Hudson. My name is richard weitz, and the director of the center for political director of the center for political and military analysis here at hudson. Today we are honored to talk about an important report and the port subject that is congressional efforts to oversee the u. S. Nuclear security efforts. We are specifically going to talk about a report, copies of which are outside, by the partnerships to secure america and Arms Control Association on empowering congress a nuclear authority, blueprints for a new generation. I want to take the welcome the cspan audience for joining us. To make everything easier, if people could silence any cell phones you might have now, that would be very helpful. The report and either work we have been doing with partnerships to secure america and Arms Control Association has been over a year, and independent project over collaborated with these organizations last you doing through events on hill, congressional briefings on the Nuclear Threat, the too
Celebrations of humanitys highest achievement, the apollo 11 moon landing. Were deeply honored to have Vice President pence with us this morning as we unveil Neil Armstrongs recently conserved apollo 11 ft skpas space suit. Also with us, jim brydenstine, who leads nasas organization whose achievements we celebrate. Im so happy that Rick Armstrong could join us to represent the family along with his family of the inspiring American Hero who took humanitys first steps on the moon. Thank you for being here, rick. [ applause ] during our yearlong celebration, weve highlighted the team that made apollo possible. It took 400,000 americans doing every conceivable job to make it happen. That included the engineers, the material experts, the medical experts and the amazing seamstresses of ioc dover who handmade the spacesuit that were unveiling this morning. It took another large team to conserve the suit so we could once again share it with the world after 13 years off exhibit. That Team Inclu
Saturday beginning at 8 30 am on cspans washington journal and on American History tv on cspan 3. Mike pence. For Neil Armstrongs apollo 11 space suit at the national air and space museum in washington, d. C. The suit went on display for first time in 13 years to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of the apollo 11 mission to the moon. Good morning. Thank you for joining us as we kick off a week of amazing celebrations of humanitys highest achievement, the apollo 11 moon landing. Were deeply honored to have Vice President pence with us this morning as we unveil Neil Armstrongs recently conserved apollo 11 space suit. Also with us is Jim Bridenstein who leads nasa. Im so happy that Rick Armstrong could join us to represent the family along with his family of the inspiring American Hero who took humanitys first steps on the moon. Thank you for being here, rick. During our year long celebration, we highlighted the team that made apollo possible. It took 400,000 americans doing every c
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