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Federal governments role in funding state transportation projects. The federal government will start checking social media soon as part of background checks for employees seeking security clearance. White house and Counter Intelligence officials testified on the new policy at a recent House Oversight hearing. This is an hour and a 15 minutes. The subcommittee on Government Operations and the subcommittee on National Security will come to order and without objection, the chair is authorized to de...

Of the select Intelligence Committee providing ongoing oversight of the intelligence agencies and the creation of the foreign intelligence act of 1978. Two former staffers are with us and will be with us to help provide Historical Context and understand the significance of the 40yearold video you are about to see from new york city. Fredericks forges with us. And here is elliot maxwell, a counsel to the committee. Thank you to both of you for joining us. In this installment of our series looking...

Scranton Intermediate School in pennsylvania to honor eighth graders for their second prize winning Video National immigration issues. During the ceremony, they donated their winnings to a local charity. Following this event, the bus drove to Clinton Township middle school in new jersey. Over 250 classmates, teachers, family members, and elected officials joined in the ceremony. A special thanks to comcast for helping to coordinate these community visits. You can view all the winning documents a...

I would like also for you to recognize our genocide and to bring every single one from the Islamic State whether a leader, middle or a soldiers, to bring everyone who committed these crimes to justice. We would love to see that. Again, thank you very much mr. Chairman, i dont have any more questions. But i just would like certainly to thank all of you. And one of the Key Takeaways for me here is we talk a lot about the golden rule, treating other people the way we want to be treated. We both hav...

We have our George Washington leadership fellows here with us. You are 16 students here who are spending five weeks on the stage in a Leadership Program inspired by George Washingtons life and egacy. They are here through the generosity of david m rubenstein, who made a wonderful guest and helped us conceive of the idea to have this group of people here. I would like you all to stand so we can all recognize you. [applause] megan this is our second class of fellows. They have just arrived this we...

Documents should include a bill of rights. Mr. Brookhiser explores the conflicting opinions of Founding Fathers george mason, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton while also addressing how the bill of rights were eventually ratified by the new states. The New York Historical society hosted this hourlong event. So tonights program is James Madison, father of the constitution, and its part of our carl menges lecture series in american history. Id like to thank carl menges for all...

For protestants. Then there was a provision, excessive bail ought not to be required nor excessive fines imposed for crucial and unusual punishments inflicted. This was saying the english legal system could not crush a person financially and it could not torture a person. And these were obviously principles that would march on. In the next century after american independence states passed their own bills of rights and the most famous of them was by the largest most important state that was virgi...

People to come home to. So he has that, and poly is very close to him and comes over when he is dying and comes over when he dies. On social media and other things, Benjamin Franklin believed very strongly that the free flow of ideas and free opinion of spread of ideas would empower people and eventually, in a very raggedy way, lead to more democracy, more liberties, more individual empowerment. He believed if there were 11 papers, there was room for a 12th. He believed nobody should control the...

It doesnt mean a wealthy commoner, even a wealthy one, but this does set up the principle of trial by jury, judgment of his peers. It also says the lawful judgment of his peers. So theres an implication of due process of law even as early as 1215. If youre going to be imprisoned or punished, you have to be judged by your peers and there has to be some lawful reason for it. Now, there would be many holes in this over the years, but this principle is being laid down. Magna carta also says barons c...

Convert to catholicism and he also had a son. Now in england in 1688 meant the spanish armada and louis xiv. The spanish armada was history but louis xiv was very much alive. And england could swallow a Catholic King but they could not swallow a string of them. So after james had a son in 1688 the nation rose up and offered the crown to william of orange who was james nephew and soninlaw. Hed married his elder daughter mary. The family the house of stewart was sort of like sopranos in turn of it...