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This faa funding extension just a few days before the deadline . Guest well, theres a couple reasons. Probably the biggest one is the longterm authorization bill authored by bill shuster, the chairman of the transportation infrastructure committee, included this provision, and long standing goal but controversial would remove the air Traffic Control organization from the faa and create a new nonprofit to oversee that. It takes a bit longer, but, they have the votes to pass this bill. There is so...

Contributors to the books from democracy to freedom and no wall they can build. Watch coverage of the 2017 baltimore book festival saturday starting at noon eastern on cspan2s booktv. Wildfires in the west where the focus of an environment and Public Works Committee hearing in the senate yesterday. Members served on Forest Management experts on the impacts wildfires have had on the environment and the economy. From capitol hill, this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [in...

Reporting, what exactly chinese banks are and are not doing Going Forward with north korea . Sure. First of all, thank you for bringing it up. I think its an important topic. I did have the opportunity to go with the president to the u. N. General Assembly Last week. It really was an incredible experience, sitting in the General Assembly and listening to his speech. He also signed last week in new york an executive order, which gives the Treasury Department the most extensive powers on sanctions...

Ur first major policy address here at heritage and we look forward to hearing from you. Zinke was sworn in as the 52nd secretary in january of this year. Had one of the records on regulatory relief, forest management, responsible Energy Development and smart management of federal lands. Prior to assuming his current job am a he served in the u. S. House of representatives. Before that in the Montana State senate. In 23 years as a u. S. Navy seal officer. He grew up Near Glacier National Park whe...

The soviet communist party has not faced a serious internal threat to its political rule since the 1920s. Yet after years of force sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing process. Housing remains inadequate. Intellectual and artistic expression are stifled. And growing corruption reaches all levels of society. The soviet people respond with the public displays of cynicism, but they almost never openly challenge the authority of the leadership. The soviet regime does not hesi...

Immigration reform. We will talk this morning about a few things, including looking at the cost of illegal immigration on u. S. Taxpayers. Guest good morning. Host remind folks about what the federation for American Immigration reform is and does. Guest we are nearly 40 years old. Organizationsensus of citizens around the country, and we want to evaluate the impacts of immigration and ways to improve Law Enforcement and find measures to help control our borders. Over the years we have become the...

With lynn olson on cspan2. Now, a Committee Hearing on how to improve Forest Management to better prevent wildfires. This is one hour, 45 minutes. [gavel pound] good morning. We call this hearing to order. So far in 2017, as all the guests of the panel know in 2017, fires have burned oregon 8 million acres in the United States. We need to find solutions to address this threat to communities and wildlife. Today the committee is going to hear testimony on three bills related to catastrophic wildfi...

I think its a book about you going abroad as an american in 2007, living in istanbul and learning about the muslim world and learning about turkey and the surrounding region. Its a book about that region, but its also very much a book thats very relevant today as we see things over the summer that weve seen with charlottesville, things in our own country with the election of donald trump. Its very much a book about what is america, and what does it mean to be an american. Can you talk a little b...

Lynn olson, author of seven books, many on world war ii. Including troublesome young men, those angry days, and the recently published last hope island, britain, the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war. Guest poland thought it was prepared but it wasnt. Nazi germany was the mightiest military behemoth in World History up to that point and poland was, had a, sizable army. Small air force, small navy. It was basically a poor country. It didnt have the sense and financial wherewithal germa...

Behemoth in the history of until that point and poland have kind of an army, a small dv but it was basically a poor country that didnt have the defenses or the financial wherewithal but it did think it could hold off germany for a while but the germans just kind of rolled right over them. Germ you save the date was a surprise because the rest preparing for the war up to this point . T . But was th guest they suspected it was coming again. Most hoped it wouldnt happen ao least half were natural a...