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Recruitment, retention and moralee . Thank you, senator. Thank you for that question. Let me begin at the beginning. Why did we do this in the first place . The reason to open up all mos to females is to make sure that were able to access what is, after all, 50 of the population. Right. And understandably. Im not worried about the merits of that but the implications for the Selective Service. I do understand. That is the action we took. As far as informing the congress, we have the implementatio...

Association, and the testimony of three activists from the Chicano Movement. This is part of a daylong conference on the Chicano Movement, held at the university of california, santa barbara. Our presenter is professor carlos history. Phd in he is author of the awardwinning book, the strange career of bilingual education. And a fourth volume entitled promising problems. This year, to discuss his book published2014 by yale university. [applause] thank you very much. Is an honor to be here. Lets s...

Assistantsor is the professor of history at texas christian university. Heres fugitive phd in history from duke university, and he has a book coauthored with one of the giants in the area titled the day of americas politics. His discussion is about to be the released book is entitled blue texas. Labor, civil rights and the making of the Democratic Coalition to be published by the university of north carolina. [applause] thank you for that wonderful introduction. And for having me here, again tod...

Latest information. Each week, american artifacts, takes you to historic locations to reveal what artifacts say about american history. Huertasearn about life, how she became involved in activism, and her role with the National Farmworkers movement and the delano grape strike in the 1960s. Is ane we are, this exhibition for dolores where to Dolores Huerta. This is part of our nineyearold series. We said we wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the delano grape strike. Ofdid that on an ex...

President will attend his final white house Correspondents Dinner saturday, april 30th, starting at 6 00 p. M. On cspan. American history tv on cspan 3 this weekend. Saturday evening at 6 00 p. M. Weekend, the book the myth of the lost cause. Why the south fought the civil war and why the north won. Among the disputes, myths of the civil war, including why it started, and why it ended. They felt compelled to explain why it was this devastation occurred and why 25 of southern white men between th...

Enough, heard about it enough, it has enough complexity, just be done with it. I think in this case, what were doing right now in iraq, while it may not be sufficient, is certainly on the right path. I saw a hand all the way on the aisle at the end. Yes, maam. Thank you. Question about u. S. Presence in the region. You seem to indicate that more of a naval presence would be the way to go to reassure allies. I would just like you to elaborate on that and when you look at increasing a u. S. Presen...

Genuine compassion. To act with compassion and think of the person, the human being at the other end of the telephone. Order you have been watching prime ministers questions at the british house of commons. Can watch it at again at 8 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan two on wednesday. Sunday nightairs at 9 00 p. M. On cspan. The u. K. Hold a referendum in june on whether to leave the european union. British parliament member, liam fox talks about the potential applications of that decision tomorrow at t...

Her success was credited to her kindness, candor, intelligence, and hard work. [applause] on january 8, 2011, at a congress on your corner event in tucson, with her constituents, congressman giffords was shot in the head from their pointblank range. In stepping down from congress in january of 2012, she said, i will return and we will Work Together for arizona and this great country. [applause] her husband, captain mark kelly, is a retired United States navy combat veteran, test pilots, and nasa...

What artifacts say about american history. Next, a tour an exhibition about the civil activist, dolores wherhuerta. We will learn about huertas life, how she became involved in activism, and her role with the National Farmworkers movement and the delano grape strike in the 1960s. Here we are, this is an exhibition for Dolores Huerta. This is part of our nineyearold series. We said we wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the delano grape strike. Which launched of the Farmworkers Movement...

Finally, pauline latham. Thank you, mr. Speaker. My constituent jackie has been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. She has shown courage in her fight against the disease but unfortunately jackie did not get the support or compassion of her employer who wanted to dismiss her through capability procedures. Shocking. Now her former partner, andy bradley is trying to get the house they own together repossessed leaving her homeless while dying. Would the Prime Minister agree with me that we requi...