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[applause] i assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [laughter] [applause] i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago as a selected their Vice President al nominee that it pays to take a little more time. [applause] and i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. [applause] so i congra...

Mr. Thornberry mr. Speaker, i want to start by thanking the 63 members of the Armed Services committee, not only for all of their work in putting this bill together but for the seriousness with which they take our duties under the constitution to help provide for the common defense. Our members dont always agree, but were able to work our way through our differences most of the time and think about the larger cause. You might say we sacrifice some of our individual differences or preferences in ...

Global response. To help with our questions and studio, a Health Reporter with politico and a Health Reporter with the Washington Post. On fridaytting afternoon. Just a few hours ago, you briefed president obama about the zika crisis. Can you give us a sense of what you spoke to him about . We give the president on update on various aspects of the zika she was issue. Particularly concentrating on puerto rico. Spoke about the number of travel related cases, the number of individual women pregnant...

On various aspects of the zika issue. Epidemiology and the status of the outbreak in central and south america, particularly concentrating on puerto rico. With the number of travelrelated cases and the number of individual women who are pregnant and infected. He wanted an update as to the status of the Vaccine Development program. It was a lot of discussion back and forth and he went away from that pretty well briefed. What is the status of that development . Faxing development . Vaccine develop...

High alert after yesterdays deadly shooting in dallas that left five officers dead and several wounded. Reports increased security and advise blunt horsemen to but troll in pairs as a step up of precaution. When the deadly skin and else occurred, president obama was overseas with members of his cabinet for a nato summit in poland. He addressed the shooting in the Ongoing Investigation while holding a Youth Conference with leaders of the European Council and commission. This is 25 minutes. Good m...

Policy issues that attack you. Ag up for you, aiken congressional discretion with people on what is left on until recess. Nal join the discussion. Education leaders from across the nation gathered in washington to discuss ideas on how to improve education for children and k12. In recruitingsted leaders are key components to success. Is one hour and 40 minutes. Good morning, everyone. It is great to see so many of you back up and at them. Ordered more coffee for this morning so we hope it it will...

Security has been ramped up in the u. S. , especially in new york and boston. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton responding to the attack. Highlighting the need to work with allies and at a rally last night, trump said more has to be done to combat the terror threat. We have to stop it. We have to be so strong. We have to face so viciously and violently because we are dealing with violent people. Maria markets looking higher. Teams across the world extending yesterdays rally. Investors put more mo...

All right. Good evening. Im peter carmichael. I am a professor of history at Gettysburg College and also the director of the civil war institute. Its my pleasure this evening to be moderator and panelist for this session on the anatomy of a lost cause. Joining me, to my immediate right is keith bohannon. Keith is an assistant professor of history at west georgia university. Keith has very long experience in the historical profession. He started off as a seasonal historian, actually as a voluntee...

Pennsylvanians cares at all, at least in terms of the slave, was defending fugitive slaves and taking no fee. If im mott mistaken in the 1838 Constitutional Convention when pennsylvania decided to take the right of voting away from blacks who until then had that right, there was only one member who refused to sign that constitution and that was Thaddeus Stevens. The father of the Public School system of pennsylvania, the great voice for equality and the great commoner. He is a man who deserves g...

University. Keith has long experience in the historical profession. He started off as a seasonal historian, actually as a volunteer at kennesaw National Military park when he was a teenager. A teenager. And during that time, he also did Extensive Research in georgia archives. There simply is not another person who knows more about georgia during the civil war than keith bohannon. He finished his ph. D. At penn state, started under Gary Gallagher, who then moved on to the university of West Virgi...