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For those following, congress is using the hr act by congressman tok as a legislative vehicle move the 1. 1 trillion omnibus spending bill. Breaking down the topline there is no border wall money. Aere is no budget cut for sanctuary. It keeps the funding for planned parenthood and there is money for the defense spending. That storyoday is covered republican leaders. They bowed to democratic demands. Both ofrbing these were rebuffed in the spending bill. This is over the provision about abortion. Trump will include additional spending for the pentagon. Plan for thew islamic state. But it does f...

The first speaker today is , the author ofnd five books about the men who rode with john mosby during the civil war, his first one is mosbys rangers, which deal with withen from bmi who served mosby, and who has subsequently which tellre books, the story of 110 more men who arved with mosby and it is fifth volume at press right now with will probably be the final volume in that area trade in that series. Hes received the Jefferson Davis historical gold medal. Mr. Buckland is a graduate of the university of kansas and had a 22 year career in the u. S. Army in which he rose to the rank of Lieute...

The university of kansas and had a 22 year career in the u. S. Army which he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, slightly higher than i got to in the army. He has many awards and served much of his career in central he currentlys works for the u. S. Government. They he and his wife have three sons and the title of his presentation today is john asked mosby, the perfect man in the Perfect Place. Lees help me welcome mr. Eric buckland. [applause] mr. Buckland good morning. In keeping with the theme on leadership, patrick and asked me to talk about john mosby so we could address a leader at t...

And took command of his own ranger battalion. In the unit gained notoriety for its raids behind union lines. This talk was part of a daylong seminar on civil war leadership posted by Longwood University in farmville, virginia, at Appomattox Court House National historical park. It is just under one hour. The first speaker today is mr. Eric buckland, the author of five books about the men who rode with john mosby during the civil war, his first one is mosbys rangers, which deal with the men from bmi who served with mosby, and who has subsequently done four more books, which tell the story of 11...

1 00. Announcement before you head off to lunch. We are going to have two sets of concurrent sessions. One set is at 1 00 and another at 2 30 p. M. They will be held in the ballroom and others will be in two other academic holdings on campus. You will see them marked on your map. They are not very far away from here. Because of the construction, you are going to have to go down this way. This is American History tv on cspan3. For the next hour, we will take a tour of the monuments of gettysburg with two guides who coauthored a book. They have been giving tours of the gettysburg battles field f...