A last way to think about this is name a monument that has changed the world. A few. Name a monument that has moved you to tears. Think about it, though. My answer is one down the street. As a historian you just finished, right . Im sorrsorry. Sorry, sorry. I would just like to say despite the numbers game and the allusion to a newschannel that shall not be named, i do believe in the power of historians. I do believe we need to speak up and speak out. We need to be writing at our local and state levels as well as national levels. And it takes historians to be a little more proactive, not just wait to be invited. And so thats why ive been speaking out, and i think that more historians ought to be doing that. And thank you. If you google karens name and Washington Post and one or two words, youll get that plea. That would be the one or two words . The piece i dont know if that was that or the New York Times. The New York Times. The New York Times. Oh, that was the cnn piece where i said
Since the 1930s to honor the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. And this year we have a special opportunity to hear from an extraordinary speaker. And in introducing him i would like to repeat something that he said at the First National Republican Convention that he attended as a young man in 1884. He was part of a reform wing of the Republican Party, and they had an insurgent candidate to be temporary chair of the convention, taking on the candidacy of the Republican National committee. That candidate happened to be the africanamerican congressman from mississippi, john r. Lynch. Here is some of what our speaker said. It is now less than a quarter of a century since in this city, chicago, the Great Republican Party organized for victory and nominated Abraham Lincoln of illinois who broke the fetors of the slaves and rant them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this convention one of that race whose right to sit within these walls is due to the bl
And we will be talking politics. Will you be doing it during this thanksgiving holiday . All coming up on washington journal. You can send us a tweet. Good morning. We begin with afghanistan. American troops on the ground in what has become americas longest war. Joining us live is brig. Gen. William graham. Thank you for being with us on this holiday. Thanks for having us. Happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers. Host he is joining us via skype. So there is a little bit of a delay. Lets begin with what is americas longest war. From your standpoint what are some of the Biggest Challenges on the ground . Guest in just a minute and we will get that out of the way. This is my second tour in afghanistan and what i will noisywith you as another helicopter flies past is that there is optimism here with the Afghan People. The new u. S. Policy and its our nato allies is playing well with afghanistan. There is true optimism here. By someed here today amazing american patriots. You guys ha
Tonight, a ceremony honoring former secretary of state and former senator john kerry. President obama and massachusetts senators elizabeth born in Edward Markey pay tribute. Heres a preview. Senator warren think about where we are. As any who follow the news and friendly those who do not, it is deeply worrying about the dangers around the globe a Nuclear Showdown with north korea, destruction of the deal that has prevented iran from already developing a nuclear weapon, russian interference in u. S. Elections, the growing andr of china, neverending war in afghanistan, and on and on and on. People are worried from and they are right to be worried. I want to be clear about this. Stronger is a safer, place because of john kerry. [applause] watch the rest of the ceremony here on cspan eating at 9 40 p. M. Eastern beginning at 9 40 p. M. Eastern. Weekend, saturday on cspan, former president ial sunday, hows, and your zip code impacts your help. , Christopher Bedford on his book, the art of t
Anniversary of the date when the delegates in philadelphia concluded the work of the constitutional convention. They sent the constitution to the people beginning one of the greatest 10 month debates in american history. With the ratification of the constitution. Rook has provided copies of their final product to tens of thousands of teachers and students all across the country, and you all have a copy of this at your seat today. To celebrate Constitution Day, we are honored to have chad readler, appointed as acting assistant attorney general for the Civil Division at the United States department of justice on january 30, 2017. In this role, he oversees the largest Litigation Team at the department of justice with over 1100 lawyers who manage over 50,000 different matters each year. The Civil Division represents the United States in a wide array of civil litigation, including challenges to president ial executive orders, congressional statutes, federal agency actions, commercial contra