Artifacts reveal. Located in surry virginia, Bacons Castle is the oldest built dwelling in the u. S. Occupied by nathaniel bacons supporters. Built in 1665, we learned about the structure and some of the virginians who called it home. My name is jennifer hurstwender. I am the director of museum operations. This is Bacons Castle in surry virginia. It is one of preservation virginias historic sites. We are the oldest built dwelling in north america. The house boasts a rare architectural style. There are only three examples of this style of architecture in the western hemisphere. The other two are in barbados. This is the only one in the united states. We are in the tower. This room would have been directly above where you would have entered into Bacons Castle in 1665 until the 1864 aedddition was built and it was moved. It is a fantastic view of why this house is in this style of architecture. You can see these flemish cables. Gables. You can see the triple stack chimney. They are on a d
Supporting us. The service of american men and women in our country has been made possible by the bipartisan support of the congress of the United States. On behalf of our parliament and people, i salute and thank you. It has always been a pleasure to receive the congress men and women during your trips to afghanistan. Please do come again and again. And if you are in service, please come in your proud uniforms. I have a unique opportunity that when senator graham was just as a colonel, i asked him to salute our british general and he complied. So thank you. Veterans will always be welcomed in afghanistan. Our deepest hope is that the time will come when americans visiting our country, see the Cultural Heritage and natural riches of the valley the ancient architecture the fishing streams, the forests and the ancient architecture of another. Not as soldiers but as parents showing their children the beautiful country where they served in the war that defeated terror. On behalf of my enti
These things take time because we work with indigenous forces. We are using Iraqi Security forces to conduct the ground operations. As you pointed out, we have also said that you cannot do this with just power alone, and has to be a complement of fires and maneuver forces on the ground. Our approach is to generate those forces by training and equipping Iraqi Security forces. We are as we have halted isils advance into iraq we started the business of training and equipping new Iraqi Security forces so that they will have the ability to train and take back their borders and secure their sovereign spaces. Roger wicker is there any prospect of saudi forces being there in numbers that will be significant . Uae, jordanian forces, to have a police force and not much else. General austin they all have some capability. Not all of them have volunteered to come forward and put boots on the ground in iraq. Iraq needs to want to be able to take that on and take those forces in, but this point, as y
Back to your calls on the issue of iran. Can the u. S. Trust the country as we try to hammer out a deal . Tuesday is the deadline. Paul from indiana, good morning. Caller the president of the United States, inept amateurish. He is a liar and a coward. Why should anybody believe anything that comes out of his mouth . He has lied over and over again. I lived on the southside of chicago. I worked for him. I cannot believe what im seeing with him. This is the most unbelievable regime i have ever seen. Host when you say you work for him, what do you mean . Caller i went door to door to get him elected to the senate. He live to our faces. Host how so . Caller he told us he was against gay marriage. He said he was not going to do anything on health care he said he was not going to do a total overtake and he did. Host ok. Measure passed by the house. A significant change in the tone of the health care debate. A photograph of john boehner and nancy pelosi who were able to hammer out a deal. 37
Back. The communicators. Nmed [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] visit ncicap. Org] guest good morning. We are welcoming you here today to talk about the president plus commission on Election Commission which a little over a year ago issued recommendations, and here we will talk about progress being made and where to go from here. My role is very simple, to introduce the commissioners and quickly introduce and then turp it over to them. Turn it over to them. Thank you. This past year, you have actually been and honor privilege and pleasure to work with bob and nate and all the pleasure to come up with our series of recommendations and best practices. The truth of course is that bob and i have battled over many very partisan battles over more years than bob cares to admit. And it really was a tremendous opportunity for us to be able to come together over these issues. Because republicans and democrats agree th