[background noises] hello. Welcome to housing works bookstore cafe. Im melissa ragsdale, and before we get started can i have a round of applause for anyone who was never ever been to this bookstore before [applause] thats great. That gives us the opportunity to tell us about the work we do here at housing. It works as a Healing Community of living with and affected by hiv and aids. Our mission is to end the dual crisis of hopelessness and eight through advocacy, provision of lifesaving services and entrepreneurial businesses to sustain our efforts. What that means is that everything you see here in the picture, all the books, music, movies have been donated to us and the proceeds go to housing, healthcare, advocacy, job training and other lifesaving services that is needed. That means every time you buy a book or appear here you are doing a good deed and i would encourage you to do as many of those goodies as possible. You will see there is a bar here to my left and a cafe on my right
Reagan biography and this is as good as i see. It is an easy read it i enjoyed the book you learn all lot not just about Newt Gingrich but the tide of politics. So we still have the saying that the file cabinet with four doors the first through third were newts it is in the fourth tour was his good idea is. That the party was moving out of ideas. Especially introduced to the Republican Party like corruption that is a permanent part of the Republican Party also which was the day picture before that. Also. You average kid widely on that. The contract with america was portrayed as principals. Many ways the contract with the referendum with bill clinton. And in that context could be decisively. To dave delaware portray the substantive nuance reading to replace the people in power. That was not conventionally conservative. He called himself a conservative but not really. Right team in 1974 advocating reagan challenge the incumbent president ford in the primaries. It is a visionary at the ti
[inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order we will have testimony from the secretary treasury on domestic and International Policy issues thank you for attending today. This is the first hearing since being sworn in as treasury secretary in february in record to our discussion many of these priorities ball to the jurisdiction of the department including Housing Finance reform to encourage a healthier economy. We look forward to working with you and your staff to improve the lives of americans Housing Finance reform is most significant piece of Unfinished Business following the crisis and it is important to build bipartisan support we received a hearing last week that it we were advised Congress Needs to iraq to determine the future of housing of finance reform by the conservatorship is unsustainable mainly gse having zero capital taxpayers on the hook for losses in the government taking all risks. The number of groups that receive proposals for reform in recent months inc
Welcome, everyone. Welcome to the Space Gallery here at the museum of flight. My name is jeff nod, adjunct curator here at the museum. Our president and ceo of doug king sends his regards and his regrets. Hes unfortunately unable to be here tonight as he has taken ill. I would like to begin by thanking our special featured speaker this evening. Our special guest Eric Lindberg and dave maurer. [applause] the team from cspan books will be recording this evenings event and conversation for later viewing. We have fabulous even in store as part of the museums orbit around october. Its a series of space focused events throughout the month leading up to her threeday space best, which will be happening from november 3rd through 5th. This years space best esteemed ladies who launch and features three days of women led talks, activities and panels all about space. For a complete listing of the orbit around october events come i encourage you to take a look at the insert in the space you should h
The openair auctions and his cousin said he would strike a blow against slavery. Lincoln, when he he was a state legislator in illinois which, im from illinois, was the most racist statement in the north at the time. Lincoln is a state legislator in the 1930s. He proposed in the Illinois State legislator a bill for emancipation in the district of columbia. That was the most forward thinking thing that you could do at the time. While its true that he evolved that he grew, he deepened, his thoughts in response to events and circumstances and reading in his own experiences, he was always antislavery. In slavery. In 1858, before he was president and his house divided, in his house divided speech, he said he is determined to put slavery on the course of ultimate distinction. Began in 1854 with his speeches in springfield and peoria and theyre very explicit about slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong lincoln was also a politician. He had very difficult circumstances. He. He had