winston churchill was born in woodstock on -- in november, 1874. a lifetime military man and politician, churchill had the vision to recognize the threat that adolf hitler posed to the world. he was a staunch critic of appeasement. he supported a strategy of rearmament and military alliance building. his early anti-nazi position facilitated his transition to the premiership at a time when his countrymen needed him the most. winston churchill contributed to the fields of art and literature. during his early days in the army, he composed military reports for the daily telegraph and penned several books, including "the story of the maliki field force," "the river war," "liberalism and the social problem" and "history of the english speaking peoples." the memorial library was constructed in 1964 and open to the public in 1969. it is a historic church in fulton, missouri, on the campus of westminister chedge where churchill made his famous speech. the facility is home to numerous art facts and information on sir winston churchill. in addition to the sto

>> winston churchill. i wrote about him in the first world war.t is light dissertations, as good as they are. mine is not particularly good, but i was onto something there. partly because martin gilbert help me, suggested to me. churchill was desperately afraid of war. he took part in the last british cavalry charge. it was a glorious triumph. fighting arabs and muslims. the british had a grievance against him because the ruler of khartoum had killed the british hero. kitchener went down there to avenge that, and they want one massive victory. that had almost no casualties. churchill took part in that. in recounting this battle, which he was in the course of launching a political career -- he had every reason on earth to celebrate this overwhelming victory. he writes of it as a tragedy. when the dervishes' come over the hill and the british -- there is a beautiful paragraph in a chapter of his book. it is a commentary on what war has become. it says, little did they know the impending tragedy. then he describes metal whistling into flesh and the s

the winston churchill memorial library was founded in 1969. it's a church designed by christopher wren that was relocated from england to fulton, missouri. it's the only place in the united states that exists solely to honor winston churchill. the bill we consider today recognizes this museum as the world-class facility it is and the significance of the site. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from the northern mariana islands rise? mr. sablan: does the gentlewoman have any other speakers? mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i have no further speakers. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sablan: as i was listening to the gentleman from missouri make the statement, i couldn't help but notice that the winston churchill memorial library is a source of trial tride for him and his constituents in missouri and i encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support passage of house resolution 390. i yield b

so intense was the cooperation between our nations that when winston churchill regularly asked to see strategists who were planning d-day he never knew until they arrived whether the officer would be british, canadian, or american. and so next to omaha beach, we join president obama to pay tribute to the american soldiers who gave their lives on omaha beach for people they never knew, and yet people who have lived in freedom thanks to their sacrifice and valor. and i know that the whole of britain will be proud that jack woods is today decorated by president sarkozy, and alongside brave and fearless canadians, he landed on juneo beach and with his comrades went on to capture five bridges. and the hand that will today receive the legion of honor from the president of france is the hand that liberated one of the first french villages to be freed. and there is an unbroken line from what happened here to the battle of the bulk to the crossesing of the rine to the fall of the third rike to the eend of europe's enslavement. on d-day the sons of liberation will head right across europe, all

i'm always fond of that quote from winston churchill who said consisssy is the hob knob of the small minds. but we ought to be consistent for, like, six hours. that was the time between when the president suggested that we use pay-go and you passed the $4 billion unfunded bill. secondly, the polls the lack wudge is not good. and it's a this amendment doesn't significantly impact the mileage of our fleet. and in fact, it may aggravate it. you can buy literally buy a hummer, now, a hum ser not a great car, i presume. but you can take this money and buy a hummer, which makes no sense at all, and you can take this money and buy a car from that's made in japan or germany or made in south korea. so what are we doing for our economy if the argument is that this is an economic initiative? this language should be free standing or should come through the regular appropriation process. it should not have been stuck in this bill. there's plenty of time to do this language. there's no rush to do this language. you're going to have imnew mexico rable opportunities to bring it forward in regular or

so intense was the cooperation between our nations that when winston churchill regularly asked strategists who were planning the day, he never knew until they arrive at 10 downing street with the officer would be british, canadian, or american. next to, hall beach, we join president obama in paying tribute to the bravery of american soldiers who gave their lives for names of they never knew, and faces than ever saw, for people who have lived in freedom thanks to their sacrifice and valor. i know that all of britain will be proud today that jack would will be decorated by president sarkozy. jack wood's landed on juneau beach on that day, and with his comrades went on to capture five bridges. the hand that will today received the legion of honor from the president of france is the hand which liberated one of the first french villages to be freed. there is an unbroken line from what happened here through to the battle of the bulge and the crossing of the binthine. on d-day, the suns of liberation were heard right across europe. resistance fighters began to blow up bridges and railway lines. m

as winston churchill said, jaw, jaw, jaw is better than war, war, war. >> yesterday was the date for pullout from iraq. how well equipped you think the iraqi government is to self govern and protect their assets? >> i believe that the time line that we're on and the adherence to the timeline and the work that has gone in to getting to the point where we are by the iraqi government, by the iraqi armed forces, and by the american and coalition forces that have been on the ground in iraq to prepare for this day, i believe that it the time is now. will there be of violence? -- will there be violence? i am sure it is not going to stop. i believe the time line was appropriate and i applaud the effort of all parties to get as to that part. >>-- get us to that point. >> recently a commission released its posture review report and it made the connection between deterrence and nonproliferation activities and emphasized that america's deterrent role is important to its preventing other countries from proliferating nuclear weapons. some of the east asian allies have indicated that they are conce

we were with sir winston churchill's grandson. he was commenting on the flexibility of the american army. it was so thoroughly able to change its approach to the war in iraq, almost turning on a dime, and he suggested the royal army could not have done that. i learned more about us in that conversation with our british friend about our ability to do certain things. i had a conversation with an ambassador from a middle eastern country. he said something along the lines of the americans not sticking it out because they were feeling. the ambassador said he told his head of state that these are americans. if they are failing, they will change what they are doing. that is a reflection on the pragmatism that has marked our society. this is a big place. none of us have tralee absorbent the richness of our society. i have often had the chance to see our society -- none of us have truly absorbed the richness of our society. we took a danish officer with his wife and daughter up to pennsylvania several summers ago. to see the look on their

for example, in 1945, in may, 1945 winston churchill ordered war plans to be drawn up for what they called operation unthinkable. it was aimed at, quote, the elimination of russia. the plans which were declassified 10 years ago, i'll quote it, called for a surprise attack by hundreds of thousands of british and american troops joined by 100,000 rearmed german soldiers while the raf would attack soviet cities from bases in northern europe. and pretty soon nuclear weapons were added to the mix. all of this was declassified 10 years ago. well, that's -- the official stand also wasn't very easy to take. about 10 years later when khrushchev took over. he understood the much weaker soviet economy couldn't possibly sustain an arms race with the united states and still hoped to develop. well, when the u.s. dismissed the offer as it did, he carried out the reduction unilaterally. and kennedy did react to that. he reacted with a very sharp increase in military spending. which the russian military later tried to match. that's tanking the economy as khrushchev had anticipated. that was the crucial mom

john kennedy once said that winston churchill marshalled the english language and sent it into battle in world war ii. there much truth it that. to the extent there is truth in that there is also truth that al from took a bunch of us who were very interested, some of whom you have seen here, some of whom were backstage -- chuck robb, sam nunn, dick gephardt -- and i was one of the first people in that organization and al made us put up each $1,000 apiece, which now seems like a small sum but in 1985 seemed like a very large sum. my campaign account was not nearly as large as, luckily, it is today. and we were very proud of that organization and it was somewhat controversial and has remained controversial because al has kept the organization, through many great leaders like bill clinton, like harold ford -- is harold still here? if harold were speaking he would have stayed, i guarantee you. tell him i said so, will you, please? or just yell at the television when you see him come on. but al from kept the faith an kept the focus. and he made an extraordinary difference in terms of respo

winston churchill, the a great line from world war ii surprisingly, lost the election and in the middle of the conference in july 1945, the labor party won a and created a new government and the new prime minister was going to be ernest bevin. he would turn out to be not only opposed to a jewish state but some say are you personally anti-semitic and hostile one a personal level to a creation of a jewish state in palestine. he would have liked the mandate that britain had to continue possibly with united states replacing the british but with the same policies in tact. this is ironic because labor party had a long tradition of supporting the jewish state and we ever monitions if you look at what people in jewish palestine were saying, there was a euphoria when labor, when they heard over the radio the labor party had won and created a new government they believed this finally means the restrictions on immigration by the white paper the british had instituted, restrictions of jewish immigration would be lifted and they would eventually get a jewish state. the euphoria would be short-lived

so i will be spending time this summer reading -- focusing on the history because as winston churchill once said, the farther into the past we can see, the farther into the future we will be able to predict. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information visit our web site at become -- book tv.org. >> washington post reporter bradley graham appeared on c-span washington journal to talk about donald resumes field. >> host: bradley graham covered the pentagon for the was post-for many years and now out waive book that goes on sale today on donald rumsfeld. how did donald rumsfeld view the role of a government official, a public service? >> guest: he was very interested in public service from a very young age. inspired in college, actually, senior year, whenned a lie stevenson came to talk to his graduating class princeton, urging the students to use their educations and put them to work in public service and not long after that, rumsfeld rang -- ran for congress, and believed very much in public service. he served not only in congress but in the nixon and ford administ

point that instead of spending one trillion dollars -- $1 trillion , up 12 zeros behind it, winston churchill said a nation cannot tax itself into prosperity, like standing in a locket and trying to pull yourself up by the handle, it is not going to work. recently they were talking in the senate and house about a missile defense bill and everything, costing $1.9 billion and i would like to point out that barney frank stolen over $50 billion, more than our country is spending on missile research. anyway i just really wanted to call and say that the american people are being taxed to death and we need to audit the federal reserve the because $14 trillion or 15 trillion -- $15 trillion of our wealth is being sent overseas and we cannot afford anything. our last note i just believe that if americans had access just to dentistry, then we would not really have all of this health care because we really have minor things going on with us and we just want a little bit of care and i did not think we will get it by spending ourselves to death. guest: well, first of all i agree in a sense that we should

winston churchill's father, who was an erratic politician and best in victorian england used to say, trust the people, and it was a lesson that his son learned and has been a critical part of our experience. if you trust us and you give it to us straight, we will do what it takes. i think that is the covenant of modern democracies. and i think that is something that obama is betting on. whether he makes a success of it or not, we will not know for a long time. but as a clinical historical matter, it is an interesting and clear philosophy of governing and political leadership that he is undertaking. host: we will hear next from judah on the republican mind calling from shiloh, illinois. caller: good morning, mr. meacaem come as a fan and someone who read all of your books, i want to take this liberty and be an assignment -- mr. meachem. please write a book on john brown as well as william -- general washington's trusted confidante. i believe out of all of the riders, only you can tell as deep -- billed as deep as necessity will dictate. a couple of recent things in the news -- and i h

argentina so i will be spend a lot of time this summer reading -- focusing on history because as winston churchillnce said, the farther end of the past we can see, the farther into the future we'll be able to predict. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information, visit our website at booktv.org. >> here's a look at some of the upcoming book fairs and festivals over the next few months. one of the advice columns that she read from time to time that i thought i was

adelaide was prime minister and bevan was -- >> atley was winston churchill's both his predecessor and he came after -- >> over here? >> i've always been curious about george marshall. he threatened to resign and then he didn't resign. >> uh-huh. >> and he's such a large name in american history. do we know anything about his thinking? was he antisemetic. what was his thoughts as to why he opposed so much? >> some people thought that he didn't have very strong feelings about it before he became secretary of state but he was very influenced by the state department once he did become secretary of state and kind of adopted their attitude toward the middle east and a partition and israel. >> also, he had -- he had a long it talk right before the leaders of the jewish agency were going to vote in palestine about whether to proclaim a jewish state. he had a long talk with mosha and he came to see him in his office and the text is available. and he gave him analogies between his experience trying to negotiate between the nationalists and communists in china. and the chinese civil war. and the

winston churchill said a nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it. i think that sums up the important role of the archives not just for history but for our future. i ask unanimous consent, madam president, to include in the record the text of a resolution that i put forward with a number of my colleagues to commend the national archives and its employees for excellent service over the past 75 years and to wish them many years of additional service. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. carper: thank you. also i would like to -- i know my colleague from wisconsin is standing to speak and i'll be brief. i want to take a moment -- while senator shaheen and senator boxer were speaking i chatted with one of our colleagues from texas who is on the floor. we talked about the debate on health care and he raised, as we approach in a week or two, marking up a heck hk reform bill in the finance committee he mentioned to me something i agree with, the 8020 rule. senator enzi from wyoming likes to talk about the 8020 rule. senator kennedy, a l

churchill left was it bevin come is that the name you gave? >> earnest bevin. >> i thought it was clemens -- >> the opposite, adamle was prime minister and bevin laws -- [inaudible] >> clement was winston churchill's's both successor and predecessor because churchill came back again in the early 50's. i just wanted that one point. >> i've always been curious about george marshall. he threatened to resign, and then he didn't resign. and he's such a large name in american history. do we know anything about his thinking? was the anti-semitic? what were his -- what were his thoughts why he opposed so much? >> some people felt he didn't have very strong feelings before he became secretary of state, but he was very influenced by the state department once he did become secretary of state, and kind of adopted their attitude towards the middle east and partition in israel. >> also, he had a long talk right before the leaders of the jewish agency going to vote in palestine whether to proclaim a jewish state. he had a long talk and he came to see him in his office and the text is available. and he gave him and allergies between his experience trying to negotiate between the nationalists and commu

had over 101 suspension bills, things like recognizing the winston-salem memorial library in fultson, missouri, as america's national churchill museum. really important work. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlewoman has expired. ms. foxx: well, mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote no and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlewoman has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, how much time do i have left? the speaker pro tempore: 13 3/4. mr. hastings: i do yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i've heard so much revisionist history put forward here, not the least of which just came from the distinguished colleague of mine from north carolina with reference to previous periods having to deal with whether or not the minority requested timetable agreements. one of the things i have done being in the house of representatives is spending time on the floor of the house of representatives. and that isn't looking to cause any praise to be directed to me. it became over time a part of my responsibility that i assigned to myself to kind of know what was going o