An officer. He spent one year in iraq as a platoon leader and later a oneyear tour in afghanistan. Nicholas moran is also a graduate of the u. S. Army command and general staff college. Hes been working as San Francisco bays war gaming americas in the house tanker and historian since 2012 and has the nickname of the chiefton. Might want to remember that. His first book on the development of Tank Destroyers is scheduled for release in the first half of 2018. Nick is known for articles and reviews of tanks inside and out. Lots on youtube called inside the chief tans hatch. Or there is there is this video cast on spanns American History tv. Ladies and gentlemen, nicholas moran. [ applause ] thats about as high as it goes. Good evening oh, boy. Todays talk is whitey sherman as it was. Thats not a very good title but it was the best i could come up when i was asked, hey, will you give us a talk. So im going to do the obligatory shoutout. The people who paid for me to come out here. We alrea
Association of American Railroad president on Railroad Freight and passenger travel during coronavirus. President trump is expected to name a commission on reopening the u. S. As the coronavirus abates. Plans are in place to coordinate reopening. Good morning. Welcome to washington journal. Who should take the lead in the reopening of the u. S. Here are the lines. Mountain and pacific, send us the reporting this morning of the wall street the two groups of governors said they would coordinate efforts to gradually sociald as this is andes distancing. President trump said he had authority on restarting the economy. This comes after a decline in daily infection rates, propped officials to express cautious optimism. The same reporting in the Washington Times. Control of the reopening. West coast box trumps claim of ultimate authority. They are crafting plans for reopening schools and businesses in their state, putting them on a collision course with President Trump. He said he had the ulti
Meet joe, the king of the workers of the world. Hi, folks. Joes the king because he can buy more with hiwages than any other worker on the globe. Now, what makes it possible for joe to earn such a good living . Hes no smarter than workers in other countries. Are you kidding . Hes no stronger than workers in others lands. Oh, yeah . Well, just watch me. Just because joes an american doesnt mean yeah . Well being an american is the best thing in the ow, my back. Sure, being an american is great. But how could you be superior to any foreigner when you or your folks might be any one of a dozen different races or religions . So if youre no superman, it must be the american way of doing things that makes you the luckiest guy in the world. I dont think im so lucky. You dont . Well, let me show you. Hey, whats that gadget . Television . No, its a time machine. Just pull that lever. Youll see how people worked 100 years ago. Hey. This i like. Thats too far back. Try again. We want to stop at 18
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby in new york city, here to meet an heir whose strange inheritance not only unraveled her life. It left her hanging by a thread. My names charlotte smith. What do you do when your godmother leaves you 70 huge boxes of dresses . One thought send them right back. But then i realized these werent just dresses. They were oneofakind pieces of history. Charlotte . Hello. Hi. Im jamie. Lovely to meet you. Charlotte, a native of philadelphia who now lives in australia, is in manhattan to meet with fashion students at the famed Parsons School of design. This is my inheritance, all pieces bequeathed to me from my american godmother. Why cant i get so lucky . Charlottes wardrobe is filled with fashion gems that are as timeless as they are priceless. So elizabeth taylor, cleopatra. Yeah this is 1930s. It was all decadence. It was the silver screen. It was hollywood. This was about 1915. Over 100 years old over 100 years old. And this is just a small sampling of the valua
This discussion. You can see the rest of it on cspan. Org. Going live as maritime administrator mark busby is talking about defense funding, live coverage on cspan2. Retired navy admiral mark busby. I would like to welcome the general officers and the many distinguished guests that are with us this morning. Welcome to our industry partners, leaders of industry and others for your continued support of this event in the navy league as a whole, General Dynamics is pleased to sponsor the special topic breakfast. These events and venues for the Defense Industry to interface with government requirements and acquisition professionals, something that we value. General dynamics thanks you for your participation and we thank General Dynamics for their support. Now back to our special guest. Are you ready, admiral . Admiral mark busby was sworn in as maritime administrator on august 8, 2017. Prior to his appointment he served as president of the National Defense transportation association. A posi