dudley cornish taught a state teacher's college in kansas. and because of the lack of travel funds when he wrote the book, "the sable arm" was researched and written before sputnik even. his main reliance, cornish's main reliance, was on the official records, the "new york times" on microfilm, and trips to the kansas state historical society. he visited the national archives enough to consult some colored troops bureau material in the adjutant general's records but that was about it. i discovered a couple of years later when i was in the middle of the manuscript the answer to my question why. at that point i was writing about the raising of black regiments in the north and had come to the presentation of regimental colors to the 20th u.s. colored infantry in new york city. and that regiment taking ship for louisiana. now, cornish uses this incident and a long quote from the "new york times" that appeared the next day in the times. only eight months after the "new york times" draft he wrote "soldiers fully armed was headed for the theater of w

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change the channel to a legitimate authoritative cornish news station the accusations from the syrian government are eerily similar today lies in the media have gone beyond common sense some television channels have lost all shame and professionalism. now it is often said that perception forms reality and nowhere does this ring more true than in syria and iraq in one battle the press told the story of the besiegers and the other that of the besieged and in both cases it would seem it's the truth that suffered most was the captain of our russian. russell had to strike or not destroy present the bombers of course it was for them against a military attack on a. beat it's really no b.s. gunning for action. now after months of talks and confrontation and yes the united european union has signed a deal to prevent that from overspending the so-called fiscal pact is supposed to force tough new budget rules written in the czech republic from the idea too much to take what seems to us are silly reports. it's been talked about for months claimed as a solution to europe's crisis fiscal compact fo

discuss, i want to acknowledge your role in developing a helmet to of homeless as planned and posturing cornish across departments. it is important command at think we're making progress. i want to ask you about the housing program. designed to help homeless families, funding for the program ends this year. the emergency solutions grant program allows communities to continue this effort, but on a much smaller scale. can you talk a little bit about what the outcomes have been? >> absolutely, and i'm glad you asked. let me just say, first of all, what you ask about from hprp program, without your lead we would never have made the progress that we have made on reducing veterans homelessness. in just one year to have carper since you've -- your homeless veterans, 18 percent you're sitting on the streets, that is a huge accomplishment, and your personal lead. >> cross is the coordination has been huge. so we are concerned about the ending of hprp and we are concerned because it has been so effective. we thought originally it would reach about 500,000 people. it is already reaching more than 1 millio