Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is kaitlin edwards. Im the lead park ranger here at Andersonville National Historic Site. Welcome. I have the distinct pleasure of introducing our presenter today. So he is the distinguished professor of history and run fogelman, Research Professor at Lynn University in florida. He has published over 40 books, several of which have won awards and the latest of which is escape about libby prison in richmond, virginia, which will be we will be talking about today. So please welcome dr. Robert watson. Thanks, caitlin. So first off, thank you to Andersonville National Historic Site and the National Civil war. Our National Prisoner of war museum. Thanks, caitlin and gina and charles and the entire staff. Today, september 16th, which is national p. O. W. M. I. A. Recognition day, which is a day that is recognized. It was established by Congress Third friday in september to honor those who served, sacrificed, suffered as well as those that have no
Fogelman, Research Professor at Lynn University in florida. He has published over 40 books, several of which have won awards and the latest of which is escape about libby prison in richmond, virginia, which will be we will be talking about today. So please welcome dr. Robert watson. Thanks, caitlin. So first off, thank you to Andersonville National Historic Site and the National Civil war. Our National Prisoner of war museum. Thanks, caitlin and gina and charles and the entire staff. Today, september 16th, which is national p. O. W. M. I. A. Recognition day, which is a day that is recognized. It was established by Congress Third friday in september to honor those who served, sacrificed, suffered as well as those that have not yet come home. So its fitting, i suppose, all together proper that were here at andersonville to talk about one of the worst prisons in history on p. O. W. National p. O. W. And mia recognition day. Andersonville, of course, is the most infamous prison in american
That we will not have enough money to handle crisis problems that come up later in the year. The way we define crisis is a family receives their benefits but then something happens where they lose jobs or someone becomes ill and they cannot afford to pay their energy bill anymore and we can provide some kind of supplemental payment for that. The real opportunity is that yes, we have funding to reach families but it is tight. Surplus not a lot of capacity in the program now. It has been cut to the bone. Host for more information, you can go to the National Energy assistance Directors Association da. Org. Nea thank you very much for being with us. That does it for todays washington journal. This is Martin Luther king day and thank you for watching and we will be back tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] 2014] a live picture of the Martin Luther king memorial. Washingto
Make sure they get through high school. Understand the calculus that they are going through. Second, i will ask about something that is on the front page of your hometown paper, the chicago tribune. Gm named its first female ceo. What is the important symbolism of that . She is obviously very qualified. She came up through the company, 33 years. She knows the Company Inside and out. For any business to promote from within is an incredible statement about the strength within the corporation. You are able to grow your own leadership. I think that is wonderful. It is not just a statement about her, but about where the company is at. They were in serious trouble five years ago. This is good news. Judy woodruff said something that rings true to me. We have an extraordinary country with great talent. We need to use 100 of our talent. We have to make more women all different fields, particularly in the business community. That is something that is really important. 23 fortune 500 companies ha
Question of the chicago homecoming came up. The talk about the president and your answer was in the very shortterm calculus. What do you see in the longterm future if there is a homecoming . Agree with a lot of people in chicago who think that an obama president ial library should be in that city . Where should it be . All politics is local. I am very hopeful. I have no inside information on this. I am hopeful that the president ial library will be in chicago. I think it is very important. I know that the leadership in chicago, both political and late leadership would very much like that. It would be a tremendous asset. It would be a wonderful legacy for the city. I am hopeful that will happen. Thespect the president and first lady as they decide where they want to live. All,are young first of i would not focus so much on where they will live afterwards. I am focused on, we have three more years. That is a long time. I am not thinking that much about everyones future after the three ye