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Hello, im john reed faculty here in the Creative Writing Program and the director of the creative Creative Writing Program at the new school. The one time i was on this stage, i was a board member of the nbcc chairing a category. Its my great honor tonight to welcome the nbcc and to welcome to this Years National book. Critics circles awards. The new school and the nbcc have a long standing relationship going back to the very earliest years of the nbcc. Our faculty have been Board Members and aw...

45 minutes. Chairman tester i am going i want to thank secretary mcdonough and her friends and partners for joining us today. For those of you joining us on television, you will hear a great opening and questioning of the secretary of the v. A. We have three people who were going to do a combined statement , which will be particularly entertaining. So we have something to look forward to. Chairman tester we do. We are here to take a closer look to the president s 2024 budget request for the depa...

Live here on cspan three in the Senate Veteran Affairs Meeting testifying on the president s 2024 request for his department. May join this meeting live in progress. I visited there, as you have, as your staff had, you do the right thing. We want to keep working with you. I want to talk about the pact act a little bit. Do you have numbers, up to date numbers of how many veterans are taking advantage of it . I like to say when i do these round tables that this is government and right. This bill p...

And now Veterans Affairs secretary Denis Mcdonough testifies before the senate Veterans Affairs committee on president bidens 2024 budget request for the agency. He weighed in on the camp lejeune water contamination suits, the agencys claims process and womens healthcare. There was also testimony from the heads of various veterans groups. This is just over an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i am going to call this hearing to orde...

As we get underway, i would like to acknowledge that our institution stands on the unceded traditional territory of the coast salish people, particularly the duwamish. We thank them for our continuing use of the Natural Resources of their ancestral homeland. Were very excited that you could join us tonight whether here in this sold out hall or virtually our presentation will run for about 60 minutes, including q a. And when we get to q a portion of the event you may ask your question using this ...

As we get underway, i would like to acknowledge that our institution stands on the unceded traditional territory of the coast salish people, particularly the duwamish. We thank them for our continuing use of the Natural Resources of their ancestral homeland. Were very excited that you could join us tonight whether here in this sold out hall or virtually our presentation will run for about 60 minutes, including q a. And when we get to q a portion of the event you may ask your question using this ...

Next. Tonight, a celebration of the First Amendment and the importance of a free press in the United States. Also, jokes, lots of jokes. All the most powerful people in washington except us all in the same room and about to be roasted by the president and a comedian. The white house Correspondents Dinner starts now. Members of the White House Correspondents association, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, here i am. F announcer fora time honore tradition bringing togethers washingtons pe...

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Good morning and welcome to daybreak australia. We counting down to asias major market opens. David im david in hong kong. Stoxx are set to face headwinds, futures are pointing lower amid the u. S. Holiday. Rba decision today, the bank is expecting to hold its key rate. Its governor phil lowes final meeting. On the housing crisis threatening to engulf surviving developers with about two thirds of the 15 major private builders in default. Breaking, alan joyces is stepping down early as qantas ceo...

Very excited that youre all here this is a great crowd my name is evan ratliff. I am one of the hosts of the long form podcast. This is aaron lammer. Im also one of the hosts of the longform podcast and i believe you probably all know zeke fox, everybody. So were here for, the launch and celebration of number go up and this is being recorded for the long form podcast. Now normally only one host would interview an author, a writer on our show. In this case, aaron and i were, fighting over this bo...