Hemorrhoids, a number of things doing 75,000 miles on horse back, and into this moment of trying to get to the plains of venezuela, a tremendous force, huge Expeditionary Force under the spaniards fighting to keep grip on the colony, in comes the american agents and one of whom was famously a reporter who came down and sort of freelanceing information back to the president and his cabinet and he was not treated well. You can just imagine. They had a scribbling pad in the middle of the revolution, and he was not treated well. The reports sent back to washington were absolutely scathing, a man with that polian ambitions, and you couldnt say anything worse to an american than to a man with those ambitions. Were talking about 1815 and forward. Slavery was one of the gordon wood described it well, and it was our gmp, it was slavery was huge, and the worst thing that washington could imagine, talking about washington as it was very, the the reputation began to get worse and worse in the Unit
Washington journal continues. Host jennifer lawless runs the women in Politics Institute at American University. She has coauthored this report girls just want to not run. In youngr gap americans political ambition. Are women running for office . Guest they are not running for office or thinking about running for office. That is more problematic than the lack of female candidates itself. Host why . Guest it is not appealing on the radar screen for several reasons. No one suggests it. Family members, friends, party leaders, suggested officials. They are more likely to encourage men and recruitment. Second, women who has the same exact credentials as men are far less likely than men to self assess of being qualified to run for office. Their selfdoubt holds them back. There are people out there who are aiding those doubts. Host 20 of the u. S. Senate is women. 17. 8 of the house. State governors, 10 . Stateep legislators legislators. Isnt that all good news . Butt it is all good news, it
Could result and Mary Landrieu taking over the Energy Committee in the senate. That would set up a game of musical chairs. A likely is seen as successor to mr. Baucus as head of the finance committee. And Mary Landrieu could then take mr. Wydens spot. She comes from a state where oil and Gas Companies are asian employers. She voted for the keystone Xl Pipeline Oil and gas employers. Re major she voted for the keystone xl pipeline in a symbolic decision. President obama does not want to make a decision on the massive keystone xl pipeline. Not have to. He may House Democrats and other critics of the project, which has put traditional allies such as labor unions and vists arental acti hinting that the state might have to restart its environmental review. Ed bywould be motivat suspected conflicts of interests and could push a decision down the road for another few years, possibly until mr. Obama leaves office in 2017. That is the story in the Washington Times. Here is usa today, many canno
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Coat designed by oleg cassini. I think it is a wonderful example of her simple elegance. That a became very, very popular. The only thing that she wore to adorn the ensemble was a beautiful ruby brooch by tiffany that j. F. K. Gave her to celebrate the birth of john junior, right after the swearing in. And of course most famously finishing the ensemble was the hillbox hat. She wore that on the back of her head so her face could be seen. That actually set a fashion trend. Whereas the hat would normally be worn on the top of the head, she had a pushed back to sort of frame her face. Displayed here at its storage box is perhaps one of mrs. Kennedys bestknown dresses, the dress that she wore during her televised tour of the white house in february 1962. Visitors to the museum when we have this dress on exhibit are quite surprised to realize it is red, because of course the program was filmed in blackandwhite and broadcast in black and white. But i like to surmise that she chose red for tha