Under underway overnight. Planes in the air, warships in position to attack. Iranian radar installations and missile batteries. They shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it. Here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead. I didnt like it. I didnt think it was proportionate. Reporter as late at 7 00 p. M. , u. S. Officials were expe t expecting a strike until it was called off with no shots fired. The New York Times reported citing multiple senior officials involved in or briefed on the deliberations. President Trump Holding his cards close to his chest after first hearing iran shot down the drone. I think probably iran made a mistake. I would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that drone down. Reporter iran and the u. S. Dispute where the drone was when it was shot down. The pentagon releasing these images it says of the drone falling toward the sea, ins
For the last eight. Heres hoping to organize an annual to celebrate and recognize d. C. Emancipation act becoming law on april 16th of 1862 and a free of a little over 3000 slave persons held in the district along in the series was named in honor of Benjamin Drummond, who was born around 1843 in nassau, new york. Drummond, a 24 year old black slave owner, was the first patient admitted to naval hospital, now known as the old vic. The hospital, when it opened on october 1st in 1866. Drummond was initially in assassins while serving on the u. S. Morning light. He was actually shot in the leg. He would receive care for that injury. A naval hospital, orleans, on december six, 1864, joining in the navy and came to be a patient in this building on october first of 1866, when he when his boat, he opened so we all dedicate celebration to benjamin charlton. We dedicate this Panel Discussion in which the lives and experience of africanamericans who served in the u. S. To Benjamin Franklin as wel
Greetings from the National Archives flagship building in washington dc which sits on the Ancestral Lands other than a coach tank peoples. Im david ferrio archivist of the United States and its my pleasure to welcome you to this forum examining the life and legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt few individuals had as dramatic effect on 20th century history both in this country and abroad than mrs roosevelt and we were proud to partner with the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library and the Concord Museum on this evenings discussion. No scholar knows more about our subject tonight and has spent more time examining her papers, then elita black the editor emeritus of the Eleanor Roosevelt papers project and former Research Professor of history and International Affairs at george, washington university. Professor black is recognized as a leading expert on Eleanor Roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights and is ridden and edited to 10 books as well as a variety of articles on women p
With lord manner there. The 29th of october, 1932 to completion, one of the largest and fastest liners afloat or general characteristics were length. Overall, 1029 feet beam, 119 feet. Gross tonnage. 79,280. Displacement 65,000 tons. Speed 13 up. Horsepower. 160,000. The ships main propulsion plant was turbo electric drive through force cruise 29 boilers for the turbine the size of the vessel be visualized when it realized any one of the three funnels was large enough to. Hold both tubes or the holland tunnel. The normandy was requisitioned. The Us Government after the outbreak of war in 41, he was transferred the Navy Department on the 24th of december of that year and renamed the uss lafayette. The ship was berth the pier eight north river and work begun converting her to what would transport the conversion included provision or berthing and massing about 4000 officers and men and the installation of necessary ordnance. On the february 1942, as the work of conversion near completion