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Department of commerce a lot of people have devoted their lives in energy over there. But have we gotten the biggest bang for the buck . No. Thats what we find all the time. Poor planning, poor execution. John sopko on his role as Inspector General and out american taxpayer dollars are spent on reconstruction in afghanistan tonight at eight on cspans q a. Heres a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. Is know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we will add them to our list. Email them at cspan tv. Org. Spent book tv asks what are you reading this summer . I brought some books that ive recently read that i thought people might really like. The first one is by scott berg called wilson. Is a new biography of woodrow wilson. Actually a very favorable and thoughtful volume. Scott berg took 13 years of meticulous scholarship to write this book, and it shows. Its one of the most though ....
Host and how bicultural they are and how accultureateed they will become. Theres a theory ive heard mostly through business folks who are trying to reach this market that, in fact, younger hispanics are interested and maybe middleaged hispanics are interested in this retro acculture ration. Perhaps youre two or three generations in the United States, and you realize, you know what . I do want to teach my children spanish and cook certain foods or listen to certain types of music. Do you see that as something that might perhaps connect a second or third or even fourth or fifth generation his pan ins to their original culture, if you will . Guest yes, i have noticed that amongst hispanic families that i know personally in the United States. And it does impress me. And i think it will, you know, have a countervailing effect on, therefore, perhaps my pessimism about the disappearan ....
To this tape. So that was for me sums up a lot of the remarkable speaking about the man in writing the book. Did you research the role that san antonio played in the United Farmworkers Movement . I did interview the head of the texas farmworkers and there were some information about him in the book. I do deal in the book with the degree to which arizona and texas independent organizations formed and try to function. Chavez basically undercut them in a lot of ways by making sure they didnt get funding so there is a battle, theres a turf battle because he wanted to be the sole voice for farmworkers. Ultimately the idea was that it would be national union. That was the goal but they could never effectively run California Well enough to expand. And then the efforts in texas and arizona. The texas farmworkers had a H ....
And more. 60 years of news because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning wean we start with the news from overnight, the setback to iraqi forces in the city of kic tikrit. The situation is fluid and changing. The Iraqi Military launched its largest offensive yesterday. As of last night, Iraqi State Television said iraqi forces had cleared the city of militants. But this morning local security sources say that is not the case. The militants have been able to push Iraqi Government forces back Something Like 15 miles south in the fighting going on in and around tikrit. So they have not been able to go further and the offensive stalled. The iraqi militant spokesman said the u. S. Advisors have been helping to coordinate this offensi ....
And more. 60 years of news because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning wean we start with the news from overnight, the setback to iraqi forces in the city of kic tikrit. The situation is fluid and changing. The Iraqi Military launched its largest offensive yesterday. As of last night, Iraqi State Television said iraqi forces had cleared the city of militants. But this morning local security sources say that is not the case. The militants have been able to push Iraqi Government forces back Something Like 15 miles south in the fighting going on in and around tikrit. So they have not been able to go further and the offensive stalled. The iraqi militant spokesman said the u. S. Advisors have been helping to coordinate this offensi ....