From elmira, new york, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, derek maxfield. Derek thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. Hellmira and prisoner over cams prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. I have studied the civil war since i was quite young and new the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the home and italian crisis that unfolded over the course of those for bloody years. The extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. 500,000 incarcerated in total. And, although we understand that this is a small number of casualties considering the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,000 now we believe, when we consider that we could have done better. Both north and south. When you consider that this was in our power to make lives for those who were incarcerated better. It is really quite disappointing. And i
Emergence of war series, called hellmira the unions most infamous pow camp of the civil war. From elmira, new york, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, derek maxfield. Thank you very much. I very please to be here and talk about my latest project. And prisoner over cams in general have been quite a surprise to me. Prisoner of war camps and general have been quite a surprise to me. I have studied the civil war since i was quite young and new the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the home and italian crisis that unfolded over the course of those for bloody years. The extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those luddy years. Those bloody years. In total. Carcerated and, although we understand that this is a small number of casualties considering the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,0 when wee believe, consider that we could have done both better. That this was in our power to make li
If there are others you would like to ring up, these are the numbers. You can make comments the social media. You can send us an email. From the wall street journal website, the Senate Clears the budget plan. There is a budget plan to the senate. They will reduce spending and dismantle president obamas health care law. Working into the predawn hours they approved the blueprint by a party line vote. This follows the measure the house passed on wednesday. This is mostly Cutting Health care and other benefit programs and not raising taxes. Ted cruz and rand paul for the two republicans voting against it. Part of that budget, senators back benefits for samesex couples. They approved an amendment that would give married samesex couples access to Social Security and Veterans Affairs benefits. 11 republican senators voted with democrats in support of the amendment, including berger, johnson,. They are of war reelection in 2016. Thom tillis also voted for the amendment. This is also from the h
Addition to the saudis there were nine other countries participating in this to assist in yemen. We have been assisting in negotiations intensely for the last year. What has he ran what has iran been doing in yemen . Is it not true it is prompting the saudis and others to engage in this . Certainly iran has been enabling the activity as they have done what they have done. I would go further to say irans desire is to hedge in this region. Mrs. Fischer meaning regional domination . General austin right. As it expands its influence it does so through the shia operations in those countries. That wont allow iran to dominate any region in the country, but what it does do is starts to increase sectarian tension and thereby serves as a destabilizing effort. Mrs. Fischer let me be clear. When we are talking support, we are talking about money and arms, arent we . We arent just talking about we support you because you are shia. We are talking about actual support on the ground . General austin y
Enjoy the rest of your day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] on this friday, Senate Democratic leader harry reid i doubt will not be seeking reelection. He will be finishing up his fifth term in the u. S. Senate. He released a statement this morning. Heres a look at his complete statement which he released on video. Senator reid these bruises on my face are in inconvenience, but trust me, they are nothing compared to some of the bruises that ive got. When i was a boy, i dreamed of being an athlete. I envisioned being a man in centerfield at yankee s stadium. The work that i have done for the people of arizona has been just as the filling. My job as minority leader is just as important as majority leader. It gives me so much opportunity. This accident has caused us, for the first time, to have down time to ponder and think. We