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About your book, with something you wrote toward the end of your book, which i think is jumping off for your book, he right, i tell everyone the hardest job is to eulogize the life of someone who did nothing. My friends, is harder still to eulogize the lifeblood of the country who did nothing and then you say i beg of you, give me something to work with when your time comes and im standing before your family as they prepare to take me to god, let there be something worthy, something of merit you did for your fellow man that helped lift them. The name of your book is rise up, talk more about that, why it is imperative for people to give folks like you and the rest of us something to eulogize, to look up to. I think the definition of ones existence is what they do in life, at the end of life, the only thing that will matter is what you did beyond your own particular making and living and having material things. What was the value of your existence . Did it change anything, did it continu ....
I have a public plan, and as one whose heart has ached for the past eight years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. [applause] greta it was 1972, 2 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few months later, he would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. The contenders. The candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us from there is president ial author scott farris. Acceptance speech in miami. Why . Scott thank you, greta. Of the structure of the Mcgovern Campaign. Against the establishment. Senator mcgovern, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me to writing ....
Culture. We look at exhibits and artifacts chronicling the africanamerican story from slavery through the inauguration of the first africanamerican president. And we talk to Museum Specialists. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. You are looking at the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture on the mall in washington, d. C. It is the newest Smithsonian Museum opening back in september. And this week it welcomed its 1 millionth visitor through these doors. Tonight we will take you through the doors of this museum that for artifacts that chronicled the africanamerican experience and also telling a shared american story. Well be live for the next 2. 5 hours. In about 40 minutes ....
Good morning. Today we are going to vote on senator sessions nomination to serve as attorney general. After we look on senator sessions, we will turn to legislation and other committee housekeeping business on the agenda. I would like to mention a few things before we proceed. Except for the Ranking Member, i will ask everyone to try to limit the remarks to five minutes. That is how i handle lynchs nomination and by my count, every democrat on this committee except for two that i know about, has already announced that the intent to oppose the nomination so there is no mystery how this thing may go today. As far as the final vote is concerned. With everyones cooperation we should be able to move forward in an orderly way. Three weeks ago senator sessions testified before this committee. For more than 10 hours. Throughout that testimony, the American People had the opportunity ....
Good morning. Today we are going to vote on senator sessions nomination to serve as attorney general. After we look on senator sessions, we will turn to legislation and other committee housekeeping business on the agenda. I would like to mention a few things before we proceed. Except for the Ranking Member, i will ask everyone to try to limit the remarks to five minutes. That is how i handle lynchs nomination and by my count, every democrat on this committee except for two that i know about, has already announced that the intent to oppose the nomination so there is no mystery how this thing may go today. As far as the final vote is concerned. With everyones cooperation we should be able to move forward in an orderly way. Three weeks ago senator sessions testified before this committee. For more than 10 hours. Throughout that testimony, the American People had the opportunity ....