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I thought the story needed to be told. Im a history buff and go to gettysburg all the time and i have been to the temporary memorial ten times. Its only 90 miles from pittsburghy the flight crashed, and i wanted to read more and learn more and was frustrated i couldnt do that. Theres an amazing in book form written about september 11th. One book about flight 93 written less than a year after the crash. The author did a great job but there wasnt much known then and much more has come out since then. I thought the story deserved a narrative from beginning to end. Noting the flight. The documenta...

Next, tom mcmillan, Vice President of communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team. He provides a detailed account of united flight 93 that crashed on 9 11 in pennsylvania. He spoke at barnes noble. Thank you, susan, for making me do a great presentation. Its interesting being here at the cranberry barnes noble, because this is my hometown bookstore. Im usually browsing for books. I want to thank susie and dave and kim for making this possible and also for cspan2 and booktv for covering. We will do a q a afterwards. Im going to start with a question for myself, if thats okay, which i...

Newsstands wednesday. Millions of copies were grabbed by readers|s in minutes. One week ago today, jihadist stormed the offices of the paper, killing 12 people. An offshoot of al qaeda claimed responsibly for the attacks, saying it was vengeance for them mocking the prophet mohammed. The same magazine has another controversial cover that has france and much of the world reading. Newspaper stands in paris were swamped on wednesday people wednesday. People across the country lined up to get the copy. It is on most like a political demonstration this woman says. Ive never seen so many people line...

A month. Why . Because we dreamt like every other american. It was no longer what you could become but what opportunities your children will have. Education has been the great equalizer in this country. And theres no greater place to do that than allowing those that may not have great wealth, but have a great opportunity with their children a 529 account. But like anything, we should modernize it, because education changes just as technology changes. Could you imagine today sending your child to college, but to tell them to learn without having a computer . Isnt that a part of the Education Sy...

Different outcome in expecting a different outcome insanity. I believe our system is broken to the extent that its a moral imperative for congress at this point to step up and act. Our students, our parents, our teachers should not have to settle for a failing system. Before congress i worked in the private sector and also had an opportunity to speak excuse me, to work in state government, including the opportunity to serve as the majority leader of the michigan senate. At that time i saw firsthand how much more effective we can be at the state level to use state resources and control where th...