obviously, she built her whole career on being mrs. roosevelt. of course, she helped franklin too politically. but you notice in this slide which shows eleanor and franklin shortly after their marriage in 1905, there's somebody in the middle there. who was that? sarah, franklin's indomitable mother. and, look, franklin and sara are looking at each other, and eleanor's kind of to the side, isn't she? and that's sort of the way it was in their marriage. now, i think most of us know the story that sarah controlled the family pursestrings. and, actually, she tried to tell eleanor who was quite young -- she was only 20 the when she was married -- what to do even to the point of trying to supplant her as a mother for eleanor's five children. of course, eleanor had a sixth child who died in infancy. but mama definitely was an influence there. now, we know that eleanor and franklin lived increasingly separate lives after she discovered his romance with lucy mercer during world world war i. but that they stayed together. why'd they stay together? well, on

mrs. roosevelt stayed in the white house over night. here she is visiting enlisted men at a base in the island off of the coast of ecuador during a world war ii morale building trip to latin mesh. here she is in england inspecting troops. she's certainly the first first lady to do this thing. she's traveling without franklin. in washington, she and mary mccloud are visiting a resident for african-american women war workers. once again, eleanor is making history by showing that she and the roosevelt administration really care in the plight of people who are at the margins of society. but she continues to play her official role at white house hostess too. here's she entertained in 1943. well, we all know the end of the story of eleanor's first lady. fdr died in 1945 unexpectly. guess who is with him? lucie mercer, the old girlfriend. eleanor is appointed u.s. delegate to -- by the -- i'm sorry is appointed u.s. delegate to the united nations by president truman. and she is instrumental in the creation of this document, one the most import

to get mrs. kennedy. it was not that common for women to wear sleeveless attire in those days to a formal event. and now we take that for granted come and mrs. obama has bought the sleeveless dress back into vogue. but it is jackie kennedy who does that at the beginning. 's note the color. a vibrant bright pink rather than a dark somber suit or a dark somber dress and full sleeves, or a little dowdy have. i would say she could wear this hat to the kentucky derby and be right in style. this gets her husband another boost of symbolism of youth and passion. we also know one of the other elements that she is quite famous for, and remembered for is redecorating, restoring the white house. when i was doing my research i called the curator of the white house. and told her i was writing a book on jacqueline kennedy and i was particularly interest in mrs. kennedy's restoration of the white house. that he was hurting and the curator said to me, do you know that restoring the white house is still associate with the

mrs. kennedy in 1961 and then the capitalist oracle society don tells me followed one year later in 1962, and then a few years later, 1974 the supremes as we call them, the u.s. supreme court is stargel society was founded in 1974. .. >> impressive speaker. i have to recall looking back so to me she came across as dowdy but at the time i am sure that she did not. >> we will talk about that are also we will talk about that two and i will serve as a reviewer. but also to read her book. keep that thought about impressive is the keying abilities of her fashion and we will compare it to jacqueline kennedy. other first ladies or you're first memory of a first lady? >> i was born in hawaii eleanor roosevelt. >> wonderful. >> term other covered rose a net -- rose about mrs. the wonderful part about speaking in washington d.c. everybody has a story. i give the stock fairly frequently and i ask the very question who is the first lady you can remember? was a nice lady said miss it is calvin coolidge.

roosevelt, lodge, hearst and the russian empire, 1898. mr. thomas is one of the most respected journalists today. see of thunder and john paul jones. mr. thomas has been editor at large of newsweek since 2006, and the lead rider of major news events and author of more than 100 cover stories. he has won numerous awards. for newsweek's coverage of the monica lewinsky scandal. is 50,000 word narrative of the 2004 election was honored when newsweek won of national award for best single topic issue. he appeared on numerous television shows including charles rope and the pbs news hour. and a fellow of the society of american historians. mr. thomas lives with his family in washington d.c.. peter bergen is the author of "the longest war". the enduring conflict between america and al qaeda. he is director of the national-security studies program at the new america foundation. and author of the newly released book "the longest war". he is a television journalist, the author of holy war inside the secret world of osama bin laden. and the osama bin laden

i will not invite each author to tell us about his book and we will start with mr. thomas a. macke i want to back into the question or war is really necessary with teddy roosevelt ralph flattery take you too july 1st with 8098 the day he said was the most important day of his life standing near a health near santiago cuba the 4:00 in the morning he put on his uniform specially ordered from brooks brothers tirade day bandanna around his head and set off on his horse. like a lot of the powerful people he brings to have a newspaper reporter buy to cover this and mr. davis wrote does roosevelt headed pepsi and one held ar nobody who saw roosevelt take then ride expected him to finish its allies.t ex he was in front of his troops there were shooting at him he rested then. started down the other sideen toward the next hill shocking out holy god and what five. [laughter] at the end of the day he took out his pocket diary half and he wrote to frozen at 4:00. big battle held the extreme front of the firing line then he wrote to his friend henry cabot lodge did i tell you i killed a sp

mr. presidei yield the floor. mr. hatch: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: how much time remains to both sides? the presiding officer: a minute and 20. the majority as that 3 1/2. mr. hatch: i would ask unanimous consent that i give a minute to the distinguished senator from nebraska and then if -- if there's not enough time, that i be given sufficient time up to two minutes with an equivalent amount of time given to the other side to make my closing remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. johanns: again, in all due respect to my colleague from new jersey, there have been over 200 business groups that have expressed opposition to the menendez amendment. that would include the nfib, the national association of manufacturers, the franchise association, the chamber of commerce. you see, requiring people to pay back what they should not have received in the first place

my distinguished colleague, the leader, mr. clyburn with, said, let's recognize what's going on here, the extreme differences that have existed in this party for -- since roosevelt became president. an end of social security, an end of medicare, an end to medicaid. that has been the goal of the other side. i stand in strong support of the democratic alternative. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: at this time, mr. chairman, i would like to yield two minutes to our distinguished chief deputy whip, mr. roskam from illinois. the chair: the gentleman is recognize -- recognized for two minutes. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. chairman, and i thank the gentleman for yielding. my colleague from connecticut talks about a guarantee. well, there's one guarantee that is for sure, mr. chairman. and that is the guarantee that medicare as we know it is a pipe dream into pert fought to. it's going broke -- perpetuity. it's going broke. the guarantee that the democratic house has brought us in the p

mr. speaker, this week during alcohol awareness month i believe is the next step in federal efforts to prevent underaged drinking. my bill, the re-authorization of the sober truth on preventing underage drinking act, builds on the successful public health efforts of the original bill, better known as the stop act. since the stop act became law in 2006, there has been increased community efforts to address underaged drinking as a public health crises and we have seen localized improvement in teen drinking statistics. while these positive results are encouraging, the fact remains alcohol still is the primary drug of choice of our youth. in 2009, about 10.4 million teens aged 12 to 20 reported drinking alcohol in the past month. of these approximately 6.9 million were binge drinkers and 2.9 million were heavy drinkers. alarmingly, according to the latest publication of the monitoring the future survey, 53.7% of 12th graders believe drinking five or more alcoholic beverages once or twice each

i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman and want to acknowledge mr. merkley from connecticut. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and both governors, thank you for your attendance today and for sticking with us throughout this process. i guess i just had a simple statement in question for you, governor walker. i guess for those of us watching this debate played out and i think this has been covered by several of my colleagues it's hard to square the concession have been made by the unions and their willingness to come to the table and the continued drive to strip them of collective bargaining rights and there's been a lot of conversations among the country have to leave to how this plays into the much broader debate that's happening around the nation. when we looked at the amount of outside money that's been spent in wisconsin with respect to doherty election, to the site over the legislation and then most recently in fell last few weeks with respect to this election for the court. it's hard to make the argument that this debate only plays out in th

i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman and want to acknowledge mr. merkley from connecticut. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and both governors, thank you for your attendance today and for sticking with us throughout this process. i guess i just had a simple statement in question for you, governor walker. i guess for those of us watching this debate played out and i think this has been covered by several of my colleagues it's hard to square the concession have been made by the unions and their willingness to come to the table and the continued drive to strip them of collective bargaining rights and there's been a lot of conversations among the country have to leave to how this plays into the much broader debate that's happening around the nation. when we looked at the amount of outside money that's been spent in wisconsin with respect to doherty election, to the site over the legislation and then most recently in fell last few weeks with respect to this election for the court. it's hard to make the argument that this debate only plays out in th

i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman and want to acknowledge mr. merkley from connecticut. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and both governors, thank you for your attendance today and for sticking with us throughout this process. i guess i just had a simple statement in question for you, governor walker. i guess for those of us watching this debate played out and i think this has been covered by several of my colleagues it's hard to square the concession have been made by the unions and their willingness to come to the table and the continued drive to strip them of collective bargaining rights and there's been a lot of conversations among the country have to leave to how this plays into the much broader debate that's happening around the nation. when we looked at the amount of outside money that's been spent in wisconsin with respect to doherty election, to the site over the legislation and then most recently in fell last few weeks with respect to this election for the court. it's hard to make the argument that this debate only plays out in th