All information. Representative ilhan omar, democrat of community, has a new becomebook out called. This is what america looks like. Thank you nor janing us. Two characters in your become, baba and abe. Who are the. Guest any grandfather and father. Abe is the word we use for dad in somali. And baba is the traditional word used in the middle east for father. And since i was born in his house, thats what his children called him and we continue to call him that as well. So, they were both father figures to me and so i continue to call them abe and baba. Host what were the first eight or so years or your life like . Guest peaceful. I had a really enjoyable childhood. I grew up in a household where we had not just my siblings and my father but my extend family lived with us, my uncles and my aunties and grandfather. My greatgrandmother was always around. And so it was a very loving environment. I was raised by educators and so education was a huge part of our life and we all loved learning
Tonights program has been a long time in coming. David was originally scheduled to be here in february, but was grounded byebye bad weather. Kansas city library programming, its the latest in our series with the u. S. Army command of general staff in ft. Leavenworth. But it also comes in the middle of the librarys partnership from january through may with the eisenhower president ial library and foundation in abilene. And its on the Dwight Eisenhower exhibit thats up on the second floor gallery. We had a series of programs running on Dwight Eisenhower. The next one is next wednesday. Tonight we focus on icen how are and George Marshall. The army chief of staff who targeted ike for advancement as a military officer, keen eye for talent. Among others with ike, he spied george patent and omar bradley. And he became one of ikes primary mentors as the army chief of staff from 1939 to 1945. Marshall, of course, went onto become the secretary of state and win a Nobel Peace Prize. David mills
With the u. S. Army command general Staff College in for the eleven worth on marking 75 years since world war ii. It also comes in the middle of the librarys partnership from january through may with the eisenhower president ial Library Foundation in ablene. And its on the Dwight Eisenhower exhibit up on the second floor art gallery here at the library, the mountain gallery. And we have a series of programs running on Dwight Eisenhower through may. Next one of those, in fact, is next wednesday. Tonight we focus on eisenhower and George Marshall. The army chief of staff who targeted ike for advancement as a military officer, keen eye for talent, because among others, with ike, you know, he spied george patton. He spied omar bradley and he became one of ikes primary mentors as the army chief of staff from 1939 to 1945. Marshall of course went on to become the secretary of state and win a noble peace prize. David mills assistant of military history and has phd in history from north Dakota
This happens to be kind of a happy confluence of Kansas City Public Library programming. Its the latest in our series with the u. S. Army command and general Staff College in Fort Leavenworth on marking 75 years since world war ii, but it also comes in the middle of the librarys partnership, and its from january through may with the eisenhower president ial library and foundation in abilene, and its on the Dwight Eisenhower exhibit. We have a series of programs running on Dwight Eisenhower in may. The next one of those is in fact is next wednesday. Tonight, we focus on eisenhower and George Marshall. The chief the army chief of staff who targeted ike for advancement as a military officer, keen eye for talent. Spy george patton, spied omar bradley, and he became one of ikes chief mentors from 1939 to 1945. Marshall, of course, went on to become secretary of state and win a Nobel Peace Prize. David mills is an assistant professor of military history at the command and general Staff Colle
Were honored to have the full Committee Chairman with us this morning and i expect senator blumenthal the Ranking Member to join us momentarily. As chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over amateur athletics i welcome all of you to todays hearing, it is entitled name, image, likeness of athletic compensation. The expectation or hope that we might limit ourselves to the type of conversation but have no control over my colleagues or necessarily what the witnesses will say that may take us broader in scope. I absolutely look forward to hearing from her witnesses and im appreciative of all l of thm in the university of kansas, the president of Athletic Association and the big 12 and two former student athletes. In my home state we have a rich history of College Enter College Athletics, university of kansas one in the womens soccer team one the 12to title last in my hometown of manhattan, phil snyder revolutionized College Football at Kansas State University and the legacy continu