Impossible to tell this story without the extraordinary kindness, help generosity, ridiculous generosity of the swimmers and families that handed to me giant duffle bags, that they took out of their garages, musty, underneath beds and papers and nazi memorabilia. Australian papers, photos, little tiny badges, trophies of all sorts and handed them to me and said, you take these home to the mainland. You take these home to the mainland. Strangers, what person is going to give a stranger their stuff and believe theyll bring it back . He handed it to me. Huge handing bag, bill smith, he walked out with like four shopping bags and said, you take these. 5,000 sources that they gave me. 5,000 pieces of information to put it together, so without their generosity and their kindness, and im giving it back to them in a book. I have to, its their story, right, they own it. I dont own it. Thats the pleasure in having finished the threeyear swim club is having sent this book off to those still livin
There is a fantastic word. It was invented by an australian apologists. Standing still and watching. Gilbert gaul examined Business Culture of College Football area i dont think the players in a few years be satisfied with a couple thousand dollars. I think theyre going to look around and some of them are smart enough to see where the money is and how much is there and what roaches are being a. President and ceo of division i athletic directors association. Sunday a live threehour discussion with political commentator cokie roberts. She is often seven books including ladies of liberty the founding mothers in her latest capital gains. Join the conversation as we take your phone calls emails and facebook,. What book to be all weekend every weekend on these been to. Arizona senator john mccain recentlys book with reporters about National Security issues an event hosted by the Christian Science monitor. Topics included Guantanamo Bay harris in the global fight against isis. He also shared
National security and on the safety of our constituents and there will be differences of view within and between every party in this house. So, in good faith and conscience members will reach different conclusions. Anybody who approaches todays debate without the gravest doubts, reservations and anxieties simply hasnt been paying attention but were sent here by our constituents to exercise our best judgment, each our own best judgment. This is a debate of contradiction. In terms of todays motion echoing the u. N. Resolution are almost apocalyptic, the threat they describe as unprecedented threat to International Peace and security but the proposal before us amounts as my honourable mr. Gordan side only minor reaction to action were already undertaking. Were being asked to agree in both iraq and syria, precisely that is what daesh do and their headquarters is in syria. Were being asked to make further contribution to International Effort to contain daesh from extending the mayhem and bl
[applause] if you live long enough you were interviewed a lot. This was absolutely great a in v you are going to ireland. Were you born in ireland . My husbands family is 100 irish and we are going to celebrate her tenyear anniversary there. I couldnt be more grateful. [applause] now you can stand. [applause] up next on booktv after words with guest host James Swanson author and heritage fellow. This weeks James Mcpherson and latest book embattled rebel Jefferson Davis as commander in chief. And its the acclaimed historian present confederate president Jefferson Davis as an astute military strategist whose failures he argues are not the reason confederacy lost the civil war. This program is about an hour. Host gem lets start at the beginning. Its november 181860 and lincoln is president elect. Who is Jefferson Davis in the fall of 1860 . Guest Jefferson Davis in the fall of 1860 as a senator from mississippi. He has served in that capacity off and on for about eight yea years, interrup
For which he had fought in the war he was a graduate of west point class of 1828 he was put on the committee of 13 to try to find some way out of the crisis precipitated by the response the deep south states starting with south carolina. Everybody expected that they would pass. I think that he hoped at first it might be possible to find some kind of a solution to the burgeoning crisis of this union. Host so he wasnt a hothead. He didnt fantasize about leaving armies in the field becoming president of the confederacy. He preferred that it wouldnt have happened. Guest during the 1850s in the proposal for what became a compromise of 1850 he sometimes talked like a fire eater and said that if the north doesnt grant us our rights and buy the rights they meant to take their slaves into the territories and to recapture and escape the fugitive slaves in the north maybe we should set up for ourselves but for the most part he was known as a reasonable southern nationalist. Host and he traveled w