in response, metro hired a consultant to conduct a top-to-bottom review of its operations, mckinzie and company report offers a blueprint for both strategic short-term fixes that could be applied immediately along with more long-term recommendations. my time is running out, mr. chairman, in the opening statement. but i know we will discuss financing as part of this hearing and i will hold off on that part of my statement until we get to that round. thank you. >> thank the gentleman and members will have five legislative days for anyone who wishes to submit a written statement in agreement with the minority that is so ordered. we now are pleased to turn to our panel of witnesses and again i want to welcome you. let me first introduce the honorable jack evans, chairman of the board of washington metro transit authority. mr. evans. we have mr. paul wiedefeld, the new general manager of the washington metropolitan area transit authority. welcome, sir. we have the honorable chris hart, chairman of ntsb, national transportation safety board, and we have ms. carolyn flowers, senior adviser at

in response, metro hired a consultant to conduct a top-to-bottom review of its operations, mckinzie and company report offers a blueprint for both strategic short-term fixes that could be applied immediately along with more long-term recommendations. my time is running out, mr. chairman, in the opening statement. but i know we will discuss financing as part of this hearing and i will hold off on that part of my statement until we get to that round. thank you. >> thank the gentleman and members will have five legislative days for anyone who wishes to submit a written statement in agreement with the minority that is so ordered. we now are pleased to turn to our panel of witnesses and again i want to welcome you. let me first introduce the honorable jack evans, chairman of the board of washington metro transit authority. mr. evans. we have mr. paul wiedefeld, the new general manager of the washington metropolitan area transit authority. welcome, sir. we have the honorable chris hart, chairman of ntsb, national transportation safety board, and we have ms. carolyn flowers, senior adviser at

. >> tracey mckinzie on the evolving war goals of the north during the civil war. and then at 10:00 on reel america. >> and at the same time build an army. and the amazing reports came in from our agents in the united states. 20% of american industrial manpower was woman power. le joh legions of american women. fore saking the grim tasks of war. >> this 1944 war department film documents how women in world war ii helped the war effort. alluding that the hidden women working in the war action are the main reason they won the war. we visit the daughters of the mesh revolution museum to learn about an exhibit. >> one thing that stands out at this time period is this creation of this imagery of the apotheosis. it's an old concept. it goes back to ancient times where a warrior is made god-like by lifting him up and celebrating him. >> on the presidency at 8:00 -- >> though washington and jefferson are the two most prominent examples, it is worth highlighting key facets of their successors who owned slaves, especially those who did so while they occupied the white house.

was able to go there and i went to mckinzie and became a partner there, turning around fortune 500 companies, working with a lot of industrial type of companies. then i kind of saw phoenix happening on the news and secretary shinseki who was a bit of a hero of mine, as originally as armor officer, he was the chief of staff at the time. he became the chief of staff the same week that i came -- got commissioned and was the chief of staff throughout. somebody i always looked up to and admired. it was really unfortunate to see him have to resign. i remember talking outloud saying, wow, i'm working with all these companies and trying to turn around and transform the culture and the va needs that. the va needs that. then shortly thereafter, i'm sitting with my family and i see bob mcdonald was named the secretary. bob was on the board of one of the companies that i was working on and literally a few days later my phone rang and, how would you like to serve your country again? and that's something that, you know, really stuck with me. my service wasn't done yet. it was cut short by a back injury th