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the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events aroundington, d.c., and the country. c-span >> president trump signed a memorandum imposing billions of dollars in new tariffs on china. the president was joined at the ceremony by vice president pence. u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer and commerce secretary wilbur ross. president trump: well, thank you very much, everybody. you heard many, many speeches by me and talks by me and interviews where i talk about unfair trade practices. we've lost over a fairly short eriod of time 60,000 factories in our country, closed, shuttered, gone. six million jobs, at least, gone. and now they're starting to come back. you see what's happening with chrysler, with fox con, with so many other companies wanting to come back into the united states. but we have one particular problem and i view them as a friend. i have tremendous respect for president xi. we have a great relationship. they're helping us a lot in north korea. and that's china. but we have a trade deficit, depending on the way you calculate, of $504 billion. now,

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unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events aroundington, d.c., and >> next, susan rothmann talks about her experience as an army spouse dealing with antiwar sentiment while her husband fought in vietnam. leading the fort campbell readiness group and taking care of families during the 1985 gender tragedy where 248 american soldiers, most of them from the same division, died at a plane crash at gander, newfoundland. this is run by the west point world history. this is about an hour. >> good afternoon, this is the 24th of february 2016, i dined here in the west point center for oral history with mrs. susan rothmann. how are you? susan: fine, thank you. >> would you please spy your lesson for us and your last name? susan: rothmann. susan. >> thanks very much. tell mail a bit about yourself, where you were born, where you grew up and what your life was like when you were a child. susan: i was born in the state of new jersey, grew up in new jersey. part of the time down at the dirt -- at the jersey shore, and then montclair new jersey is where i

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unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events aroundington, d.c., and >> next, susan rothmann talks about her experience as an army spouse dealing with antiwar sentiment while her husband fought in vietnam. leading the fort campbell readiness group and taking care of families during the 1985 gender tragedy where 248 american soldiers, most of them from the same division, died at a plane crash at gander, newfoundland. this is run by the west point world history. this is about an hour. >> good afternoon, this is the 24th of february 2016, i dined here in the west point center for oral history with mrs. susan rothmann. how are you? susan: fine, thank you. >> would you please spy your lesson for us and

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unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events aroundington, d.c., and the country. c-span >>> next on c-span3, author henry olson discussed his book, "the working class republican," and looks ahead to the midterm elections. then a preview of russia's upcoming presidential election. >>> later, hear former british prime minister david cameron testify before congress on global security and foreign aid. >> henry olson is at our table, the author of this book, "the working class republican: ronald reagan and the return of blue collar conservatism." what is a working class republican? >> working class republican is somebody who puts the n

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unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events aroundington, d.c., and the country. c-span >> that doesn't keep me awake at night. we don't consider the election cycle. we were looking very carefully that are assigned responsibilities of maximum employment, stable prices and the truth our focus. you can count on us to stay focused on the jobs the congress as a scientist and count on us to use the tools we have to achieve them. you're right, that's the highest rate by the way. i'm hearing a ten year thing these days. the economy is healthy that it's been since before the financial crisis. it's a healthier economy that it's been ten years. the financial crisis of course was just really getting going ten years ago. >> i'm curious if the fed would be willing to talk with an inverted yield curve? we continue to see the spread between the two year and the tenure tighten even with longer-term yields coming up since the beginning of the year. this is a dynamic that is typically perceived receptions and would like to see short-term rates come up as the

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