The modern world. What i found even more telling was how things are invented. How invention itself is encouraged and nurtured. At least how it has been encouraged and nurtured in this country in the past. Its easy to say, as i do in my book, that we are a nation of tinkerers. We americans like to think of ourselves as natural adventurers, risktakers, entrepreneurs. But what does that mean exactly. . I am a believer in american exceptionalism. But as marines like to say, it has to be earned, never given. How did we earn it . How did we do what we did and . And how could we get back to doing it right . As the first nation to exist wholly in the modern age, United States has also insisted when timeed wholly in that making things when we were extracting them from the earth. We invented almost everything about america. We have constantly reinvented almost everything as we deemed it necessary, including our institutions, our customs, our laws. Above all, our definition of who is american and
1776. Just so you know, todays the last day weve extended our museum hours to 7 00 p. M. The parchment sheet on display upstairs, though now much faded, is the original official version of the declaration of independence. Many versions have since have been made since Congress Approved it. Most notably the dunlap broadside printed on paper on the night of july 4th, 1776 and several facsimile reproductions made in the early 1800s. Today, with the copy of the declaration of independence, recently uncovered bu our two guests, Danielle Allen and emily sneff. This parchment document, the sussex declaration, is the same size as the original declaration on display in the ro dotunda an dates from 1780s. A notable feature of the sussex declaration is the arrangement of the signatures. Theyre not arranged by state delegation as they are on our declaration, and other early versions and danielle and emily will give us their theories on what this new arrangement thmay mean. Before we turn the stage
It was the first of 13. At that dedication he articulated his vision, which has guided my entire agency from its early days. Ofbring together the records the past and house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of women and then in the future. The nation must believe in the above all,uture, and believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment to create their own future. Collecting, protecting, and encouraging the use of records of our country has been our use from the beginning. We are proud to open government focus on transparency has resulted in an unprecedented level of access to previously classified material. The december 2009 executive order which created the National Declassification Center at the archives, the mandate to review by 2013 for declassification a backlog of 352 million pages dating back to world war i. The six oldest records were world war i formulas for invisible ink, declassified by the cia. Th
Our website, cspan history. The next president making appointments to the Supreme Court will be president donald trump. With Hillary Clinton white house, the rest of the world they have forget looked up to the United States of america. Cspan continues with the Vice President ial debate between governor mike pence and senator , beginning at 7 30 p. M. Eastern with a preview of the debate. 8 30, the predebate briefing for the audience. At 9 00, live coverage of the debate followed by your reaction. The 2016 Vice President ial debate. Watch liveon cspan, and anytime ondemand at cspan. Org, and listen live on the free cspan radio app. Each week until the 2016 election, road to the white house rewind brings you coverage of past residential races. Next, a Vice President ial debate from 1980 between dan quayle and Lloyd Bentsen. Questions from panelists. The republican ticket of incumbent Vice President bush and dan quayle defeated democrats Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen in the general el
One thing that we are seeing in terms of the 72hour detention. Some of the folks have been taken to buses so they can be sent to the other facilities. But the numbers are so overwhelming that the bus stations are closing because theres not enough buses. Some of the local nonprofits are having to take care of some of those families. My question is, what federal Grant Programs are there that we can tap into on an urgent basis so these nonprofits working alongside cbp and dhs down there can work with . I know we had a terrific volunteer effort. I know the red cross has really stepped up as well as a number of texasbased volunteer organizations have done a heroic job. In terms of grant making, id have to take a closer look at that to see what might be available. Perhaps administrator fugate has thoughts. Id have a take a closer look at it. We can work with your offi. C. E. On those few points. I want to thank you, mr. Vitiello and agents at border customs and patrol. I have witnessed first