the national book award for poetry whose collection is a finalist of the 2017 national book award forod evening everyone. it is an honor to be with you tonight and it has been an indescribable honor to serve alongside hello panel members diana, john and i wish to sincerely thank the panel thank you for your dedication to your work this year and are those unbelievable stresses and difficulties. thank you for the respectful discourse we shared. it was a trust established amongst us that a cloud openness and honesty and the ability to encounter our differing views not as opposition but as important consideration. and this is a testimony to the power across location when conducted with care and integrity and respect for our community. for me a lifelong love. with the books that we read with some poetry that refuses forgetting. these books were courageous in their offering and ways in which to hold that side of division. to somehow correct human experience. experience. . . . . the parameters remain indefinable in many of these without question, we understand. it is. and it is what makes us

make it count for this nation. -- make it count for this nation that you were here. if you go into any of my offices you'll see my mission statement. we represent a state where the words to america the beautiful were written. we will always look up to the rocky mountain horizon and the work that we do and remind ourselves that only through our actions will god continue to shed his grace on our great nation. ours is a nation founded on the optimism that no generation waits for the next to be told where to go. it's the great american horizon that compels us. to continue to reach ahead, to rise, to achieve, and to believe in america. ten years ago i sat on the floor of the united states house of representatives as we prepared -- some of my completion here with me -- to be sworn into the 1123th congress. i watched with our daughter allison patiently sitting by my side as the peaceful transition of power took place. the hallmark our republic. as the most powerful constitutionally prescribed member of congress, the speaker of the house gave the gavel to a newly elected spe

go by, the example for all the nations of the earth, a nation in which we shall see the spirit of peace and of justice incarnate. >> while he had lived, something did happen to america but more to be remembered than his achievements is the passion with which he upheld basic american beliefs and principles and the way he brought alive a similar spirit in others. together with our greatest leaders, he still moves among us. always our great need is for his kind of idealism, willingness, and courage. ♪ ♪ >> on january 20, 1961, john f. kennedy took office as president of the united states. on that day he made it clear that a new administration was on the move. a year had passed in which bold new programs moved. sometimes with success, sometimes not, but always with vigor. president kennedy set the keynote for his new administration in his inaugural address. >> so let us begin anew. remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness and sincerity is always subject to proof. let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. [applause] >> throughout the yea

yes, as it related to national security, once we got to national security, we prioritized the larger loan over the other ones. >> the gao specifically notes you approved the loan while your internal program guidance was still in draft form and subject to change, and your incremental theoach may have weakened consistency in which treasury analyzed loan applications. did you use the same application review process and criteria for other loans you applied to yrc? >> we're happy to respond in writing to the gao issue and we will copy you on that. >> thank you, mr. secretary. >> thank you. representative hill? >> thank you, chairman. i want to read you some quotes here from a news article, associated press. licly trading company will ask for a bailout." have plummeted. those sound familiar and might send like they are from a post care his headline, -- post cares headline, but they are from may 15, 2009. later that year, investment banks were compelled to do a debt for equity's swap with yrc, hoffa,their union, jimmy speaking on behalf of organized later -- labor, saying he was successful

in our national stage young. now after the construction i think there will be about i don't know around $5000.00 but of course for a nation like. 10 to 30 percent of the population what you're watching our team in one single game then that's probably a world record and fantastic. the nation now boasts $168.00 to a full licensed coaches that's around one per $100.00 inhabitants in england for example there's one coach for every $165000.00 people bill mcleod jakobsen is one of the most experienced coaches here almost everybody i play if you go couple years ago 100 percent or 99 percent of all the kids in school they played football. last couple of years maybe not that much but we're up to 7080 percent of all. all the people stay and they are playing and playing in some kind of a club environment. there are more sheep than people living on the islands and it rains $300.00 days a year still out pitches are the norm so why is the sport so popular probably because of the national team there are many pictures here that

creative strength in new and developing nations in peacekeeping strength from the united nations. alone are not enough to keep the peace it must be kept by men. our instrument and our hope is the united nations. impatience of those who would abandon this imperfect world instrument because they dislike our imperfect world. the troubles of the world organization, merely reflect the troubles of the world itself. if the organization is weakened these troubles can only increase. we may not always agree with every detailed act but taken by every officer of the united nations or with every voting majority. at as an institution, it should have in the future as it has had in the past. no stronger or more faithful member than the united states of america. >>> this is american history tv. covering history c-span style with lectures, interviews and discussions, with authors, historians and teachers. 48 hours all weekend every weekend only on c-span 3. >>> sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dwight d eisenhower residential museum director takes us on a virtual tour abilene kansas showcases the legacy

the military and for our nation. this legislation is a significant step forward for diversity, inclusion and justice in our all were armed forces. core american values that our military must promote. today's military is the most diverse in our history with people of color making up more than 40% of active duty service members. and, as our country reckons with systemic racism, so too does our military. by affirming our founding values, this ndaa enhances military readiness and taps into the diverse talents and skills of our country. we elevate the chief diversity officer to report directly to the secretary of defense and service secretaries. we provide for better accountability, transparency and reporting on our diversity efforts. we ensure equity and promotion boards by removing pictures and other identifying information that could bias his processes. officers will instead be judged solely on what matters, their performance. we foster new leaders in our military, reflect the diversity of our country. and support thei

reassure the nation. ford, there was no transition period. no time to settle into the demanding job. >> when i took the oath of back to the ent oval office, my desk was piled with problems. we had an economic crisis. with our ertainty allies and our adversaries. public trust in the government. i finally came to the conclusion rid of mr. o get ixon's past problems and spend a hundred percent of my time on americanems facing the people as a whole. do that was way to to pardon mr. nixon, get all his of the white house, concentration could be on the economy, diplomatic military problems, including how we could end the vietnam. in there were some in the congress a deal that i had made with mr. nixon in order to become president, and in return, would grant him a pardon. hat was a total inaccurate fabrication. i could put itat on the record under oath was to a request by the house committee on the to go up to capitol hill and lay out the facts. of the e request chairman of that committee, and the chairman of the subcommittee subcommittee, i went up

[applause] ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the nationalaptioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> august, 1974. a husband and wife share their changes --n about changes are happening in washington, d.c., changes that promised to transform their lives overnight. ♪ >> president nixon stunned the country today by admitting he held back -- >> he acknowledges that the transcripts say, as mr. nixon put it, at variance of what he told the american people. >> rumors of president nixon's imminent resignation swept washington and the world today. >> president nixon reportedly will announce his resignation tonight. >> i, gerald r. ford, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> and will, to the best of my ability -- >> and will, to the best of my ability -- >> preserve, protect and defend -- >> preserve, protect and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so hel

and a national security and foreign policy team that will help keep our nation safe. and restore and advance our leadership throughout the world. -- around the world. today, we are announcing leaders who will help deliver immediate relief to every corner of our great country, from rural communities, to big cities, and every place in between. who will help care for our veterans and their families, and advance opportunities for all americans at this consequential moment in our country. at a time when one in eight households say they did not have enough money for food in the past week, we need leaders to understand that no one should go -- leaders who understand that no one should go hungry in the united states of america. at a time when one in six renters are behind on rent, we need leaders who will not only help provide relief to all the needy, but help address the affordable housing crisis in america. i was in high school by the time my mother saved up enough money to put down a down payment on a home. and i understand the dignity of home ownership, and the importance

play with the national team. are competition. i think the set but when he came back to those he has become stronger and because when he then moved again abroad he had tried to experience it with the 2nd in a set i was better able to tackle after stints in norway and back in the faroes edmonson established himself in denmark's top division in 2018 he signed for armenia bielefeld promotion in his 3rd season means he's playing in the biggest league affair always player has featured in. i'm diverse in the german football league and the course i'm proud of because we don't have that many professional footballers from there from the spare islands the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey bulgaria and greece the last 5 to 6 years we have going from beating greece 2 to now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries many of the middle nations we are competing against now so so we a

in 2020, the national people's congress standing something passed the national security law for hong kong which criminalizes secession, subversion, and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security. here's an example of what beijing considers inciting secession. a 19-year-old girl was arrested for waving a plflag with the wos "hong kong independence." a 19-year-old man was arrested for selling stickers. and the united states we recognize that as free speech and it's fundamentally -- fundamental to any free people's way of life. but unfortunately just when you think things couldn't go worse, they do. last month the hong kong police launched a hotline for people to report national security law violations. the national people's congress standing committee recently disqualified four members of the hong kong legislative council for supporting hong kong's independence. 15 other legislative council members resigned in protest. leaving the legislative council dominated by the pro-beijing voting bloc. and just days ago, jimmy lay was charged under th

the conservators here at the national archives. and some of the items in the wallet were things like a social security card, his selective service notice, a service i.d. , because of course he was in the marine corps at one time. also, a fair play for cuba committee identification card, that was an organization he belonged to. let's see what else is interesting in here. other kinds of id's, a public library card. and so, all of these are just the contents of a wallet, just like you would have in your own wallet, whatever you have right now. this is something we would not normally make available, the researchers, that is why we have filmed it. mostly because of the wallet itself even more than the content. they agency also some photographs that the woman in the picture is his wife marina. there you can see his marine corps photograph as well. so, the next exhibit that our conservator is showing you here is fbi exhibit k-51, which was the camera used by mr. zapruder to take a very famous film of the assassination was probably -- whic

no one nation, no regional group can or should expect any special privilege which harms any other nationuse] critics the -- sdam conference, where an enduring peace settlement could be made. president truman, the secretary of state, talking with foreign minister's, the victory completed by the british prime minister. ♪ in a parade of fellow veterans of the first world war, the president of the united states marches with comrades of the old artillery battery in which he served. ♪ >> back home, he talks with some friends. house, a special welcome is given to war veterans. ♪ george marshall is appointed secretary of state, and becomes the president's chief adviser on foreign relations. signing a bill that provides aid to 16 european countries. american goods going abroad under the european recovery program. the other major candidate began his career in new york city. as district attorney, he headed a drive against crime, and made a national reputation as a gang buster. albany, the state capital, where thomas dewey serves in the state of new york, being governor of new york leads to a nomina

, the national indian health board, and the national food association. hopefully you can see that the 23 represent a very broad spectrum of national association with the primary focus and mission of making sure our national vaccination campaign is as effective, efficient, safe, and equitable less possible. that is how we view our contribution to the all of government all of nation effort. host: let me remind our viewers they can take part in this conversation. we are going to open up regional lines for this conversation about the national covid vaccine plan effort. if you are in the eastern or central time zones, eastern or central time zones, you can call in at (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or atific time zones, call in (202) 748-8001. if you are in a medical professional, we will open a special line for medical professionals. we want to hear from you at (202) 748-8002. keep in mind that you can always text at (202) 748-8003. we will always be on social media at twitter and facebook. expertise,ll of that that brings the next logical questio

in 2020, the national people's congress standing something passed the national security law for hong kong which criminalizes secession, subversion, and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security. here's an example of what beijing considers inciting secession. a 19-year-old girl was arrested for waving a plflag with the wos "hong kong independence." a 19-year-old man was arrested for selling stickers. and the united states we recognize that as free speech and it's fundamentally -- fundamental to any free people's way of life. but unfortunately just when you think things couldn't go worse, they do. last month the hong kong police launched a hotline for people to report national security law violations. the national people's congress standing committee recently disqualified four members of the hong kong legislative council for supporting hong kong's independence. 15 other legislative council members resigned in protest. leaving the legislative council dominated by the pro-beijing voting bloc. and just days ago, jimmy lay was charged under th

no one nation, no regional group can or should expect any special privilege which harms any other nation. >> the putsam conference where it was hoped any predictions would be made. the big three completed by british prime minister adley. in a parade of fellow veterans in the first world war, the president of the united states marches with comrades of the old artillery battery in which he served. back home he talks with some friends. at the white house, a special welcome is given to war veterans. george marshall was appointed secretary of state and becomes the president's chief adviser on foreign relations. signing the bill which provides aid to 15 european countries. american goods going abroad under the european cover program. the other major candidate, governor dewey, began his career in new york city. as district attorney he headed a drive against crime which made him a gangbuster. albany, the state capital, where thomas dewey serves as governor of new york. being governor of new york eventually leads to a candidate for the presidency. governor dewey first received the republican nomi

for this year's national book award for poetry whose poetry were the finalist for the 2017 national booking, everyone, it is an honor to be with you tonight and it has been indescribable honor. to serve alongside fellow panel members, john, diana and elizabeth. i wish to sincerely thank the panel members, i thank you for your dedication to our work this year under unforeseen and unbelievable stresses and difficulty. i thank you for the respectful discourse that we shared, there was a trust established amongst us that allowed openness, honesty and inability to encounter are differing views not as opposition but as important consideration to move us forward. in these times especially to the power of consultation when conducted with care, integrity and absolute respect for our community. for me it will be a lifelong memory. within the books we read we found the poetry of witness that is to say poetry that refuses four days, these books were courageous in their offerings, ways in which to fully hold the side of the division. and somehow collective human experience. , many of these poems gave

national.or translated literature have made clear this is a sure planet and this award recognizes exceptional books translated in english with the 2020 finalist are translated from arabic, german, japanese, spanih and swedish. these extra ordinary books show the fragility of love and the violence of abuse and the effects of the past on the present each makes a decisive case for global literature and those perspectives reaching beyond national borders in the national book award for translated literature in 2012 the macarthur fellow author of three novels including for unnamed. >> this year and i cannot imagine to be on this journey with more remarkable leaders thank you for your brilliance with this vigorous and passionate debate and the friendship. >> over the course of several months the fellow judges and i have the distinct pleasure of selfishly and miraculously escaping our isolated pockets to the hard earned miracle of stories that have been meticulously translated for more than a dozen lan

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you can watch archival films on our weekly series "reel america." here on american history tv. city's lower eastside communications director takes us through reconstructed dwellings that show how immigrant families coped with poverty and crowded conditions. are in this family home. we have taken a leap forward in time to 1935. around you and all of these wonderful amenities, the family would've enjoyed. by 1935, the building has electricity. they can listen to the radio. they have electric light. and a gas cooktop. which is installed on top of the old coal burning stove. and a sink and a bathtub right here. we see the bathtub in the kitchen which was typical of tenements in those days. after the immigrates establishment of ellis island. family,red to the other this family had a great deal more bureaucracy to deal with. going through the immigration process. not least of which was the united stat

ran the nation's most important museum. he was vehemently opposed to the idea, and in fact shocked, aghast at the concept of moving a fragile, 450 year old masterpiece. one of the greatest paintings of all-time. not one on can this, but painted on flimsy popular wood that was already starting to buckle. i love this precious, fragile painting across the ocean during the winter. he was hard-pressed for ways to let jackie know that he under no circumstances wanted to be responsible for the mona lisa when she came to america. it was a clash of wills, and a test of their decades old friendship, and soon the mona lisa became the real issue of contention between them. walker begged her to repeatedly changed her mind. he emphasized the danger inherent in the venture. to john walker, the idea of moving a fraudulent masterpiece thousands of miles across the atlantic ocean tempted fate that should be tested. for him, the whole scheme reeked of american arrogance and he urged jackie to abandon the plan. but to walker's prize, instead o

funds for the national parks. there was no such outside organization that was authorized to raise or organized to raise funds as a friends group might be. so i partnered with a national trust for historic preservation that i could use their tax exempt status and get some donations that would be tax exempt. but i knew that in the long haul this was going nowhere unless we've got backing by the local governments and nonprofits and the state and the congressional leaders, so that was the challenge. new paragraph. so the most important partner at the outset was los alamos, you guessed it. i decided that having events was a good way to generate excitement, and we had three events, which i'm sure the los alamos historical society folks who worked on them will never forget. it was really pretty wild, but we all had a great time. i did. 2001, 2004, and '06. what we did was always arrange it so it fit the senators' schedules. there was something that we knew, we checked with them first to see if we had it on x weekend, wou

the military and for our nation. this legislation is a significant step forward for diversity, inclusion and justice in our all were armed forces. core american values that our military must promote. today's military is the most diverse in our history with people of color making up more than 40% of active duty service members. and, as our country reckons with systemic racism, so too does our military. by affirming our founding values, this ndaa enhances military readiness and taps into the diverse talents and skills of our country. we elevate the chief diversity officer to report directly to the secretary of defense and service secretaries. we provide for better accountability, transparency and reporting on our diversity efforts. we ensure equity and promotion boards by removing pictures and other identifying information that could bias his processes. officers will instead be judged solely on what matters, their performance. we foster new leaders in our military, reflect the diversity of our country. and support thei

nations.f russia is suspected of car arelying out the most devastating cyber attack in american history, and it is apparently getting worse by the day. the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, believes russia, iran and china interfered in the november election as well. fox news is now told a number of senior intelligence analysts adamantly support the director of national intelligence's assessment that china did, indeed, seek to influence the presidential race. but there is also resistance within the deep state and the intelligence community in particular trying to contradict the dni. there is nothing new in that pose, of course, by the deep state. but because of that resistance, the directorrer of national intelligence has decided to not sign off on the assessment until the intelligence community does make the assessment on china, russia and iran's roles in the election. specifically and clearly. the classified report was due to be delivered to congress tomorrow. by executive or

and seniors across the nation. this week, 2.9 million doses of the pfizer vaccine have been allocated and next week two million more doses will be distributed across america. and as you all know yesterday, the f.d.a. advisory panel recommended approval of the oderna vaccine, and when it is approved, we effect later today we'll be in position to ship 5.9 million doses of vaccines all across the country next week. in fact, under operation warp speed, we are poised to have vaccine for 20 million americans before the end of december. it is truly a medical miracle. and an inspiration to people across this country. it is it's a tribute, as well, to the dedication of all of those working at the federal level and the state level who've implemented this project. from early on, president trump gave the white house coronavirus task force one mission and that was to save lives, and in the midst of one of the most challenging years in the life of this nation, i truly do believe that despite the heartbreak and hardship that we h

not only as a national historic registered property or a national landmark of which there are 2000 in the country like mount vernon, but they would qualify as a world heritage site. they were that significant. so that is quite an endorsement. next slide. but the lab had run the numbers and the estimated it was going to be $3 million to restore these properties. and they have no money for preservation. congress had allocated their budget on the mission of stockpile and environmental cleanup. historic preservation was not among them. but we were gaining a little traction. the properties were named by the state of new mexico aso one of the 11 most endangered places. so, people were beginning to get the word that there were these properties behind the fence. i may not have mentioned that. these were not known to the residents of los alamos necessarily. i talked to the former los alamos county council chairman whose a father had been a chef at the f-site cafeteria and near the v-site. she never had been behind the fence. never seen or knew these the properties still existed in the 1990s. t

the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey bulgaria and greece the last 5 to 6 years they have gone from beating greece to 2 now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries many of the middle nations of the we are competing against now also so we are. not satisfied but but but we are satisfied with the development we have been going through. in 2020 k. i collect speak with 90 minutes away from becoming the country's 1st team to qualify for the europa league while under a olson's b 36 top shop made it to the 3rd qualifying round talk clubs of benefiting from the continental cash injections but the national team is still the main source of inspiration for families football. than the german kid just watching germany play when. it's watching england play you all this get this this feeling guy and you support them it's massive it's so important that we have our own how many of the players will be playing for the danish a national team

our national ambitions aloft. he is a secretary of education for this moment. i thank him and his family for accepting this call to serve. i could not do this without them or him. to the career staff of the department of education, you'll have a fantastic and trusted leader. i hope you carry out the -- to help you carry out the department's mission with honor and integrity. the honor and integrity of an educator. and to the american people, to educators, families, caregivers, and students help is on the way. i wish all of you a merry christmas and a happy holiday. may god bless you-all. may god protect our troops. i'm going to turn you over to the next secretary of education, dr. miguel cardona. . education, dr. miguel cardona. dr. cardona: mr. president-elect , madam vice president elect, thank you for this opportunity to serve. i know how challenging this year has been for students, for educators, and for parents. i have lived those challenges alongside millions of american families, not only in my role as state

we are in our national stadium . now after the construction i think there will be about i don't know around $5000.00 but of course for a nation like for a while and sister kate because it's 10 to 30 percent of the population what your football watching our team in one single game and actually that's probably world record and fantastic. the nation now boasts 168 to a 4 licensed coaches that's around one post 300 inhabitants in england for example there's one coach for every 165000 people bill mcleod jakobsen is one of the most experienced coaches here almost everybody i play if you go couple of years ago 100 percent or 99 percent of all the kids in school they played football. last couple of years maybe not that much but we're up to 7080 percent of. all the people stay and they are playing and playing in some kind of a club environment. there are more sheep than people living on the islands and it rains $300.00 days a year still out pitches are the norm so why is the sport so popular probably because of the national t

nation's soldiers, past, present, and future in the regular army, the army reserves, and the army national guard. thank you for joining us for our virtual ceremony. out of an abundance of caution during the covid-19 pandemic, there is no in-person audience today and certain ceremonial elements have been prerecorded. please welcome the official party to the states. secretary of the army, the honorable ryan b. mccarthy. chief of staff of the army, general james c. mcconville. sergeant major of the army, michael a. grinston. director of the national museum of the united states army, ms. tammy call. accompanied by acting secretary of defense, the honorable christopher c. miller. and chairman to the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. millie. now presenting the colors is the third united states infantry regiment, the old guard, accompanied by the old guard fife and drum corps. the national anthem will be performed by sergeant first class jesse meeks from the united states army band, pershing's own. ♪ ♪ >> present arms! >> ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we haile

the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the faroes top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey bulgaria and greece the last 5 to 6 years they have gone from beating greece to 2 now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries many of the middle nations we are competing against now also so we are. not satisfied but but but we are satisfied with the development we have been going through. in 2020 k. i collect speak with 90 minutes away from becoming the country's 1st team to qualify for the europa league while andre olson's be 36 made it to the 3rd qualifying round talk clubs are benefiting from the continental cash injections but the national team is still the main source of inspiration for various football. than the german kid just watching germany play when an english kid. it's watching england play you all this get this this feeling i and you support them it's massive it's so important that we have our own how many of the of the famous players will be playing for the danish a national

you can watch it on fox nation. it's basically about a girl katie whose taken a job in new york but then something happened to her family and she's not able to go. something good happened to her as a result. >> what you don't know and nobody knows this until right now is the fact that we were supposed to actually fly to canada to make that movie did you hear about this pandemic, it changed everything. they rewrote the script and made sure we could be in it. we did it right here in studio f on the mezzanine level. it turned out great. >> you did a great job. >> you did a great job. >> listen to you. it was a lot of fun. >> brian, what did you think. >> from those 25 seconds, it looks really great. you will have to watch it. christmas in the rockies is available now on fox nation. sign up at fox nation.com to start streaming tonight. all right. that is not all. we have a lot of festive films taking place on fox nation to get your family in the holiday spirit in this time year. like christmas on the range, or one holid

every nation seems to believe that other nations will hoard so they will or event. as well that's really the dynamic we're seen and we seem to be and it's unfortunate because as you said it is a no brainer this virus doesn't know borders the response to it cannot it was either if we cannot share a medical intervention in global crisis in which it is everyone's every nation's interest to share what exactly are we going to cooperate on it's a very good question is a job i presidency is it a lifeline for the w.h.o. and for the future of multilateralism in public health considering what we've seen the past 4 years especially with the america 1st approach relatively speaking there is no doubt the president elect has made clear president elect biden has made clear on his 1st day in office he will withdraw the withdrawal notice that the u.s. had filed to leave the world health organization now i'd like to thank the u.s. makes a big difference on global affairs global health in particular. but the devil in particular it is a significant contributor resources and the u.s. is

to have a national memorial to have a war in the nation's capital. at this point in d.c.i would take the most important memorial perhaps the most important memorial for nationwide is the -- which was integrated by president harding on the third anniversary on november 11th, 1921, you can tell from the image that the tombs had not been built, what they have here is the casket. since then of course later on they had one for world war ii. and vietnam, and the korean war, and of course they also found out who the vietnam soldier was and they moved his remains and return them to the family. so i think that's actually the first time that we ever done something like this before, had at tomb of the unknown soldier. many followed after. this many localities built local monuments. so whatever town you came from you might see a small monument like they have all over europe for the dead who died in the great war. for the soldiers who fought and give their lives for us. also on the national mall you see two different memorials slash monuments that are on the mall. actually there on th

one is the league of nations. wilson is firmly convinced that if we don't get the league of nations, it won't work, and there will be more war. for wilson it is an article of faith that if there is no league of nations, we are probably going to repeat the same mistakes we have made in the past and have another world war. he also is -- remember the united states is not an ally, they are an associated power. he is a little bit miffed, concerned, at the naval terms that have been levied on the germans, including the complete surrender of their fleet to the british. the british draw that to guard it up there. there is also this bickering taken place inside the naval committee at versailles about, what do we do with the german fleet? how many do the americans get? how many german battleships to the british get? how many german battleships do the french get? how many german battleships do the italians get? finally, should britain trust this? do they really want to put their security in this wilsononian security basket?

my administration recognizes the importance of the act to our national security. unfortunately, the act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provision that is fail to respect our veterans and our military's histories, and contradict's efforts by amiadministration to put america first and our national security and foreign policy actions. it is a gift to china and russia. no one has worked harder or approved more money for the military than i have over $2 trillion. during my four years with the support of many others, we have almost entirely rebuilt the united states military which was totally depleted when i took office. your failure to terminate the very dangerous national security risk of section 230 will make our intelligence virtually impossible to conduct without everyone knowing what we are doing at every step. the act fails even to make any meaningful changes to section 230 of the communications decency act. despite bipartisan calls for repealing that provision. section 230 facilitates the spread of foreign disinformation online, wh

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illinois and the nation in transportation. locally we brought home hundreds of millions of dollar -federal money to improve local transportation including roads for bridges, sidewalks and bike lanes and airports. we helped get $1 billion for the great rail modernization program to improve the rail network in the region and alleviate blocked crossings. we had a train service, we got funding for a new tower at the airport and for rail underpasses in betford park and bridge port. midway airport has been made safer and more successful as an economic engine for the southwest side. i want to thank individually the staff here in d.c. that made all this possible. staff assistance, veronica, sarah, legislative correspondents brian freedman and elizabeth kelly. legislative assistants keith devereaux, wendy adams, chris lines, jacoby, adam white, andrew hoff for the and paul orsey. senior legislative assistance for policy advisor, joel, the late andrew davis, sophia, jonathan, kaitlyn, ashley. our office administrator jennifer. our commu