Boards for the west point center for oral history and the renewed hope foundation. He serves as president of the Nonprofit Organization esprit de corps, which educates the public about veterans affairs, our main topic today. Please join me in welcoming james. Thank you. So, this is the plan. I am going to turn to each of the speakers and let them introduce themselves because their bios also explain why they are on this panel. They are each going to talk for 10 or 15 minutes or so, and then were going to open it up for general discussion. And this is my favorite kind of event. I am not selling something. There is no real agenda. This is an exploration of ideas. I think today we earn our moniker of think tank. Before we get started, i just want to take a few minutes about i chose this issue and why i think it is important. At the notion of philanthropy in national do we even think about that . There are a couple of reasons. Having been involved in philanthropic pursuits, particularly reg
Chuck grassley we will start with you. Itwe will have our Opening Statements. The constitution recognizes us as equal. I was going to call on you first because you are the Senior Member here today. It you have been a respected member of the house of representatives and you know miss yates. Hope you will start. John lewis thank you very much. I am delighted and pleased to be here. I am on a to be here with my friend from the georgia delegation. We are introducing the United States attorney for the district of georgia. She has been nominated to serve as Deputy Attorney general of the United States. Her dedication to Public Service is in her blood. Both her father and grandfather served in the Georgia Court of appeals. Her father was one of the great lawyers in the state of georgia and in our nation. She is principled, tough has used her commitment to justice to strength Law Enforcement and the community. She graduated from the university of georgia with honors. Her career in private prac
Just say, we are thinking about those people like certain muslim religious leaders in this country, the wonderful imam from Catholic University that is certainly not meant to be an oxymoron but others who could serve as individuals, who could relate messages, create understanding, build bridges, be part of what we would call the unofficial, but now much more employment put it this way universe of diplomacy that we could use in that particular fashion. I think it makes a lot of sense. Retirees are fine, but maybe active individuals in their own area who know the problem very well from a religious angle want to now be part of the official quotient in moving the question ahead. Thank you. Thank you very much. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] coming up on cspan, a look at the government and the media. First, a discussion from the National Association of black journalists conference. And then, the fut
Of race in the upcoming elections, how communities of color are being portrayed by the media, and engaging in the election process. Later this afternoon, we will return to that panel for discussion looking at the media and how it covers Asian American and immigrant issues live here on cspan. We will also take you to the center for the national interest, looking at the ongoing conflict between the russia and ukraine. That will start at 12 30 eastern here on cspan. Coming up tonight, cspans American History tour takes us around the country for stories from the civil war. We will look at the Old Slave Mart in charleston, south carolina, civil war era medicine, as well as the battle of chattanooga and the impact of the unions victory there over the confederacy. Here is a quick look. Scenea remarkable late that day, the union tro multiplepenetrate at points almost simultaneously and sent the Confederate Army retreating off of Missionary Ridge to the east and back down into georgia. With tha
He was a key member that one of the won the edward r. Murrow awards for the capturing of osama bin laden, gabby giffords, and the Newton School massacre. Hes a k member covering the terrorist attacks of 9 11 hes a key member. Dupont,on a peabody, a and an emmy. He has received an emmy for his coverage of president Barack Obamas inauguration. Please welcome peer, s. Thomas. E welcome pierre welcome tothe National Association of black journalists conference. This year, focusing on equipping members for the shifts taking place in newsrooms across the country. You can look forward to some andt panels, workshops, seminars including todays session, government and the media. We will address some of the challenges facing our industry specifically actions by the government which appear to in print in french on the truly free press. Journalists subpoenaed to reveal sources, the Justice Department looking at months of records from the ap, the white house restricting access from president ial even