Overthrow of the Australian Government to go off with i mean before we get on to cave destruction and mining australia then only became independent in 1986 way later than the african colonies in the colonies of the British Empire other ones yes reluctantly. Be very well hidden weve been locked into a war of genocide here for 240 years. Weve. At times whites of the world to awaken to our part as Indigenous People and to act on the injustices and to continue genocide in which our people as now have faced 240 years ago the british lost their occupation onto our lands and that forced occupation was through. Frontin massacres where you know our people were right to the dorn and massacred and. The holes. Were to our arm peoples were poisoned and now people fell to their deaths through the pores in the water holes then our people faced horrendous. Policies of you know more so it introduced through legislation the rights to these drugs and government of forcibly removed their children from the
Approaching, certainly one of the most sacred days in our nation throughout the year. And this weeks alaskan of the week, sharon long, its a day that is a particularly profound day. Sharon long is a gold star mother, lives in anchorage, and she remembers her son grant frazer every day of the year. But for her and her family and for so many people who knew grant, who served with grant, memorial day is a day when his memory is particularly honored. Mr. President , before i get into sharon longs story as well as the remarkable story of her son grant, let me talk a little bit about whats going on in alaska right now, as we and our country continue to face the challenges of this pandemic. Were doing pretty we will in our state medically, certainly. Things could of course change quickly. But the number of people infected by the virus is very slow. Businesses are starting to reopen. Life by no means is back to normal. And theres much that were going to need to do to recover from this virus an
People we are privileged to represent. Mr. President , i yield the floor and i would note the absence of quorum. Mr. President , its thursday, one of my favorite times in the week it has its time i get to come down on the senate floor and recognize an extraordinary alaskan and we refer to as the alaskan of the week. Now, memorial day is fast approaching, certainly one of the most sacred days in our nation throughout the year. And this weeks alaskan of the week, sharon along, its a day that is a particularly profound day. Sharon long is a gold star mother who lives in anchorage, and she remembers her son grant fraser every day of the year. But for her and her family, and for so many people who knew grant who served with grant, memorial day is a day when his memory is p particularly honore. Mr. President , before i hit into her story as well as the remarkable story of her son, grant, let me talk livid about whats going on in alaska right now, as we and our country continue to face the ch
Neighburg who is at the Army War College. Mike and i were colleagues mike, this is going back aways. Around 2006 or so in the History Department at the university of southern mississippi, we were together, but weve stayed in touch and always have had shared interests. Mike, its great to be here with you today and have a conversation on a subject thats extremely timely, which is really responding to crisis. You know, obviously what needs to be said for our audience theyve seen all the evidence they can of a current crisis, the coronavirus crisis, economic downturn thats going to be a serious issue for leaders, for every day people for a while to come. It seems a good time to talk about two major 20th century crises. At the end of two world wars how leaders responded and to raise the issue about what light that might throw on the present, a framework for comparison. Mike, obviously youre one of the people to talk to about this. There are just too many of your books to list for the audien
At the university of mississippi , and we have stayed in touch quite a bit as we both moved on. We have always had a set of shared interests. Mike, it is great to be here with you today and to have a conversation on a subject that is extremely timely, which is responding to crisis. What needs to be said to the audience, they have seen all the evidence they can of the Current Crisis the coronavirus the economic downturn that will , be the serious issue for leaders, for everyday people. And it seems a good time to talk about two major 20thcentury crises. At the end of two world wars and how leaders responded, and to raise an issue about the light that might throw on the present about a framework for comparison. Mike, youre one of the people to talk to about. There are too many of your books to list for the audience but i thought i would talk about the book, fighting the great war world war i, the blood of free men, the book about the liberation of paris in 1944. But two books for the aud