This is something we have looked at. Commanders have often taken steps individually to curb this. My question is, are you thinking about unifying that . Are you thinking of the best practices, guidelines for alcohol . What i just talked about has been discussed. In the meetings i have been in, we have not discussed it in the form of making it, across the services. We have left it to command at this point. Thank you, everyone, for joining us today. We will see you in here soon. [indiscernible] we are all done. On the cspan networks, the air force association hosts a discussion on military Defense Strategies and planning during a time of tightening budgets. On cspan two. The new America Foundation examines electronic surveillance and human rights with access now. That is live at 6 00 p. M. Here on cspan. Next, a discussion about the role of Public Government Affairs officers offices. Posted by the National Press tee, this is commit an hour and a half. Welcome to the National Press club,
About where you are going . Do you have the opportunities to get ahead . We are asking the yes and asking a yes and no question. The number is you can also send us an email, send us a tweet, or join us on facebook. Com. This is what the question looks like on our twitter page. Do you think there is an opportunity to get ahead in america i . , ifd on the new gallup poll you want to check it out it is online at gallup. Com. Opportunitynty of to get ahead here in america. The survey was released over the last couple of days. While the u. S. Has historically prided itself on an open ended mobility, celebrating rags to riches stories, rising income inequality and a normally and abnormally high Unemployment Rate can call the question just how accurate this cherished belief is. Politicians have focused on reducing social inequality as a key part of their policy initiatives. Fewer believing there is opportunity to get ahead. To get ahead. 7 00 eastern time as we moved back one hour as wheat an
You are watching, and looking to leave the party you support. Daysll take a look at the topics of the day. Season two of first ladies influence and image begins monday, september 9 with a look a look at with edith roosevelt. Programs on every first lady from Martha Washington wine mckinley. Tonight, harriet lane. Quite she is probably the most tragic of all the first ladies. She hated it with a passion. She did not move into the white house with peace. They had eight rooms they had to furnish. When she arrived, she basically holed up and spent much of her time writing letters to her dead son. She called them my presaged child. A very poignant letter. , andey were returning there was a terrible accident. It was devastating for the family. God. She concluded this was forhe house was too much jane to take care of. I dont think she was interested in housekeeping particularly. Most regarded peer us as a failure in the office. It was the happiest of all presidencies. Good evening. On this pr
Was interested in so many things. It it was not clear why she had empathy andrest for advocacy for native americans island i wonder if your guests could explain about that. I think there were some indian chieftans who came to the white house to visit, and i think they made a great impression on her, and she became interested in indian welfare. And she was interested in their education. She was interested in their medical well being and health. Which was a very it was a proper thing for her to be interested in. Nobody is going to be objecting to educating children or taking care of people who were sick. So it was certainly a good thing for her to do. The indians thought of her as their great white mother. You talked about the first lady and the white house. She had connections to the Johns Hopkins hospital and the pediatric unit she set up. Well talk about that in a minute. A question from jenny webber. Harriet lane had a cutter named after her. Also, i heard she got into trouble for th
The European Union is holding emergency talks on the budget in egypt, warning that the block will urgently reviewed its ties with the country. Theres not much ce you can do in terms of direct action, and the consequences could be unintentional. Earlier i spoke with our correspondent in brussels. At this meeting, they hope to cobble together a package that will hopefully help end the violence in egypt and put it back on track towards the democratic progress. The big question is, what are the elements of this package and what means do they use to achieve this goal . They have talked about curtailing aid in a number of ways, and there has been talk of an arms in fargo to signal strongly that the violence must stop. At the same time, there is hardening of rhetoric towards the interim government there, placing most of the blame on the government for their recent clashes with protesters and asking the government first to step back and hopefully to restore some order. The egyptians havent tak