Ways about the war. And so its very hard to its very hard to pin that down. But i really think that the kinds of evidence that im looking at, it is not just data. These are the words that the participants used, and everyone says nothing but slavery. Now you mentioned in passing, reconstruction. Thats a whole nother book and whole nother field. But basically my take on reconstruction, very subjective. Just like Everything Else ive been saying. Reconstruction would not have been so bad if the southerners had done had responded appropriately to what the war was about, and that, in good faith, ended slavery and truly ended slavery, and slavery relate practices and provided blacks with the right to participate in politics, to vote, and to have representatives in government which was only allowed for the short time while the north was there to enforce it. So the stories about all the economic ravages on the south, there wasnt much left to ravage. And what the south was really concerned about
Challenges facing u. S. Cyber command. I would like to thank you for convening this forum. Its an honer to represent the individuals of this fine organization. Im grateful and humbled by the opportunity to lead this impressive team. Im confident you would be proud of the men and women of u. S. Cyber command if you saw their commitment to mission and hard earned successes on a daily basis as i am fortunate to do. While my written statement goes into detail, i would like to highlight the challenges we face in todays environment. And some of the initiatives the command is pursuing to meet those challenges. Over the last year, we have seen an increase of Cyberspace Operations by state and nonstate actors. We have seen a wide range of malicious cyber activities aimed against government and private sector. At u. S. Cyber command, we focus on actors that pose a threat to our National Interest through cyberspace. Nations still represent the gravest threat to security. But we continue to watch
Up the project and run with it. Great. Please, yes. Give her the mike. Please stand up so they can see you to give you the mike. Im the executive director of the u. S. Afghans council at georgetown university. We are so grateful you are here and id like to publicly thank you for staying up in the middle of the night. Very quietly, i dont think people know this. And you have been sending us support and at times when you dont have the staff to do it. Were so grateful for reaching out to us here in washington, d. C. Id like to ask specifically if you could talk further about one of the myths that you brought up. The myth of the afghan male, the afghan man as being uncivilized. Part of why i the about that, in my work, what i found is with all of these successful, beautiful, talented afghan women that you talk about, there is always usually a strong and supportive and feminist and wonderful father, husband, brother, cousin, uncle. That i think we dont always hear about. So if you could tal
He is assistant professor of history at texas university. Texas christian university. He received a phd in history university. And he has a forthcoming book. He will discuss his just about to be released book. Entitlediscuss. Lue texas [applause] thank you for that wonderful introduction. And for having me here again today. It is a real honor. It is especially an honor since the book is not yet out. Since like some of my esteemed colleagues it got , delayed, it will be out in august. It deals with the to condo oovement with the chican movement. It is also good to be here and that my work, is a relational multiethnic study. That is an important part of the field and i am glad to be here doing that part. There is my cover, new title. Im excited about it. Im going to give a quick overview of the book. On august 20 8, 1963, much of america nervously watched the march on washington. Nearly a thousand demonstrators gathered in texas to march towards the state capital in 102 degrees heat. Fro
Portraits and discusses images that are built idiosyncrasies liked what his clothes revealed about his health and why he chose certain photographers. This is a 90 minute event. Good evening. My name is brian and i am the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the university of st. Mary and have alike to welcome you to the 18th annual university of st. Mary lake and event featuring Smithsonian National portrait gallery Senior Historian david ward who will speak on the first visual presidency, how Abraham Lincoln used photography for politics, which seemed particularly important this year to do. And a special welcome to the cue from cspan television covering. His event for later broadcast as a reminder, when we open the floor to questions, pleased be sure to use the microphones. You will not be heard on television and you will miss your big media event. Our speaker, david ward, joined the National Portrait gallery 1981. He oversees the Permanent Collection galleries, including 1860. Aces