As part of her summer series. Tonight you will hear from five of the last six men who have sat in the oval office. Now the practice of president s books, began with Thomas Jeffersons memoir in 1821. Eighteen president s since have written books prior to the 20th century, president ial memoirs were rare and Ulysses S Grant and mark was an exception since then, it is taken off since the 1950s. First of this evening, is one of our most prolific residents turned author. Jimmy carter. He is the author of 25 books including publicpolicy books, Foreign Policy books, a novel, and he is also written a Childrens Book which was illustrated by his daughter amy. In 2010, president carter appeared on book tv afterwards program where he discussed his white house diaries that he kept while he was in office from 1977 1981. Heres president carter being interviewed by president ial historian. Welcome to washington dc. It is wonderful to see you. I was wondering you fly in here, and you go over all of the
Away here in iowa, and half a century ago. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff spending fights in states across the country are heating up over this long fourth of july holiday period, and none hotter than in new jersey. This was day three of a State Government shutdown with republican governor Chris Christie and democratic lawmakers at odds over a budget. Christie drew fire sunday for using the governors official residence at one of new jerseys public beaches that are now closed to the public. He has a place to go, so as long as h
President can decide. Amy its caucus day in iowa one of the whitest states in the country. The first nominating contest in the president ial race. Can Bernie Sanders upset Hillary Clinton . The republicans are caucusing as well. The bottom line is, we are one to make our country great again im ok . Caucus. Ut on monday, rivals . L Donald Trumps how will marcorubio fair . We will speak with wayne ford who is backing clinton, and i with radio host ed fallon who has just endorsed Bernie Sanders. Hugh espey of iowa citizens for Community Improvement will help demystify the iowa caucus system, and we will speak to writer jeff biggers about the undercovered issuses in iowa. Up. Of that and more coming welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The road to the white house begins an hour tonight. Voters will gather at 8 00 eastern time to select their p. M. Picks for the democratic and republican nomination. Polls show tight races on both sides. Rep
President can decide. Amy its caucus day in iowa one of the whitest states in the country. The first nominating contest in the president ial race. Can Bernie Sanders upset Hillary Clinton . The republicans are caucusing as well. The bottom line is, we are one to make our country great again im ok . Caucus. Ut on monday, rivals . L Donald Trumps how will marcorubio fair . We will speak with wayne ford who is backing clinton, and i with radio host ed fallon who has just endorsed Bernie Sanders. Hugh espey of iowa citizens for Community Improvement will help demystify the iowa caucus system, and we will speak to writer jeff biggers about the undercovered issuses in iowa. Up. Of that and more coming welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The road to the white house begins an hour tonight. Voters will gather at 8 00 eastern time to select their p. M. Picks for the democratic and republican nomination. Polls show tight races on both sides. Rep
Other contractors evaluate the completeness of the investigations . Are these from the same company . I can answer the second part, but opm is better suited to answer the first part because they have that contract, and, yes, contractors perform Background Investigations, and, yes, contractors perform quality reviews on these investigations, but only Government Employees make a determination as to whether to grant security clearance to someone. So but my question is is it the same company that is validating the work of their colleagues doing the investigations . Is that correct . Id have to defer to opm. Yeah. No. The companies that are doing the investigations have an obligation under the contract to also do a quality review, but then we do another quality review, and the purpose of their quality review is we would like them to catch errors before the file gets to us, but we do a quality review as well. So opm is the final validating of the completeness of the investigation . Not to so