Thusburg maryland book festival. Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, not the cleaver family. At 10 35, Melvin Goodman author of whistleblower of the kraimt yts author Sharon Weinberger at 12 15 p. M. Discussion her book the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the Pentagon Agency that changed the world. At 1 0015 eastern, the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980. At 2 15 p. M. Sidney blumenthal, the political life of Abraham Lincoln 1849 to 1856. And at 3 15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his familys quest to bring him home. Watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2s book tv. Next, the Inspector General for the Transportation Department gives an update on the federal aviation administrations nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellitebased air Traffic Control system. Other topics include whether the air Traffic Control system should be partially private advertised. Congressman bill shuster cha
Thusburg maryland book festival. Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, not the cleaver family. At 10 35, Melvin Goodman author of whistleblower of the kraimt yts author Sharon Weinberger at 12 15 p. M. Discussion her book the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the Pentagon Agency that changed the world. At 1 0015 eastern, the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980. At 2 15 p. M. Sidney blumenthal, the political life of Abraham Lincoln 1849 to 1856. And at 3 15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his familys quest to bring him home. Watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2s book tv. Next, the Inspector General for the Transportation Department gives an update on the federal aviation administrations nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellitebased air Traffic Control system. Other topics include whether the air Traffic Control system should be partially private advertised. Congressman bill shuster cha
Sunday on American History tv on cspan3. Working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. Transportation secretary elaine chao was on capitol hill today to talk about the administrations 1 trillion infrastructure plan, which would airportsways, produce and transit projects over a 10 year period. The Public Works Committee hearing runs for two hours. Or all this hearing to order and we are calling for the honorable elaine chao to testify on our nations infrastructure need. Welcome to the committee. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has always taken the lead on infrastructure issues in the senate. Committeesed, other infrastructure proposals will increase funding and provide streamlining requirements for the construction of pipelines, rail, housing and large urban projects of various kinds that maybe privately financed through publicprivate partnerships to name a few of the issues. However, our highways, roads and bridges should be a central compo
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World great independent bookstores and supports local jobs. I have a bag full over there myself. If you know this program, please buy books today. Our author this afternoon is Sharon Weinberger in the book is the imagineers of war the untold story of darpa this is sharons third book and also her third what i will call long form exploration of the practices of defense. She began her career as a defense analysts and became a journalist and author shifting her eye inward in which she has been working and she is now the executive editor on foreignpolicy that you confine on foreignpolicy. Com. The advanced Research Project agency has a pretty solid reputation especially for those who know its background especially like the birth of the background, but sharons book digs deeper exploring darpa from its birth to the present and some of its less successful work including Research Funded related atmospheric belt of radiation to deter Nuclear Weapons, counterinsurgency practices in vietnam and su