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Dont know if all of you have met him, dr. Vince houghton, he is the historian and curator of the museum. He holds a ph. D from the university of maryland where his Research Centered on u. S. Scientific and technological intelligence, specifically nuclear, in the Second World War and the cold war, which makes him ideally suited to deliver todays talk. He also got his masters degree focusing on the relationship between the u. S. And russia. So you may get some questions focusing on the current dif...

Union you ever had. The answer to the question is they asked for tons of enriched uranium. Of course the white house agreed because diplomacy carried the day. But groves got in the middle of it. Groves went berserk, as you can expect, went to george marshall. Groves was one person as a onestar general that could walk into George Marshalls office screaming and throwing stuff and not get courtmartialed for it. He went into the office screaming bloody murder. Convinced marshall of the stupid idea. ...

That now. He wasnt famous. No one knew him. But this is a great song. I hear it once and i like it already. Ive heard this a thousand times. Where . I dont listen to that. I like it. Anyway well hear more about larrys call on ceos to focus on longterm value in a moment. Also its a moment of news makers on the set. Well be joined by Steve Schwarzman and jack and suzy welch will be stopping by. Lets get you up to speed on the markets. Yesterday the markets did end higher. Dow up by 75 points. Thin...

Many to so few, the immortal words of Winston Churchill about the women and men who fought in the battle of britain. We will take you on a flight this britain. We will take you on a flight this magnificent machine. Little bit of rain in the forecast. All the detail on breakfast. Its tuesday the 15th of september. Our top story a lack of coronavirus testing is leading to Staff Shortages across the nhs thats according to a warning from hospital bosses. They say the situation is putting services a...

Learning during the pandemic. The christmas getaway begins for University Students but strict conditions mean tests are required before they can return to their families. For everyone else rail and road works planned for the festive period are to be modified, to try to make travel a little easier. And, the couple who applied to live on a remote scottish island even though theyd never been there. In sport on bbc news. Champion jockey oisin murphy admits he saw cocaine present the night before he ...

Getaway preparing for the great christmas getaway as roads, railways, ferries and flights planned for this years rush. A very special night, says the arsenal boss, as they become the First Premier League club to let fans back in since march. Two thousand watched them thrash rapid vienna in the Europa League some of us waking up to snow this morning and this was edinburgh earlier. Snow and heavy rain in places. A wet and cold friday on the way for many. Its friday, december the 4th. Our top story...

32 years after the lockerbie bombing, authorities in the us are understood to be preparing to charge a new suspect. Liverpool win the biggest game of the premier League Season so far. A late headerfrom Roberto Firminho, defeats tottenham, and sends liverpool, to the top of the table. Marcus rashfords mum mel talks for the first time about her familys struggle with poverty, and her pride about her sons campaigning work. I had threejobs, and iti i had threejobs, and it i didnt do that, one of the ...

Criticism from inside its been mostly in the vein of how dare he meaning how dare an insider give away the secret. How dare an insider talk about other insiders in a way that perhaps might not be in keeping with the code that we have a shinkman. People keep asking me why are people uncomfortable here . I welcome the discomfort but i also think this is what we do. We should invite discomfort. He next author paul reid talks about his book the last lion. They were kate coauthored with the late hist...

Herself, how she can help her husband, take care for family, maker contribution to our nation utahs republican governor gary herbert says his Health Insurance exchange will not and force the mandate as the new Health Care Law but focus on Small Business. He told an audience at the Enterprise Institute that after meeting with Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius he felt optimistic that his states plans will improve. His comments on how states can deal with the Affordable Care act are an hour. Good ...

This is bbc news. The headlines. A cobra meeting with the four nations of the uk is getting underway right now to try to agree a common approach to relaxing coronavirus restrictions over christmas. It is hoped we will agree a common framework, albeit some details on the precise definition of household might differ to reflect the different circumstances in each nation. The bbc understands the governments may allow up to three households to meet indoors over a five day period. A further 608 people...