Since the 1930s to honor the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. And this year we have a special opportunity to hear from an extraordinary speaker. And in introducing him i would like to repeat something that he said at the First National Republican Convention that he attended as a young man in 1884. He was part of a reform wing of the Republican Party, and they had an insurgent candidate to be temporary chair of the convention, taking on the candidacy of the Republican National committee. That candidate happened to be the africanamerican congressman from mississippi, john r. Lynch. Here is some of what our speaker said. It is now less than a quarter of a century since in this city, chicago, the Great Republican Party organized for victory and nominated Abraham Lincoln of illinois who broke the fetors of the slaves and rant them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this convention one of that race whose right to sit within these walls is due to the bl
Life and times. This is just over an hour. Im john eleff, president of the Lincoln Group of the District Of Columbia. The Lincoln Group has existed since the 1930s to honor the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. And this year we have a special opportunity to hear from an extraordinary speaker. And in introducing him i would like to repeat something that he said at the First National Republican Convention that he attended as a young man in 1884. He was part of a reform wing of the Republican Party, and they had an insurgent candidate to be temporary chair of the convention, taking on the candidacy of the Republican National committee. That candidate happened to be the africanamerican congressmen from mississippi, john r. Lynch, and here is somewhere of what our speaker said. It is now less than a quarter of a century this this great city organized it is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this convention. One of that race whose right to sit within these walls is due to the
Welcome to barnes and noble at the westside. Tonight i have the pleasure of introducing Author Jennifer allen and amy pardons. Jonathan covered politics for eecho, bloomberg and fox and is the head of Community Content for slide wire and writes a political column for roll call. Amy is a senior White House Correspondent for the newspaper in washington and covers Hillary Clinton during the campaign and will cover the trumpet administration. Theyve written the acclaimed biography. Tonight they bring their new book, shattered inside the campaign. Through deep access to insiders from the top to the bottom of the campaign, Jonathan Allen and amy have reconstructed the key decisions and im seized opportunities and the wellintentioned misfires and the hidden for that turned the contest into a devastating loss. Many have been conducted in the last several months and theyve shattered in the observations made here by campaigns and the Democratic Party insiders are nothing less than devastating. A
The chair is authorized at any time and all members will skr five legislative days to submit to the chair for inclusion in the record. Entitled the future of housing in america oversight of the department of housing in urban development. I recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today we welcome the 17th sick tear of the department of housing and urban development. Welcome, sir. At least in one respect he may be among the most qualified individuals to ever serve as hud secretary. Secretary carson was raised by a single mother who had a third grade education. He grew up in communities who grew up in boston. Not only does he understand poverty personally but he understands what it takes to escape it. He is passionate about helping others escape as well. He also understands that huds approach to eliminating poverty too often fails and thankfully he is committed to changing it. When it was created 52 years ago hud was intended to be the main weapon in th
Everything will day, especially the more serious policy focused questions that we tend to ask in here, i thought it would be nice since we are at the white house and we have the option of calling in the marines, that today we would call in one of our favorites, general kelly. With that i will turn it over to the chief of staff to make opening comments and answer questions today. Then our team will be around this afternoon to answer any further questions. Thank you, guys. Mr. Kelly good afternoon. Great to be here. A couple of comments and then we will open it up. Coming into the job as chief of staff i decided to not do very much with the press until i get my feet on the ground and figure it out. Figure out what base i was on on any given day. Prior to this, as a marine general officer, interacting with the press a great deal, but coming into this job i really needed to get to know the lay of the land. I have think think i have done three of the records. And i thank you for all of you