america s missing home from the vietnam war. here s the book. we are delighted to have you with us to talk about it and welcome to the washington history seminar. it s fortunate to have chris mcdermott from the department of defense with us as a commentator. welcome to you as well chris. i am christian ostermann and i direct the wilson center history program and i m delighted to be cochairing this seminar and as always which eric garner from george washington university. today, eric will introduce our speaker and moderate the discussion . as many of you regular viewers know, the washington history seminar is a collaborative decade-long effort of our two organizations, the wilson centers story and public policy program , international history center of the historical association. prior to the pandemic we met on a weekly basis at the wilson center. now we are pleased to come to you via zoom and facebook. behind the scenes there are individuals who help produce this event, peter
a new book by gw professor wegner what remains bringing america s missing home from the war. here is the book. delighted to have you with us. congratulations and welcome to the washington history seminar. we are also very fortunate to have chris mcdermitt from the department today with us as a common tenter. welcome to you as well, chris. i am delighted to be cochairing this seminar, as always. the national history center. today, eric will introduce our speaker and moderate the discussion. as many of you regular viewers know, the washington history seminar is a collaborative decade-long effort of our two organizations. international history center of the association. prior to the pandemic, we met on a weekly basis. now we are very pleased to come to you via zoom and facebook. behind the scenes there are two individuals that helped produce this event. rachel with the national history center. even in this zoom only era, staging this event is labor-intensive. let me ask for your
to make sure that we make the right investments. thank you all for being here. i m glad to be here to announce the grand opening of the division circle navigation center. clear cheer [applause] [cheering] this navigation center will help so many people transition off the streets into this place, into permanent housing. the opening today is a result of a collaborative effort between the city, the state partners like our assembly member phil tang and cal trans. we are working together to help address this homeless crisis. many of you know my top priority as mayor is to make sure that we re moving our homeless population out of tents, off the streets and into permanent housing. navigation centers go beyond the traditional shelters by allowing individuals to bring their partners, their pets, their belongings with them, which are often barriers to getting into our shelters. once they are there, the centers provide the care and services that people need. health care. services aroun
subcommittee will come to order. the chairs authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. members of the full committee who are not members of the subcommittee on terrorism may participate in today s hearing. all members will have five minutes to submit extraneous materials for inclusion in the record. this hearing is titled the exploitation of cultural property, examining illegal activity and antiquities and art trade. now recognize myself or two minutes to give an opening statement. most of the statement will be presented into the record but to talk about the nature of the sale of historical artifacts, archaeological artifacts, the isis groups are now destroying entire cultural properties and putting them on the market for sale, many times the money goes into terrorism. that is what we are here to discuss today. the rest of my statement will be just printed into the record and with that i will yield two minutes to the gentleman from colorado. thanks, m
him because i had it done through my work at national geographic and the smithsonian and writing for the new york times had read a lot of stories about the civil war. i was amazed to find he was not a prominent figure. former wall street journal writer and editor george malone describes the paper s role in shaping america and is interviewed by financial times columnist and associate editor. the journal supported the federal exchange act, again, with the idea this will stabilize money. and at that point, local banks could issue money against gold supposedly. well, it created a national currency, the journal reported that. but then in the 1920 s it began to have second thoughts. [laughter] announcer: for more on the schedule, go to book tv.org. announcer: the center for immigration studies held a discussion on the court backlog of immigration cases. former immigration judge it talks about the increase in the number of cases and this is about an hour and 20 minutes. good m