In we woke, oklahoma, to learn the story of the western tribe. Hello. My name is Louis Johnson and i am with the seminole nation of oklahoma. We are here at the Seminole Nation Museum located in the , capital of the seminole nation of oklahoma wewoka, oklahoma. What we have here today are different exhibits that portray the history of the people. As a people, before we were separated from our homes from , our original homes in florida. I am actually the twin chief. I am the assistant chief. Of the seminole nation of oklahoma. I came into office in 213. My 219, and im in second term. I have two more years to fulfill my term. Of over 500 native tribes in america, the seminoles are a tribe of people of interest. Part of that interest is the defiance the seminole put up during the conflicts and earlier history. To not be defeated. The only tribe in American History to Never Surrender when there was a war being fought against them. Would Never Surrender to the United States north side offic
Smithsonian associates. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy Fighter Weapons program. We are thrilled to welcome the programs founder, dan pedersen. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys legendary Top Gun Program at miramar in march 1969. He served in combat during the vietnam war with the flying crews on uss hancock and three on uss enterprise. He retired as a captain having accumulated 6,100 flight hours and 105 carrier landings while flying 39 types of aircraft. For those of how know pedersens story from the 1986 movie top gun youll be happy to know that jerry brook heimer is producing top gun maverick a sequel scheduled to be released in 2020. Pedersens book top gun is available for purchase and signing following this conversation. And here
Good evening. I am Lauren Rosenberg with the smithsonian associates. I would like to welcome you to this program. Its your support that makes events like this possible. If you are joining for the first time, and equally warm welcome and invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer. Now is your perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything that may make noise. This patch this past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy fighter weapon program. We welcome the programs founder, dan patterson. He formed he served in combat during the vietnam war on the uss hancock and three on the uss enterprise. He retired as a captain, having accumulated 6100 flight hours and 1000 flight carrier landings with 39 different types of aircraft. For those of you who know his story from the 1986 movie top gun, Jerry Bruckheimer is producing a sequel in 2020. His book is available for purchase and signing. Here to keep the conversation going is larry burke, curator of us Naval Av
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Good morning. Thank you all for joining us whether youre here with us in person and youre watching on our webcast or watching on c span. Im john valant at the Ground Center on education policy and were here today to talk about education policy and the 2020 election. As you all know education doesnt always grab headlines and that is certainly the case this time around two and that being said, there are consequential issues and big policy ideas that are being talked about as part of these campaign and to help us make sense of whats going on we have a group of panelist with us today already, arne duncan served as secretary of education from 2009 to 2015. I believe he was the ninth secretary and the department history. Hes a managing partner and a nonresidency and dr. John king served as the secretary of education from 2016 till 2017. And doctor king is the president and ceo of the education trust. To help guide our discussion we have alison klein, the assisting editor for education. Her c