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Evening. Men and women in uniform of freedom around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. [cheering] i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [cheering] thank you, please be seated. [applause] before we get started, theres a few people i would like to recognize in the audience this evening. Ill start with mayor keith and his wife, shel...

Slash impeachment. Booktv continues on cspan2, television for serious readers. Good evening and thank you for coming. Im tim carney, visiting fellow here tee american enter pies institute and the commentariy yesterday for the Washington Examiner and we have great discussion weapon brought here chris arnade, the author of dignity which came out this year. Its an excellent book. I read it love it. Well be selling it afterwards. Its beautiful. And i say beautiful because its also a photo book as we...

Only he can tell jokes. I can tell a couple of drops, too. Lets give him a jersey welcome. Thank you very much. I spent a lot of time growing up in jersey. My father had a little mens underwear and work clothes store on the Lower East Side and he was a job or in his customers were all in new jersey. I would come up with him on springfield avenue. We go to patterson and after the second world war, i really got to know new jersey and my first wife was from new jersey. Her classmate in high school,...

Oversight and president ial misconduct. This is part of an ongoing series by the National History center that brings historical issues thatto congress is currently addressing. Centerd stress that the is a strictly nonpartisan entity and is the purpose of this program and the others we do in the series are not to advocate for any particular policies, but to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Toore handing this over james...

In the amazon, paraguays insurgency and the shifting politics of antarctica. He was based in caracas venezuela for the New York Times as bureau chief where he covered colombian warhe and politics in bolivia. Give a warm welcome to simon romero. [applause] mr. Romero thanks for the kind introduction. I will introduce this wonderful panel i have the pleasure of moderating. Is a journalist and cultural anthropologist and writer at texas monthly. Thework focuses on u. S. Mexico border in the history...

Of thent managing editor washington times. Brandon, border apprehension dramatically wn from the peak of the surge in may and june. What happened . Down and ose numbers maybe most importantly, who gets credit for that . You first have to take a look at the driving factor that pulls people to come to the united main illegally, and the magnet that we call it is the catch and release program. People cross the board illegally and they know hey are just going to be released into the interior of the U...

Houses a Museum Dedicated to remembering the cold war. This is just under one hour. Gary welcome. My name is Francis Gary Powers jr. , i go by gary. I am the founder of the Cold War Museum at vint hill, virginia, about 45 miles west of washington, d. C. I founded the Cold War Museum in 1996 to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history and educate future generations about the time period. What i realized when i was giving lectures to Highschool Students in the area, 19 times out of 10, t...

Mobility. What do you mean by that . Stephen well, there are its an information revolution. And weve been watching it for the last half century. Its spread into computers and overwhelmed media and advertising. And then it spread into telephones. And we were carrying around the internet wherever we went. And now in this next stage, the internet and the mobile machines will be carrying us around. So i think its its going to be an age in which all kinds of new choices are going to surface for us. A...

His new book equality in american dilemma 1866 to 1896. Unleashed by the civil war. You do not need to take my word for how wonderful it is. Equality is deeply researched. The struggle to define the meaning of equality in post civil war america. It is filled with fresh insight into the social movements that took precedent during the region. The inequalities that continue to shape our social and political landscape. Please join me in welcoming charles postal. Postel. You get to meet the author wh...

Coming age of mobility what do you mean by that . Guest well, its an information revolution, and weve been watching it for the last halfcentury. It spread into computers and overwhelmed media and advertising, and then it spread into telephones and we were carrying around the internet wherever we went. In this next stage the internet and the mobile machines will be carrying us around. Its going to be an age in which all kinds of new choices are going to surface for us and going to be able were go...