others refused to be conquered, and there we have david mcintosh who serves as a great example. here he is writing in his journal a little bit later, "my first inclination was to stay with my command and share their fate. my reflection showed me my first and only duty was to my country, and as long as i could be of service to her, i should avoid surrender." so unable to witness what he described as "a spectacle of surrender, " he and several others selected a ravine protected by woods further escape. they ripped off their badges, disguised uniforms as much as possible, cut through a swamp, leaving their horses for several miles before forcing a black man to guide them south. they would make their way south, hoping to meet up with johnson's army and continue the war. a fair amount of poverty men had escaped on april 9. recognizing a great map by the civil war trust, and they view the trust for all the work that they do, recognizing that his uncle was forced to capitulate, major lee, 2400 of the troopers would had west toward lynchburg. lee was right the farmville, surrender himse

remind us, david mcintosh, what the club for growth stands for.st: thank you, it's great to be with you. club for growth is a group that andommitted to free markets limited government. we have a political action committee where hundreds of thousands of our members support candidates, usually with smaller contributions, and we diligently select candidates that we think will be champions in the house and the senate for those principles of limited government and free market. we also have a super pac that gets engage. last cycle we raised and spent about $15 million towards that effort. as you know, it's the blue wave and the republicans lost the house. i am proud to say that we won 85% of our races that fall because we had great candidates and we have got to be very engaged in the political process. host: a headline says that club for growth takes aim at vulnerable house democrats and impeachment ads, i wanted to ask you for your quick take on what you saw coming out of the mainly state elections on tuesday and the 2019 races and the couple of govern

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president david mcintosh on his strategy for campaign 2020. and if defense of president trump in the impeachment inquiry. joinedgton journal," the discussion. >> up next, a hearing on protecting veterans targeted by doms, and what congress can on the issue. this is about two hours. collins: this hearing will come to order. good morning. next week americans will honor our nation's veterans who have paid the price for our freedom in times of conflict and served as our shield in times of peace. today, nearly 20 million americans have earned the title of veteran. i'm proud to say that maine is home to more than 114,000 veterans. the second highest percentage in our entire country. we owe them such a great debt. the gratitude we express in words on veterans day can repay this debt only in small measure. a truly grateful nation must match its words with actions. as we will learn today, one issue that calls for our immediate action is to fight a newer enemy facing our veterans and that is those relentless con artists who seek to rob them of their lif