The painful reality is the hostility to jews because they were jewish existed outside of nazi germany at the time. Today we honor the memory of those who perished in the holocaust by hearing about the journey of the st. Louis and we also honor their memory by ensuring such horrors do not continue today. Unfortunately, media reports abound with devastating images of the chemical bombing in syria. Refugees fleeing from the chemical war in syria weighs heavy on many minds. The holocaust itself and contemporary stressors underscore my gratitude to have these doctors here to discuss the journey of the st. Louis, a german transatlantic liner full of mostly jewish refugees fleeing from the nazi regime. After some passengers were denied in cuba, they sailed here and asked to come to the u. S. But the u. S. It did not heed their calls. Hundreds of the passengers were still killed by the end of world war ii. Our first speaker has been an archivist at the United States Holocaust Museum for 14 yea
Is involved in the civil war. It is just under 90 minutes. Good afternoon everyone, i am peter carmichael. I am also director of the institute. It is my pleasure to welcome back tj stiles. He spoke yesterday afternoon, as you all know. He spoke on george armstrong, based upon a book that he received the Pulitzer Prize for. He is the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. This afternoon he will be speaking on another misunderstood character, jesse james. Hime james the study of at the point of a new wave of civil war scholarship that is focusing on guerrilla warfare. Beenf these authors have doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. Thanks to these scholars like mr. Stiles, we have a view of civil war military history. Jesse james unfortunately its sometimes used as a robin hood figure of the old west. We often see him as being a likeical apolitical those bandits who have always been compared to him. Mr. Stiles has taken this man and enabled us to the a man w
G. A. O. Officials, along with vets advocates group testify about v. A. Gulf war illness claims. A report by the Government Accountability office found that the v. A. Denies more than 80 of claims for benefits in gulf war associated illnesses. It also found that 90 of v. A. Medical examiners have no training on how to conduct gulf war illness exams. Good morning and welcome everyone. This is a joint hearing of the subcommittee on disability assistance and good morning and welcome everyone. O take a moment to thak for holding the hearing with me today on an important issue we are facing, and that is helping gulf war veterans get the benefits they have earned. Itching go without saying we have a duty to take care of the men and women who have been wounded while serving in our military. Unfortunately, too many injured gulf war veterans are not being taken care of. The v. A. Estimates that 44 of gulf war veterans develop gulf war illness, yet 26 of these veterans are receiving benefits. So
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Knuckleheads who is a lifelong fan of the Detroit Lions. Ae good thing about being lifelong fan of the Detroit Lions is that the experience teaches important life lessons. Withxample, how to deal severe and ongoing disappointment. I have learned that humor helps. Who knows the difference between the Detroit Lions and a dollar bill . It turns out that from a delano you can still get four quarters. Thank you, i will be performing all week. Ands talk about football Theodore Roosevelt. I like to start with a statistic. In 1905, 18 people died playing football. In 1905, 18 people died playing football. So we hear a lot about the problem of concussions and head injuries and the Health Effects of all that. That is a controversy of football today. That it has nothing on the challenges that football based a little more than a century ago. So lets go back in time. Rooseveltheodore attended his first Football Game. 18yearold regimen at harvard university. He got on a train with a bunch of friends