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Good morning, and welcome to the year of the woman, which you could argue every year should be. This year is incredibly special for all in america and at the smithsonian. We are banded together in celebrating the american womens History Initiative throughout the smithsonian museums, online, and through all of our activities. We are particularly grateful to have three exhibitions opening, spurring really from this one. This is democracy in america, the great leap of faith that opened a few years ago. I am in the gallery that takes us through the long and arduous and continuing effort to expand democracy to enfranchised more and more americans. As you might know, early on, only landed, white men with property were able to vote. In the 19th century, the long battle expanding that suffrage to slaves, previously enslaved, and women, culminating finally in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th amendment, not guaranteeing women the ....
We take you now inside the sis money and the Smithsonian Museum of africanamerican history and culture, we return fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i. Retired colonel Krewasky Salter guest associate curator. First explain, the meaning behind the title. It hints at a story beyond two years of service and fighting over there. Actually, exactly, we return, fighting, the africanamerican experience, world war i. Number one. You dont see the world military. It is not just about soldiers. It is about civilians. Men and women. Soldiers and civilians. Young and old. White and black. That is the long title. The short title, we return fighting, speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans used world war i as a transformative event for them, just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. We explore that story throughout this hour ....
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you yall very much. Thank you very much. Thank you for the kind introduction, mr. Speaker. Lieutenant governor duncan, speaker ralston, mayor bottoms, governor and mrs. Deel, president pro tem miller, speaker pro tem jones and members of the general assembly. Constitutional officers, member, of the judiciary, members of the consular core, and my former georgians. During my first state of the state speech, i talked about a wise builder who put his house on a shore foundation. The rain and the winds came, the floodwaters ros s rose, but the stood firm. I tip my hat to governor deal and those lawmakers before me. Those who poured the concrete and laid the footers. Hard working georgians who left this place better than they found one year ago i urged those in this room, in this historic space, to join me in building a safer, stronger, and more prosperous state. A state where Small Businesses are ....
It runs an hour. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the United States department of state. My name is kelly curry. I am the ambassador at large for women global issues here at the department. We are honored and delighted to have leaders from across the u. S. Government here in attendance for the inaugural meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee of the White Houses Womens Global Development and prosperity initiative. Thank you so much for coming. Its now my great pleasure to introduce our wonderful secretary of state, michael pompeo, to open our discussion. Thank you. Thank you, ambassador curry. Welcome, everyone. Ambassador curry will be heading this new wgdp unit here at the state department. Congratulations to you. Thank you. Its a privilege and, frankly, joyous for me to b ....
Ndependents, 2027488002 you can send us a text. That number, 2027488003. If you do, include your name or where you are from. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good theres day morning, you can start calling now as we show you a few of the headlines related to last nights debate. Arrivals gang up against bloomberg from the washington to the Washington Post. One of the opeds, they came for a debate and a fight broke out. Bloomberg all as joins the race. The attacks on Mike Bloomberg began in the very first minute of last nights debate. This was senator Bernie Sanders. [video clip] in order to beat donald trump, we will need the largest voter turnout in the history of the United States. Mr. Bloomberg had policies in frisk. K city of ....