1970. So they subsisted by drawing on each other. The book is more than a study of just how david started by one tribe. It is also a personal story about women and family relationships. It is about women in leadership, about building communities, about trying to save an indigenous colter on the brink of being lost and about making sacrifices for others. I would say that what they did was heroic and they say they were just trying to do it for the sake of taking care of the kids and the elders of the community. Alma was the educator of the tribe. At that time i was assistant director of our new civic our new civic center and i worked under sunny team. When we got that building, who is a gym with a kitchen and ate office says and we needed to have a needed to happen in common at that time there was no way to make an income to pay the bills for the infrastructure of that building. So, here played bingo in her younger days in michigan. When her and i would talk about how we were going to pa
Secretary of state paul, Stanley Mcchrystal and marcia anderson. This is part of the chicago ideas week conference. They represent less than 1 of the american population. Most of them, from workingclass families. From not too far from here in the workingclass neighborhood of chicago or the bar rios of the southwest or the deep woods of the self and the hills of new england. Or from the rural part of my native great plains. They volunteered a sense of patriotism and a determination to advance their own lives as well. In the course of these two long wars, they have 100 of the risks and 100 of the wounds and deaths. Their families at home have been living in bubble of Emotional Trauma thinking that no one on around them cares because no one was asked of the rest of us. If we did not have someone in that war, or if we did not know someone in that war, it could be out of sight, out of mind. We were not asked to make any sacrifices. The war just went on, fought by these brave Young American
Who will help lead those behind them. It is different than after world war ii because the smaller population, which makes it harder. They are more of a minority. It is important we do these things to reassure them and the organizations. I need a point of order. [laughter] you can go on this time. I do not want to through do that again. It is not as ivy league schools. My College Public institution that serves the innercity section of york did away with rotc about 16 years after i graduated because of the vietnam war. They have decided to bring it back this year. [applause] i want to leave you with one story and one thought. I was in minnesota. They have the military appreciation fund. They collect money for rehab, college, and other things. It unifies the entire state. The speaker was a mother of a National Guardsman who had gone three times to iraq. She is a big executive at the target corporation. She did not want to be involved with her sons activities. She went off to see him often
Coming up on cspan, colin powell and Sam Mcchrystal talk about how veterans are treated when they return from war. Following that, a discussion with Supreme Court Justice Anthony kennedy. And then a look at Marriage Equality and voters approval of the initiatives on the balance this Election Year ballots this year. With soldiers on guard outside the Customs House and outside the homes of crown officials and with British Artillery now aimed at the house, it is easy to understand why many bostonian felt threatened. Soldiers tried to stir up racial tension. Of course, not everyone in boston is white. Within a month of their arrival, three british officers are discovered encouraging African American slaves in boston to attack their white masters. One of those drunken officers assured the black bostonians that the soldiers had come to procure their freedom. With their help, they should be able to drive the liberty boys to the devil. The british army is not in boston to free the slaves. Seve
21damon to21day monitoring period is coming to an end by the end of this weekend, is that correct . That is correct, sir. Do we know how many are being monitored right now . Yes. In total or of the 48 . Yes. So, of the 48 it will be over on sunday. And then theres another 77, so 135 in total. And that number goes up and down can go up and down as we do more disease detective work. Its 135 today. I know earlier this week you indicated there was very much a real possibility we might see some more victims brought here to texas presbyterian. Is that still the case . Do we still think thats something that could happen over the next few days . Yes. We have to plan for that contingency. That is a real possibility. And we are preparing and planning for that. And we are working long hours to make sure that that occurs. Those people will get world class care. And thats one of the reasons why we sent the two nurses to other facilities. So, weve got three isolation units ready to go. Lets talk a l