Captioning performed by vitac seeds that bear ill fruit. Because on january 11th, against the advice of his staff, he sends a message to his core commanders and basically says you advised me to retreat. Please publicly say so. Put it in writing. We had a conference about it. You told me about it. Put it in writing and let us stand together against the news coming from the press. But he also says something else. He says if i find that i have lost the good faith and confidence of my generals, i will retire without a murmur. And please talk to your division and brigade commanders as well and get their opinions as well. If you are a ceo and you put yourself in front of your subordinates for a referendum on your fitness for leadership, even if you win, that vote of confidence you can never command the same respect, okay . This is a capital error on the part of brag. The replies are very quickly coming. Polk is on leave. Hes got a couple of lawyers and they take a look at this and say is bra
Albany. He spent his career preserving military history with the National Park service, new york state government. Rensselaer. Civil War Preservation trust. Kentucky state parks and u. S. Arm. Hes written books on various aspects of military leadership from 1775 to the present. Published to books with the civil war at perryville and stone river and Tullahoma Campaigns and studied the 1941 and 42 entitled last day in bataan released in 2016. In september of 2016 the arm published his volume on virginia campaigns as part of the series on the civil war. Last year at this event friday night i bought this book and i spent all night reading it. Highly recommended. Last about chris he is a great researcher, he knows an amazing amount of almost anything military, havent writer and, most importantly he is a really good guy who will share anything with you which i think is the most important thing. He is also getting ready to get married. So without further ado, chris kolakowski. [applause] good
Its spectacular. Its my real pleasure to introduce the next speaker. He is somebody you already know. You have heard him speak somewhere or on tv. He was born and raised in fredericksburg. He spent his career interpreting and preserving American Military history with the National Park service, the new york state government, Rensselaer County historical society, the Civil War Preservation trust, kentucky state parks and the u. S. Army. Do you think he is qualified to speak . He has written and spoken on various aspects of military history and leadership from 1775 to the present. He has published two books with the history press, the civil war at perryville and the Tullahoma Campaigns, and contributing to the emerging civil war bulldog and studied the 19411942 campaign released in late 2016. In september 2016, the u. S. Army published his volumes on the 1862 virginia campaigns as part of its series on the civil war. Last year at this event on friday night, i bought this book and by satur
oversight, management, and accountability willl now come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any time. want to start by thanking everyone for joining us today. we heard to discussod the topic that is becoming all too familiar to many of us in every part of this nation, that is domestic terrorism. when the hostage situation in a synagogue in colleyville, texas, only this year to the radically motivated shooting at a grocery store in buffalo, new york, to just last month, many, many attacks that devastated our community throughout the country. in response the sect of homeland security was launched a new urgent review to assess the department s capabilities to address this rising threat. we are here today to discuss one of those capabilities in depth. a key piece of the department of homeland security s toolbox has been the targeted violence and terrorism prevention grant program. or tvtp. since 2011, the department has id
year, to the radically motivated shooting at a grocery store and buffalo, new york, to just last month, many, many attacks that have devastated our community across the country. responses (for public security from state urgent review and assess the department s capability to address this rising threat. we are here today to discuss one of those capabilities in depth. department of public security toolbox, have been the targeted violence and terrorism prevention grant program since 2011 the department has identified the need to partner with local communities to address the growing domestic terrorism threat. on 2016, dhs launched a countering violent extremism grant program, a predecessor to current program. however, weak management of that early program undermined homeland security s ability to determine the effectiveness of the funding and concerns about the inherent anti- muslim bias in some of that funded projects eroded trust with minority communities. local community leade