We are going to open up regional lines for this conversation this morning. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. In mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 always3, and we are reading on social media. You can reach us on twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Again, the idea and concerns about government surveillance has been on peoples minds recently. Infact, there was a story nbc today that i wanted to read to you that talks about some of the concerns about government surveillance. The unsupported claims that President Donald Trump has made for two years about the fbis russia investigation, calling it a witch hunt cooked up by his political opponents, the conclusion by the Justice Department watchdog of the that the probe was justified was big news. But the other major findings of the Inspector Generals rep
Welcome to brookings. As you know, i had the privilege and honor of welcoming back to brookings chairman mack thornberry, from the 13th district of texas to discuss matters of defense policy, budget and many other subjects under the sun. He is the chairman of the Armed Service committee. A texan who goes back to ranting in the 13th district as far back as 1881, probably wondering what he was doing on a rainy washington dealing with the federal budget when he couldve been back home in the texas springtime but we are grateful for your service. We are both grateful for being here today. Its a momentous time in American Foreign policy and defense policy and we will get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending and where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release of the president s budget and congress gearing up in its normal hearing steering on the subject. Just to get us energized on a good monday morning if you could please join me in welcoming the chairman to brook
He is the chairman of the House Armed Services committee. The first texan to ever have that role and a texan whose family goes back to ranching in the 13th district as far back as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. District as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. It is a momentous time in American Foreign policy and defense policy. Well get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending and where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release the president s budget and Congress Really gearing up in its normal hearing season on these subjects but i thought just to get us en
He is the chairman of the House Armed Services committee. The first texan to ever have that role and a texan whose family goes back to ranching in the 13th district as far back as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. District as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. It is a momentous time in American Foreign policy and defense policy. Well get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending and where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release the president s budget and Congress Really gearing up in its normal hearing season on these subjects but i thought just to get us en
And then an examination of the culture and lives of africanamericans during world war i. There was a real year of conflict when africanamericans came home. They were welcome in their home communities. In terms of reforming how americans thought about race relations, i dont think it did. It didnt have the impact that africanamericans hoped it would. The story of Abigail Scott dunaway, an oregon pioneer and Political Rights activist t. Shes an example of one of the really great diaries. She describes whats happening between the people, she describes troubles that happen. She describes the landscape and the scenery and its clear i mean, you get a pretty good inkling here that shes a pretty good writer. That skill served her well later on in her career. Here, wayne morris from oregon. He was a bit of a curmudgeon. He was a man of high principle and if you didnt have the same level of principles and integrity as he did, he would be vocal about that. He was very critical of other senators. H