seuss and world war ii which was published roughly 10 years ago. on jury has now uncovered a new treasure trove of dr. seuss kerr to mount -- cartoons from pm the world war ii archives and the new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment of the second popular front. andre schiffrin has been the editor for more than 50 years. first up the ante on -- 82 books but the mre publication and of dr. seuss is a political education a coming 10 days of rage in paris and new york where he presented one of the chapters at a seminar roughly a year and a half ago. i am also pleased to note that andre, about the same time, donated a wonderful archived document. the pre-editorial wife life as looking for student for industrial democracy which provides a very interesting window into the birth of the new left. andre will be joined by paul milkman. he teaches english in the new york city school system and has a ph.d. from rutgers university. andre is going to say a few words to give some context to the buck. paul will then time been

seuss cartoons from world war ii archives. this new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment. andre schiffrin has been an editor for 50 years. as founding director of the new press. his most recent publication before dr. seuss is political education: coming of age in paris and new york. one of the chapters at a seminar year and a half ago. i am pleased to note that andre schiffrin at the same time donated a wonderful archive, and editorial, worked with industrial democracy which provides a very interesting window into the birth of a new life. andre schiffrin will be joined tonight by milkman, author of a new deal and journalism, the story of p.m.. paul teaches english at the new york city school system and has a ph.d. from rutgers university. andre schiffrin is going to say a few words to provide some context to the book. then andre schiffrin will rejoin the conversation and all of you will join us hopefully. andre schiffrin, the floor is yours. >> thank you for letting us have this occasion

seuss, published during the war years in the 1940's.also, the neocons and foreign policy going back to the nixon administration. get the latest book t b updates on twitter pretext mr. a, the government announced growth in the gross domestic product. president obama talked about this and other economic matters in his weekly online address, including his initiatives to lower the federal deficit. then susan collins with her party's weekly address. she discusses the interrogation procedures used against the terror suspect in the attempted christmas day bombing of the detroit bound airliner, like 253. >> at this time leicester, amid headlines about job losses of 700,000 a month, we received another troubling piece of news about our economy. our economy was shrinking at an alarming rate, the largest decline in 50 years. factories and farms were producing less. businesses are selling less, and more job losses were on the horizon. one year later, according to numbers released this past week, the numbers have reversed. for the past six months, o

seuss published during the war years. also, presidential foreign- policy going back to the nixon administration. find the entire weekend schedule booktv.org. >> in the nation's capital, listen to c-span radio. in washington, at 90.1 fm. it is also a free application for your iphone. c-span radio, covering washington like no other. yesterday, in london, representatives from other -- other countries met to set goals for the future of afghanistan. president karzai told a conference that his company -- country was moving slowly toward national security. of the next 45 minutes, british and afghan leaders and the un secretary general outline their goals. general mcchrystal has the international forces serving with such distinction in afghanistan and soon to be over 100,000 strong. foreign ministers, distinguished guests representing over 70 nations and international organizations, including every single member of the 43 nation strong international security assistance force. representing also afghanistan's key regional and musli

seuss, published during the war years in the 1940's.d then neocons and presidential foreign-policy going back to the nixon administration. find the entire weekend schedule on book tv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: rep chris van hollen, what do you want to hear from the president? guest: and little recap of where we have been the last year. the president will point out a year ago the economy was in the free fall and will stabilize but not yet turned the corner. it was the american people want to hear is what is the plan going forward. i think the president will talk about jobs, accelerating jobs, making sure that we have fiscal discipline in the out years, that we hold wall street accountable, and talk about some of his proposals for accomplishing those objectives. in addition to the completion of health care reform. host: on health care reform, polls are showing americans want the president and congress, democrats, to stop focusing on health care and switching their focus to jobs. the democratic leaders, according to pape

seuss and presidential policy going back to the nixon administration. booktv.org. today in london, representatives from over 60 countries are meeting to set goals for the future of afghanistan. afghan president hamid karzai told the conference that is country is moving slowly toward national security but that training security forces could take years. at an opening session this morning, the british and that an leaders and the un secretary general outlined their goals for the conference. . . >> in the last year britain has suffered hundreds of fatalities per he to the countries represented today recognizes that this mission is vital for our national security. it is vital to the stability of this crucial region and it is vital to the security of our world. we set out last autumn on strategies and we're making progress. the military search is turning to the tide against the taliban- led insurgency. it is at the same time building the capacity of the afghan forces who are fighting alongside us. a civilian surge is insuring that areas are cleared of the tali

seuss -- published in the 1940's. also, the growth of the muslim middle class in the middle east.as well as neocons and federal foreign-policy going back to the nixon administration. get the latest updates on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guests are linda feldmann, "christian science monitor" white house correspondent, and david hawkings, "congressional quarterly" managing editor. is the president unveiling things early on in the week to benefit middle-class americans with this reunion, and ending in a meeting between republicans and the president, did he come far in the past week? caller: i think if he did. -- guest: i think if he did. having a state of the union, which is always a big event, then that move -- that meeting between the president and the republicans. what did you think? guest: were you in baltimore belli guest: i had to watch it on television. host: elevated both sides, many will be talking about who is winning -- winning and losing, but obviously, the president, by going on television, insisting that it be on television, he put them on and

seuss and foreign policy going back to the knickson administration.get the latest book tv updates on -- nixon administration. >> now secretary of state hillary clinton talks at a taun hall meeting she had the state department with state employees. it is about an hour. it has been one year since we welcomed the secretary of state to the state department and one year since she held her very first town hall meeting with us and it has certainly been an eventful year. what i would like for you to do is please rise for a moment of silence for the thousands of haitians who are lost and also for vicker to yea delong who died in haiti as well as the wife and two children of andrew wiley, an officer in the p.r.m. who was on assignment in haiti as well. an officer in the prm who was assigned in haiti as well. thank you very much. i know the secretary of state will address many of their issues, but i'd like to thank all of you who so generously committed your funds coming to her personal funds to the haitian relief efforts and also i'd like to note that we are al

seuss, published during the war years in the 1940's, also the neocons and provincial farm policy goingack to the nixon administration. find the entire schedule at book tv.org and get the latest updates on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: colonel attalla, former africa director 2003 through 2007. where is the terrorist movement in africa? can you talk broadly about the whole concept? guest: sure, greta. they are actually spread between north africa and the horn of africa. the horn of africa right now is a very big issue because you have several dynamics. those are the areas primarily focused by al qaeda. everyone focuses on al qaeda and hopefully in the show we could talk about other groups as well. host: let us do it right now. it is not just how tight it in africa but other terrorist groups. guest: notably has a lot. they have been around for the a long time -- has block -- hezbollah. there have been involved in the drug trade. collections with the tri border region in latin america. working directly with the drug cartels, they are involved in the illicit diamond trad

seuss published during the are war years. and then the neocons. find the entire weekend schedule at book tv dorgan get the latest updates on twitter. >> more now from today's oversight committee looking at the federal bailout of a.i.g. this next panel features henry paulson and his role in what happened. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> the second witness for today's hearing is former treasury secretary under the bush administration secretary henry paulson. mr. paulson, please stand as i administer the oath. sworn sworn do you solemnly swear to tell the truth. answer in the affirmative. you may be seated. let the record reflect he answered in the affirmative. i'll ask the witness to summarize his testimony in five minutes and we though the procedure, the yellow light means you have a minute left and the red light means stop and then we will have time to raise questions with you. you know the procedure. you have been through this quite a few times. good to have you back. >> thank you and i will go through these quickly. first of all, chairm

seuss published during the war years and then the knee o'delnch cons and presidential foreign policy. find the entire weekend schedule at book tv.org. >> the associated press writing that treasury secretary timothy geithner denied that he was withholding information that sent deals to big banks. he testified before a house panel. here's a look at part of this hearing. it's about two and a half hours. >> the hearing will come to order. the committee will come to order. good morning. on september 16, 2008, the wall street giant a.i.g. faced immediate bankruptcy. a.i.g. was saved from collapse when the american people came to their rescue with an $85 billion bailout. less than two months later, the american taxpayer was again forced to pay the bill when the federal reserve direct the a.i.g. to hand out billions of dollars to counterparties that included the biggest names on wall street and affected taxpayers were proposing up the hollow shells of a.i.g. by stuffing it with money and the rest of wall street came by and looted the corpse. the circumstances surrounding the payments to the c

seuss but we needed to defend ourselves and them against the soviet union. that age as gone.d to continue expanding the nato alliance to create more ious for war for the united states is a mistake. and would that have opposed truman's decision to recognize israel? i certainly would have because it's obvious where it was going to lead. that said what i would say is no country has a right to exist. the u.s. doesn't have a right to exist, britain doesn't, bolivia doesn't. countries exist and they can get along with their neighbors, if they have a thriving economy and social system that is equitable. it countries deserve to exist we would be resurrecting the soviet union, the latin kingdom of jerusalem and every other country that has gone down the tubes. every country has a right to defend itself but no country has the right to exist. >> host: michael scheuer, your folks want to read your posting is an editorial, as? >> guest: we are just about to start a website called on the intervention.com which will be available in the next month or so. >> host: we appreciate you joining us

seuss published in the war years in the 1940's, also ken colodn and tom schachtman about the war. and now, a briefing on haiti from the u.s. southern command and the pentagon. this is a half-hour. >> general frazier, it's colonel dave lupin at the pentagon. how do you hear me sir? >> lou -- loud and clear, good morning. >> we have you loud and clear here. good morning, privileged to reintroduce to you general dowling las fraser, the commander of u.s. southern command. he's joining us from miami to provide an operational update on our operation unify red spons in haiti. general, to you for opening statements, sir. >> ok, good morning. our relief efforts continue in support of the people of haiti, the government of haiti and the international effort that's ongoing. i guess i would characterize it as the situation improves day by day. the requirement is still enormous but that relief effort is continuing to flow in. from the united states perspective and the department of defense, we now have over 20,000 men and women in the theater supporting that effort, a little over 6,000 people

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