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I found my friends in the omb really boring so, i always came down and hung out with the oao people. Bill bradley was in that group, and Christine Todd whitman, and jim leach they were interns, as i recall. Arthur yeah, interns. It was just a fun group of people. Don art laffer, dick cheney, and i would have dinner from time to time, or lunch from time to time, or just have meetings in the white house from time to time. Dick in 1974, we came to the Hotel Washington to the two continents restaurant. Thats where we sat down and talked about tax policy. And art drew the laffer curve. Arthur i inv...

To black enlistment in the union army during the civil war. The National Civil war museum hosted this hour and 45 minute event. Good morning. Id like to thank the national for hostingseum this. Id like to give a special forks to the commissioner making this possible, sponsoring this program, allowing me to share this american story not only with the good folk of harrisburg, but thanks to cspan and the good folks of the country. Now, todays lecture, the first entitled,tures is recruiting the Freedom Fighters in the war of the rebellion. Losta lost stories stories series. We are telling a story ...

Two lectures is entitled, recruiting the Freedom Fighters in the war of the rebellion. This is a lost stories lost stories series. We are telling a story that often does not get told. A history that was in many ways, intentionally suppressed. We are going to dig into a story that will challenge what many people have been told happened in the civil war. Since the stern necessities of this struggle have laid there the naked issue of freedom on one side and slavery on the other, freedom shall have in the future of this conflict if necessary, my blood. These are the words of captain hezekiah fort ...

[applause] maybe maybe, mr. President. But im afraid not. Because the truth is, ladies and gentlemen, that this is how we were warned it would be. President reagan told us from the very beginning that he believed in a kind of social darwinism. Survival of the fittest. Government cant do everything, we were told, so it should settle for taking care of the strong and hope that economic ambition and charity will do the rest. Make the rich richer, and what falls from the table will be enough for the middle class and those who are trying desperately to work their way into the middle class. You know...

Case in my career. I remember when i gave my first speech on the floor of the United States senate. I was excited and talking about congress having the same laws as everybody else, which was a butl law even back then, with senator grassley, we took it on and got it done. I made my first speech. Of course, there wasnt hardly anybody on the floor at the time. Nobody listens to each other in these things. An older gentleman who i will not name came up to me afterward and said fred, that was a pretty good speech. I said thank you, i appreciate that. He said i just have one question. Ready to my fu...