4th. At a hearing on Global Security threats, director of National Intelligence dan coats was asked about possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Hes joined by the head of the Defense Intelligence agency. Senator john mccain chair it is twohour hearing. Good morning. Senate Armed Services Committee Meet this is morning. We are pleased to welcome our distinguished witnesses, dan koets, director of National Intelligence and Lieutenant General Vince Stewart, director of Defense Intelligence agency. Out of respect for the scheduling commitments of our witnesses and a unanimous request on the part of all our members, we will conclude this hearing at 11 30 in the interest of time and to ensure the members of the committee to be able to ask their questions i will be very brief. I know that comes as a disappointment, especially to the senator from south carolina. Id ask our witnesses to please submit their written statements for the record. If they can, thats not required but
30, 1867, u. S. Secretary of state William Seward reached an agreement to purchase alaska from russia for 7. 2 million. Originally dubbed sewards folly, that was retracted when gold was discovered. Up next, alaska highway, a 1944 u. S. Army film documenting building highway from the lower 48 states to fairbanks through the canadian wilderness. The highway was gradually approved and opened to the public in 1948. [video clip] narrator when the japs bombed pearl harbor, they made people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable value both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away, and japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of sup
Comcast Cable Partners worked with cspan cities tour staff when we travel to chico, california. Located 90 miles north of sacramento, its Agricultural Production plays a Major Economic role both locally and around the world. Learn more about chico all weekend here on American History tv. Ms. Smallhouse the chinese were here at a valuable time. Chico was really coming into its own starting in 1840 and onward. So, i really consider them sort of helping build the foundation for what chico is today. We have a really, really important role. So, we are standing inside of an altar of a chinese temple housed at the chico museum. They started settling here as early as 1840, part of a movement happening all across the United States. In china, they were looking for more opportunities. So, a lot of them came here. Their passage was paid for by, you know, other chinese merchants. And so, in coming here they had to work to pay back that expense. They primarily came here to mine for gold. Up, youthey
To cspan. Org. Each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. We visited Woodrow Wilsons house in washington dc, where the 28th president retired in 1921, after leading the nation through world war i and its diplomatic aftermath. He died here three years later. The executive director guides us through. The United States entered the war on april 6, 1917, as an ally of britain, france, and russia. Two million american soldiers saw combat in france. Mr. Enholm i am robert enholm, the president of this site in washington d. C. This is the home into which president and mrs. Wilson moved the day they left the white house in 1921. The home itself was built in 1916, and the wilsons acquired in december 1920, and decided to remain in washington, d. C. This home is a time capsule. It basically takes us back about 100 years ago, and allows us to see the way the world was then. We sometimes have the illusion that people in history where like us, only they were dowdy clothe
All weekend, American History tv is featuring chico, california. Cspan cities tour staff recently visited sites showcasing his history. General john bidwell founded the city of in 1860. A town of 92,000 residents is home to california state university. Learn more on American History tv all weekend. Were standing at a place that holds profound significant for the Indigenous People here in this part of what we now call butte county. These people regard this very place as the particular location where in their cosmology the creator had humans emerge into the world. It is also alumni glenn. With the discovery of gold not too far south of here, and the inability to keep that discovery spread. The news quickly and the ratio of settlers to native people began to radically shift. Prior to the gold rush, there would have been somewhere on the order of maybe under 5000 settlers in all of california. Have55, that would skyrocketed to above 50,000 settlers. Were fraught. Ons at everyvery group mom