for an all day event on the end of the civil war speakers include harold holzer caroline janney, james mcfear condition and barbara gannon. sunday at 8 and 10 p.m. the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination with the ceremony at lincoln's cottage. recreations from ford's theater and we'll take a tour of peterson house where the president died. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> iraq's ambassador to the u.s. spoke at the middle east institute in washington recently about the political security and economic challenges facing his country. after a brief introduction he spoke and took questions for almost 90 minutes. >> thank you. thank you. [ speaking a foreign language ] >>> good afternoon. my name is daniel serwer, a professor here at johns hopkins as well as a scholar at the middle east institute so it's a particular pleasure for me to welcome ambassador luqmaan filey and a co-professor here to this session on the future of iraq. we are meeting at a time of particular sensitivity for a country that many of us have been engaged with one way or another another. for many