Duty as a congress, and certainly our duty as a part of this committee to make sure hat that check we figuratively wrote to those veterans never comes back marked insufficient funds. And to make sure that that check, the benefits of that check dont come back redeemed in a delayed fashion. So we have done what is necessary to make sure that they get their benefits, that he they get them in a timely manner, that the claims backlog is eliminated, and that we facilitate whatever it takes to make sure that they are rewarded for their service to our country because the price of freedom, it is not free. Somebody had to pay that price. And the people who paid the price are the men and women who served our nation in uniform and are our veterans and families who also sacrificed as the Service Members wept to war. With that i yield back the balance of my time, and i urge the adoption of this bill and ask my colleagues to support it. The chair the gentleman from georgia yields back his time. The g
Next some booktv encore booknotes. Michael oren. On booknotes in august 2002 to talk about his book six days of war june 1967 and the making of the modern middle east. The book chronicles the events in the sixday arabisraeli war which resulted in redraw borders changes in leadership and a new balance of power. This is a little us than an hour. Cspan michael b. Oren, author of six days of war june 1967 and the making of the modern middle east, why do we want to go back and look at that sixday war in 67 . Guest well, the sixday war was in many ways the pivotal, seminal event for the creation of the modern middle east, the middle east that we are witnessing today, the middle east that is the source of so much tension and controversy and bloodshed. The obvious reason we want to go back is to find out how the west bank, gaza and jerusalem principally, but also the Golan Heights, came into the possession of the state of israel. And that happened in june, 1967 but the war was also a pivotal e
Yeah, 2 a day. I think i got 2. 25 after i was promoted to run the drill. On your very first job, you learned how to work with your hands, didnt you . Well, that wasnt quite the whole story. I worked in with my hands when i was a boy. Time was the agony of walking, going from mine to mine, looking for a job. I take it, then, that you during that period, you were able to lay aside a little money for future activities . Well i certainly laid enough money aside to get down to San Francisco and look for a better job. Well mr. Hoover, how did you happen to get into professional engineering after those underground mining days experience . Well, i developed a great friend of dr. Brenner here at stanford. He was one of those men who always boosted youngsters along. He introduced me to the leading engineer in San Francisco, mr. Lewis janner. Mr. Janner gave me a temporary appointment. He had an application for an engineer to go to australia. There i went on my first 10,000 job. Subsequently do
Miles an hour. President richard nixon, who had talked with the astronauts by telephone while they were on the moon, was waiting aboard the recovery carrier to welcome the returning voyagers. Kfin the president later expressed the nations response to this historic mission. Some way when those two americans stepped on the moon, the people of this world were brought closer together. That it is that spirit, the spirit of apollo, that america can now help to bring to our relations with other nations. The spirit of apollo transcends geographical barriers and political differences. It can bring the people of the world together in peace. To protect against any possible lunar contamination the astronauts put on airtight special garments before coming on board the rescue ship. They transferred directly from the helicopter to a mobile quarantine van in which they would be flown back to the manned Aircraft Center in houston, texas. July 27th, the journey was ended. They were home again. Ahead lay
Child welfare and child relief work, mr. Hoover, my mind went back to a rather notable statement you made on the subject. It seems as i recall, it was back in 1930 when you were president. I believe you had summoned a Child Welfare council at that time. I think its in here in this book, im wondering if it wouldnt be appropriate for to you tell us about it at this time. Well i can read it to you. That statement has been republished many times, rather an old statement, im afraid. The older i grow, the more i appreciate children. We approach all the problems of childhood with affection. Theirs is the problems of joy and of good humor. They are the most wholesome part of the race. They are the sweetest, they are fresher from the hands of god. Whimsical, ingenious, mischievous, we live of life of apprehension what their opinions may be of us, we put them to bed with a sense of relief and a lingering of devotion. We envy them the freshness of adventure. And the discovery of life. We mourn ov