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So, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his beloved wife mrs. Coretta scott king. They were my friend. My brother. And my sister. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the United States senator from michigan, the honorable carl levin. [ applause ] thank you and good afternoon, everybody. The congressional gold medal resolution that we are implementing today commemorat...

Political participation as two of his principles while at the same time the president has kept afghanistans first lady hidden from the eyes of the world for the most part. Do you think he fears that its going to ignite the same protests and reactions from the tribal leaders in the conservative sections of the society . I will answer in the following way. The best solution would have been if the afghans could have solved this themselves. Clear in his immigration speech in 2009, karzai said i want...

Dealt with that advocates and legislators talk about ats major things . Well, basic reality was that a hundred years after the civil war and the war was unfulfilled and equality in the eyes of the law was not a reality in large parts of the country, and it was awkward for john kennedy even has the 6162 went on, there were commemorations of thissing act and anniversary of that, and when it came around, he was very stymied on what to do because he didnt want to do because he didnt want ignore it o...

Video competition is under way. Open to all middle and High School Students to create a five to sevenminute documentary on the theme the three branches and you county showing how a policy by the legislative executive or Judicial Branch of the government has affected you or your community. Theres 2 hu00 cash prizes totag 100,000. Go to studentcam. Org. At the white house today president obama held a News Conference to answer questions about the republican takeover of the u. S. Senate and republic...

Professor discusses the legacy of the confederate capital henry wirz to his arrest for war crimes. The professor argues that his trial was framed in the context of slavery, but it has changed in 20th century events. This is an hourlong portion of the 2014 civil war symposium hosted by the u. S. Capitol Historical Society. I want to thank my fellow symposium members. I think they really set high standards to try to wrap things up. I am going to try to wrap things up quickly and to keep things ene...

Democrats 202 5853880, and independents, all others, 202 5853882. You can send us a tweet. Or you can go to facebook. Com, or send us an email. Before the house acted on their border legislation last week president obama held a News Conference on friday, and this is what he had to say about executive action. We all agree that theres a problem that needs to be solved in a portion of our southern border. And we even agree on most of the solutions. But instead of working together, instead of focusi...

Live up to here. Well, today i have the privilege of introducing our noted speaker, jack rakove, an exceptional student and teacher of history, a pulleys zero prizewinning author. Hell share his insights on James Madisons ticklish experiment at constitution making and will no doubt have us reflect. Rakove is the William Robertson coprofessor of history of american studies and political law at Stanford University where hes taught since 1980. Hes also taught at Colgate University from 1975 to 80. ...

Might have been in the 19th century both in terms of press culture and in terms of lincoln, almost imagining someone i would have worked for. What would he have required . Would he have been as difficult, demanding, i should say . He owned a german newspaper . [laughter] you have to imagine a press culture in which politics and journalism was interlocking. They were part of the same power culture. Newspapers were Party Organizations through and through. Lincoln had political newspapers that favo...

Let me explain. When the two forces are separate, when isil is at some geographic separation from the Iraqi Security forces, it is not very difficult at all to discriminate between the targets. Isnt our problem when they are not out in open space and we have to distinguish between civilian targets and military targets that our people are very effective at that . Absolutely. If we get into a circumstance where the forces are very intermingled then the target discrimination becomes more difficult....

Harold holzer, another lincoln book. Lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you . 47 including coauthored. Books and edited books. I dont want to inflate the number. You and i have chatted about lincoln for 21 years. How do you keep doing this . I get an inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasnt been pursued before. For me, this was more inspiration than invitation. I plunge into it. I love doing research, i love doing writing. I love the conversation. What ab...