melvin goodman will talk about his time with the cia. [inaudible discussion] >> welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. i'm audrey and i'm washington independent review of books representative here helping at this festival. it's a city that proudly supports the arts and humanity. we're pleased to gripping you this fabulous event thanks to the generous support of sponsors and volunteers. when you see them, please say thanks. a few announcements. please silence your cell phones. if you're on social media, use the hash tag gbs and i think i see gbs17. your feedback is valuable to us. surveys are able. by submitting a century ray you will be entered into a drawing for a $100 series to gift card. melvin goodman will be signing books after the presentation. copies of his book right here are on sale the politic and prose tent. this is a free event but helps the book city of if you buy a book. the more books we sell another our events, the more publishers want to send the authors here to speak with us, and purchasing books from our partner, p

melvin goodman was a soviet analyst. he served in the us army for two years. currently goodman is the director of the national security project at the center for international policy in washington d.c. and an adjunct. he has coauthored 30 books. the wars of edward shebnard, the phantom defense, america's pursuit of the star wars illusion, bush league diplomacy, and failure of intelligence; decline and fall of the cia. his articles and op-eds appeared in numerous publications including "the new york times," harpers, the baltimore sun and washington post. he lives in maryland. i have been reading the book and it is very interesting. i was once recruited for the cia and found this very interesting so thank you very much. thank y >> thank you. it is nice to be here again especially when it isn't raining. i was here three years ago and this is a wonderful festival. i start with may 8th, 2017 which is very important. that is when the book came out. it was important because i submitted it to the cia for review as part of the contract. it took 11 months for them to rev

at 10:35, melvin goodman author of "whistleblower of the kraimt yts" author sharon weinberger at 12:15 p.m. discussion her book "the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the pentagon agency that changed the world". at 1:0015 eastern, "the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980". at 2:15 p.m. sidney blumenthal, the political life of abraham lincoln 1849 to 1856. and at 3:15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> next, the inspector general for the transportation department gives an update on the federal aviation administration's nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellite-based air traffic control system. other topics include whether the air traffic control system should be partially private advertised. congressman bill shuster chairs the

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at 1035 melvin goodman author of whistleblower at the cia. insider's account of the politics of intelligence. author sharon weinberger 12:15 pm discussing her book the imagine years of war. the untold story of -- the pentagon agency to change the world. at 115 eastern, craig shirley on reagan rising to decisive years. 1976 to 1980. at 2:15 pm, sidney blumenthal author of wrestling with his angels, the political life of abraham lincoln. 1849 to 1856. and at 3:15 pm sally mott freeman on the jersey brothers, a naval officer in the pacific in his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live all-day coverage of the gaithersburg maryland book festival starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. quest nest the conversation potential economic implications our proposed tax plans from president trump and house republicans. topics include the corporate tax rate, us competitiveness and federal debt. the event was hosted by the cato institute.

at 10:35, melvin goodman, author of whistleblower at the cia, an insider's account of the politics of intelligence. sharon weinberger at 12:15 discussing her book, the imaginers of war, the untold story of darpa. at 1:15 eastern, craig shirley on reagan rising, the decisive years. 1976 to 1980. at 2:15, sidney blumenthal. the political life of abraham lincoln. 1849 to 1856. at 3:15, sally freeman. his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live, all day coverage of the book festival. starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on cspan 2's book tv. >> sunday night on afterwards, stuart taylor examines sexual assault processes at america's units. mr. taylor is interviewed by beth, editor and chief of the thashl law journey and medical times. >> what's your general thesis that we're look iing at here? what are we going dob reading about when we open the majors? >> the gist is that there's been a huge myth that's taken root. that there's an epidemic of camera tuss rape. there's a culture of campus rape, where it's encouraged and condoned, even by the administrators, that it's out of con

eastern, at 10:30, melvin goodman, author of whistle blower at the cia. sharon wineberger discussing her book, the untold story of darpa, the pentagon agency that changed the world. at 1:15 eastern, craig shirley on reagan rising the decisive years. at 2:15 p.m., sydney blumenthal author of the political life of abraham lincoln. and at 3:15, sally mott freeman on the jersey brothers, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live all day coverage starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> the democratic policy and communications committee and a group of senate democrats hosted a meeting on the republican health care replacement bill. witnesses included the pennsylvania insurance department commissioner and those affected by chronic illnesses. this is just over two hours. >>> good afternoon. we'll call our hearing to order. we know we have many more colleagues that are coming to join us. but we will get started in the interest of time. first thank our wonderful guests, our witnesses wh

at 10:35, melvin goodman author of "whistleblower of the kraimt yts" author sharon weinberger at 12:15 p.m. discussion her book "the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the pentagon agency that changed the world". at 1:0015 eastern, "the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980". at 2:15 p.m. sidney blumenthal, the political life of abraham lincoln 1849 to 1856. and at 3:15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> next, the inspector general for the transportation department gives an update on the federal aviation administration's nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellite-based air traffic control system. other topics include whether the air traffic control system should be partially private advertised. congressman bill shuster chairs the committee. >> the committee will come to order. i now recognize mr. lobe and doe for a motion. >> pursuant to rule 1 a 1 of the rules committee on transportation infrastruc

melvin goodman, author whistleblower at the cia, insider's account of the politics of intelligence. author sharon weinberger discovering-- discussing her book. @1:15 p.m. eastern craig shirley on reagan rising the decisive years, 1976 to 1980. 2:15 p.m. sidney blumenthal, the political life of abraham lincoln 1849 to 1856. 3:15 p.m. sally mauch freeman on the jersey brothers, a missing a blockbuster in the pacific and his family quest to bring him home. watcher live all-day coverage of the maryland book festival starting today at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> this morning i want to begin by introducing you to someone from our book and that is kim power bridges. kim owns and operates bridges funeral home in tennessee, but she is not from tennessee. kim is actually from oklahoma. she started her first business there, but she had to leave oklahoma when she ran afoul of the law. turns out that kim was engaged in a very dangerous practice of selling caskets without a funeral directors license. before that in the early 1980s kim was on the executive fasttrack growing up in