Here is a look at our primetime live. Tonight at 8 00 eastern New York University professor anna harvey examines the influence of the house of representatives on the judicial branch. At 8 45 c i a director and defense secretary leon panetta as he recalls his career in public service. On after were dead and 00 p. M. Eastern, the Consumer Debt collection industry. At 11 00 Ronald Kessler reports on the secret service and the first family. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. The cspan city tour takes booktv and American History tv on the road travelling to u. S. Cities to learn about their history and literary life. This weekend we partner with Time Warner Cable for a visit to green bay, wisconsin. Wisconsin is known we make the most sheets and the best sheets. The industry developer in wisconsin allowed what was homestead cheese, the family made cheese for their own use and was recognized we had an ideal environment for eating dairy cow and cheese was just the way to take that pe
Lets want to thank mpi for inviting me to participate in todays discussion. I really appreciated the opportunity to be able to discuss some of the gaos work looking at some of the issues and topics related to some of the issues and topics that are raised in mpis report which are being released today. Before i turn to my remarks on some of gaos more specific reports i just want to give you a little bit more background on the and also the gao is thinkine some of you may not be as familiar about who we are as an agency. So as doris mentioned, im a director ngos Homeland Security and justice team here and in that capacity i lead our work on Border Security and immigration issues. Gao ascent agency is located in the legislative branch. We are sometimes referred to as the investigative arm of congress or the congressional watchdog. And so in that capacity we examine how federal taxpayer dollars are spent and we examine how Government Programs and initiatives and efforts operate. Will of our
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Energy. I hope we dont have to wait until oil and coal run out until we tackle that. I wish i had more years left. Perhaps edison contributed to us the next best thing. It is described by historian ernest freebug in his book. While the electric light is not a natural subject for the computer history museum, i have invited professor freeberg because of his profound observations about the nature of invention and inventors. The lessons that he draws out speak across the decades to a time and place, here and now in Silicon Valley where edisons approach and the success it produces are quite familiar. In both cases, the world has changed forever because of it. Distinguished officer of humanities at the university of tennessee, the author of other two books and the winner of numerous prizes. His documentaries are heard on public radio and he lectures frequently for the society of american historians. Please welcome me and welcoming join me in welcoming ernest freeberg. [applause] welcome to t
Mud, manure, and straw. And thats how they built it. Adobe is made and sun baked for several, several days before it is able to be stacked to form a wall. And depending on how they stack the adobe, determines the depth of the wall. San miguel statue is at the Center Bottom of the altar and san miguel is the patron of the mission church. It dates from the 1600s. It was carved in old mexico by missionaries and then brought to santa fe. Above san miguel is christ of nazarene and the typical art bork was first discovered by the archaeologists in 1955, found beneath the large wooden the painting was sent to the Taylor Museum of art in colorado springs. Their artists worked at cleaning and restoring it and as you see it today. The bell of san miguel dates back to 1356. This bell was brought to us and it was actually on a threetiered tower that fell at one point, and landed on top of the cemetery in front of the chapel. So now we just we keep it in the church. Santa fe is very significant as