h

jim bridenstein, administrator of the national aeronautics and space nation. andre thompson,under-esecretary of state for arms control and international security. general paul silva, vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. michael, deputy assistant to the president for science and technology. admiral dug fierce, deputy assistant to the president in homeland security and counter-terrorism advisory. dr. william pepper, deputy assistant to the president, and director of emerging technologies for the national security council. . >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 16th president of the national defense university, vice admiral fritz roegge. >> well, mr. vice president, members of national space council, distinguished guest, ladies and gentlemen, good morning, and welcome, here to roosevelt hall, and to the national defense university. i'm honored to welcome to you our campus, where we educate and develop national security leaders, for the military service, u.s. government departments and agencies, industry partners, and for our international friends, p

welcome indeed to the national constitution center and to independence national historical park. congratulations to president george w. bush and mrs. laura bush for your liberty medal award. the award reflects your significant work with veterans, supporting especially their transition to civilian life. in a country where we have citizen soldiers, the transition from military service back to important andis not always easy. thank you for your devotion to veterans. [applause] earlier today, national park service staff rangers rang the centennial bell atop as aendence hal, 21 times highlight to honor veterans, especially on the centennial of day.tice they had to climb many stairs and a steep letter to the open air tower and todd on a big rope in unison with bells across the nation. the independence hall bell rang with others on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in honor of those who served in world war i, and all wars. today's bell tolling was a solemn nod in a program told -- to markbells of peace" the 100th anniversary of day.tice the cessation of fighting in 1918 in

we look forward to national understanding of national threat and risk and cord nation across -- coordination across the national government and private sector to detect and respond to cyber threats wherever they occur. we serve as an operations integrator focused on organization specific and cross -sector risk-management support to enhance the resiliency uf our of our nation's critical infrastructure. our national cyber security and communications center, provides a broad range of cape annuals to assist private sector entities across all sectors of critical infrastructure. , including energy, finance, communications, emergency services, and health care. it is best to think of it as a point of fusion for cyber security threat detection, response, and cord nation, for -- coordination for both the public and the private sectors. we bring together the intelligence community, law enforcement, sector-specific agency, international parters, the private sector, and the department of defense, to carry out this mission. the challenge of effectively coordinating homeland security and homeland defense m

national park." there was always that spark. but it may had a spark when those very young. there was probably a lot of people in here will remember that, i wasn't sure how many would remember, but there was a time when your tv actually went off. [laughter] does anybody remember that? a time when tv stopped [laughter] . [laughter] about 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning, it went off, right? and go to bed. now it is going all day and all night. but when i was a young boy in grade school, when of the things that used to happen when the tv went off, was that there was this little video that came on, there was a program. was an f-16, the guy took off and started reciting this poem. , -- asnot do it for you a little boy, i used to stay up every night and try to write a poem down. , right? i have video could not rewind it. so i would stay off, catch a couple of lines, and it would go off. so it took me about one month to get the whole poem. after i got it together, i memorized it. i loved the idea of flying that

and i think the national strategy, the national defense strategy speaks to it that. adversaries are becoming more sophisticated. the maritime environment is growing increasingly complex. and the coast guard provides unique solutions across that full spectrum of operations. from security cooperation, up to and including armed conflict. the coast guard, like the department of defense, will continue to operate under secretary mattis's paradigm of cooperate where we can, and compete where we must. we ideally compliment and reinforce our nation's unmatched military hard power. we thrive in asserting american values and influence below the threshold of armed conflict. in alignment with our sister services and the department of defense, we deploy globally to influence behaviors, fortify alliances, and challenge threats far from the united states soil. as the only armed service and department of homeland security, the coast guard is a unique instrument of national security and power at home. and power abroad. we serve globally on all search continents and bridge the gap wher

we structured the national cyber strategy to be aligned with our national security strategy that came out about a year ago. it mirrors the four pillars of the national security strategy. pillar one is protect americans. the homeland and the american way of life. really about what are we doing internally to protect. we have three main elements under the national cyber strategy under pillar one. the first one is federal cybersecurity. what are we doing to enhance and defend the federal networks and systems that many of our citizens depend on, that hold your data and information that you use for all your government interactions with the government? what are we doing internally and how are we enhancing our capabilities? there's a call in there to move towards more shared services. how are we doing things more collectively? how are we moving to cloud services? both of those are -- we need to get some agencies, candidly, out of the business of doing cybersecurity themselves. we are never going to be able to -- i will talk later about work force. we are never going to be able to attract all

nationalism and imperialism. and second if you look at the at the outbreak of the first world war. you can ruin that what what impact misconceptions misunderstandings between the governments of major powers can have so what you can learn is we need more empathy we need openness we need open diplomacy we need talk we need negotiations we need to understand any of them. you know it's been a century of course since the end of world war one this is a conflict that stirred hatred like you were referring to some of the some argue that it made little to almost inevitable has europe we've gone from the sort of twentieth century. where the second world war was not inevitable of course it was indirectly related to the first world war in particular it was strongly related to diversify treaty with left major powers dissatisfied and this was one of the roots of the second world war i think we have learned. some lessons i mean if you look at the franco german a law arms since the late forty's and early fifty's. europe as a who

it was taking the nation by storm. i'm sure that most of you know what " birth of a nation" is about. it is a celebration of the klu klux klan. it is based on a book called " and the plot of the movie is that everything was fine in the south, the whites and blacks were happy, the north comes along with a war of aggression, they win and had the temerity to arm blacks. those armed black soldiers stayed in the south and were ruffians. they harassed the white residents and the black soldiers intimidated and assaulted the white women. the klan had to rise up and fight back and chase off these black soldiers, to intimidate black people so they would not vote, because they were sending incompetent black legislatures to this late -- to the state -- legislature. and whites regained their white full place and it was the birth of a nation. the movie was taking the country by storm. specter during this 50th anniversary. there were people who thought that something needed to be done about that. one person who thought that something

lastly i would be remiss if i did not highlight the national guard's contribution to dod and the nation. we fully recognize the national guard's complementary roles as an integral part of enforcing and as a nested capability, section 1653 of the fy 19 and the aa, which requires an assessment on the feasibility and advisability of establishing cyber support teams, providing an opportunity to review and refine the role of the national authority, my team will read this review. thank you again for this opportunity to appear before you today, as you can see the department has undertaken extensive work with the dhs, to improve the defense of the homeland and national critical infrastructure, but there is much left to do, i look forward to working with congress as we address the challenges facing the homeland, and i welcome your questions today. thank you. >> thank you,>> chairwoman, chairman, ranking members, and members of the committee, good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to testify today, the department of defense and department of homeland security, cyber coordination informa

the risks well i don't think there will be returning to the pre-war nationalism the national extent nationalism in the years before nine hundred fourteen before the first world war but there are of course indications that nationalism is on the rise again i mean if you look at some states such as hungry poland and in particular the us america first i mean the writing is on the war and so we should be considered what lessons should we learn from the mistakes of people back then well i think first of course the first world will point and highlights the dangers of nationalism extreme nationalism and impurities in. and second if you look at the at the outbreak of the first world war. you can ruin that what. what impact misconceptions misunderstandings between the governments of major powers can have so what you can learn is we need more empathy we need openness we need open diplomacy we need talk we need negotiations we need to understand the of them. you know it's been a century of course since the end of world war one this is a conflict that's. referring to some of the some argue that

as the national commander in the sacred resting place, arlington national cemetery.g.i. forum is a congressionally chartered veterans service organization. representing active duty military, families, veterans for advocacy and civil rights, access to earn benefits, a care, and access to good education. today is the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. let us remember the sacrifices of those veterans who fought in the war to end all wars. let us not forget the 400,000 men and women whose final resting place is here on these hollowed grounds. let us recognize the over 20 million veterans that live among us today. let us reflect on the fact that only 1% of the country serves in the military. let us remember that their service provides the very freedom that everyone in this great country enjoys, daily, without notice. my fellow veterans, we, the g.i. forum stand with you and salute you. i encourage each and everyone of you to continue to work together to ensure our military and veterans and military families are always taken care of and heard. i urge each of you,

i think it was tailor-made for "fox nation". to hear opinions on anything and everything that comes across my path. specifically i think it's time americans heard from immigrants who love america. and i'm one of them. you'll be hearing a lot about that. >> on the show if we really disagreeing at length and up on a commercial break, were you trying to say the very last word and sometimes awfully close to getting cut off. >> i know a lot about the last word. >> we both do. can i ask, what is so exciting to you personally for "fox nation"? >> i get to talk more. you can put handcuffs on me and have me finish everything. now you are the anchor and you get to talk last. now you talk first! i am excited. i would be remiss if i did not bring it up because while we are excited to be down here with the people in "fox nation" i was upset because the rumors of your solitude, the leather bound books in the knowledge and mahogany, get smarter when you going there. at some point can we please just in the office for a few minutes? >> yes. as l

of the nation. -- events of the nation. gary hoskins has two students projects ineir recent years. i think he is going for a trifecta. visited fischer's high school to speak with the government class and i was interviewed by students participating in the studentcam scholarship program. in fort pink, lauderdale, florida, saying studentcam 2019. project-based learning at its finest. check out the posts. we are asking middle and high school students to produce a 5-6 minute documentary internee question, what does it mean to be american? we are awarding $100,000 in

it also means the national guard and reserves. based on what the capabilities and the timing are, we choose from any one of those three components. the same is true when we do disaster relief. when we had hurricanes hit this summer, i was down in north carolina. you would have seen regular army, national guard, and reserve troops. it is not anything unusual. it just depends on who is available, what is available, and the time needed to resource the mission. missy: so are you saying that there were not national guard troops that would have been available either to deploy on short notice or wouldn't have had the right skill sets for the mission that was there on the border? sec. esper: it may have been both. i haven't gone through the numbers. the army staff gets its requirements. we resource them to see what capabilities are available in the national guard versus the active component. as you may know, most of are combat service support resources are not in the national guard. they are actually in the army reserve and the regular ar

to have on this nation. and i offer it to any who would dare to consider its life-changing message. i thank god for the bible. and i yield back. mr. lamborn: i thank my friend from michigan. and he mentioned a few things about the founding of our country and so i'd like to mention this. many of the early american settlers came to the new world with the express purpose of following the bible according to the convictions of their own consciences. one of the first acts of congress during the tumultuous beginning of our nation was the authorization of an american published bible. the war with the british had cut off any supply of bibles from england. our founding fathers understood how important it was for the american people to have bibles. robert akin, a private citizen, brought this need to the attention of congress. he wrote a letter and he said, this work is an object worthy of the attention of the congress of the united states of america. who will not neglect spiritual security while they are virtuously co

about what are the wealthiest nations in sort of the poorest nations and let's just take g.d.p. by g.d.p. right a great to be about thank you so the wealthiest nations are outside of the u.s. that is china germany japan and closely followed by the u.k. the poorest nation actually probably not many of our viewers have maybe even heard of tuvalu which used to be former ellis island in the polynesian islands but the poorest nations are actually a lot of the former communist countries and sub-saharan africa and then good and then in the middle east the big bright star of course is saudi arabia ok and. if you look at growth rates in the different regions you know sure. how are they looking for growth rates going forward yes and some of the hot spots coming up actually there are some of the emerging nations and then there are just growth rates so one of the most outstanding growth rates that continues and as outpaced all nations actually is australia and that's really due to their brilliant immigration policies to get into australia i mean you have to have a certain network you have t

h.r. 5706 would also establish the national monument as the national historic site. as some of you know, i am the granddaughter of two internees. one of whom was interned there, which i did not learn about until very late in his life. in fact, many who grew up in hawaii did not know about the internment site until it was designated, highlighting the need to quickly preserve the site and its history. also not known as other confinement sites, it is unique in that it provides an important historical perspective for martial law in the u.s., the treatment of prisoners of war and the distinguished history of the 100th battalion and the 442nd infantry regiment. in their evaluation of the site, the national park service said it appears to offer the greatest potential to preserve resources and interpret the history of the world war ii internment. with japanese americans on the mainland were interned indiscriminate atly, that would have been impossible in hawaii's predominantly japanese--- american japanese work force. martial law was imposed in hawaii for the duration of wor

roberts one, national commander, polish legion of american veterans of the usa paul cunningham, nationaliation. the associated members of the veterans day national committee are located to the boxes to the left. i would like to ask the national commanders who comprise our membership to stand and be recognized. please join me in recognizing our veterans national leadership with your applause. [applause] it is now my pleasure to , executiveiss karen director army national military cemeteries and arlington national emissary. >> leader pelosi, secretary of defense matus, secretary of affairs, secretary of the air force wilson, major general hollered, families of the fallen, visitors from across the world and all of you, good morning. welcome to arlington national cemetery. what a glorious day. we are in thethat center of hallowed ground. a special welcome to mr. larry of the american g.i. forum, for being today's veteran service national veterans day observance. today as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the world war i armistice in 1918, how fortunate we all are to gather

for this nation is looked upon as that shining nation on the hill. and we, you must hold us accountable in this hallowed place where we are entrusted to pass laws that will make america better. you are obviously my bosses across the nation, and my commitment to you is that if you allow me to be sheila jackson lee, we will in fact do the job of the america people, regardless of their region, regardless of their race and and regardless of their race and ethnicity and religion, regardless of their opposition or support, we will do what is best for america. thank you, all, very much. god bless all of you. god bless the united states of america. thank you. i [cheers and applause] reverend sharpton: sheila jackson lee. let me say this -- we're all going to lunch. then, you have your assignments. visit. stop at the front desk in the lobby. you heard a lot today as you did yesterday. now, let's go and do the business and make it happen. and that is why we're here. let me say, also, i want to do something special here in the senate office building, and that i

sacrifices made by our troops in world war i, that we join the league of nations. wilson was to pass away about three months later, in this house. his last public address, so, really to his last day, he was appealing to america, to really conclude world war i, by joining the league of nations, a final step that we never took. >>> for now on the first floor in what president wilson called the dugout, a big fan of baseball, which became popular in america when he was a teenager, this was the room in which his secretary would do correspondence and whatnot, one of the world war one related artifact that we have here is this and people often ask what is it? it looks like dryer lint it might have been collected, and in a funny way it is, it is wool, but before it is woven into clothing, and of course, the other end of the clothing cycle, the story is, as the united states got more and more involved in world war i, the white house decided that they ought to free the workmen who otherwise were doing mowing and landscaping at the white house, freeing them to support the war

homogeneity in a nation. all nations consist of tribes, all nations consist of different cultures, tribal groupings, regional groupings brought together in a single nation through a process which is in some cases largely voluntary, self defense let's say and in some cases involves a lot of coercion. the truth is most of the historical examples involve both. you can make the distinction between a nation freely created and one that didn't. the united states is an example, people point to the united states, this example, states came together voluntarily. i'm not exactly sure rhode island came together voluntarily. i don't know. i say that lightly but i will say it more seriously, the construction of the united states involved in understanding, consistent understanding on the part of americans that there is a dark cultural boundary to diversity. no american territory was ever included in the union, admitted into the union. there was a majority of english speakers, under common law. there is an exception of louisi

nations. perhaps, especially those in the segregated south. the american indian was, some argued, finishing. consequently, in late 19th an early of 20th century, the primary concern of the leaders was survival. tribal council members for ways to establish economic identity in order to survive in the post- reconstruction south. three strategies emerged. the first was small-scale agriculture. turkeys of course, had been forming in the region for centuries. they continue to group corn, beans and other crops. farming could be difficult on the lands. second, the expectation of natural resources. most notably, timber. rapid industrialization in the northeast increased the demand for lumber and corporate interest turned their to the forest of the great smoky mountains. neither agriculture or logging was a long-term strategy. the birth of a southern tourist economy offered cherokee leaders a third option. the south landscapes, form, and cultural heritage attracted visitors from across the country and

pershing lies in the paternity of the nations who are quite dead and the slopes of the arlington nationalhe enduring tradition that never dies. john joseph pershing, general of the army, like others before him in the long line of american giants, rose to leadership and met its challenges at precisely the moment his country needed him so that the destiny of the two, maine and nation were part of the same momentous adventure. his mission was to create an army and he did. a mighty army without which the great war could not have been one. at the same time an army cast in a unique and authentic american mold, a forerunner of the superbly powerful force which is today a modern army. in this he handed down to his countrymen military pride more than anything else he touched a string of glory in his people and perhaps more than any man in his time he awakened them to a vision of their own greatness. ♪ the yanks are coming, the yanks are coming ♪ so prepare, say a prayer ♪ send a word, to be where ♪ ♪ the yanks are coming, the yanks are coming ♪ ♪ will be over, were coming over ♪ we won't come back

trans national figure. beyond nationalism beyond narrow self-interest global this figure for probably she's also thinking about her future career holding some one of these big international bureaucrat jobs so. this is really about all they go see about post chancellor career so is the fact that she has only two will three years left in power in polls and perhaps. yes and i don't think that she will serve this because the c.d.u. is doing so poorly electorally and everyone's really tired of her and they're going to be looking towards the new cd you leadership so you're in theory she says she's going to be there till twenty twenty one i don't think so i think she'll be out probably within the next six months and i think then she will want to have one of these big international. fat salary jobs too you see her through the twilight years so i think that you know she's thinking along those lines but you know to be fur i mean i think that you know she i think she probably does believe that nationalism is a terribl

rather, it was to acknowledge god for thenks to nation's -- the entire nation's general blessings. the first time since washington had done so in 1789 had proclaimedt an national day of general thanksgiving. opening sentence of issued onproclamation october 3, 1863, set the tone. the year that is drawing toward its close has blessingsd with the of fruitful fields and healthful skies. an extraordinary way to characterize the year 1863, was a bloody one, as you americans.or gettysburg set a new standard for suffering. were, misery and grief ever present around our country. as a northerner or a southerner reflected on the year that was ending, fruitful fields and not have skies would been the first things that sprang to mind. lincoln went on to catalog -- to list a catalog of blessings for all americans could be grateful. aen, quote, in the midst of civil war of unequaled severity and magnitude. the nation remains at peace with foreign countries, expanding. are its population is growing. and its farms, industries and minds are producing. lincoln was reminding americans that the war wo

as you as you know the united nations mission conducted. about seventy to eighty meetings around the entire country attended by over a thousand people and they produced the report does summarizes what the population most likely wants to see and that's the building block for the conference additionally there was. there was a stalemate between the h.-o. or the house of representatives and the state council and the. presidential council about how to progress and we've spent about two years since the implementation of the libyan political agreement produce of there are without any progress so that's what forces i guess our sense that imus and into adopting the second step plan if you like and go into a national conference with more participators than just before that we saw in right ok coming to you then yes as in tunis we saw an array of international actors attending this conference simpler. everybody seems to have a vested interest some kind of interest in the future of libya a briefly if you can tell us why for instance the french are so hi

the constitution recognized tribal nations as domestic southern nations, and -- sovereign nations, and for the first roughly 100 years, the united states government, you know, felt with tribal nations on the treaty basis that you mentioned. directly treating them as governments. that stopped after the civil war. from that point, from the 1870s, '80s, after the plains wars forward, basically federal policy, the treaty positive was done away -- process was done away with, and indian issues were handled by the congress and the president. personally, i would like to see it go back to that process, but if you're asking me what are the odds of that happening in the united states, unfortunately, i would say slim. but we're still living -- i'm not as familiar with the first nations in canada, so i can't speak intelligently on that. i struggle to speak intelligently on end grab case law -- indian case law, because in terms of legal matters the relationship between tribal nations and the federal government is one of c the most complicated legal matters that we have, and i still don't understand

they recognize tribal nations as domestic sovereign nations.in for the first they dealt with tribal nations on the treaty basis that you mentioned. directly treating them as governments. that stopped after the civil war. from that point from the 1870s and 80s after the li rnplanes moved forward. basically federal policy and the treaty process was done away with. indian issues were handled by congress and the president.ss personally, i would like to see it go back to that process i don't think that will happen in the united states. i'm not as familiar with thehe first nations in canada so i can't speak intelligently on that. i struggle to speak intelligently on english caselaw. the relationship between tribal nations in the federal government as one of the most complicated legal matters that we have and i still don't understand all of it. but thank you for the question. >> just one more question. is the relationship between that. traditionally it was adversarial. do they collaborate. you are correct that for a while it was tense the federal gove

the national history center is nonpartisan. our purpose is to bring historical perspectives to current issues and not to advocate for particular policies. we would like to begin this morning by thanking the melon foundation for their financial support and also congressman , gerry connolly's office for arranging the room. my name is our, i teach at american university and i want , to welcome you. as i was thinking about how to set the stage for this morning's presentations i was driving past , a field of youngsters playing helpr and i could not recalling that when i was a child, the only kids i knew were playing soccer were my friends refugee kids. they were born in displaced purpose camps in europe and came to the united states with their parents in the late 1940's or early 1950's. so often, their parents had been liberated from concentration camps and bore on their forms numbers that have been branded on them by the nazis. the legislation that admitted them was not generous. quite frankly, neither where the attitudes of many a

white house national train council director peter navarro talked about economic policy and national security at the center for strategic and international d.c. s in washington, he discussed efforts of bringing more manufacturing jobs to the u.s. and areas where china violates international trade rules. this is just over one hour. andrew: good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us at csis for the discussion on international and economic security. we are pleased that dr. navarro has agreed to come and talk on this topic and join in a short discussion. hunter,is andrew hundred and i am the director of the group at csis. the origin of this discussion was originally a few weeks back, the industrial base review done by an inter-agency group, led in no small part by dr. navarro, but looking at issues in the defense industrial days. i'm confident this discussion will look at those issues and a broader set of issues related to economic strength and security. today's event is not sponsored , so it is made possible by general support to csis. we are always grateful for those who provide general s

we are now at the beginning of a national. -- national period of thanksgiving. as we give thanks for all the blessings we have been bestowed, it really has been blessing after blessing after blessing. we are all very thankful. we also pray for those in need, especially our fellow citizens impacted by the devastating wildfires in california. i just came back, i've never seen anything like it. probably nobody has. all hearts are joined with theirs. we give thanks for the family and loved ones who enrich our lives, lift our spirits, and fill our days with joy. , whove thanks to god continues to shed his almighty grace upon this magnificent land that we all love so much. we are truly blessed to be americans. this is an incredible time for our country. prosperity is soaring all across our land. we are especially thankful for the men and women who protect our families and to protect our -- who protect our flag. as we gather together this week with those we love, we share our gratitude to all of those who spend this holiday very far from home, serving in our military o

the national women's party decided to stay the national women's party because they thought there was unfinished business about equal justice for women and in 1923, just after alice paul wrote the e.r.a. and they are still fighting for the e.r.a., so there is a direct storyline. >> yeah. >> at memorial continental hall and they were going to come here and they were going to bring the celebratory low and you said that the women were obviously discouraged and frustrated and angry and what did they end up -- >> so it became a sort of theory meeting. they all did end up here, but instead of, you know, sort of indignified victory watching the tableau again, they all made angry speeches about how insulted they were and how important this cause was and it became this sort of fiery consciousness-raising session and they absolutely did end up here and it ended up being important and in fact, because women had come from all over the country to participate, they took that opportunity while they were shut in the hole of getting them to right first-person narrative that they experienced which they

so reservations, national forests but also wildlife refugees, national park units and so on. the fact that he came from a background in a state with so much public lands and reservations, also that he was put on the house interior committee and all of its subcommittees, helped build his resume, and also gave him great experience to become an exceptional interior secretary. he gained a spot in the kennedy camelot kennedy white house. certainly his work and interest in public lands and being a westerner helped in those endeavors, with the exception of really only a few cases secretaries of the interior have always been westerners. that's where the majority of the public lands the department's holdings are held and he was young and progressive and pro-kennedy, that certainly helped. in the presidential election, arizona swung actually for nixon but in the primary he had gotten arizona to swing for kennedy instead of johnson so kennedy appreciated that. so he became interior secretary and was one of just three interior secretaries in history to lead it for eight years or more. th

right now, this nation needs every single one of us. this nation needs national action network. this nation needs people who swear that oath not with their words, not with their lip, but with their action, too many things are wong, don't make them about one individual. we have to make them about the cause of our country, all of us united in struggle can make real on the wrds of our ancestors and this can be a nation, one under god, where everyone has abundant pathways to life, liberty, and a whole lot of happiness. thank you. cheers and applause] reverend sharpton: senator cory ooker. that redefines what working the room means, right? one of the states that has really been marred with voter suppression is the state of orth carolina. and one that we have been in and out of federal court dealing with the ways they have tried to undermine voters there. one who has stood on that and serves on the committee of education and work force, agriculture committee, small business committee, was the founder of the first ever bipartisan hbcu caucus, from the 12th district in north carolina, c

the commemoration of an important event in our nation's capital's history and our nation's history.the executive director of george washington's presidential library, i'm thrilled to be here and excited to witness a ceremonial re-enactment of the laying of the cornerstone, the foundation of the foundation. on the building that houses the representatives of the american people. on september 18th, 1793, george washington, a man already long-known as the father of his country presided over this event with great hopes for what the capitol would become. when washington and others marched to the future site of the capitol to lay its southeast cornerstone in september of 1793, they knew it was important, and like many americans they believed precisely because free masonry symbolized and even helped to instill self-less virtue, moralality, equality and, of course, brotherhood, it could provide the right kind of sacred foundation for what this building would become. president washington came here from his home in mount vernon because he knew his presence would help to lend gravity and signif

and national defense. the primary duty of the federal government is due to defend the american people, the american territory, and the american interests abroad. it goes on to say the strategic landscape is growing steadily more threatening, combined with the fact that america's long standing military advantages have diminished. we're now in the national security crisis predicted by both the 2010 defense review panel and the 2014 panel that we remember that very well. it is straightforward and honest and timely. to address our present national security crisis, and restore america's eroding military advantage, we have to fully resource and implement the national defense strategy if we fail to do that we must be prepared to endure the more than casualties and even possibly defeat in the wars we could have been avoided. in particular, i'm troubled by the commission's unequivocal assessment that the defense strategy is not adequately resourced. the problems we've had between the two fiscal years of 2010 and 20

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming to this session. y name is chad williams. it is my great pleasure and honor to serve as chair for this session on african-americans and the great war. i like to first