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so washington had difficulty finding the ships in england. but thanks to the lucrative privateer business, there were no ships available up north. so he recommended that the congress look a little further south. so five merchant ships were eventually purchased and converted into warships in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the navy now had its first fleet. five converted merchant ships that were loaded and manned with cannons. but now it needed an admiral to command it and they selected this gentleman, isaac hopkins, 57 year old from providence, rhode island, who served as a privateer captain during the french and indian war. now, hopkins established largest of the five merchant vessels that alfred as his flagship that you see depicted in this painting. and he identified a young sailor named john paul jones to be the first lieutenant for the navy's first flagship. and gentlemen, we're asking about the flags earlier as the first fleet prepared to sail january of 1776. it raised flags on the alfred. congress had approved the grand flag that you see
so washington had difficulty finding the ships in england. but thanks to the lucrative privateer business, there were no ships available up north. so he recommended that the congress look a little further south. so five merchant ships were eventually purchased and converted into warships in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the navy now had its first fleet. five converted merchant ships that were loaded and manned with cannons. but now it needed an admiral to command it and they selected this...
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like in other military powers like england, france, that kind of. sure, yeah. so so there would have been officers schools in those countries, but they would have been very focused. remember, these are those countries also compel military service from their citizens. the united states doesn't do that. so this is a self-selecting group probably wanting to learn to be engineers rather than soldiers they have to serve five years when they get out, a lot of them leave. so they would've been officer training and west point does train officers. you are commissioned as an officer coming out of west point but it would have been lot focused on tactics and strategy. it's kind of a very uniquely american kind of thing. what was the reaction if you know some of the of like other countries to this new american system of military. they didn't think that they were as as capable. right. yeah. i mean they were looked down on because they weren't spending all this time on tactics and training and americans also. it's really funny. there's a kind of a there's a longstanding conve
like in other military powers like england, france, that kind of. sure, yeah. so so there would have been officers schools in those countries, but they would have been very focused. remember, these are those countries also compel military service from their citizens. the united states doesn't do that. so this is a self-selecting group probably wanting to learn to be engineers rather than soldiers they have to serve five years when they get out, a lot of them leave. so they would've been officer...
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a not not as most of his as contemporaries went to england for an education and he did. his father had died, right? yeah. and so they they sort of gave him a trade that he was a surveyor, was the first job that he ever had. but and she this woman, sally, what's her name? yeah. yeah, it's the she sort of took him under her wing. he went to her house for parties or, was invited to her house for parties. and she was several years older than he was. and so that explains some of the attraction there she was sophisticate and witty. she was very much a charming flirt, too. oh, yeah. yeah. all right. you get the last question. but before we get to that, i just want to ask you how long you all have been writing books together and working together? i guess since 1971. i have only one. oh, you're giving it away. yeah, that's. that's yeah, that's quite a long time. yeah, that's a, quite a long time. yes, we have. we've published what 102 books so that there's a lot on dots of different subjects though now i was always just to say that we're the most prolific authors that nobody's ev
a not not as most of his as contemporaries went to england for an education and he did. his father had died, right? yeah. and so they they sort of gave him a trade that he was a surveyor, was the first job that he ever had. but and she this woman, sally, what's her name? yeah. yeah, it's the she sort of took him under her wing. he went to her house for parties or, was invited to her house for parties. and she was several years older than he was. and so that explains some of the attraction there...
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booth needed to head south as he could, and perhaps hoped to board a steamship and escape to england. perhaps he hoped to get farther south and cross the mississippi river and get into the deeper confederacy were considered. armies were still in field. perhaps he hoped to get to and rejoin kirby smith's forces. we don't know what booth's plot was, but we know had a network of people to go to and see this journey south. and if he had broken that bone in his leg, i think he would have made it much farther least, and it would've taken longer to capture him. there's plenty of historical of presidents, c-span done several of them, asking historians to rank presidents if there were a ranking of secretaries of war for this country where. do you think edwin mcmasters stanton would rank would rank in that list at the top of the list? edwin stanton is one of the great american heroes. one thing i love about the tv show is the real stanton is portrayed. edwin stanton not only investigated the lincoln murder, he questioned witnesses he deployed detectives to the field. he had other things to do.
booth needed to head south as he could, and perhaps hoped to board a steamship and escape to england. perhaps he hoped to get farther south and cross the mississippi river and get into the deeper confederacy were considered. armies were still in field. perhaps he hoped to get to and rejoin kirby smith's forces. we don't know what booth's plot was, but we know had a network of people to go to and see this journey south. and if he had broken that bone in his leg, i think he would have made it...
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people will say that's certainly not the case in england or or i think in canada. so. so one thing that i sort notice is first, we can't really prove was a difference in consumption. what we do know, what really mattered in terms of a difference was that in terms of formal serving in a polite formal setting, a woman would usually be in charge of serving the tea a table, hence the the british expression and who will be mother who will pour the tea. right. but that's that suggests female leadership, not necessarily female like demographic dominance of tea drinking. so this reflects female leadership in the domestic space of the household at home. this reflects a woman's decision making to about what consumer goods to buy at the shop. and so you will find if you look at merchant ledgers, very rarely do women's names appear as the consumer of goods because they're buying it under their husband's accounts. and so, you know, you wouldn't have your name would appear if your your spouse goes and buys the tea. okay. so actually, women are making all these consumer decisions. an
people will say that's certainly not the case in england or or i think in canada. so. so one thing that i sort notice is first, we can't really prove was a difference in consumption. what we do know, what really mattered in terms of a difference was that in terms of formal serving in a polite formal setting, a woman would usually be in charge of serving the tea a table, hence the the british expression and who will be mother who will pour the tea. right. but that's that suggests female...
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england is now in a desperate position. her population is not large enough and her armies are not strong enough to invade the continent of europe and when win the war she has declared against germany. if england can draw this country into the war, she can shift to our shoulders a large portion of the responsibility for waging it and for paying the cost. he has argued that the lend-lease program that president roosevelt came up with to help the island nation withstand invasion by the germans was a foolish endeavor, that the small group of people in england cannot possibly win and we're betting on a loser. the loser is lindbergh. the winner is churchill and the british people. this attitude exists today. people in this body right before i spoke talk about we can't help ukraine because we have too many problems in other places. they can't win. they were supposed to fall in four days. look what's happened 200-something days later. they've destroyed half of the russian army, taken back half the territory russia seized, and now t
england is now in a desperate position. her population is not large enough and her armies are not strong enough to invade the continent of europe and when win the war she has declared against germany. if england can draw this country into the war, she can shift to our shoulders a large portion of the responsibility for waging it and for paying the cost. he has argued that the lend-lease program that president roosevelt came up with to help the island nation withstand invasion by the germans was...
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she didn't come back from england. yes yes. this iconic washington. yes oh, absolutely. this is by stuart. and he is in london, dublin at the time. and in 40 finitely, he's hounded by creditors and was even briefly imprisoned. he wrote to his friends, i expect to make a fortune by washington. and what he meant by that was that he had letters of introduction from john j. and with those letters of introduction washington, agreed to sit for him three times in 1795 and 96, the painting that originated from one of those sittings he had promised to martha washington, but kept so he could make many copies washington over his lifetime. and that provided artist with a steady income and a revenue. is this the dollar bill painting. this is without those letters. introduction from john j. george washington have sat for this portrait. i would like to think that gilbert's stuart being as talented as he was, would have been recognized here in america. so this is john quincy adams room named for secretaries of state who became president and who is this? this is john quincy adams and thi
she didn't come back from england. yes yes. this iconic washington. yes oh, absolutely. this is by stuart. and he is in london, dublin at the time. and in 40 finitely, he's hounded by creditors and was even briefly imprisoned. he wrote to his friends, i expect to make a fortune by washington. and what he meant by that was that he had letters of introduction from john j. and with those letters of introduction washington, agreed to sit for him three times in 1795 and 96, the painting that...
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we were both witnesses at a trial in england of mere police captain actually was the magistrates it never went to trial because he then got sick and died. and then i interviewed him in haifa shortly before he died. but rufai. and rice, you know, there were this group of policemen and there was this group that were just the terrible fanatics, the killers. and then there was this group that was simply do as they were told. and then there were the group that would go on expeditions against and it was treated if they had the right to not that they would always go on anti partizan, but if they wouldn't go on and they and they killing --, they were allowed not to and as you said, they considered that dirty something. they were ashamed of. so you had this zigzag actually the three part division that had laid out from reading. but this time from the eye of a jewish eye witness living with his people for eight months. so we have found other kinds of sources. once we knew what we were looking for. and yeah, so personally because i was the very beginning of the topography of terror back in 1986, 87,
we were both witnesses at a trial in england of mere police captain actually was the magistrates it never went to trial because he then got sick and died. and then i interviewed him in haifa shortly before he died. but rufai. and rice, you know, there were this group of policemen and there was this group that were just the terrible fanatics, the killers. and then there was this group that was simply do as they were told. and then there were the group that would go on expeditions against and it...
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the bellows were very old new england family. you know going back almost to the to the mayflower. so, you know. essentially the entire group of people who were known as boston brahmins. well basically opium traders and they were very closely linked to other they made vast fortunes in china through in opium. the russells, the forbes family, which is almost iconic of american capitalism itself. so the interesting part of it is that these guys would go off to china when they were 16, 17, 18, sometimes, you know, one of the biggest, most opium traders was a man called john cushing, who went out a 16 year old boy. and he was basically adopted by a very famous chinese trader called reuben jang, who was known as kwa, who was then probably the man in the world. and he made he made cashing incredibly wealthy so crushing came back to america as one of the richest men in in the whole country. and great catch because he wasn't he wasn't very so these guys came back they were in their twenties usually they had all this money and often chinese traders give them money to invest in america so the
the bellows were very old new england family. you know going back almost to the to the mayflower. so, you know. essentially the entire group of people who were known as boston brahmins. well basically opium traders and they were very closely linked to other they made vast fortunes in china through in opium. the russells, the forbes family, which is almost iconic of american capitalism itself. so the interesting part of it is that these guys would go off to china when they were 16, 17, 18,...
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and you keep talking about how and irish lincoln was and some of the whigs and certainly a lot of the england republicans. you don't ask. why? the reason why? because the irish voted 90 to 95% for the democrats. and there wasn't serious reason for them. i think i just not to interrupt you, but i think i did say exactly that. i'll address the german part in a minute, but i said exactly that lincoln liked immigrants who were republicans and the democrats. yeah, but the germans probably leaned a little more democrat than republican, but at least they weren't. bloc voting like 9090 5%. may i answer some of what you said? yes. all right. which i will in a second. so gustav carter plays a large role in my. his loyalty to lincoln. complete, absolute. lincoln shafted him in 1860. he did not give him a federal job he coveted. and when carter tried to troops in illinois lincoln actually told him he was embarrassing him because he didn't have enough supplies for all the regiments that had volunteered. ultimately, the best he can do is follow schertz as ambassador to madrid or to spain. when schertz come
and you keep talking about how and irish lincoln was and some of the whigs and certainly a lot of the england republicans. you don't ask. why? the reason why? because the irish voted 90 to 95% for the democrats. and there wasn't serious reason for them. i think i just not to interrupt you, but i think i did say exactly that. i'll address the german part in a minute, but i said exactly that lincoln liked immigrants who were republicans and the democrats. yeah, but the germans probably leaned a...
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the city of boston urging, quote, the yeomen of new england as the chief conservative element of the republic to come to burns aid in defiance of federal authority, sons of liberty groups were formed to preserve the freedom of fugitive slaves, to resist the encroachment of the federal government on liberty. gentlemen, richard, earlier on, how southerners reconciled their states rights with their increasing demands for national debt. the stronger federal government power and its is a great question. i mean, what what i was trying to emphasize when i'm talking about this is that the real advocates of states rights in the late forties and certainly in the 1850s were not southerners. they were northerners, the northerners who were passing personal liberty laws, effectively, as it were, trying to nullify federal law. it was northerners who were mobilizing themselves, using the language of the american revolution, talking about the the yeoman of new england coming to the aid of in defense of freedom, in opposition to a federal government that as, in the case of anthony burns was acting in,
the city of boston urging, quote, the yeomen of new england as the chief conservative element of the republic to come to burns aid in defiance of federal authority, sons of liberty groups were formed to preserve the freedom of fugitive slaves, to resist the encroachment of the federal government on liberty. gentlemen, richard, earlier on, how southerners reconciled their states rights with their increasing demands for national debt. the stronger federal government power and its is a great...
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in new england history involving mountains of fentanyl. that is where we are seeing it but the actual traffic across the border and ports of entry is dhs's lane. they got a heck of a challenge on their hand to put it mildly. >> thank you. i yelled back. >> mr. klein. >> thank you, mister chairman, thank you, director, for being here. i wanted to ask about continue to ask about the border. and your involvement at the border in assisting with identification of individuals, you agree that it is a national security risk to allow individuals into the country who are not properly identified, correct? >> that does raise national security concerns, yes. >> the fbi has been engaged in dna testing for several years of individuals crossing the border. dhs recently or in the past few years mandated that identification occur, correct? >> yes. >> when dhs rolled out that program, authorities found a about 19% of family units crossing were fraudulent. does that sound about right? >> that part, i don't have reason to dispute it but i can't remember that s
in new england history involving mountains of fentanyl. that is where we are seeing it but the actual traffic across the border and ports of entry is dhs's lane. they got a heck of a challenge on their hand to put it mildly. >> thank you. i yelled back. >> mr. klein. >> thank you, mister chairman, thank you, director, for being here. i wanted to ask about continue to ask about the border. and your involvement at the border in assisting with identification of individuals, you...
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constitution discusses this kind of thing that explains 7098 written not so long after that we got this from england the british knew what impeachment meant and understood what would constitute a high crime or misdemeanor. section 98, it acknowledges there was an understanding that recognized you don't have an impeachable offense lord admiral neglected the safeguard. they don't have : security, not in america but this is the exact same thing, somebody who had a certain think hard about law refused to do so. those are arguments we should have and could have and would have had we been permitted or even a closed session. we don't want to have to do it in closed session, the rules of impeachment with this kind debate. when jordi tumor made this, he wouldn't let us do that that's article one. article two box ozark interesting. statements, knowingly false statements repeatedly made by alejandro mayorkas presence performing, he lied to congress of the articles of impeachment and article two. she did wrong as to article one but he was dead wrong, it was deader than a doornail whatever that means. the allege
constitution discusses this kind of thing that explains 7098 written not so long after that we got this from england the british knew what impeachment meant and understood what would constitute a high crime or misdemeanor. section 98, it acknowledges there was an understanding that recognized you don't have an impeachable offense lord admiral neglected the safeguard. they don't have : security, not in america but this is the exact same thing, somebody who had a certain think hard about law...
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we got the stuff from england the british knew what impeachment meant and they tunderstood what would constitue a high crime or misdemeanor. section 798 just a story acknowledges there is a precedent, there's an understanding at the time of the founding that recognized you have an impeachable offense if among other things that admiral would have neglected the safeguard of the sea. they did not have homeland security secretary then. not in america. not in britain. this is an analysis. the exact same thing. someone who had a duty to do a certain thing under the law defiantly refused to do so. as her argus we could've, should've, it would have heard today had we had an actual trial had we been permitted to go into executive session or even go session.ed why close session? we don't want to have to drink close session. the standing rules of impeachment and this body preclude us from having this very kind of debate. so it would majority leader schumer by this are the great shock and surprise of all of us he wanted to warn the body and have the debate he would not let us do that the democrat
we got the stuff from england the british knew what impeachment meant and they tunderstood what would constitue a high crime or misdemeanor. section 798 just a story acknowledges there is a precedent, there's an understanding at the time of the founding that recognized you have an impeachable offense if among other things that admiral would have neglected the safeguard of the sea. they did not have homeland security secretary then. not in america. not in britain. this is an analysis. the exact...
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constitution discusses this kind of thing that explains 7098 written not so long after that we got this from england the british knew what impeachment meant and understood what would constitute a high crime or misdemeanor. section 98, it acknowledges there was an understanding that recognized you don't have an impeachable offense lord admiral neglected the safeguard. they don't have : security, not in america but this is the exact same thing, somebody who had a certain think hard about law refused to do so. those are arguments we should have and could have and would have had we been permitted or even a closed session. we don't want to have to do it in closed session, the rules of impeachment with this kind debate. when jordi tumor made this, he wouldn't let us do that that's article one. article two box ozark interesting. statements, knowingly false statements repeatedly made by alejandro mayorkas presence performing, he lied to congress of the articles of impeachment and article two. she did wrong as to article one but he was dead wrong, it was deader than a doornail whatever that means. the allege
constitution discusses this kind of thing that explains 7098 written not so long after that we got this from england the british knew what impeachment meant and understood what would constitute a high crime or misdemeanor. section 98, it acknowledges there was an understanding that recognized you don't have an impeachable offense lord admiral neglected the safeguard. they don't have : security, not in america but this is the exact same thing, somebody who had a certain think hard about law...
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levelly on -- heavily on the legal systems, the tradition, in some cases a the terminology, used in england, and during the early years of the republic we had individuals who were familiar with our constitution who were also familiar, having practiced in the law at the time of the revolution, in some cases before then, they knew the meaning of these wordses. supreme court justice joseph storey is one of those individuals who lived, practiced, and wrote at and after the time of the american revolution, during the early decades of our young republic, and he explained that, among other things, an impeachment could be found, a high crime or misdemeanor could be committed where a lord admiral who was found to have neglect the the safeguard of the sea. that's perhaps the most directly analogous comparison he makes to the secretary of homeland security. that would be, you know, best described perhaps as a dereliction of duality, a failure -- a dereliction of duty, a failure to do one's job. if that, a lord admiral neglecting the safeguard of the sea, was a mis-demeanering, it is even more certain
levelly on -- heavily on the legal systems, the tradition, in some cases a the terminology, used in england, and during the early years of the republic we had individuals who were familiar with our constitution who were also familiar, having practiced in the law at the time of the revolution, in some cases before then, they knew the meaning of these wordses. supreme court justice joseph storey is one of those individuals who lived, practiced, and wrote at and after the time of the american...
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i was in touch with helps from england, france, and some arab nations, overwhelmingly missile and drones strikes were intercepted. the damage to israel, thank god, was minimal. and one person injured, we pray for her recovery. i breathe a sigh of relief for israel, relief that the damage was not worse, and of course, it was no accident that israel ensured iran's attack-- that israel ensured that iran's attack would be largely unscathed. on the contrary israel did because the u.s. is ironclad with the united states and u.s. funding is a testament to the united states's longstanding security cooperation with israel, why so few of iran's missiles and drones ultimately hit their targets so i commend israel defense forces. i commend president biden and our military leadership and brave armed forces and i commend our partners with israel. israel's reprehensible-- iran's reprehensible attack against israel made a few things clear. first, israel is surrounded by adversaries to seek its destruction, we saw that on october 7th. we saw it again this weekend. we dare not waiver in our commitment to
i was in touch with helps from england, france, and some arab nations, overwhelmingly missile and drones strikes were intercepted. the damage to israel, thank god, was minimal. and one person injured, we pray for her recovery. i breathe a sigh of relief for israel, relief that the damage was not worse, and of course, it was no accident that israel ensured iran's attack-- that israel ensured that iran's attack would be largely unscathed. on the contrary israel did because the u.s. is ironclad...
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attacks i was in touch with senior administration officials that told me that with help united states, england and france and arab nations iranian missiles were successfully intercepted. the damage to israel was minimal. today above all i breathe a sigh of relief for israel, injuries were minimal and the discharge was not worse but, of course, it was no accident that israel -- that is israel ensured that iran's attack is unscathed. testament to the united states long-standing security cooperation can israel. it's why so few of iran's missiles and drones hit targets so i commend israel defense forces. i commend president biden and our military leadership and our brave armed forces and i commend partners that work together with israel to overt calamity. first, israel is surrounded by adversaries that seek destruction, we saw that on october 7th, we saw it again this weekend and wavering our commitment to help israel defend itself. so many nations came to israel's aid including arab nations shows iran is becoming more isolated. their attack risk provoking broader conflict in the middle east and w
attacks i was in touch with senior administration officials that told me that with help united states, england and france and arab nations iranian missiles were successfully intercepted. the damage to israel was minimal. today above all i breathe a sigh of relief for israel, injuries were minimal and the discharge was not worse but, of course, it was no accident that israel -- that is israel ensured that iran's attack is unscathed. testament to the united states long-standing security...
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let me talk about connecticut, across new england, historic flooding point of these affect people's livelihood and their lives really at risk and create public health and public safety crises. i'd like to focus on prevention and predisaster mitigation point the sad reality is disasters are going to happen so can we speak to the 2025 request for fema, how you envision it should be focused on preparedness, protection and mitigation. where are increasing methods needed in order for you to support this work? what kind of policy changes should be congress be considering? because yes indeed it's about homeland security. these are homeland security issues. >> congresswoman, i look forward to working with you on assessing what legislative changes are needed to better address the increasing impact of climate change, the increasing frequency and gravity of extreme weather events. i have spoken with mayors around the country about the need to meet building codes. something as basic as that, because the building codes are addressing the weather of yesterday and not the weather of today or tomorrow. i beli
let me talk about connecticut, across new england, historic flooding point of these affect people's livelihood and their lives really at risk and create public health and public safety crises. i'd like to focus on prevention and predisaster mitigation point the sad reality is disasters are going to happen so can we speak to the 2025 request for fema, how you envision it should be focused on preparedness, protection and mitigation. where are increasing methods needed in order for you to support...