Brooks is blurred through his glasses because he is so close and brooks strikes sumner on the top of the head with a cane. Sumners head explodes in blood almost instantly. Author Stephen Puleo on the caning of massachusetts senator Charles Sumner by South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks that drove the country closer to civil war. Sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on cspans q a. On tuesday gary sydni spoke to the National Press club in washington dc about his advocacy for u. S. Veterans and the work of the Gary Sinise Foundation. This is an hour. [captioning performed by the National Captioning Institute which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] welcome to the national restaurant. Im an editor for bloomberg thats our breaking news desk here in washington, and im the president of the National Press on. Our guest today is actor, humanitarian gary sinise. He will discuss challenges facing americas servicemen and women, and what can be done an
Watch it live or on demand or on your smart phones or tablets. Hillary clintons historic acceptance speech on thursday night on cspan radio app and cspan. Org. Up next, captain Benjamin Griffin talks about president reagan and the soviet union moves to the diplomatic forefront. The is an hour and 40 minutes event. Now, let me introduce ben griffin who graduated in the academy of 2006 and commissioner of intelligence officer. He served while deployed in iraq in 2007 and 2008 and as an assistant in brigade in 2011. Hes currently assigned to the United States academy as a industry instructor. His military award and declarations, hes currently abd for the university of texas of austin and working on the dissertation and National Security policy of Ronald Reagan. His Research Includes grand strategi strategies, American Foreign relations and the cold war. Ben holds a bachelor of science from the United States military academy. A master of art from the university of arizona. A master of hist
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