Much onment relied very incredible skills as an organizer, her exceptional commitment, her unwavering commitment to social justice. You can watch this another american artifacts programs by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. Announcer now more on Dolores Huertas life story. We talked to her when our local content vehicles visited bakersfield, california. Dolores huerta is a civil rights activists who cofounded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, which became the united farm workers of america. In 2012, president obama awarded her the medal of freedom for her lifes work. Delores huerta i was born in dodson, new mexico and then moved to california when i was six years old. My parents moved us to california. My parents divorced. Sister androught my california. To my two brothers to california. As a teenager we were always harassed by the police. We had a lot of discrimination in high school against all the kids of color. A lot of the kids that were the okie kids as the
For war with iran. That argument involves doing whatever it takes to get rid of the current regime and to bring about one that is friendlier. Theres also an argument to be made of fervor and of what it is you really want from us and what are you going to give in return . Is an argument for that. We are doing neither of these things. It may be possible to resolve whatever differences you have it there ran on the basis of number two. That has not been tried. It may or may not be possible and it is certainly possible to base our attend on the war against this regime. But that thought process has not been entered into. Thats the kind of thing im talking about. This has been an extraordinarily thoughtful exploration and some of the basic questions of our time up war and peace by very thoughtful expert analysts. This is his book, to make and keep peace among ourselves and with all nations. It is available outside for 20, so we encourage all of you to buy one copy if not two. Can did that ang
Representative from maine, a republican, a member of the House Judiciary Committee and after months of closed door meetings the Public Session and the articles of impeachment were about to introduced before the committee that you served on. What was happening . Well, republicans were gathering, obviously, and caucusing. I assume the democrats were doing the same thing. There really was very little discussion among the members, i would say i didnt have a discussion until the night before we actually went public. It was the day before. And i met with Tom Railsback in his office. He had invited a number of people to drop by for coffee, and it was at that meeting that i first saw what group might be willing amongst the republicans and democrats who were at least inclined to vote against impeachment who might come that morning. I was surprised. I met jim mann and talked to him for the first. Robert flowers, i talked to him for first time. Ray thornton was there, henry smith. And caldwell bu
Come out. So that, for us, was the process of creating the 9 11 commission. So you can imagine that when we finally did create it and it was signed into law by president bush the day before thanksgiving in 2002. For us, that was the beginning again. And this time, we had to meet the commissioners. Who are these people . There were a few bumps in the road along the way and when we got introduced to governor cain and congressman hamilton, we knew that we were in good hands and of course with we met the rest. We have richard and fred fielding. Jamie, jim thompson, unfortunately bob kerry and jjo lehman couldnt be us today. We knew we had great team of people and i had to say at the beginning of the 9 11 commission i couldnt imagine i would be standing here today and be so honored to introduce the remarkable americans. The individuals that not only came together 12 years ago to start their investigation into 9 11, and ten years ago to stand behind the unanimous report. Theyre still here to
Mr. Railsback . Chairman, thank you, and members of the committee by saying that you, mr. Chairman, i think in a rather difficult assignment with you because you know on many occasions i think you have handled yourself very well. And i think i can say for the most members of the committee that during these six months through the 38 volumes of evidence, the listening to the live witnesses morning, afternoon and night that i can be proud of my judiciary colleagues, most of them. I feel badly as Charlie Sandman did about the leaks, the selective leaks, some of which i think the newspapers made a mistake in playing. Although i know they have a job. I used to like to be on the House Judiciary Committee when we were worried about penal reform and juvenile delinquency, trying to improve some very important things in our country that needed improving, but im about to reconsider my assignment now that we have had amnesty, abortion, impeachment and now a bomb threat. Let me say that im one of th