As president , but warning against taking them out on an arbitrary time line next year. The president announcing today that he would keep nearly 10,000 troops in the region until october 2016 and then cut back to 5,500 in early 2017. In a statement the majority leader said the decision to reduce troop numbers should be left to the next president. You can read more here at the washington examiner. Weve heard from the chair of the Armed Services committee, who released a statement saying given the troubling conditions on the ground in afghanistan and the other Security Problems in the region keeping 9,800 troops through at least 2016 is necessary for our security interests. You can also hear the president s announcement for yourself in its entirety and well have it at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time over on cspan. Known as the city of good neighborhoods, this weekend our cspan cities tour joined by Time Warner Cable explores the history and literary life of buffalo wrarks new york, on become tv
Revolutionary found it to their advantage to be on the side of the people at the beginning. But once victory was secured they did not hesitate to turn their guns on the people. From our own bitter experience people on the chinese mainland have come to realize. This is a living example which should be studied carefully by all latin america countries because of a lesson that can be derived from it. 100 years ago a great cuban liberator jose marte wrote, among the dreams of man there is one that is most beautiful. To overcome the darkness. Perhaps one day cuba will overcome the darkness and truly know freedom and peace. American history tv airs all weekend every weekend on cspan3. In prime time on week nights when congress is in recess. We cover all periods of American History and a wide diversity of topics. At our website cspan. Org history you can watch all of our programs. Find our tv schedule, see youtube clips of upcoming shows and connect with us on twitter and facebook. This is Ame
Oral history with mr. Bond where he remembers growing up in the segregated south. His involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in his later political career. This is one of several oral histories with Africanamerican Community leaders we feature in the coming weeks. They were conducted by the university of virginias explorations in black leadership project. Thats sunday, october 25, at 10 00 a. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Every weekend the cspan Networks Feature specials on politics and history. Editorial cartoonists describe their experiences covering the george w. Bush administration. And sunday afternoon at 4 45, an event honoring the life and political career of former british Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on what would have been her 90th birthday. And on saturday at 11 00 a. M. , the texas book festival, featuring h. W. Brand and his latest book on president reagan. Harriet washington and her book on how we can catch mental illness. A
Each week american artifacts takes you to museums and Historic Places to learn what artifacts reveal about American History. In sanford virginia the Culture Museum tells the story of early american migrants from europe. We visit original houses from england, ireland and germany relocated to the museum. Interpreters describe daily life. We ask what would have motivated the europeans to migrate to america and what belongings they might have brought with them. We will also see it in American Farm and discover similarities and differences with farms in europe. This is the first of a twopart series on the frontier Culture Museum. We are a Living History Museum with a mission focus on education. Our objective here is teach people how a unique folk culture was created through blending european, african, and indigenous cultures. Today we will start on the old world side and we will see the english farm, the irish farm, and the german farm. And then we will see the 1740s American Farm settlemen
Good evening, everyone. This is where you say good evening back. That is good. I want to thank you for joining us this evening. I am the president of George Washington mount vernon. It is my pleasure to welcome you for this installment, we are honored to have flora fraser with us this evening, she will discuss her book the washingtons, george and martha joined by french yet, crowned by love. Is a fullscale portraits of the marriage of the father and mother of our country and of the struggle for independence that he lead. Already the book has been hailed as a major work on American History, an important contribution to understanding the julies, complexitie , comp, intricacies of the union, this bill is the anniversary of the lecture series. [applause] how about that . [applause] established in 2006, the eighteenth region of the mount vernon ladies association. Gay and her husband stanley are with us, many of you know gay well but i would like you to ask you to stand and be recognized. [