Service, about showing them about public life closeup and inspiring them to Work Together and hopefully get involved in our future. Katherine what did you have to do . To get to the finalist round, we had to write an essay about a political question, and then in the finalist round, we had to take a political knowledge test, right another essay, and go through another. Brian dan, tell us about you. Dan this is an opportunity for people who are really interested in government to see it firsthand and to really find out all of the back working, the behind the scenes things that go on in government. We see these political figures on tv, but we do not really see the people who have the backstage responsibility to really make it all work so this program exposes us to that. Brian so what did you do to get selected . Dan well, being also from indiana, like katherine there was an assay, an interview, a test. It was a pretty rigorous process, but i survived. Brian thank you both. These folks have
Over the weekend the religious freedom laws in arkansas and indiana, and whether businesses should be more socially active. Some of the reaction to those laws in those states, whether businesses should be more engaged in political debates over social issues. Here is how to join our conversation. For those of you in eastern and central time zones, the number is 2027 488000. Mountain and pacific 202748 8001. For social media, send us a tweet cspanwj. Make sure you mute your television or radio when you call in. Over the weekend, the president gave an interview to Thomas Friedman of the New York Times. The front page this morning peter bakers article obama calls the iran deal our best that. Host a quote from the president , this is the best that so far that we have to get an agreement from iran. What we will be doing even as we enter into this deal is sending a clear message to the uranian and to the entire region that if anybody messes with israel america will be there. This is the headl
It encourages middle and High School Students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. Students were asked to create a documentary based on the theme the three branches and you, to demonstrate how policies and action or Action Action or law affect you are the community. Cole sebastian, thomas norris, and amy geomet and amy gilbert are winners. Alone, afraid, searching for hope with no one to turn to. Escaping from lives of trauma and hoping to find a place to call home. Carlos is one of the 70,000 who immigrated to honduras. From honduras. He now lives in takoma park, maryland, with his foster parents. The office of Refugee Resettlement and local programs for undocumented refugee minors are working to find housing for these youth across the nation. But there are thousands more to come, and the or are does not have enough resources. Carlos is one of the lucky ones. Without government funding, the programs that put him where he is could now clog up or even shut down. The
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