at the c-span video library. vfw what is slated director ray kelly talked about recently passed legislation to provide tax credits for businesses that hire veterans. the senate passed by unanimous votes. moves on to the house. here is the headline in usa today. give us a sense of the jobs situation among veterans in the u.s., and the second question, will the legislation do anything to address that? guest: veterans joblessness is at, especially for young veterans, 18 to 24 year olds, is 12.1%. the national averages 9%. bonn that category increased, the rest of their cohorts decreased. that gap is widening and will continue to widen as we bring more troops home from iraq and afghanistan. the second part, will the piece of legislation help? absolutely. there are more parts to it, everyone is talking about the tax credit, but there are more parts to it. there are extensions to extension vocational rehabilitation, to make sure that they have job skills that are tangible, that the
because this was their idea and a great idea. we re doing a series called kansas city cradle of entrepreneurs. over time we ll be doing history of entrepreneurship in kansas city but right now we re having conversations with some of our great contemporary entrepreneurs, gail of bagel & bagel and spin pizza fame was here a few weeks ago and next wednesday john mcdonald, the brewing pioneer, founder of boulevard brewing company, the finest beer in america. [laughter] i hesitate to say that with samuel adams being on the program tonight. i ll be interviewing john and you ll hear some great stories about how he created america s greatest brewery. also by the way, i was his banker before i became a librarian so i know the inside story and terry mcdonald, his sister, is one of our outstanding employees and she has pictures and bail bond receipts. [laughter] so that should be fun. also, this is, obviously, a history-loving audience. we have terry again on august 11th talking abo
the central library that was started as much of our programming is funded by the kauffman foundation, particularly mentioning them because this was their idea, and a great idea. a series called princess in the kansas city cradle of entrepreneurs. over time we will be doing the history of on to panera ship in kansas city, but right now we are having conversations with great contemporary entrepreneur is. here a few weeks ago. and next wednesday john mcdonald s, the bring pioneer, founder of boulevard brewing company, the finest beer in america. i hesitate to say that with samuel adams beer on the program tonight, but i will be interviewing john, and you will hear great stories about how he created america s greatest brewery. also i was his banker before he became a librarian. the inside story. and his sister is one of our outstanding employees. she has pictures and bail bonds receipts. [laughter] also obviously a history loving audience. terry back involved, and on thursday,
that is why i think in addition to short-term measures to stimulate the economy we really need to think broadly as a nation about how for the next generation and people who are currently falling on the middle class how we can build a broad and sustainable middle-class country again because the one we have is falling apart. .. [inaudible conversations] this event was hosted by politics & prose bookstore in washington d.c. you can visit them on the web at politics prose.com politics-prose.com. is there a nonfiction author or book you d like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. now on booktv, historian john ferling parens a history of the american presents a history of the american declaration of independence from britain in july of 1776. this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] good evening, ladies and gentlemen. thank you. i m the director of the kansas city public library. i d like to welco
next, he argues that washington was correct in a statement that an american victory was, quote, a little short of the standing merkel. mr. john ferling will be the guest on in depth sunday july 5th. this talk from the military library in chicago is an hour and half. .. special thanks to were presenting sponsor of the tribune foundation along with their individual and program sponsors an associate members for helping make this presentation possible. for over 30 years john ferling has dedicated screw to early american history. he is the author of nine books and numerous articles on the american revolution and early american wars and has appeared in several television documentaries. devoted to revolution and the war of independence. his book has struggled to make the american public won the francis book award. he is with us to discuss the almost america, the american victory in the war of independence. please join me in welcoming to the pritzker military library, john ferling. [