Jacqueline kennedys 1000 days as first lady was defined by images, young mother, advocate for the arts, fashion icon. The assassination of president kennedy and his funeral cemented her in the public consciousness. Welcome to the cspan series, first ladies, influence and image. Table, two guests at the to tell you more about her story. He has a special focus on the cold war era and the Kennedy Administration. Robert parry is a political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies series, he has written the Jacqueline Kennedy biography. Before we get into more details about her white house years, i want to talk about the images of that assassination. Anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. This is a collective consciousness. She was just 34 years old. Just 34 years old. We know so much about this story. Shot and into her arms, for five minutes they were there and she felt that they left the hospital to go back to but they had to do something to make sure t
Would you be a member of the Tea Party Caucus . Guest probably not. Think of a perfect example. I am someone who can be easily critical. Is it a good deal or the best way to manage our federal government . Is it the best way to budget for the federal government . Of course not. No one should celebrate this agreement as a major breakthrough that is going to bend the curve of our debts or spur economic growth. Is it good news that finally someone like paul ryan and patty murray could get together in a room and work something out even though it is 20 of the budget in its entirety and it is only for a short term . Is it good news . Of course it is good news. Neither side got everything they wanted. What we got is constituents and citizens talking. That is a good step forward. Host what do you think about the extra congressional process this budget had to go through . Guest i do not like the extra congressional process this budget had to go through. Normal assumes there is some normality to
This concludes the observance. These be seated for departure of the president of the United States. Thank you for joining us today as we celebrate and honor all who serve. [applause] the role of u. S. Intelligence of monitoring drones from other countries. Federal contractors and hiring procedures. Washington journal is live every morning starting at 7 00 on c span. Coming up, our first ladies Series Features Jacqueline Kennedy. A veterans Day Celebration ceremony at the world war ii memorial. I think every first lady should do something in this tradition to help the thing that she cares about. I just think that everything in the white house should be the best. The entertainment that is given here. Children are the same the world over and so is our feeling for children. I think it is good in the world, there is quite enough to divide people, so we should cherish the language and the emotion that unites us. Jacqueline kennedys 1000 days as first lady was defined by images, young mother,
President kennedy and his funeral cemented her in the public consciousness. Welcome to the cspan series, first ladies, influence and image. We have two guests at the table, to tell you more about her story. He has a special focus on the cold war era and the Kennedy Administration. Robert parry is a political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies series, he has written the Jacqueline Kennedy biography. Before we get into more details about her white house years, i want to talk about the images of that assassination. Anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. This is a collective consciousness. She was just 34 years old. Just 34 years old. We know so much about this story. He was shot and into her arms, for five minutes they were there and she felt that they left the hospital to go back to washington, but they had to do something to make sure that he had the historical reputation. What would a 34yearold woman have have the sense of that experience . What
On off grid and opportunity for. S. Companies. How is power africa leverage dging its resources to protect african workers to have cent work conditions and safety on the job . At this point were not looking at taking equity in the prompts themselves but im not going to rule that out in the future if the right opportunity present themselves especially for the smaller off grid and mike grid activities. But were learning some of the risk is the up Front Development financing. Were trying to listen to the private sector and find out what are the constraints. Were using the existing tools in our tool box and developing new tools. I cant tell you what tools we may have a year from now and consult with congress if we can make the case and their support for it to see if Congress Gives us the authority to do that. In terms of protecting african workers were doing Due Diligence on every partner we work with or developing Due Diligence protocols. These are still in development. Were still sorting