john coski. one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. we were just commiserating over the fact it is sometimes hard to get photographs of people when you are as short as he and i are, so we enjoyed getting our picture together up front because it went well for both of us. i don't think john is as short as i am. i would not threaten him with that. john is the chief historian at the museum of the confederacy. he earned his be a through mary washington college. .a. and phd from the college of william and mary. he is the author of several books, most notably "the confederate battle flag: america's most embattled emblem." 150 published essays, articles, and other reviews. if you are an armed store -- armstrong -- armchair historian or professional historian, you are likely to know his name. 250 panelivered discussions and is known primarily as a commentator about civil war monuments in the landscape of the civil war which makes them perfect for our discussion today. it is my honor to introduce mr. john coski. [applause] mr. coski: i'm going t

john coski. one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. we were just commiserating over the fact it is sometimes hard to get photographs of people when you are as short as he and i are, so we enjoyed getting our picture together up front because it went well for both of us. i don't think john is as short as i am. i would not threaten him with that. john is the chief historian at the museum of the confederacy. he earned his be a through mary washington college. .a. and phd from the college of william and mary. he is the author of several books, most notably "the confederate battle flag: america's most embattled emblem." 150 published essays, articles, and other reviews. if you are an armed store -- armstrong -- armchair historian or professional historian, you are likely to know his name. 250 panelivered discussions and is known primarily as a commentator about civil war monuments in the landscape of the civil war which makes them perfect for our discussion today. it is my honor to introduce mr. john coski. [applause] mr. coski: i'm going t

john coski.

speakers are christy coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum and john coski, kevin walker, ceo of the schenn an doan yeah valley battlefield foundation, caroline janney and james robertson, author of the book "after the civil war," the heroes, villians, soldiers and civilians that changed america. watch the conference saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3.

speakers are christy coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum and john coski, kevin walker, ceo of the schenn an doan yeah valley battlefield foundation, caroline janney and james robertson, author of the book "after the civil war," the heroes, villians, soldiers and civilians that changed america. watch the conference saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> before the confirmation of robert wilke, peter o'rourke testified before the house veterans affairs committee on workforce morale, whistleblower training, staff vacancies and va employee performance. this is about 2 1/2 hours. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. welcome. thankal you a thank you all for joining us on the implementation of the department of veterans affairs accountable and whistle bs blower protection act of 2017. last year's enactment of this legislation was years of work by members of this committee and also the reforms to the federal civil service system. this law put in place to provide the secretary the tools he or she needs to protect whistle blower

speakers include christy coleman and the museum's historian john coski. keven walker, ceo of the shenandoah valley battlefield association, caroline janney and james robertson author of "after the civil war -- the heroes, villains, soldiers who changed america." watch the confederate icons conference saturday morning at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> this weekend on oral histories, the first of our eight-part series on women in congress. sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, former republican congresswoman susan molinari. >> it also made me a fighter and made me, you know, i was just forced to be tougher. that's -- you know, isn't that sort of the secret. at least it was back then. we were constantly being underestimated as females. and so, you know, sometimes being underestimated is a good thing because you can add to the element of surprise. i remember a lot of my debates where the people i was debating didn't take me seriously until i got up there and then it was too late. the same thing happens when you are negotiating. >> in the weeks a