And its my pleasure to have with us dr. Leah garrett who is a professor at Hunter College at City University of new york. Her last book was the young lions one that i have not read but is of interest to me so i need to get on that next howl jewish authors reinvented the american war model. It was shortlisted for major literary awards. Shes here to talk about her latest book the secret x troop jewish comandos of world war ii which has received wide and high praise. The reviews are great. Cnn the daily mail in the uk stars and stripes and i think leah told me they were other publications that would have willing review soon so without further ado lets get into the program and welcome dr. Leah garrett. Thank you for joining us and please tell us a little bit about the book before we get into our conversation. Thank you very much particularly because some of the women i read about in the book have archival. They were interviewed by ambrose for his book as well so speak briefly about the ext
Vote vote the presiding officer the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. The confirmation is the nomination is cost. The motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table is slade and the president will be pleadly notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 736, andre b. Mathis of tennessee to be United States circuit judge for the sixth circuit signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waive add. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that the Senate Debate on the nomination of andre b. Mathis of tennessee to be United States circuit judge for the sixth circuit shall be brought at that close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk
To discuss the subject of dday and how we commemorate and remember this great decisive event of world war ii down, 70 years on. If you Pay Attention today, one can still see a current news reports where the results of world war ii still reverberate in our world such as in chinese, japanese relations or the situation between russia and ukraine today. If one travels, you will see how different nations remember the war in their own a national museums, monuments, cemeteries, and other places of cultural memory. Joining us today are dr. Michael dolsky and another doctor, contributors to another volume which deals specifically with the Normandy Landings and how they are remembered and commemorated internationally. Dr. Michael dolksy not only was a contributor, but also served as one of the editors of the volume. He holds a phd from Temple University and is a historian with a joint preserve war missing in action Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory in hawaii. Dr. Gunter bishof
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History, the Tiananmen Square crackdown. U. S. President barack obama has given his russian counterpart a stern warning. He says he will consider imposing new sanctions on moscow if president Vladimir Putin fails to ease tensions in ukraine. Obama says it depends on russias actions over the next month. The leaders of the group of seven industrialized nations wrapped up their summit in brussels. They didnt invite putin following russias annexation of crimea. The leaders say they are ready to impose further sanctions against russia if necessary. Obama told reporters that putin should recognize Petro Poroshenko as ukraines new president and hold talks with him. He also said moscow should end support for prorussian activists in eastern ukraine. We will have a chance to see what mr. Putin does over the next two, three, four weeks. Putin met separately with some of the g7 leaders. British Prime Minister David Cameron urged russia to stop meddling in ukraine and normalize relations with kiev.