let me give you a feel for mcnair itself and the early history of the national college. fort mcnair was established in 1794. i always thought it was a great military lesson for us. when i first got here as a refugee from capitol hill, i came to this post and i saw this building, walking around the grounds, especially in summer, and i saw the cannon facing the water. indeed, this port was designed to protect us against enemies coming from sea. unfortunately, the brits in the war of 1812 decided to come from land. they finished destroying the capital building under construction. it is always the first lesson in military planning to anticipate the unanticipated. this is the only u.s. fort that was ever lost to a foreign enemy. during the civil war, the arsenal, and we had a penitentiary here, was often visited by president lincoln. he wanted to see the new design. after his assassination, those buildings in the middle of the post, the cream-colored building was a courthouse. the places where -- were held. there was such a fear at the time mobs would take them out and kill t

but not to mcnair. as you read in your program, congressman hill represents the second congressional district. you can see his background is in economics. he doesn't serve on financial committees and subcommittees and is in the leadership as well. what you don't see, necessarily, are the other associations he has and the interests he takes up. he has multiple caucus memberships, which include the army, the air force, missile defense, multiple foreign relations caucuses, and interesting, the historic preservation caucus as well. you put all of that together, the military, the historic, the foreign affairs areas, it really brings about every thing we have been talking about. he is a practitioner, because he has practiced using economics as part of our national strategy as well. you think about the interagency, the approaches we teach and utilize here, congressman hill really does represent that. importantly, as i was pondering, which i was taught to do at the national war college, i was pondering, why wou

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this after the fallout of the death of footbl player jordan mcnair. >>> changes are being proposed for dave thomas circle in northeast d.c. widely considered the worst intersecti in our anywhere. local leaders want to hear from you. news4 transportation reporters adam toins us live with details. good morning. >> reporter: it is the worst, eun, it is the worst. this is where new york avenue meets florida avenue in northeast d.c. why do we call it dave thomas circle? there's a wendy's in the middle of it it's also the entrance point for people coming from maryland into the district. the issue here is that the 's so many conflict points, so many turning movements. take a look at what the intersection looks like when it gets fly crammed up and crowded here. everybody honking theirhorn, frustrations as people say that it tes 20 to 30 minutes sometimes just to circle around the area. ddot has plans to change the intersection. that's the point here. it is going to start changing. they are proposing limiting the number of intersection from five to three, making some streets two way. increasing