gretchen peters will talk about the taliban, harry stein and his book, ethics and other liabilities, and lily burana on her life as the wife of a military intelligence officer. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> this holiday weekend, discover an unfamiliar sight. historian and author john firming on the ascent of george washington. join our 3 our conversation on in that. is part of the 3 day holiday weekend. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> i have no idea. >> government? >> c-span3 gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding. >> public funding. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created it as a public service, private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> an event with navy operations chief, admiral gary roughead, his remarks on the future of the navy last about an hour, this is hosted by ogilvy public relations in washington. >> good morning, i am the managing director in washington. it is a pleasure to see you here this morning. thank you for coming to our series of lectures. we are honored that admi

harry stein and his book "@ six and other liabilities." -- fought"ethics and other liabilities. quote we're live from mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling. join our three-hour conversation, sunday. it is part of our 3 day holiday weekend on book tv. >> how c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations, maybe. i have no idea. >> the government? >> seize ban gets its funding through the taxes. >> public funding? >> may be. i do not know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span. no government mandate, no government money. >> today is the deadline for most u.s. troops to begin withdrawing from cities in iraq. we will watch as much as we can of this morning's washington journal. we will have live coverage of al franken after. you have written a report that " general david petraeus that asks how this will end. are we at the point? guest: we are not. i would like to think, listening jane who says that conditions are better now -- i would like to think that we have seen real progress and are moving toward a condition where we can have a normal r