Is under the previous regime in ukraine because of the significant amount of corruption that took place in all the agencies of government, what took place inside the yo Ukraine Military is outrageous in terms of the capabilities they used to have and no longer have. They are a mere shadow of their former selves. While i know some of their desires, i dont know the entire list of what they want. Nor do i. I have no idea what the laundry list is or what make sense. I would caution, again, whatever we decide to do here will be effective or not in large measure based on what the people in ukraine do and what they do is going to be based on the confidence they have in the leadership that has been abysmal up to now. Im not sure where they are. We could dump stuff in there all day long and probably not be successful. Understanding what is really going on in that country at the political level is really the prerequisite. Admiral, i would like to ask you on a different area and the premise of my
Across the country comes one of the great achievements of our time. A human revealing story that instantly becomes the most discussed novel. Is a lot of stereotypes of oklahoma that come from some very powerful images. First of all the grapes of wrath. When i was growing up that was the one book my father would not allow me to be. I could read anything as long as it wasnt the grapes of wrath because he felt a defanged oklahoma. So many stereotypes about oklahoma and many from the book. That is not to say there wasnt the dust role poll in oklahoma and were not a gospel forever. On the book we have this powerful john ford film with all of the images of the mesmerizing blackandwhite images that the dust blowing. So of course theyve lingered with you both. Of course people see oklahoma in that light. Opposite hinted that we have the movie musical oklahoma because oklahoma is a place where corn goes place where corn goes as high as an elephant died. That is not true either. Oklahoma riders
Many highways and streets and especially in this country as well, you know . Phillips 66 has become as familiar to many people out here as a coke bottle. Its that iconic in the minds of many motorists. Well frank got his start in the oil business in a sort of convoluted way. He was actually, he was not from oklahoma. He was actually born on the nebraska frontier out in the loop valley. His father was a civil war veteran, fought in the union army, and his parents moved out into nebraska territory. And thats where he was born in 1874. And they came back short will have a that shortly after that the phillips, to their home country in southwestern iowa. And thats where frank grew up. So he had those basically midwestern roots. Came from a big family, big family, many brothers and sisters. He was the oldest and he was the dominant sibling by far. His ambition was strong but it wasnt necessarily pointed towards the oil business because there was no oil business to speak of when he was a youn
Which is getting the best possible education for your kids. But we will see. People disagree. We have time for one more question. That was good a good one to end on. Thanks. [applause] she will stay for a few more minutes if anyone wants to ask a question personally. Thank you so much for coming today. You are watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on cspan2s booktv. Television for serious readers. This land is your land, this land is my land from california to the new york eye lens from the redwood forests, to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you in the a note of welcome to tulsa, oklahoma on booktv. Locator on the arkansas there its the second largest city in the state with a population of almost 400,000 in the early 20th century it thrived as old town oil town. With help of our documentation cable partner we learn about its history and literary scene from local authors. We begin our special feature on tulsa with oil magnate Frank Phillips and the founding of
I will yield the balance of the time to dr. Harris. The Affordable Care act is the law of the land. Quite frankly, a reckless behavior on the part of the majority. What you have done is to shut this government down and instead of wasting time trying to play politics and instead of cherry picking important programs like the nih to fund, we should be working on the budget for the entire government. N the government and new and move to negotiations. With regard to healthcare issues, its important to note and thats why we should not be opening the government on a piecemeal basis. Comprehensive, short term continuing resolution that keeps the entire government open and at work. What other activities are engaged in health that you are bypassing or ignoring or dont believe they have any priority . Or dont believe they have any priority. Center for the Disease Control. Two thirds of their personnel are now on furlough. Important programs like protecting public health, going by the by. Monitori