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Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I am the ambassador. My role tonight is just to host and nothing else. I am happy to have for another time in nine, ten months the Women Policy Group at the Croatian Embassy. Im very happy to have you here as frequently as possible, because these events are really very nice. I will say no more except we are happy also the embassies keep open in washington. [laughter] and while my pleasure and honor to have ms. Linda robinson whom i met at georgetown . We share...

All this and much more on booktv on cspan2 this weekend. The full schedule is available at booktv. Org. Next on booktv, peter mansoor, joe David Petraeus executive officer from 20072008 talked about the short and longterm impact of the surge in iraq. 20,000 additional troops were sent to the country in 2007 to stabilize it. This is about an hour and a half. Welcome to the new America Foundation. Its with great pleasure that i get to welcome peter mansoor, the author of a stunning new book, conte...

Also very glad to see jim phillips. Ive worked on terrorism issues that must be a quarter said tree now it there are very few people in the world who write with intelligence jim does. Heres a couple reasons i wanted to write this book so i will start with the way counters on the citizen. I remember reading some clips in the newspapers in the chicago area. A woman was looking out of her window and she saw a man pull up and in that van there proved to be nine different people and they looked rathe...

What they do and what they are passionate about. So first and foremost i would like to thank them for bringing me here and everybody that is sitting out here for taking interest in what it is that i do in the book i wrote into the message i like to convey in terms of the importance of military working dogs and of the things they are capable of without your support. This wouldnt happen to think you for supporting me in the book. As it relates to the working dogs i grew up in Northern Iowa and the...

What you see behind you is a cubic foot box of those we have 30,000 cubic feet of state records. Legislative branch, judicial, and executive branch. About 15,000 cubic feet of records which fall under our manuscript collection. These other private donations from individuals, everything from letters and journals of photographs. This is was known as the patriot constitution of 1812. There was a lot of history behind this particular document. In 1812 a group of georgia sutlers known as the patriot ...

Protecting the military and protecting them. We need to encourage good relations between jordan and egypt. And jordan and saudi arabia. We need to let them know that we are dependable. What i said before it is very true. People rely on the United States. Aople have to know we are dependable ally. It is good policy for us to be a dependable ally. It is also good policy for us in terms of what we need. Al qaeda was planning. And putting. We were not going after them. When the soviet Union Russians...

Met her future husband, who was sick. They got married 30 years later. Reputation, resident truman nicknamed her the boss and she made public appearances. Her hisld edited speeches and earned a salary in his staff office. A look at bess truman on first on cspan, cspan 3, as well as cspan radio. And offering of the special Edition First ladies of the United States of america. There are comments from noted historians. It is available for the discounted price of 12. 95 plus shipping at cspan. Org p...

The First Time Since 1970, congress is meeting between the christmas and new years holiday. Preparations are underway as lawmakers if lawmakers fail to act. We are 17 hours until the deadline. Midnight is the deadline east coast time. Here are the numbers. Host also, send us an email and jonas on facebook, join us on facebook or you can send us a tweet. Lets take a scan of the headlines and we begin with the atlanta journalconstitution. A lot of talking but still no votes. The deadline has come ...

Blood. We can talk about how well it was used and what the right strategies were. I will be the first one to say that big mistakes were made over that time. In the eye ins 2001 and said we will be committed to reducing, if not eliminating, terrorist groups operating from this region. We will stay until that objective is met. Sure,e have now said is, that objective has not been met, but we are still leaving anyway. The blame has largely been ai government. Karz i will also say very bluntly that t...

Variety of services to these veterans in their backyard because of chairman young. Chairman young has left behind a rich legacy in support of our heroes, especially those in the tampa bay area. By renaming this important facility in his honor, we will provide a lasting monument to her member a great friend. Chairman bill young. Thank you, and i yield back. I reserve the balance of our time. The judgment from florida reserves. The gentlewoman from florida is recognized. I would like to yield thre...