D he gives grant basically a twopart requirement, first to Bring Organization to the union war effort. And secondly to defeat the army of Northern Virginia. And grant goes about making it possible to carry out that charge with a vengeance. First he put together a Program Unlike any the war has yet seen. He realized up to this point battles would last a couple of days and armies would pull apart for months. Grant would not let that happen anymore. They would fight them until they were destroyed. He also realized the old goal of capturing territory didnt make sense anymore. Hence the goal would be to destroy them and only by doing that could the rebellion be brought to a close. And finally he realized they had to move together so the confederates couldnt shift from one theater to the other. We are going to see opening campaigns in the east grant riding with the army and in the west under the direction of grants close friend and subordinate general sherman and these will be bat thals will
I appreciate it. As i told you folks i talked with his morning, it is an honor for me to be here. There is Something Special about the battlefield here at cold harbor. I came about my interest in the american civil war, im sure like most of you did. I got it from my father. My dad was born in 1901 and a little town on the tennesseealabama border that was only 35 years after the end of the american civil war. As you might imagine, most of those old men sitting around the Grocery Store were confederate veterans. He grew up listening to their tall tales and talking with them about their battles. I was born in 1945. When i grow up, what all of my friends were hearing fairy tales and stories from their parents, my dad was reading the books with names like lees lieutenants, stuff like that. We visited the battlefield. We did not make any trips to cold harbor, though, because there really was not that much here. The overland campaign, which is the campaign that brings grant and lead to where
I do not think shes trying to distance herself, i think she would say she is. Decisions that were made when she was secretary of state into the things that we have done now, it is a fairly natural thing. What is notable is given the very highly charged primary campaign the two ran against each other, only six years ago, it is notable how close the relationship is, how close they have been on core issues and their loyalty to each other. Thank you for doing this. We appreciate it very much. [laughter] thank you. Are you having a good time . Did you do anything fun . I had dinner with [indiscernible]. How fun. Heres a look at her primetime schedule on this hes been better on our cspan networks. Coming up, another chance to see dan pfeiffer talking about the agenda. On cspan two, virginia congressman Scott Russell discusses relations with russia. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] today secretary of state john kerry, just back from a trip to the middle east, will give a sp
And Technology Hearing with two astronauts aboard the International Space station. Ahead of his visit to india this week, secretary of state john kerry talked about u. S. India relations at the center for American Progress where he urged india to expand trade and do more combat Climate Change. He also spoke briefly about events in the middle east. This is 45 minutes. We are really honored and thrilled to have the 68th secretary of state john kerry join us today to discuss americas relationship with india. Throughout his career, secretary kerry has reinforced the Strategic Partnership between the United States and india. He supported the crucial civilian Nuclear Agreement in 2008 and maintained u. S. Support for indias full, permanent membership in an expanded u. N. Security council. With a new government in india, the country faces challenges and real opportunities. Prime minister modi came to power with a promise and a mandate to shake up indias economy and redefine the countrys role
Contributions, an enormous number which is dwarfed by the number spent. We have the coke brothers who are today, as a family, worth 80 billion. Who have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on political campaigns and setting up think tapgs and, in fact, are doing that in this election, as well. According to the Washington Post and the center for responsive politics. The coke brothers. Where does the coke brothers get their money . They are a fossil fuel industry. They have invested 407 million in the 2012 political election. That money is clearly dwarfed by the amount of money coming in from the fossil fuel industry. I find it remarkable that some have expressed their deep concern for the lowincome and the elderly. I would remind the people of this country that these are the same folks whose compassion and love of lowincome people prevents them from working to raise the minimum raise so people can have a living wage. Allows them to make massive cuts in the Liheap Program which provide