Staff, and deputy secretary of defense. Our hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents in
India is now a major market for american exports and the United States is indias largest export market. A booming america is a great thing for india and is great for the world. And thats why we are so happy to announce that we have thanked the greatest economy ever in the history of the United States. Lou after the big rally the president and the first lady visited the taj mahal before traveling to new delhi where the president will be holding a News Conference tomorrow morning. The coronavirus has worsened in many countries and stock markets were rocked by fierce of that worsening pandemic. Health agencies have not officially labeled the virus to be a pandemic. But well call kit well call it what it is. A pandemic that has already hit 30 nations. The market cop los mark the s 1. 2 trillion dollars. Treasury yields plunging to new lows. The 30year yield reaching a new record low. Well have much more on the implications of todays major stock selloff and we will be discussing what we can
India is now a major market for american exports and the United States is indias largest export market. A booming america is a great thing for india and is great for the world. And thats why we are so happy to announce that we have thanked the greatest economy ever in the history of the United States. Lou after the big rally the president and the first lady visited the taj mahal before traveling to new delhi where the president will be holding a News Conference tomorrow morning. The coronavirus has worsened in many countries and stock markets were rocked by fierce of that worsening pandemic. Health agencies have not officially labeled the virus to be a pandemic. But well call kit well call it what it is. A pandemic that has already hit 30 nations. The market cop los mark the s 1. 2 trillion dollars. Treasury yields plunging to new lows. The 30year yield reaching a new record low. Well have much more on the implications of todays major stock selloff and we will be discussing what we can
His book on the raid comes out, it is now out and you can buy a copy of it at our bookstore. Im pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. Thank you, i appreciate the chance to be here. I have always heard about pamplin park, and it is great here. Were going to talk about the western theater today. Vicksburg, how many of you have been to vicksburg. She o he is one of the great battlefields, listening to the civil war American Trust now, you know theyre doing a lot of work down there. They turned over nearly several hundred acres. So there is a lot going down at Champion Hill. So were going to talk about that battle in particular, the larger Vicksburg Campaign. And i do not have a power point either. Im a little old fashioned. We have a map of Champion Hill which we will talk about in just a little bit. I tend to go overboard when i go into power points and i confuse everybody, so to keep from doing that, i dont do powerpoints when i can help it. And im beginning to realize that powerpoint
Welcome. I have written fiction about president ial politics and the media and i wish i knew these four giant when i was doing research for the novel. We could not have a better panel for the topic today. What do you feel is the role in this era of journalism and specific to the times. The la times, are using a Division Within your staff . I think there are several components to that. August, 19 episode. One of which was with the word, racism. Whether that was a fair label for the president or whether as i think an older generation of editors that went to question intent. Given the president s we were never sure if it was racism or sexism or gender issues. And so, that was one part of it. The second i think is the question of how. Weve been dealing with the economic model for journalism that has basically going away. To your point about the president which i call that this information is in chief. There was always a compact between people and government and journalists. They try to tel