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Examines the political climates in the summer of 1864 and explains how lincoln won by a landslide. This is a portion of a symposium hosted by the Lincoln Group of d. C. It is about 50 minutes to read it is about 50 minutes. Good morning. I am pleased to be here this morning and am honored to introduce our next speaker, jennifer weber. Jennifer is an associate professor of history at the university of kansas. Where her specialty, no surprise, is the civil war. Her first book was copperheads for those of you who may not have a copy at home or have read it. And this, of course, is about the Antiw...

For those of you who may not have a copy at home or have read it. And this, of course, is about the Antiwar Movement in the north. This was published by Oxford University press in 2006, and actually has a forward by jennifers mentor, james m. Macpherson. So you can tell she comes from a quality line. Her second book is actually geared for children, and this fact has won her a special place in the hearts of many of us in the Lincoln Group who really view the importance of sharing the story of lincoln and his heir, and our nations history with our youngest americans. That story tells the battle ...

Lectured throughout the country. Lincolns era and the politics of the era, and im sure this morning youre going to enjoy her talk. We heard copperheads referenced a lot this morning and this is the expert. Having heard her talk on the subject several years ago, i know youre going to find this a very interesting and useful subject. So ill turn this over to jennifer. [applause] good morning. Thank you very much for coming out, and id like to thank the lincoln group, and karen needles for inviting me today. Its always a pleasure to be in d. C. So, today im going to be talking about the summer of ...

Would that make it better or worse in the short term, medium term and long term and how realistic is it to even think policymakers would move in the direction of less restriction . I dont think were really discussing or considering more limitations to free speech. As Floyd Abraham said we already have legislation in place which for historical reason. The holocaust took place on our continent. Nazis was on the european continent. So this was different from leer. This there is consensus on these laws generally. So nobody thinks seriously that in france were going to have laws prohibiting or limi...

Screeria nigeria. Rtions of the Arctic National wildlife refuge. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Call the hearing to order this morning. Were here this morning with secretary jewell and mr. Connor, thank you both for being here. Were here to review the president s budget request for the department of the interior for fiscal year 2016. I just want to make sure i got the chart. And im going to spend a little bit of my time here this morning in opening comments to talk about the many ways in which this administration and the actions are having impact, negative impact in hurting my state. Secretary j...