forbes, warren g. harding, and the making of the veterans bureau."an: rosemary stevens, why do you think somebody wanted to read a book about a man named charles r. forbes? rosemary: because he's interesting. because he had not been written about before.

forbes, warren g. hardingand the making of the veterans bureau." , why doosemary stevens you think somebody wanted to read a book about a man named charles r. forbes? rosemary: because he's interesting. because he had been written about before.

forbes, warren g. hardingand the making of the veterans bureau." , why doosemary stevens you think somebody wanted to read a book about a man named charles r. forbes? rosemary: because he's interesting. because he had been written about before. because i thought he was fascinating, and that was because nobody had looked at the veterans bureau scandal before, and it was a big scandal in the early 1920's. most people and about the teapot dome scandal during the harding administration, at the time, the veterans bureau scandal was equally important. man had come down in history as a crook. it did not appear to me that that is what he actually done. i got intrigued by this. brian: on your first page, and the preface, you write, "good that until now that the fact that the that are in's scandal was neglected and forbes culpability unexplored." why do you think that was? rosemary: partly because it was a huge, good story at the time, which was a different story. that was that charles forbes was a crook through and thr

bureau. , professor stevens emeritus, discusses her book a time of scandal, charles r forbes, warren g. harding, and the making of the veterans bureau. >> it was a big scandal in the early 1920's. most people have heard of called teapot -- heard about teapot dome in the harding administration, but at the time the veterans bureau scandal of which charles forbes was the center, was equally important. and yet, this man had come down in history to the present is a crook. it was never clear to me what he had actually done and i got intrigued by this. theunday night at 8:00 desperate :00 p.m.. -- 8:00 p.m. >> john kerry discussed president obama's record on foreign policy and climate change. this is just under an hour. secretary kerry: hi, everybody.

forbes, warren g. harding, and the making of the veteran's bureau fp. >> nobody had really looked at the veteran's bureau scandal before, and it was a big scandal in the early 1920s. many people have heard about the oil scandal in the harding administration, but at the time the veterans bureau scandal of which charles forbes was the center was equally important. and yet this man had come down in history as a croo

forbes, warren g. harding, and the making of the veteran's bureau fp. >> nobody had really looked at the veteran's bureau scandal before, and it was a big scandal in the early 1920s. many people have heard about the oil scandal in the harding administration, but at the time the veterans bureau scandal of which charles forbes was the center was equally important. and yet this man had come down in history as a crook. not clea had actually done, and i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> at the brookings institution, a panel of obama administration officials discussed criminal justice reform, and what has been achieved on the issue over the last eight years. this is an hour and a half. >> on behalf of my colleagues here at the hamilton project. welcome to today's program.

professor emeritus at the university of pennsylvania discusses her book "a time of scandal: warren g. harding and the making of the veterans bureau." >> no one has looked at the scandal before and it was a big scandal in the early 1920's. most people have heard about teapot and the oil scandal in the early 1920's. in the harding administration but at the time, the veterans which charles, of ford was at the center, was equally important and get this man has come down from history into the present as a crook. it was never clear to me what he actually had done and i was intrigued. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> wired senior writer talks thet president-elect's -- president-elect's use of twitter to criticize businesses. then philip joyce discusses donald trump's business background and to what extent the government can be run like a business. and later, georgetown university professor robert gallucci, former lead negotiator during the north korean nuclear crisis in 1994 talks about the nuclear threat posed by that regime. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversat

forbes, warren g. harding, and the making of the veteran's bureau fp. >> nobody had really looked at the veteran's bureau scandal before, and it was a big scandal in the early 1920s. many people have heard about the oil scandal in the harding administration, but at the time the veterans bureau scandal of which charles forbes was the center was equally important. and yet this man had come down in history as a crook. it was not clear to me what he had actually done, and i got intrigued by this. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> at the brookings institution, a panel of obama administration officials discussed criminal justice reform, and what has been achieved on the issue over the last eight years. this is an hour and a half. >> on behalf of my colleagues here at the hamilton project. welcome to today's program. the landscape in the years ahead at the federal, state and local levels. this is the fifth program on criminal justice reform. and criminal justice reform is not only a moral and soc

warren g. hardingbes and the making of the veterans bureau." >> it with a big scandal in the the early's, so 1920's, in the harding administration, but at the time, the veterans bureau of which charles forms was the center was equally important and yet, this man had come down in history to the present as a crook. i got intrigued by this. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. ♪ >> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20 through c-span will have live coverage of all of the day's events and ceremonies. watch on c-span at the span.org free c-spann the pr radio app. the result of the presidential election were certified friday by congress when the house and senate met for a joint session to count the electoral vote ballots as required by the constitution. vice president biden presided over the counting, with trump receiving more than the 270 electoral votes that were necessary for him to become the next president. a number of house democrats objected to the validity of the votes, but were unsuccessful in their challenge without the support of a senator. this is 45 minutes.

rd, warren g. harding, and the making of the veterans bureau. >> no one looked at the veterans bureau scandal. it was a big scandal in the early 1920's. most of say the oil scandal in the early 1920's with the hearty administration. at the time the veterans bureau scandal, for which charles ford was the center, was equally as important. yet, this man has gone down in history as a crook. no one knew what he had actually done. i was intrigued by this. sunday night on c-span's q&a. c-span's student videocam documentary competition is underway and students are busy at work sharing their experiences through twitter. it is not too late to enter. our deadline is january 20, 2017. tell us what is the most urgent issue for the new president and congress to interest in 2017. the competition is open to all middle school and high school students with $100,