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Shes she accepted on behalf of all of them. The original metal was given to the smithsonian the Smithsonian Institute as a directed by the bill barack obama signed. The story of the wasps is one that even know they were granted veteran status, it is still a story not a lot of people are familiar with. They did not ask for all of this credit. They came to serve their country and did something when america needed them and came together and meant to fly overseas to help america when the war. When i...

Of linden and ladybird johnson. This was private quarters for the president and first lady. When i say private, i mean that you read this is not part of the tour offered to the public. This has never been open to the public. You are seeing it because of cspans special access. The ips the national ip v. I. P. s come into this space just as they did during Lyndon Johnsons today. It has not changed since he died in 1973. There is a document signed by the archivist of the United States and ladybird ...

Represent the wasps today. Every single one of these ladies deserves to be standing where i am standing. [ applause ] it was passed in record time in congress and the event was held in march of 2010 with the largest body of people ever in the u. S. Emancipation hall at the capital. Approximately 200 wasps were able to attend the ceremony and wasps deany bishop parish accepted the medal. She accepted it on behalf of all of them. The original medal was given to the Smithsonian Institution as direc...

Has all sorts of different programs that encourage people to read, to enjoy the imagination of writing and the relationship between reader and a book and a writer. What how do you see this issue a world of ever deepening technology . Thats a good question. You know, your first words sort of touched me. Theres a book that came out last year by the israeli novelist called jews in words and they have a memorable sentence about jews that ours is not a bloodline, but a text line, and they sort of loc...

Were about to find out who has won the big prize of the golden lyon. Welcome to the program. Bod sides are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire. Truce on friday after five months of fighting. After the ceasefire was announced, within the last 24 hours rebels sheffiel, shelling was announced. Bring us uptodate on the ceasefire so far. Whats the situation on the ground . 234 reporter to a certain extent, no news is good news. There are no gunshots that weve heard and certainly no artille...

On a recent trip to new york city, booktv visited the New York Public Library where we spoke with the librarys president and ceo, anthony marx, but the history of the institution as well as its Current Operations and future. Lets start with some numbers. How big is the New York Public Library . How many employees, budget, et cetera . New York Public Library combines the largest circulating Branch Library system in america, 88 branches, in every neighborhood in the boroughs we serve, as well as f...

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How do we get these amendments ratified to the constitution and the 19th of them and the right to vote. Because of the United States congress willingness to Work Together on major land arc initiatives and that is not happening today. Unfortunately it happened with the Affordable Care act. It shouldve been a process by which everyone was engaged on both sides make a difference. We wont get into why it didnt but unfortunately it didnt. Ultimately the people are paying the price today. That is why ...

The next is if you have not had an opportunity to see a new permanent exhibit we installed last year about this time come find one of us and the Library Staff and will be happy to give you one of the buttons which will be you into the Museum Galleries for free today. Finally, just a quick thanks to our friends and colleagues from cspan of our family this session today, great supporters of the programs that we do and it is nice to have them back with us today. Just a little talk about how this se...

Lis of reasons glass is surrounded in controversy says c net writer seth. 72 percent of americans dont want to buy google glass. They are concerned about privacy. They are concerned about potential invasiveness. But skeptic or not, glass may coming to your neighborhood or even to you. For one day google is opening up sales to anyone in the u. S. For 1500 dollars with or without prescription frames. This is still the prerelease explorer edition. One meant for developers. Personally i think they d...