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For years nobody believed it. The confederate soldiers themselves claimed to see the dome of the capital. Thats hock um. Theres nowhere to see the dome of the capital. You can see its below where visual would have gotten it out in Silver Spring. Probably saw the lights of georgetown. But mccauslin had gotten up there. Theres claims to ride up in broad daylight. No substantiating that. Old soldiers have vivid memories. One little comment, not a question. I was a surveyor in washington, d. C. For 42 years. In our office we had 1880 i think u. S. Gs topographic maps. First put out by the city and...

Say i think most of us would agree that this conference just rocks. [ laughter ] i would like to thank in particular the editor of our papers for the fine job they are doing. Fiona griffin and marsha anderson. [ applause ] one of the i think so i have in common with the next speaker, we tend to edit and precise our talks to about the last minute. So i apologize if suddenly i cant read my own handwriting. Some water. This is going to have to sit up here. In late june 1790, james hemings, enslaved half brother of Thomas Jeffersons deceased wife prepared dinner for secretary of state and two gues...

Revolution. He has been active and interested in researching the location of the seat of government. He has been the author of many books and articles. Throughout most of his professional life, he has been the coeditor of the documentary of the history of the first congress. Classicis books is a now, published back 1991. Ow, thats the creation of washington, d. C. , which is published back in 1991. If anybody wants to know about behind the scenes and proceedings and meetings and all the things that went on in terms of the location of national capital, this book is a must read. Id like you to w...

In the age of really accessible video, we cant talk about nixon 40 years later without taking the opportunity to go back in time and actually see the events of that evening. So if we could do that, that would be great. It never works. Were going to give the sound ten seconds to work and then well he never resigned. If anybody can read lips and can tell us what happened. Its all a trick. So without that dramatic moment, some of us remember it. Some of us have seen it on tv when the wireless feed did work. I just want to take a very brief moment, very briefly, for those who were immersed in the ...

Hamas, to address the second half of your question, the goal of these groups is to establish a grand Islamic State. No matter what we do, thats your agenda. Dr. Matusitz, thank you very much for coming. In your book or maybe if you can comment here, do you have what is the most effective ways of combatting terrorism . Like we know, theres cells and its so hard to combat. But do you have in your book i guess some suggestions on the best way to combat terrorism . Well, the book is about communication, not so much tactical strategy. Home grown terrorism can be by operating on the principle that p...