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On cspan3. Next, the president of the society of the honor guard, tomb of the unknown soldier, talks about the history of Arlington National cemetery and the tomb of the unknowns. He describes how confederate general Robert E Lees mansion became a Burial Ground during the civil war and discusses the role and creation of the tomb guard and tells stories about some of the notable people interred at Arlington National cemetery. Is a little over 90 minutes. [applause] all, thank you for the invitati...

Our logo and in this case here, this is the second least awarded badge with the exception of the astronauts badge. The astronaut badge is in the low 200. Today, we are giving badge number 634 to a young man who has completed his training and is ready to be considered a badge holder and of the fraternity and sorority, brotherhood or fellowship of tomb guard. We are a 501 c 3 organization and part of our bylaws is that we do Community Outreach to educate the public about the tomb. I find that your...

It is thursday morning, ahead on this final day of 2015, we look back at some of the most significant stories of the year. We look forward to you joining in on the conversation with calls and comments, tweets, and facebook postings. Our face our phone lines opening, for republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. If you are an independent, 2027488002. Getting your comments on facebook. Com cspan or send us a tweet at cspanwj. Thank you for being with us. Happy new year. Lets begin with some ...

Are likely coming back in the middle of next week. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina thirteen items will get the axe at West Des Moines schools. Includi ng the Foreign Language program for first through third graders. The cuts will first through third graders. The cuts will save West Des Moines schools nearly 600 thousand dollars. The district originally had a goal of saving 800thousand. Its not clear if more cuts are ahead. Sabrina elias in the number two spot this mornin...

It is sunday, january 10, and we are going to begin with your calls and comments and stories important to you. Open phones for the first half hour of todays washington journal. Then, we turn our attention to the Iowa Caucuses three weeks away and the New Hampshire primary just a month away. Four democrats, 2027488001 for republicans. Or independents, 2027488002 cspanwjd us a tweet or redoes on facebook. Jonathan martin is writing this morning, front page of the New York Times. I story about spli...

I think we have about 10 minutes, a little bit longer. All right. My question will be brief. My name is andrew bowl, a sophomore in the school of foreign service. Given your relationship with the president over the last eight years, what is something that you most admire about barack obama . You know, i think what i most admire is hes willing to take risks. I mean its a version of things ive said a couple times, but i remember we were i was talking to him after the first meeting he had with raul...

And some of the most closely watched senate races throughout the night and into the morning we want to hear from you with your calls, facebook comment. Campaign 2014 coverage on cspan next to some of our coverage with a debate between oregon democratic governor and his republican challenger Dennis Richardson. The political report is listing the race as likely democratic. It comes to us courtesy of kobi in medford oregon and it runs in our. Good morning from the kobi studios in downtown medford. ...

Rules for todays debate and also serve as moderator. Thank you very much. Thank you especially to the candidates for joining us today. Please allow me to briefly review the format and rules. You have up to three minutes for your Opening Statement. The order was determined by a drawing prior to the event. After the Opening Statement well have questions. Youll be allowed 90 seconds for your answers to answertors questions to all of you. There will be a 90 second answer from that candidate and 30se...

Of the law, but i did not provide any official scoring well, you have stated the aca was written in a tortured way so that the cbo would not score it as a tax. How did the administration use your information to write the aca in a tortured way so that cbo would not score it as a tax . Once again, i apologize for my inopportune and inappropriate terminology. They did not score it as a tax, right . How did you do it . How did you get cbo to not score it has attacks knowing that at some. You might h...

I want to start by noting that the committee has been particularly supportive as the staff and the oversight investigation subcommittee for their work on this issue and their work with our agency we consider it to be a Real Partnership and we are very grateful for this committees support. We have received a number of referrals from this committee and we appreciate your confidence and ability to work with the employees that your office refers. So thats one thing. Its already happening. We are doi...