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Men to whom he could look closest and hardest for solutions. Leading the contention was the chairman of the Federal Reserve board, followed by secretary of the treasury fowler, secretary of state, secretary of congress, the budget director charles schultz, chairman of the house ways and means committee, majority whip, who chairs the Economic Policy committee, and finally, senator long of louisiana, a member of many senate and joint committees central to the control of the nations fiscal policy. ...

Following Hurricane Irma. [applause] also joining us in the east gallery is his wife first lady ann scott. [applause] gov. Scott good morning. Thank you for your graciousness towards me and my wife. It is wonderful to be here. I think about the first time i gave this speech. I am honored to deliver my final state of the state address today. I would like to recognize a few people. First, speaker of the house richard corcoran. [applause] gov. Scott mr. Speaker, i appreciate your commitment to cutt...

Remembering vietnam. The exhibit is a fascinating collection of newly discovered and iconic original documents and film footage that aluminate 12 critical episodes in the war that divided peoples of both the United States and vietnam. One of those episodes focuses on the tet offensive. Documents and photographs from the National Archives and its president ial libraries described the attacks and their consequences but particular blow to American Public opinion of the war was the vietcong infiltra...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the newseums theater. I am peter prichard, chair of the newseum and we are here to mark the opening of our latest inibit, the marines and tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if youre a millennial, i will explain it. It was a coordinated offensive by viet cong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities, and american and south vietnamese military facilities. It began on the...

American artifacts, Wake Forest University professor david lubin shares images from his book. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Next on cspan, here West Virginia governor jim justice announced several initiatives to discuss the drug epidemic and to prevent child sex abuse. Now, only briefly do i want to belabor the past with you. I am going to stay back here. I am going to spook myself a little bit closer. Ok. , when i got here, this is what we were facing. Like it or not liking ...

University of toronto, so we are more used to this. We still appreciate it. Let me quickly introduce our panelists, give you some initial thoughts and a bit of the rules of the game. Just moving down the line of panelists, Jeffrey Pilcher is a professor of food history at the university of toronto. He is also the editor of the journal of global food history for those of you thinking of publishing outlets. Steve velazquez, next to him, is a curator in the division of home and Community Life at th...

And my book, this time we win. A question i frequently get is where did you get this title, this time we win . Actually, it came from vietnam veterans. I would talk to them about what i was doing and say im writing a book on the tet offensive, and many times they would say, do we win this time . Hence the title, this time we win. It goes along with the other old cliche that you hear from the vets, that we were winning when i left, they say. So, yeah, part of the reason i wrote the book was to tr...

Be disturbing to some viewers. Saigon was alive as everyone prepared for the lunar new year. For the people of vietnam, it is a sacred time of year. This was to be the first spring of the second republic of fear not. Of vietnam. The troops opposed by the north vietnamese seemed to promise people a safe holiday, free from the anxiety of war. At the temples, people gathered to pay respects to their ancestors. On the eve of the new year, thousands of families prayed before the altars of their ances...

And three marines who fought in hue. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the newseums theater. I am peter prichard, chair of the newseum and we are here to mark the opening of our latest theater. Exhibit, the marines in tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet to mark the marines in tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if youre a millennial, ill explain it to you, was a co...

Vietnamese forces attacked 100 cities and outposts across a broad swath of South Vietnam. Also, speaking was a former defense secretary chuck hagel, former u. S. Army sergeant who served in vietnam during the tet offensive. This event took place at the National Archives in washington, d. C. Tonights program is part of a series of discussions, films, lectures and other programs that tie into our special exhibit remembering vietnam. Upstairs in the gallery. The exhibit is a fascinating collection ...