Called it the germ of american reagan area the morningstar of liberty. Later in 1785, the thep act 250 years ago Stamp Act Congress convenes. York. The mayor of new he drafted a declaration of right. A decade before that other declaration in adelphia. Said no taxation without representation. And then not even most new yorkers know this for 18 months beginning in 1789 new york was the nations first capital. Holding the bible that you can see there. Peevishly he stormed out of the senators postponed their debate on a treaty. They did not object to the treaty they just could not hear of the minorities of the new york cafe. Washington never returned to the senate. Some things i guess ill change. Congress debated labor immigration at the site. Costthe bare bones of the of tuition Congress Also approved amendments to the constitution. The first two signaled their priorities. Congressional aim and representation. That affect not been ratified we would have 6000 congressman. The remaining 10 w
Cabinet members sign the blind pledge. She also talked about how important the soldier was to the outcome of the election. Election. N the 1864 this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically that is exactly what , she is. [laughter] as she has educated by day, by night she has been working on her degree in military history. She is just about to wrap up her masters degree. In one of the most courageous acts i have seen from anybody, basically she is reinventing herself. It has been a great adventure for her to discover the American Civil War from the perspective of a serious scholar, but also from the perspective of somebody who is loved it nearly four dearly for years. It is my pleasure to
Speakers will include the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine. Live coverage gets underway at 12 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. About next the discussion on governance and leadership in the world from the United States to europe to asia. Part of a conscience conference from the Rand Corporation speakers include Francis Fukuyama and banking regulator sheila bair. This is about an hour. Hello welcome back. I am michael rich, president and ceo of the Rand Corporation. The focus of the last session was the middle east, Foreign Policy more generally there, also the middle east is a region several hundred Million People, hardly any democracies in that region. In fact authoritarian states, petering states, vanishing states, increasing amount of endeavoring to territories. We are going to shift our focus to places that on the surface seem stable secure, even prosperous but the question is on a they and will they be up to the challenges of the new century . It is an appropriate time to take up ques
Are right good, i will leave. [laughter] anybody have a question . Of course, have to get funding somehow from the paul ryan ways and Means Committee but as a know from past experience with shuster at the helm riding shotgun good things can happen. Also for the record for the 10 billion he got back and he was secretary that is the great airport with 100 million for that one. But we want to move right along first average just like to get each member of the panel to be recognized. First of all, of the president and ceo and regina who was president and ceo of the society of america. And the congressman from utah the knowledge of his house on a lot of good things including trade in then we have Michael Lewis president and ceo of the deputy secretary of transportation got a few things going but then allowed him a to ease out with the panel. But i think the timing is significant as a leadership in the senate with the infrastructure funding we need to do what is necessary with though whole pa
A look at us a hint of where to go next, what might becoming available and we cannot do research on the dhs side. What countries your family from . Vietnam, sir. I knew it. North or south beard beatnik salad. Great to see you. I served a little time over there. Thank you for serving. Thank you for keeping me free and safe all of those years. You are welcome. Urban s t standpoint i would say the biggest challenge always has been how do we transition from an effort into acquisition and it is a challenge that is not unique to just dhs. Dod has the same challenge and its been in existence a lot longer. Have you seen some instances where folks have overcome the challenge . Yes sir. When i say that the challenge it doesnt mean methane is sufficient. We have a lot of things that dhs as well. What i am trying to say is it is a challenge in the sense the way the budget is structured ill give you a specific example. My division has been working handinhand and even a lot of technology is in my op