Dont forget the whole other conversation going on in other parts of the country. They went on to teach here before coming to the university of virginia. The first two books were from a womans point of view about womens opinions and activities in the south and in virginia. Then the biography of a spy in richmond. They won many awards. Her next book was on this union about the whole debate about the discussion about our possible union dating from 1789 onwards. Most recently her book is on victory and defeat and freedom at the end of the civil war. That has won a number of prizes with the library award. Professor barron has been speaking widely including the lincoln bicentennial and the gettysburg civil war institute. Also on cspan book tv. Its my pleasure to introduce Elizabeth Barron and she will speak. The set back. Thank you. Good morning and thanks for attending the event. This morning i will address the theme of confederate interpretations of the election of 1864, but also southern
To join the conversation, like us on facebook cspan history. Next on American History tv, we continue our look at the 1864 president ial election between Abraham Lincoln and general george mcclellan, lincolns former commander the battle of potomac. Elizabeth varon examines the point of view from the confederates. This is hosted by the Lincoln Group of d. C. My name is katherine lincoln. Im a loyal member of the Lincoln Group of d. C. And its my pleasure and privilege to introduce professor Elizabeth Varon from the university of virginia who will speak on the election of 1864 in confederate eyes. I think this is a really important topic to address early on in this symposium so that we dont forget that there is a whole other conversation going on in other parts of the country. Professor varon has got her bachelors degree from Swathmore College and then went on to teach at wellsly yan temple before coming to the university of virginia where she is a professor of American History. Her firs
Extremist group al morabitum which we havent really heard of before. How big is this is the first part of the question and secondly how do you rank the groups and their threats toward the homeland . Which one should we be the most wary of . Let me bite that off in a couple of different chunks madam vice chair. We did point out in our statement this year to the emergence of this group in north africa which is an offshoot on which is al qaeda and ghraib, and internal fights about direction is a group that we know of as the al mura battalion which includes known links to al qaeda and they have engaged in internal feuding that has put them into separate organizations from the way we look at them. We look at that grouping as a significant threat to our interest in and across north africa. As far as the ability to project a threat potentially to the homeland i would describe that as more potential than actual at this point but they certainly have taken note of what happened in western europe
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Normal. Branch avenue here you can see at speed at 54 Miles Per Hour. Again going to keep an eye on the situation in gaithersburg for you. Weather is looking better than my traffic this morning. Not as chilly as yesterday morning but still a chill in the air on this monday morning. Your monday headlines mild afternoon and then a chance of some rain moving in by this time tomorrow morning. Temperatures right now in Montgomery County just near 40 degrees as is Fairfax County. Low 40s now Prince Georges County near 50 in washington by the bay. Parts of Northern Virginia have dipped down into the upper 30s including Prince William county and Fauquier County. Theres Shenandoah Valley this morning. And heading out the door and waiting for the bus, youll definitely need a jacket. Well stay in the 40s between now and 8 00. Bright sunshine. Milder between 8 00 and 9 00. Into the mid 50s with bright sunshine. Next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6 11. The storm team 4x4 hits the road