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Privateering in the american. Just a little more background on me. Ive been a full time writer since about 2007. Most of my books are in american history, usually have a maritime component. Ive spoken at the archives a number of times in the past. Of the books include the history of whaling in america for fortune, an empire, a history of fur, trade in america, black flags, blue waters, the epic history of americas notorious pirates and my last book, a furious scar on the history of american hurricanes. But today i am here to talk about privateering and American Revolution. It was late the day on june 3rd, 1780, when salem captain Jonathan Harrod and his privateer, the pickering, were heading for the friendly port of bilbao, spain. The british achilles, however, stood in the way nobody would have faulted had he fled in the face of this superior foe. While the pickering had a crew of 38 men cannons, the achilles bristled with 130 men and 43 cannons, hardly fair fight. But thats not the w
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Visitors to the hill. We have a few of them here today with us. Thank you for all the work that you do. We thank you. Now turning our attention to the hearing, we are joined by the 14th administrator of the epa scott pruitt. Congratulations on your confirmation. You have joined a distinguished group. We look forward to hearing your vision and working with you to provide the resources necessary to lead an agency. We are also joined by holly greaves. I believe this is your first time testifying before the subcommittee as well. Welcome to both of you. Before we dive into the specifics, administrator pruitt, you have a tough job here today. 54 billion for nondefense spending to defense side of the ledger. Those are tough lines to meet. And many tough choices were necessary in order to meet those targets. Earlier this morning i along with Ranking Member, miss mccollum and other members discussed the Defense Budget at the hearing with secretary mattis that conversation further underscored th
The request calls for deep cuts and a reduction in work force of nearly 4,000 employees. Members asked mr. Pruitt about those cuts and how it would impact programs affecting their districts. Held in front of the house committee. This is about two hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Today we continue to keep all those affiliated by yesterdays events including our colleague Steve Scalise in our thoughts and prayers. We applaud the Capitol Police for their continued efforts, to be the first line of defense to protect Public Servants and visitors here to the hill. We have a few of them here with us today. Thank you for all the work you do. We thank you. Turning our tension tattoo the hearing, we are joined by 14th administrator to the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt. Congratulations on your confirmation. You have joined a distinguished group. We look forward to hearing your vision and working with you to provide the resources necessary to manage an importan