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To be here this afternoon. Welcome to this panel, history and Public Policy center, sponsored by the National History center. Im nick mueller, president and ceo emeritus of the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans and before that enjoyed a that 32year career at the university of new orleans. I will say more about that after all the panelists are introduced. Were going to take a little bit of a different approach today. Rather than having each panelist stand up and talk about their respective centers and institutes, we are going to have a series of questions i will go over in just a mome...

And their methods for educating and offering information to the public. This is an hour and a half. All right. Well, we can begin the session. Welcome to all of you who have weathered the snow and ice to be here this afternoon. Welcome to this panel, history and Public Policy centers sponsored by the National History center. Im nick mueller, president and ceo emeritus of the World War Ii Museum in new orleans and before that enjoyed a 32year career at the university of new orleans and i will say more about that after the panelists are introduced. We are going to take a little bit of a differen...

Orleans. I will say more about that after all the panelists are introduced. Were going to take a little bit of a different approach today. Rather than having each panelist stand up and talk about their respective centers and institutes, we are going to have a series of questions i will go over in just a moment and they will each respond in a few moments each. Well weave in the work their centers are doing in the course of their remarks. So im going to introduce very briefly each of the panelists. Perhaps you can raise your hand as i mention your name. For audience here and many more who are no...

Assistant defense secretary Randall Schriver testifies about how to train and advise Afghan Forces. Senator bob corker chairs this twohour hearin. Senate Foreign Relations committee will come to order. We thank all those in attendance. In rolling out its new south asia strategy last august, the administration underscored the United States hard fought security gains in afghanistan and reiterated our commitment to helping establish a foundation for political resolution. With recent reports of shrinking government control of territory, continued high attrition of Afghan Forces and deadly attacks ...

Fema seeking bids to provide meals to puerto rican victims of hurricane maria. Last october brown scored a 156 Million Contract to provide 30 million meals at a cost of 5. 10 each. She subcontracted the job to two companies, including a corporate caterer in atlanta with 11 employees. Did you really think that 11 people were going to do millions of meals . She told me she was experienced with this work and as time got on as time went on that she would be able to hire additional people to scale up. Reporter only 50,000 of the 30 million meals were delivered. Fema terminated her contract due to l...