president trump held a meeting with members of congress to discuss trade policies. the discussion centered around the president s goal of ensuring fair and reciprocal trade policies that benefit american workers and grow the economy. this meeting from the white house cabinet room is 50 minutes. they re on our side. they just can t say it. okay, thank you very much, i m delighted to welcome both republicans and democrats, nice sound. isn t that a nice sound? and we won t be discussing daca. but there s plenty of discussion going on right now about daca from both the house and the senate. to the white house, we re here today to discuss a matter of violation importance to our nation s economy, and security, and i ve been discussing it for years, and certainly discussed it in great detail on the campaign trail. that s america s aluminum and steel industries and many other industries where we are taken advantage of by other countries. i alluded to it yesterday too. last year i
and how to use them for historical research. we are pleased to have john emond here with us today. the title of the event is civil war voices. a bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your e-mail address i will send you that newsletter automatically. it we do a genealogy fair, and wheels of have a genealogy program taken place at the national archives building in washington dc. that happened several times a month. so, with that, i will turn give the biography for mr. emond. he retired in 2011 at the 30 years in government. most of it in contract technology transfer and project management at nasa. he is a member of the maritime committee with the maryland historical society. he is a collector of historical artifacts from the american revolution and civil war. including several civil war soldiers letters which he will refer to in this presentation. a program that will be approximately one hour long. we will take ques
coming up next on american history tv, the national archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. i think we are all settled in. welcome. i work in the national archives. i work i welcome you to this program. we have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the national archives and how to use them for historical research. we are pleased to have john emond here with us today. the title of the event is civil war voices. a bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your e-mail address i will send you that newsletter automatically. it we do a genealogy fair and wheels of have a genealogy program taken place at the national archives building in washington dc. that happened several times a
objectivity. welcome the like to c-span and public radio audiences. follow the action on twitter #npclunch. introduce our to head table. i would ask each to stand briefly as your name is announced. from your right, kevin, a committee member for the vietnam war commemoration. marcus, a documentary film maker. washingtonppe, a correspondent for ganett. secretary of the the air force and a member of the national press club. thomas burr, senior washington correspondent for the salt lake city tribune and the chairman of board of the national press club. jim michaels, military reporter for usa today. bill ingram, director of the army national guard. the podium.r donna, a reporter for usa today. the organizer of today s lunch on the speakers committee and the 2009 president of the national press club. skipping over the speaker momentarily, rachel oswald, a at national journal news wire. brigadier general james whitham. mary french of army magazine. chief master sergeant mitch en