Operated in hospitals and temporary camps, helped locate lost family members and provide education and legal services. This talk is hosted by the emerging civil war blog. To wrap up our sequence of mourning speakers, it is my privilege to welcome back emmanuel dabney. He comes to us from south of the james. This i95 traffic many of you enjoyed experiencing, he also has had a joy to experience it today. I think he is eager to go back. Petersburg was home to him. The story very closely connected to his own personal story through his ancestry. He began volunteering, where he became Seasonal Work for a number of years and became a permanent historian. He has been there 14 years sharing a story that is largely over forgotten, that if armies are in one spot there longer than anyone else, and the stories by the people affected by the presence of those armies has gone untold. Emmanuel has brought that story to the forefront. He is here today to talk about one of the enduring legacies of the wa
Story very closely connected to his own personal story about this child. He began volunteering eventually where he became a seasonal, worked there for a number of years and then became a permanent historian. He has been there now 16 years, 14 years excuse me. Sharing this story. The story of the people affected by the presence of those armies has gone untold. Fortunately emmanuel has brought that story to the forefront. He is here today to talk to us about one of the other enduring legacy of war, that is, the Freedmens Bureau. The very question during the war is what is going to happen with all of these emancipated slaves. The Freedmens Bureau was an attempt to answer that, and the manual will discuss that very complicated answer. [applause] i am not sure how people deal with this traffic on the north side of richmond. It seems like just now whenever you leave richmond you better plan on a year to get where it normally takes 10 minutes to get to. I am certainly happy that i made it, i
What you doing, mom . Alice i just finished sweeping off the patio. Is lunch ready yet . In a few minutes. Ill call you. Okay. I guess you just thought you heard my mom, mr. Wilson. Yeah. Im a dreamer. Dennis, why dont you go over to your house and play. cause my dads cleaning out the attic, and he doesnt want me getting in the way. This is my third load, honey. Its a lucky thing i decided to clean it out. Oh, look at this firecracker. What on earth is that doing in the house . Its just some junk left over from the fireworks at the company picnic. Oh. Well, get rid of that, for goodness sake. Im gonna put it in the trash can in the alley. Can you imagine that in denniss hands . I certainly could. With a firecracker that size, he could destroy half the neighborhood. Right. Besides, he doesnt need it. With his bare hands. What are you doing, mr. Wilson . Im tying the string around the peg. Why are you doing that, mr. Wilson . You wanna see if you can pull the peg out with the string . No
Command general and they are in regards to addressing a group of airmen this month. What he has said to have made in comments to the airmen was anyone who is passing information to congress about these capabilities is committing treason. As part of those comments he has also said that if anyone accuses me of saying this, i will deny it. Let me just tell you general welsh. Do you find those comments to be acceptable in any way to accuse our men and women in uniform to say you are committing treason if you communicate with congress about the capabilities of any other of our Weapons Systems . No, maam, not at all. There is investigation currently ongoing with that incident. And i actually contacted the general involved and his commander and the department of defense is overseeing an investigation being run by isaf eiji. And they will present that as soon as the investigation is complete. I hope that this is a thorough investigation because obviously, i think its very serious to accuse peo
Understanding of this truly devastating problem. That concludes our hearing. Thank you. We are live on capitol hill this morning in the Canon House Office building where up next counterterrorism and intelligence officials from the departments of Homeland Security, justice, state and the National Counterterrorism center will testify before the House Homeland Security committee about the threat of far win and domestic terrorists who the United States. Its expected to get under way in just a moment. Live coverage here on cspan3. While we have a moment the Associated Press reporting today that the president is asking congress to formally authorize war against Islamic State militants, offering a draft resolution that says the Islamic State poses a grave threat. The president is sending congress a proposed threepage authorization for military force. The president would limit authorization to three years with no restriction where u. S. Forces could pursue the threat. By the way, the entire do