It is my pleasure to introduce this afternoons speaker Elizabeth Schmidt who is a professor at the university of loyola maryland. She received her phd from the university of wisconsin madison. From the cold war to the war on terror, which fyi is available for purchase outside of this room today. She is also the author of cold war and the colonization in guinea. In 2007, mobilizing the masses. The author of peasants, traders, and wives. And decoding corporate camouflage, published in the committee. Her next book is foreign intervention in africa after the cold war, sovereignty, and responsibility in the war on terror. Todays talk is based on the last book, and is entitled, foreign intervention in africa during the cold war. Thehank you very much for kind introduction. Thank you for coming. Organizationsf that i was also going to think thank. But he has done that for me. I will proceed to the talk. As eric indicated, my talk is primarily based on my on information and topics covered in m
Now actor and producer Wendell Pierce will talk about his family and their new orleans neighborhood followed by hurricane katrina. His book is, the wind and the reefs. He reefs. He speaks of the 27th annual southern festival of books. Hello, welcome. This is the southern festival of books session on the wind and the reefs with the author Wendell Pierce. We will be ready to begin. Just a bit of housekeeping. First of all welcome to the National Public library and thank you for so much for hosting the southern festival of books and being one of the hosts. I appreciate it. Please know that this festival depends on individual donations, among other sources to remain free to the public. Please consider donating at any level that is comfortable to you. You can donate via the humanities tennessee website, the app, the facebook page, or in person at page, or in person at the headquarters of the festival throughout the weekend. The format of the session will be essentially conversational, mr. P
Next, federal officials testify on support for noncitizen servicemembers before a house judiciary subcommittee. The effort aims to help deported veterans and family members get entitled benefits, including pathways to naturalization and Immigration Services. This is about 90 minutes. Capitol hill for a house immigration subcommittee. Live coverage on cspan. Dedicated to circulating motions or written materials that members may want to offer as part of the hearing. If members want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. I ask all members to mute your microphones when you are not speaking to help prevent feedback and technical issues and of course, amuse yourselves anytime you seek recognition. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I would like to welcome witnesses and the members of the immigration and citizenship subcommittee to todays hearin
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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, lets give that the Vice President a great thank you. [applause] and move on to our committee meeting. Our next meeting will be starting very shortly. They both start at three so we are running a little delay. Our committee on economic and development, and also at the same time education and Workforce Committee. Later on tonight we have the wonderful entertainment at the lime and auditorium. See you soon. [inaudible conversations] as you hearing a brief break in the governors meeting. Coming out, coming up in the few minutes, the education and Workforce Committee is meeting to focus on the role of education and economic development. They are guest speaker will be Lamar Alexander, the senior republican on the Senate Education committee. The ng Education Committee is chaired by governor steve beshear. We will have that live for you when they start here on cspan2. Until then a look at some o