At the unite naval academy, but he told me that his retirement failed, that he was no good at it at all. So he is now the distinguished professor at the United States Naval War College in new port, rhode island. He has written several books about the civil war. His books received the lincoln prize and the Abraham Lincoln book award. He also has just or actually done a biography of joe john so. Thats what his was about today. Lets walk joe simons. He was the a man who lacked the moral will to commit troops to battle unless he could be absolutely certain of victory unless the circumstances never obtained he seldom if ever sought battle at all. Johnston does have his defenders. It made it impossible to defend it any where and the confederate president s tendency to promote and protect personal favorites and therefore also made a contribution to confederate. Because johnson favored acting on the defensive and concentrating on a few vital points. His vurks that view was the more realistic o
[inaudible conversations] the committee will reconvene and continue the questions for Deputy Attorney general as the e chair recognizes the gentleman for five minutes. Was peter the author, recipient, carbon copy, blind carbon copy on any documents relating to the meeting between the rubber lynch and bill clinton on the air is on the tarmac . I dont know the answer. Will all the documents be produced in an unredacted format . Congressman, the Inspector General is handling the investigation and as i said, we are going to try to come, accommodate any requests that i will have to consult with them before i do. So how quickly could they be produced flex if they are declassified it can be produced fairly quickly. Like within a week . It would depend upon the sensitivity of the document. Can we get them within a week . The documents relating to the tarmac. Assuming that they are declassified how long would it take to get from you to assist f the president declassified and . If they are appro
Historical society of saratoga. Preserve itemsto that relate to the city of Saratoga Springs specifically. The exhibit we will be going through is our orientation exhibit. It tells the story from prehistoric times always through the 20th century. Part of the exhibit is one of the most important parts of their toga is the spring water. They believed it had healing properties. There was as bring called high rock spring. Came to drink the water and also hunted in the area around saratoga lake. We have artifacts related to the native americans. Some go back thousands of years. One that we would like to show here is a piece of the deposit from high rock spring. If you were to visit the spring today, it looks like a small volcano. Through the 19th century the pope would chip pieces away to take home as souvenirs. We were able to get this back and keep it as an exhibit in the museum. The First Permanent settlers in Saratoga Springs were in the 1780s. Built a tavern and boarding house on what
The north carolinaew York Stock Exchange said were dealing with a technical problem were working to fix as quickly as possible and meanwhile the european markets dub the great fall of china, trillions of dollars of value wiped out in the past few weeks. This investor thing is turning into a stampede. The market has a financial crisis but there are still a lot of tools and leverage to avoid that. Reporter in europe, a volatile situation and greece a few days away from a bankruptcy and collapse and concerns the collapse in greece could have a Ripple Effect for the rest of the eu and United States. Theres a lot of schickiness in the markets because of whats happening in the United States and greece. Without unity in greece, we will wake up in four days in a different europe. This is really and truly the final wakeup call for greece and us, our last chance. Reporter the new York Stock Exchange reopened just shortly after 3 00 just before the close closing bell. The wall street journals web
Which closed minutes ago. Now the exchange reopened an hour ago after computer glitches halted trading for hours. Kimberly the New York Stock Exchange issued one of a trilogy of computer issues that caused problems for people all across the country. Sam sweeney is live in the Satellite Center with what we are learning now. Is it smoothed over sam . Sam i wouldnt say that but it has been a busy afternoon on the Stock Exchange but not with trading. Trading shut down abruptly before noon before it reopened after 3 00. Officials in new york are calling this interim technical issue. They say its not a cyber attack. New York Stock Exchange wasnt the only one with the technical issues today. Just after the nyse shut down the wall street journal website went down as well. Earlier this Morning United Airlines halted nearly 5000 flights when their computers went down. The department of Homeland Security says the problems are not related and dont appear to be cyber attacks. The white house also c