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Host a catastrophe of almost unimaginable scale, world war ii left more than 60 million human beings dead, or three of every 100 people on earth. It was an event that stamped the lives of every american, especially the lives of young men and women who served in the u. S. Armed forces. World war ii called for sacrifice from every social stratum and every walk of life. An entire generation answered the call bravely, even eagerly. They understood that cherished ideals of Human Dignity and individua...

They understood that cherished ideals of Human Dignity and individual freedom were literally at stake. Easily more than 500,000 missouri and kansas citizens served during the war, from rural teenagers who had not finished high school to omar bradley of missouri and Dwight Eisenhower of kansas. Three of those individuals are with us tonight to share and reflect on their experiences in this terrible yet galvanizing war that ended 70 years ago this year during the presidency of harry s truman. Thes...

Of time. I doubt if the same decisions on extending copyrights through the ages would pass in todays environment. Whether it is pared back as a matter for legislators and the one making process to look at, but clearly the copyright itself should be maintained. Whether it should be maintained exactly in this framework is an open question. Access where do you stand on this . Spending money on the book. [talking over each other] a lot of books [talking over each other] there are materials that are ...

This is true because of the incredible success the Broadband Program has had across the country here and at the Brooklyn Library amazing things. Making Great Strides and addressing the digital skill divide. Many of us are wondering where the additional funding is going to come from . I should take a moment on the Digital Literacy spectrum to talk about the room we are sitting. This is a digital commons. It provides us through an increasingly sophisticated set of tools, faster connectivity. It co...

Accountability institutions of the u. N. , there are three of them. There is the Ethics Office, where comes to whistleblower protection. There is an office of internal wersight services, to which referred, the inspector general, and the third is the justice system. Each one of these is broken in some way. Office, if we just look at the evidence, of the numbers, and i get these from the Government Accountability project, which is representing me in terms of advocacy here in washington and elsewhe...

Audience to pose questions. Here we go with our panel number one. We are looking at the vision. We will explore innovative practices and partnerships. Our first speaker will be the Senior Program officer at the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Hoping to have leon mac, director of el paso Public Library. Unfortunately she had a family emergency and was not able to the year. We are excited to have clarence anthony, executive director of the National League of cities. We will start out with her. ...

20th Century Technology to 21st century highspeed Broadband Technology. Its a reallocation of resourcef resources are never easy and never pleasant but they are essential if we are to keep pushing forward. We are moving to broadband to the person at the library. Its not just an external connection but its how do you get using wifi to the individual in a library . We are bringing the application and administrative process into the 21st century as well by using the same kind of ride band tools and...

In the middle east was a catastrophic mistake but not who did what in the invasion of iraq and how bad that was but a long held american policy of arming, funding, and training sunni, jihaddist militants that goes back to the decision in the Carter Administration in 979 to arm, train and fund the knew hauge make Immediate Fund the mahajmadine and get them in the quagmire we had in vietnam and though it had shortterm gains in getting the soviets out of afghanistan, that policy has been zast us fo...

37 billion and created helped Small Businesses and created jobs. It also helps us pay down the federal deficit. It has generated over 1. 057 billion returned to the u. S. Treasury, so it has actually helped us pay down the federal debt. So my colleagues all of a sudden are having amnesia why they supported the exim bank or not coming forward to support it now need to remember what a vital tool this is to the u. S. Economy. Madam president . The presiding officer time has expired. Ms. Cantwell ma...

Brought to justice. Also this hour, the United States will build a coalition to destroy the Islamic State group after the beheading of a second american journalist. Alqaedas top leader announced the expansion of its group. Fast food workers across the u. S. Are protesting for higher wages. Well show you one family struggling to make ends meet. We begin the program with what nato is calling its most important summit since the end of the cold war. The worlds preeminent military alliance is made up...