so, everyone knew theodore roosevelt had an ego. and it was shocked, alger was shocked that theodore did not take this position but he recommended his good friend. it was an army captain who was a medical officer named leonard wood. a couple years younger but he had fought in the apache wars in arizona and was a medal of honor recipient and he said if you make leonard wood the colonel, i would gladly accept the lieutenant colonel shift and alger respected his wishes and that's what happened so that's how theodore roosevelt became part of the first regiment mounted volunteers in the spanish-american war . >>how quickly was he in cuba . >> very quickly. once the war breaks out or is declared in late april, theodore roosevelt is madly rushing around trying to get arms, uniforms, equipment and because he's a bureaucrat he knows lots of people in the various departments so leonard wood goes on to texas to san antonio where their training, theodore roosevelt stayed behind trying to get their arms, asammunition and detectives for their trai

those were the two expectations for theodore roosevelt's kids. junior really lived up to those expectations. he served in world war i. he was a political rival with cousin franklin roosevelt during the great depression. but when world war ii started, the two cousins put their differences aside. theodore junior wanted to get into the military again. initially, he served as the commander in the first infantry division. he served in the big red one, which was one of the few battle tested divisions to go into normandy. however, roosevelt did not gain a lot of acclaim or trust in the eyes of omar bradley or george patton. theodore roosevelt junior had a very laid-back command persona and that was not up to snuff with someone who was as spit and polish as george patton was. omar bradley thought he had gotten too comfortable and too cozy with some of the soldiers, and there wasn't that rigid discipline that makes a good soldier a good soldier. he was removed from command from the first infantry division. he landed a spot as the assistant division comman

theodore roosevelt jr., son of the president who was the oldest american participant in the invasion, said very defiantly, we're going to start the war right here and indeed that is what they did. they carried the fight inland into the normandy countryside where they really began to tally up casualties. the unit fought all throughout mainland europe. they were the first american troops into paris. they were the first american troops into germany, but unfortunately, it inflicted a very grim toll. the unit and its entirety throughout the entire war suffered about 250% casualties. there was just a perpetual stream of wounded, killed, and then their replacements, and sometimes replacements after that were being killed and wounded as well. so it was an absolutely devastating affair, but many of the men in the unit had the firm conviction that they needed to do this because there was really no other choice. this was the price of stopping fascism and its spread. and as many world war ii veterans say to this very d

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andrew jackson was a bully, theodore roosevelt was a bully, and others were bullies. perfection has never been a prerequisite. the charge that she is a communist was ridiculous. rose pak was a journalist. she was an activist, she was never a communist. most of all, people think that chinese people have contributed nothing to this city in the last century -- >> thank you. unfortunately, your time is up. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. [speaking native language] >> hi. i'm strongly against naming of rose pak. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. [speaking native language] >> are you going to translate for us? it's time for the translation. thank you. >> his name is nien, and he's seen a lot of division in the chinese community, so we're fighting each other just because of naming issues. rose pak, this name is like a nail stick deep down into our hearts, into the chinese community's hearts, so i just hope that you have the power to stop this dividing, and i just hope that you can cast your righteous votes. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> may god

to make room for the expansion of the white house under theodore roosevelt, specifically the new westing, seen in the foreground, but the last remnants of the greenhouse are behind. that was that. there has never been another greenhouse at the white house since. so understandably, the loss of their indoor flower garden did not thrilled the president or his family. first lady edith roosevelt did come up with a wonderful solution to the problem. since the south grounds had been closed in 1893, it was possible to move the presidential flower gardens back outdoors. this is precisely what she did in 1902 and 1903. specifically, the first lady created two colonial style gardens along the south face of the mansion -- one a distance west of the south portico and the other in the same position on the east side. they were intricate and heavily embellished and designed after the brilliantly pattered gardens outside mansions in the 1700s. they defined the outlines of mrs. roosevelt's gardens. both bloomed with old-fashioned flowers, such as snapdragons, goldenrods, columbines, phlox, asters, holl

theodore roosevelt, still powers up-- that come from silicon valley. you start at the train tracks in american electric still powers all of their devices. >> thank you. and there's a lot of frustration with congress in recent years that they can't do anything at all. they proved that they couldn't do it last year, that hurts the economy and there's a lot underlying all of these debates , what can congress do? how can bipartisanship return? what happened to the art of compromise. president obama ran on i will be a post-partisan president, trump went on-- the deal, and both struggled to unite these parties which defines this town over the past decade. the question is when is the pendulum going to swing back? i don't know how the pendulum swings back or if it does swing back but we are in a place where the parties don't agree on much but there's more political incentive to fight than to get along to accomplish some of these big things meaning immigration and they all talk about what they are wanting to do but what they can do is government spending and co

the speech that inspired the was theodore roosevelt's "citizenship in a republic" address, delivered in in 19 so after roosevelt left the presidency. mr. hegseth offers his perspective on the piece and how its message applies today. at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. 2016. >> good morning. welcome to the heritage foundation. we, of course, welcome those who on our heritage.org website on all of these occasions. we do ask, as a courtesy check, our cell phones and other noise-making devices have been muted. our internet viewers are always welcome to send questions or simply e-mailing speaker@heritage.org. we will post this following today's program. dr. jamesr event is j., who serves as vice president

the only person in america earning more at that time was theodore roosevelt as president. he earned 50,000. so, she decided to she loved collier that he didn't love her so she was a great second for the point of view he wasn't after her money. he understood she held the handle as far as society was concerned. the only problem is that the society was chained thing. when men were changing, they wanted to become an. after two years of marriage where she had two children, she decided she was going to go off to paris and become a soprano. her three sisters lived there as well. one of them had been supported the artist as a moneymaker. that isn't very good for a marriage obviously. in 1904 he decided he was going to set up on his own. yes, bob collier was paying him 40,000 a year in those days was close to a million dollars. but essentially, he decided he was going to take a plunge into women's fashion. you might say why women's fashion, he or he had a national magazine and you're starting to go into the markets. he decided women's fashion was going to be the key to the chain be

. >> the next book we want to talk about on book tv is called rough riders: theodore roosevelt, the cowboy president and the immortal charge of san juan hill the author is mark lee gardner . mister gardner, teddy roosevelt take san juan hill in 1898? >> it was a lot of hard trying, a lot of really

. >> and as we crossed the theodore roosevelt bridge and as we drove by the lincoln memorial, i'm looking doesn't want to look at me, but he sees the lincoln memorial and he just kind of turns his eyes. and then i knew that he realized he will never go home again. when that trial started in june of 1996, we had compiled the strongest possible case we could. >> what was the trial like? >> it was hard. it was very hard to testify. i felt like, you know, sometimes they say about somebody that went through a rape that when she goes to the police or to trial, she feels like they might rape her again. it was hard. >> what was it like seeing rezaq in court? >> that's where my aggressive feelings came out, and i wanted to spit on him. i feel like i am still a little bit in jail of my fears, my thoughts, and i feel as long as i'm in jail, which in this kind of jail which probably would last forever, he can sit in jail also. that's what i thought and that's what i think today. >> on july 19th, of 1996, omar rezaq was sentenced to life in prison for his role in this hijacking. >> once you leave a ca

allowed to me -- and we were working on last chapters of my book about theodore roosevelt, this will never forget, and she came to a sentence and she read it and said there's something wrong with that sentence. i said well read it again. so she read it again i said no there's nothing wrong with that sentence. she said yes there is. flb i said give it to me. not me at my best, and i read it to her i said see. nothing wrong with it. she said yes there is. i said well let's just go on and book went on to publisher. and it was published and it got wonderful reviews. except in the new york review of books in the review by gorby he toed and said sometimes, however, he doesn't write very well. consider this sentence -- [laughter] i have to tell you something else it shall about the voice tg snowstorm in boston and everything stopped you couldn't get food so i went over to star market and back mace to load up on provisions. and i had it shall we worked out a list and i went. and found everything we wanted except cashews and as you know you can't survive without cashews. [laughter] so there w

few americans realize that it was the vociferous republican progressive theodore roosevelt who was the first to unsuccessfully but passionately advocate for national health insurance in the first decade of the 20th century. later, his cousin franklin, a democrat, and later still, harry truman, lyndon johnson, and bill clinton pursued a role for the federal government in providing health care to all americans. johnson's medicare and medicaid offered some relief to vulnerable populations, but not until the obama administration did the federal government offer a fresh path to relieving the anxieties of those shut out of health insurance and the health insurance market. however, many issues remain. so where are we now? how can history help us? the united states of america, the richest and most medically accomplished country in the -- on the globe, has still to solve many problems. the american population suffers from some of the highest health care costs on the planet. according to 2017 estimates, we spend $3.5 trillion every year, around 17.9% of the gdp, and about $10,739 each year in he

the only person in america earning more at that time was theodore roosevelt as president.ed 50,000. so she decided that she loved bob collier bipod collier didn't love her. condÉ was a good second from her point of view. he wasn't after her money. he understood that she was with him as far society was confirmed. only problem was condÉ understood society was changing. women were changing that they wanted to be independent and they wanted to vote and they wanted their thoughts to be recognized. while certainly clarice felt that was for her to she didn't really like the idea of working for a living is that was beneath a member of the 400 on the social register. instead after two years of marriage where she had two children, cuday are who was the sun and then the tica the daughter, she decided she was going to go off to paris and become a soprano in paris. of course she would because her three sisters lived there as well. one of them had been supporting the artist of ms. rodin as his moneymaker basically for the previous 20 years. that isn't very good for a marriage obviously.

american society, to the stifling nature of bureaucratic structures and consumer culture, and if theodore roosevelt got it right in his, the making of the counterculture, the counterculture represented a collective rejection of technocracy, of purely instrumental reality, the regime of corporate and technological expertise, and other forms of industrial dehumanization. interesting to think through the counterculture and all that it meant with the space program in the 1960's in terms of the difference in -- that was also obviously a big part of the 1960's, man on the moon. about the difference in terms of the cultural dynamics in this regard. and he lost his place. ok. -- wereg to russia, rorsach, for at least some alienated youth, alternative ways of finding, and one could say parenthetically, and in a lot of cases, only temporarily finding, comfort and meaning. nor can the rise of the 1960's the understood outside of that has to enter culture of the 1960's -- the counterculture of anti-60's cannot be understood outside of the tragedy of what happened in vietnam and the resistance that arose in tha

theodore roosevelt has the national parks services. the clean air act when president nixon was the president of the u.s. president trump is doing that to slake his dire -- desire to whatever might be beneficial to the coal companies and he's is turning the country upside down because he wants nothing else than for the coal companies to like him. he is an insecure individual who needs to be liked. that's why his cabinet has to praise him. for theerve no credit deregulation efforts. the really -- the only other toulations that were was protect the big people in the event of another crisis like 2008. >> it's a balance. the environment and small business in this country. you talk to small businessmen and women in this country like i have over the last eight or nine years, they've been more burdened by government regulations than taxes. we want to be good stewards of the environment. we want to acknowledge that climate change exists. too many people think it's a hoax, but don't forget about the small businessmen and women all over the count

i'm the republican party has a rich tradition and conserving our environment as theodore roosevelt started a national park service that goes all the way back to abraham lincoln. the clean water act and clean air act were enacted when richard nixon waspresident . mister trump is tossing that out the window in order to sway his unbelievable desire to do whatever might be beneficial to the coal companies and he's turning the country upside down because he wants if nothing else for the coal companies to like him. he's a very insecure individual who have to be like and added, that's what he had his cabinet after praising going around the room at the beginning but they deserve no credit for their d regulator efforts in the environmental area. the only other rags they rollbacks are the regulation designed toprotect little people in the event of another 2008 financial crisis. nice work mister president . >> congressman. >> like every issue we're going to talk about tonight it's a balance. the environment and small businessmen and women in this country . you talk to small businessmen and women in t

if you recall your history, theodore roosevelt, the trust this is 1890's. in particular, a guy who was a big supporter of the gasoline automobile referred to them as the lead trust. they were rapidly expanding. in fairness, just like uber or lyft you do need to have , a monopoly. you need to have a large enough network. what good is it if you only have three lyfts and you want to arrive? the point is to have lots of them. they really were providing mobility as a service. they were not interested in selling you a vehicle. they were interested in selling you a ride. ok? so what killed them in terms of business, they sound familiar, they expanded rapidly. they kept increasing the capitalization. and then they got into a bit of a scandal where they had done a fraudulent loan and the stock enron kind of a thing. ok. talk about what the automobile is. when we get to the mid-1890's, 1893. ok? so you know, again we can talk , about what is the first automobile. there's a bunch of other ones. i took out an electric car because it was, you know complicated. ,but i wi

i think president theodore roosevelt was afraid every dentist -- they were all going to become democratsr whatever. it was always political. hydrated, your heart there is a host of like amino acids and certain herbs that can counter these side effects. host: you are one of a number of callers that pointed out the historical context of the war on drugs going back many years in history. time magazine has a piece headlined america's war on drugs treated people unequally since its beginning. when prohibition ended, drug enforcers finally had a new agency they could call their own. this launched the career of its first commissioner. the first person to use it and likely the first person outside of any royal family to be referred to as a czar. the standards that continue to serve, the basic tool of the trade for america's drug enforcement. there remain serious --agreement in scholarly and though he achieved several significant legislative victories -- each of which had its own specific laws. as difficult as passing drug laws is, and forcing them specifically has proven to be virtually impossib

question about my favorite president -- i would respond with one last name but two figures, theodore rooseveltnklin. let's go to nebraska. linda, you are next. caller: nebraska or maine? host: maine. caller: thank you very much. i was just wondering your feelings on -- to me, it was not that president trump was so good . it was that the choice of hillary was so bad. , anded for president trump seeing that earlier clip of his speech during the inauguration, we were so hopeful. the saying, a be once, shame on you, fully twice, shame on me -- you promised no more entanglements. he promised to hire the best and this is what we have gotten. in closing, i wanted to say we -- i am watching the first lady series on c-span. i was watching eleanor roosevelt last night. , sheafter pearl harbor gave the first speech over the radio about it. she mentioned her husband would go to congress the next day for the war authorization. thank you very much. host: thank you. guest: you mentioned eleanor roosevelt. i am writing a new book about winston churchill and the times that he lived in the white house. there we

. >> here's the book, it's called rough riders: theodore roosevelt, his cavalry and the immortal charge of san juan hill. mark lee gardner is the author and he's been our guest on book tv. >> book tv recently went to capitol hill to find out what books are on the reading list ofmembers of congress . >> i'm bill johnson representing ohio's sixth district . >> that's almost, it's too big to say because i'm in the process of five different books . i've pretty much finished one of them, the latest one. grant by ron turnout. you know, you talk about what informs my work here in congress. i think it's vitally important to understand our nations history, to understand about the victories and the challenges that we have faced in the past so that we can make better informed decisions now and i love as a military guy, i love looking back at conflict and what led us into those conflicts and how we came out of those conflicts a stronger nation. grant is certainly one of those books. as i read and learned the role that my great state of ohio played in the civil war and holdingour union together . gr