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Be out and about having conversations with all of you. This is my 1228th town meeting as a member of congress and its great to be back. We tried to be do one in every county on an ongoing basis. I have a couple things i want to say and then will go to questions. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob. She was my longtime friend. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. They...

Meeting as a member of congress and it is great to be back. We tried to do one in every county on an ongoing basis. Just a couple of things i want to say. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob parish. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. Bob was interested in his community and the history of this community. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the 90...

Meeting as a member of congress and it is great to be back. We tried to do one in every county on an ongoing basis. Just a couple of things i want to say. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob parish. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. Bob was interested in his community and the history of this community. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the 90...

John. Michelle, the breaking news is that bob corker, the senator from tennessee, republican who chairs the Foreign Relations committee, has told the Washington Post he has withdrawn from consideration as Donald Trumps running mate. It underscores the question hanging over trumps running mate process, which is who exactly can he entice to run with him. Can he get given how controversial his reputation is, can he get a young rising star in republican politics, or does he got to pick somebody like...

I just buried our youngest in back and youre not going to have anything left. You need to come home. Will examine the vietnam war of the 1960s have experiences of Charlie Company discussing the battlefield of vietnam and we soldiers have to fight upon return to the United States. Veterans have been just as political footballs. They been used as part of a morality play. They been just as many things but hardly anybody had gotten to tell their story who they were as young men before they went, the...

[applause] [cheering] in 1984, Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for Vice President by a Major Political party. Her speech at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco is 30 minutes. [applause] [chanting gerry] gerry, gerry. [applause] [applause] [applause] ladies ando gentlemen of the convention, my [applause] [whistling] rep. Ferraro ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geraldine Ferraro. [applause] rep. Ferraro i stand before you to proclaim tonight, america is...

And what its done is brought together the Public Sector and the private sector, local government with the help of foundations and others who have been doing this work for a long time to get together and design cradle to college and career action plans. Thats the work thats being done in communities all across this country. And its evidence based. And its goal oriented. Its both ur gent and long term. In detroit, mayor duggan announced their action plan by more than 100 leaders and youth in the d...

Most important slave conspiracies in american history. He spoke about it at the university of richmond 20 years ago and hes going to be interviewed about that book later today for television. Most of dr. Egertons work has been on the subject of slave resistance, colonization and abolitionism during the American Revolution and Early National period. You will find a partial list of his publications in your program. His work deals with the intersection of race and politics. His most recent books de...

Would combat or prevent any sort of recession. I dont think he has done that at this point in time. Yes put america on notice. To eliminate the debt in an eightyear period of time, i question that. You have to have a combination of reduction of spending and pay down in what he wants to do, which is a most 2 trillion a year. Most folks dont understand. 19 trillion, to be able to pay that down based on a 4 trillion expenditure a year, is nearly impossible without significant reduction in governmen...

Here on cspan 3. Every election cycle were reminded how important it is for citizens to be informed. Cspan is a vehicle for empowering people to make good choices. It really is like youre getting a sevencourse gourmet fivestar meal of policy. Boy, do i just sound like a nerd right there, but its true. To me, cspan is a home for political junkies and the way to track the government as it happens whether it is on capitol hill or the agencies. Most staffers seem to have a television on their desk a...