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We are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of misses Barbara Barrett to be secretary of the air force. And Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Standard questions, whether you like it or not. You have to answer audibly so it can be heard. Do you adhere to the laws regarding conflict of interest . Yes sir. Staffl you ensure your complies with questions . Yes, senator. Will you provide witnesses in response to congressional requests . Will they be protected from testimony . Yes, senator. Are you under taking actions which would appear to have presumed the outcome of the confirmation process . No, senator. I really believe we are in the most dangerous situation we have been in in this world in my lifetime. Thought id say i would look back wistfully at the days of the cold war, i would say things are bad. Problems. Rious we have a National Defense strategy. I cant believe that. This is kind of unique. Total agreement. We are locked into that. They are catc
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Carolina. To learn more about the cities on our 2015 to her, visited cspan. Org cities to her. We continue now with our look at the history of greensboro. This is American History tv on cspan3. Today we are the greensboro historical museum. This is exhibit called the murphy confederate long arms collection. This collection was loaned to the museum, and then bequeath to the museum on dr. Murphys death in 2003. John and Isabel Murphy were a couple married, and john was a particular collector of confederate long arms. He was born in washington, d. C. , and attended school in virginia, said he was a southerner. He enrolled in the navy and served as a doctor for 20 years before retiring. He assembled an outstanding collection, one of its kind of confederate long arms. By that, i mean rifles muskets shotguns, and carbines made in the south for confederate soldiers. His interest in the civil war talking to his maternal grandfather and some great uncles, and the fact that his maternal grandfat