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And most of them i think were built around either boston or philadelphia. In supporting the war, and particularly the naval war, did jobs ever come into any of the equations in 1812, or looking longer through American History, when did jobs become an issue of National Policy . All right. When did jobs start driving our defense policy . Yes. Not during this war. I dont see any evidence that federalists said, well, weve got to support expanding the navy because thats going to be jobs in our commercial ports where were often in a majority. Ive not seen that hint of that. And this is a rare war, i...

Americans of this high cost of this war and to so humiliate the government of James Madison that they would be forced to make peace on british terms. In the summer of 1814, john stewart skinner, who was an american prisoner of war agent, who incidentally would later be Francis Scott keys companion watching the bombardment of ft. Mchenry, skinner travels out, sales into the potomac to meet with cockburn to exchange some letters and gossip. And cockburn mentioned to skinner as theyre walking along the deck of albeon, the flagship, that he doesnt see much way out for the president. He says, quote...

Is certainly in question. But in any event, they were a bit of an embarrassment for the royal navy, and the commander, the north american station, sir admiral john warren was conducting a pretty lackluster campaign. There was some thought he needed the boost of a subordinate who could be a bit more aggressive. There was a British Naval historian who was actually detained in philadelphia when war broke out. And he would later write, his name was william james, and he would later write, until cockburns arrival in the chesapeake, people in this region would, quote, scarcely have known except by h...

Symposium looking at mr. Madisons war. This is about okay. First i want to announce following our next presentation, we will take a tenminute break. Our next speaker will be speaking about mr. Madison will have to put on his armor, coburn and the capture of washington. Steve vogel is the author of through the perilous fight and the pentagon history. Hes a veteran journalist who wrote for the Washington Post until 2014. Most recently covering the treatment of veterans from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. His reporting about the war in afc was part of a package of the Washington Post stories t...

A plea deal with Robert Mueller. Plus, a Top Senate Democrat shakes up the Supreme Court confirmation process. Diane feinstein gave the fbi information about Brett Kavanaugh but shes not saying what it is. One after another, homes in massachusetts went up in flames as gas line explosions tore through several communities. What caused it . Could it happen again . And the story that has us out of the studio this morning. Here we are in oxford, mississippi, today for a closer look at the not one but two senate races down here that could and won very real possible scenario decides the balance of po...