please welcome peter carmichael. [applause] >> good morning. when we get into this business writing books, we hope that our books have a lasting impac

please welcome peter carmichael. [applause] >> good morning. when we get into this business writing books, we hope that our that have a lasting impact in the long march of history, we keep moving along, keeping pace with new scholarships. that's what reality is. most of our books fall by the wayside. i had that realization at a recent book signing in which i did not have to strain my eyes very much to see the end of the line. as people made their way up, a honey,d to his wife -- this is the author of the book that i have been reading every evening. she said, the book you falsely to every night. [laughter] -- the book you fall asleep to every night. [laughter] in this photograph, there is no risk of his work falling by the wayside. for freeman was the bag or -- the biographer and wrote for albums on robert e lee. he did three volumes on the army of northern virginia entitled " these lieutenants." all good work beautifully written. tohad froze that is equal british cadence. he did great original research. he was very much enamored with the genera

saturday morning starting at 8:45 eastern, you will hear historian peter carmichael on robert e lee, followed by arizona state university professor brooks simpson on ulysses s. grant, and later, historian megan cate nelson on the burning of chambersburg, this weekend on american history tv on c-span three. speakers today at the annual faith and freedom coalition conference including new jersey governor chris christie and paul ryan, kevin mccarthy, and this next figure, kentucky republican senator rand paul. this is just over 15 minutes. >> i want to thank ralph for inviting me again this year. it is good to be back at faint and freedom -- at faith and freedom. i think both are essential. without virtue, freedom casts about and chaos beckons. freedom needs virtue and virtue needs freedom. the soothing voices they seek to reassure us, saying everything is ok, everything is just fine, all is not, but well. america is not just experiencing growing pains, it is in a full-blown spiritual crisis. is not's challenge wolves at the door, but termites in the floor. our foundation is cracking. i

you'll hear historian peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by state university professor brooks simpson on ulysses s. grant. and later, kate nelson on the burni burning. >>> well, an f on transparency and freedom of information, and i think my colleagues in journalism would give a similar grade whether they're liberal or conservative. the freedom of liberation process has become a joke. it was already well on its way prior to the obama administration, but this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the redakcti s redactions, the excuses. it's shocking because i feel very strongly that the information they withhold and protect many times belongs to the public. we own it. there is no sense of that when you ask. they covet it as if they're a private corporation defending their trade secrets without understanding what they hold is information gathered on our behalf. >> journalist and investigative reporter cheryl add can i say s -- attkisson -- cheryl attkisson. >>> about $10 million in bonuses were paid out by the phoeni

gettysburg college civil war institute, saturday morning starting at 845 eastern, you will hear peter carmichael on robert e lee followed by a brooks simpson on ulysses s. grant, and later the story on the burning of chambersburg. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. currentep in touch with events from a nation's capital using any phone anytime with c-span radio and audio now. -8888. call202-626 every weekday, listen to a recap on washington today. you can also hear audio of the five network sunday public affairs programs beginning sundays at noon eastern. c-span radio on audio now. -626-8888. >> now, john bolton who spoke at the policy conference. it is 10 minutes. >> to every month, monica, and thank you, ralph look at the issues that you are concerned with, of religious thedom, individual freedom, family, all of the things that motivates you to the work you do , to draw the ring around those freedoms and to protect our way of life here at home, the absolutely critical variable is to provide for the common defense is the preamble to the constitution says, and let's be isy clear -- b

you'll hear peter carmichael on robert e. followed by arizona state university professor, brooks simpson on u list ease s. grant. and kate nelson on the burning of chambers burg . >>> iran's human rights record is the focus of this joint house committee hearing. they discuss the imprisonment and execution of her father due to his religion. lawmakers also hear about the persecution of gay iranians. the house foreign affairs subcommittees on human rights and the middle east held this hearing. this is just over 1:45. >> the joint subcommittee will come to order. >> after recognizing myself, chairman smith, ranking member deutsch and ranking member bass for five minutes each for our opening statements, i will then recognize other members for one minute. we will then hear from our witnesses and without objection, the witnesses prepared statements will be made a part of the record. we thank you all for being here. members may have five days to insert statements and questions for the record. subject to the length limitations in the

you will hear historian peter carmichael on robert e lee followed by arizona state university brooke simpson. this weekend, on american history tv. >> the chair of the armed services committee, carl levin, told reporters he supports sending military advisers to assist iraq army against the militants but that he does not support air strikes against iraq. his remarks are 15 minutes. >> good morning. i support the strategy that president obama outlined yesterday and here's why. here's also the factors that i believe should govern our approach moving forward. the decision to send a small number of u.s. nonmilitary advisors is a prudent decision. they can help assess the situation on the ground, support iraqi efforts to defeat the islamic militants that iraq faces, and help iraqis make best use of the ample intelligence support we are already providing. the president is right to say that u.s. troops will not return to ground combat in iraq. the president is also right to say that it is not our place to choose iraq's leaders. that would be wrong on principle and bad policy to boot. picking

you will hear peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by arizona so the touch of arizona state university brooks simpson. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span2, provide live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and key public policy events. every weekend tv now for 15 years the only television network devoted to non-fiction books and authors. c-span2 greeted by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. spent democratic chris van hollen is ranking member of the house budget committee. republican rob portman sits on the senate budget and finance committee. on tuesday the talked about the federal budget and points of agreement between the two parties on taxes and spending. from the national press club this is just over one hour. >> hi, everybody. welcome to the national press club. where news is made. i'm bob, the newsmakers committee event coordinator for today's bipartisan, bicameral news conference by two national leaders on the feder

from the gettysburg college civil war institute, saturday morning starting at -- you'll here peter carmichael on robert e. lee, followed by brook simpson on ulysses s. grant. later megan kate-nelson on the burning of chambersburg, this weekend on c-span3. on "american history tv. requests. >>> governor rick perry was invited to speak with reporters. governor perry talked about his tenure at governor, border security and immigration issues and potential for a 2016 presidential run. it's 50 minutes. >> it is a distinct order. i will call the judgment on whether it's a pleasure until we finish this up. in all seriousness, it is a pleasure to sit around a table with so many of you that influence what goes on in the wor world, and we all live in interesting times. whether you're the governor the state of the size of texas, with all interests things going on, or whether you're observing the world and influencing it through the medium that you do, thank you for that. all too obvious we lose sight that we're blessed to live in a country that allows us to do these things. one of the things i learned a

you'll hear historian peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by arizona state university professor brooks simpson on ulysses s. grant. later, historian megan kate nelson on the burning of chambersburg. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> federal reserve chair janet yellen on wednesday expressed confidence that the economic recovery was largely on track and that the fed would be able to begin raising interest rates next year. she spoke at a news conference following two days of meetings of the federal open market committee. it's just under an hour. >> good afternoon. the federal open market committee concluded its june meeting earlier today. as was indicated in our policy statement, the committee decided to make another modest reduction in the pace of its purchases of longer term securities. the committee maintained its forward guidance regarding the federal funds rate target and reaffirmed its view at a stance of monetary policy remains appropriate. today's policy actions reflect the committee's assessment that the

you'll hear historian peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by brooks simpson on ulysses s.nt and historian kate nelson on krashc-span3. >> the committee on investigations held a meeting on high-frequency trading and that's using computeral ga rith rms to rapidly trade stocks and other securities. we'll hear from traders involved in the practice as well as the president of the new york stock exchange. this is two hours and 45 minutes. >>> good morning, everybody. most americans' image of the u.s. stock market is shaped by a single room, the trading floor of the new york stock exchange where traders await a ceremonial bell to kick off the day's activity and then trade shares worth millions on scraps of paper. in reality, most shares are traded not on a floor in manhattan, but in racks of computer servers in new jersey. trades happen not at the speed of a human scribbling on paper, but in the milliseconds it takes for an order to travel through fiber optic cables. increasingly, the money made on stock markets comes not from thoroughly assessing companies for their investment p

saturday morning starting at 8:45 eastern, you'll hear historian peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by arizona state university professor broorks simpson on grant and later historian megan kate nelson on the burning of chambersburg this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span3. next, defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs can of staff chair general martin dempsey at a senate appropriations hearing on the defense department's 2015 budget. some of the topics addressed as the this two-hour hearing include the current situation in iraq and afghanistan, military readiness and the potential effects of additional budget cuts in the future. >> good morning. the subcommittee meets this morning to receive testimony on the physical year 2015 budget request for the department of defense. pleased to welcome the leadership of the department, secretary hagel, general dempsey. to represent their views on both the strategic and budgetary challenges facing our armed forces. mr. hale, thank you for your expertise, as well, your continuing contributions make a big difference. le

you'll hear historian peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by arizona state university professor brooks simpson on ulysses s. grant. >>> a discussion now on the global economic outlook with white house council of economic advisors chair james fuhrman. it was part of the "wall street journal" chief financial officers network conference. >>> good morning, everyone. thanks to you both for being here. mr. furman, i would like to start with you. talk about the u.s. economy. beyond the painful long recovery, there is increasing concern that the long term growth rate is slower than we thought. over the past half century it averaged about 3%. now the imf is out with a report that says it will be 2% and that's down from the 2.8% they predicted just in april. what's going on and is our future a bit darker than we thought? >> if you look at economic growth, you could look where we are right at this moment. and we don't want to look in the rear view mirror at the first quarter. we want to look where things are now. job growth picked up. we a

peter carmichael on robert e lee. followed by arizona state university pastor chris brooke simpson.ater, historian megan nelson on .he burning of chambersburg this weekend on c-span three. joining us isst: representative donna edwards, .ongresswoman military advisers to a rock, what do you think? guest: we have to be careful. al-maliki government has been wretched in terms of inclusion. takenlitary has not leadership and guidance from the civilian government. those advisers are important to get the iraq government on a straight line. and, of course, making sure we protect our embassy. that is a separate but equally important question. host: your leader, nancy pelosi, said yesterday that 300 often becomes a bigger number. are you worried? i am. we spent the time that we did in iraq. there are many of us, including me, before i came into congress, who never believed we should have been there in the first place. now is not the time to come back. host: last night, one of the amendments of the military authorization bill that you guys are working on, house rejects democratic amendment to

you will hear peter carmichael on robert e lee, followed by brooks simpson on ulysses grant. then on the burning of chambersburg. c-span3, on american history tv. >> you can keep in touch with current events using any phone any time. here congressional coverage -- hear congressional coverage. thecan also hear audio of sunday public affairs programs on sunday at noon. call -- long-distance or phone charges may apply. >> at a hearing thursday on iran's human rights record, a a'iber of the bah community spoke about the persecution of members of their community. >> the joint subcommittee will come to order. after recognizing myself, chairman smith, the ranking members for five minutes each, i will recognize other members seeking recognition for one minute. we will then hear from witnesses and the witnesses' prepared statements will be made part of the record. we are going to let you know we're going to show this to you later. you can also find it that www.c-span.org, but we want to take you to the white house, where josh earnest is giving his first briefing as press secretary. to