Author of fighting for hope. The National World War Ii Museum in new orleans hosted this discussion and provided the video. Greetings, everyone. I am senior director of programs at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to what promises to be a Great Program on the history of africanamericans in combat in the United States from world war i to world war ii with everything in between and in the immediate postworld war ii years, and i am joined by three of our nations preeminent scholars on this subject. Whohost is dr. John morrow, is franklin professor of history at the university of georgia and is coauthor with our second panelist, who is professor of harlemst nyu, of rattlers in the great war, which is a fantastic book about one of the great africanamerican units in the First World War were. Our third panelist is Robert Jefferson junior, associate professor of history at the , andrsity of new mexico the author of fighting for hope. I
Good morning. This hearing on the subcommittee on readiness and management support will come to order. Today the subcommittee needs to receive the testimony from deputy secretary of defense David Norquist concerning the department of defense as 2018 and 2019 audit. Last year when he was serving as the dod comptroller secretary norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary norquist was nominated and then confirmed as eckert deputy secretary of defense with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a a lot of people aside fromy good friend senator perdue who im hopeful well be here a little bit later, dod audit might not come across as the most interesting topic in the world. However Ranking Member kaine and i take our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have this important and timely hearing. Another responsibility we take seriously is one of pr
Investigative report on u. S. Disastere joins us to discuss a report on u. S. Disaster response. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host it is tuesday, september 3, and this is washington journal. The house and senate in for pro forma sessions. They will likely face new requests for more disaster aid money in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. As we begin the program, we americans to ask are have we become too reliant on government assistance during and after disasters . Andou live in the Eastern Central time zones, that number is 2027488000. Mountain and pacific, that line, 2027488001. If you live in a disaster prone area, particularly if you are anticipating Hurricane Dorian, that line, 2027488002. Also looking for your posts on facebook. Facebook. Com cspan and your cspanwj. Well at we will talk to florida congressman on the coast and fema. The front page reporting of usa today on the hurricane, bahamas b
You can be a member online any time or by signing up at the table in the hallway today. So let me remind you of how the festival works. Were going to have an author speak now for 30 minutes followed by a 10 minute question answer period, and then i will walk the author out to the front of the visitor . E to sign bookses an you can purchase her book in new deal bookstore and then meet the author and discuss the book even more. So our next author today is sandra bultins a veteran teacher and historian. For two decades she lived abroad for a soldier in the United States army serving in germany and leader as a teacher in International Schools in europe, africa, and asia. She earned her doctorate in history at ohio state university. Wherer her focus on gender africanamerican history, gender and africanamerican history led to publication of her book glory in the spirit. How four black women took on army during world war ii doctor is act uv in National Grassroots movement move to amend and in
She dreamed of becoming a mother and giving her beloved a child, but in the ninth month she lost her daughter and the opportunity to give birth again. In the studio lyubov merkulova. Hello, love. Us we are all very sorry, what happened to you is a real tragedy, please accept our condolences. Thank you. How much time has passed . Has it passed . 8 months, was this your firstborn . No, this was already my second child , my first child is a boy, he is 4 years old, he is from his first marriage, i was not married, but its as if he has a different father, yes, its just that the father of the first child was against it, he didnt want to raise , didnt want children, youve been together with the new man for a long time, well, weve known the man for 3 years, during this time you couldnt get along with him . Parents or just didnt plan it . Just we didnt plan it, but we got to know each other better, and then, as it were, we were already ready for this step, and this pregnancy was planned and des