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To the the telegraph department or whether it was the department of war. Obviously, there were secret communications happening. Theres also the story about the confederacy where there was a secret message around cigars that was mishandled. My question is, are there any lessons i think theres lessons in lincolns life. Are there any lyessons that coud be carried over to this issue of communication and the need to have communications be private and confidential . Well, lincoln didnt have emails. Bu...

Appreciate the little break. The committee is called back into session and at this time recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania for five minutes. Thank you, chairman care for permitting me to participate in this hearing. This is a really important hearing. Sec oversight of the Credit Rating agencies in the United States congress over the sec, especially as it relates to Consumer Protection because each of the witnesses in their Opening Statements pretty much indicated one of the foundational p...

Our first speaker is a native of chicago. Earned a b. A. Degree in sociology and began his career in boston. He moved to washington, d. C. In 1985 and has been here ever since. A journalist with the washington post, republic, and new yorker, covering various president s. He was washington, d. C. Bureau egularly ontributed r columnist to the guardian and served as Senior Editor at new republic. Served as assistant and Senior Adviser to bill clinton from 1997 to 2001. His jobs included advising th...

Conferences that some of my professionals dont appreciate. I never plant questions. I know many do. The reason i dont plant them is that the answer then is contrived. No one will get away and i would like to have this question asked. The other thing is i also have a feeling that generally speaking, where the question is hard and strong and tough, it gets a better answer. Dont save me from the easy questions where someone is trying to help me. Then the listener says that one of his friends. Watch...

Is the site where president lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. As he sat in a theater with a play running. The play running at the time was our american cousin. President lincoln died the next day across the street at the peterson boardling house. Fords is now a working theater as well as a National Historic site. He current play running is 110 in the shade. While we wait, lets take a ook at todays speakers. Lincoln, African Americans, and the emancipation struggle. And 35 the book l...

What was your first journalistic experience . Susan i remember being 10 years old and handing out copies of the newspaper that my parents founded, the legal times, at the Aba Convention in washington. And probably ever since then. Brian how long did they own legal times . Susan they started in 1977 and their Company Owned it until 1986. Brian who is the first person who tie you would journalism is all about . Funny. You know, it was there was a famous teacher at the high school i went to. Tom ly...

And tim schultz, president of First Amendment partnership will discuss religious freedom laws in several states and the pushback from opponents who view laws as discriminatory. Then alex rogers with the National Journal will be on to talk about the gop president ial candidates efforts to woo unbound delegates, a process that could determine whether republicans will need to go past a first ballot at a president ial nominating convention for the first time in more than 70 years. Be sure to watch w...

Morning at 7 a. M. Eastern, 4 00 a. M. Pacific. Have a great monday. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] break house has been on so members can return to their districts. Agenda includes a three extension for faa funding. Week the house is expected to consider a resolution by speaker paul ryan, opposing the action on immigration. The senat...

For the national staff. I started in january 1998 one week before the monica story broke. Peter was a White House Reporter covering president clinton. That is how we met. Brian we have some video from 1998. Actually, right after you started. February 6. This is your husband, peter baker, when he worked at the post. The president gets home from his deposition on january 17, having just spent six hours with lawyers from paula jones and going through all this reported sexual encounters with lawyers...

Stronger and stronger for the benefit of the mutual security of the world. Thank you all, and god bless. [applause] policycs Conference Also involved a conversation with Kevin Mccarthy steny hoyer. They are in interviewed by frank sayesno. Mr. Sesno well, good morning, everybody. Very nice to wake up with 18,000 friends in the middle of washington, d. C. I have had the great privilege of joining aipac for several years now in several stimulating discussions. And while the topics of those discuss...