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Washington Journal: Washington Journal
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Newsmakers: Newsmakers - Shulkin VA Sec
33 minutesVeterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin talks about efforts to increase accountability at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, which has hospitals that have been dogged by long wait times for several years. He also discusses plans to revise the Choice Card program, & the VA budget, which President Trump has proposed to get a 6% increase.
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White House Easter Egg Roll Compilation
29 minutesC-SPAN takes a look back at White House Easter Egg Rolls hosted by the last four Presidents. Egg rolls used to take place on Capitol Hill until Congress, worried about damage to the Capitol grounds, passed a law in 1876 banning the practice. Two years later, President Rutherford B. Hayes opened White House grounds to children on Easter.
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National African American Museum Tour
2 hours, 33 minutesA tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall, including a South Carolina slave cabin, Harriet Tubman's hymnal, and a segregated railroad passenger car. Museum curators Mary Elliott and William Pretzer, and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert Wilkins also respond to viewer comments and questions.
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Federal Judges Discuss the Bill of Rights
1 hour, 39 minutesThree federal judges discussed the history of the Bill of Rights and its impact 225 years after ratification on a number of modern issues, including technology, same-sex marriage, free speech on public university campuses, and the evolving definition of "the press." The National Archives in Washignton, DC hosted this event.
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Caretakers of America's Treasures
50 minutesC-SPAN's Susan Swain interviews Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Archivist of the United States David Ferriero.
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"Round Peg, Square Hole"
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White House Easter Egg Roll Compilation
29 minutesC-SPAN takes a look back at White House Easter Egg Rolls hosted by the last four Presidents. Egg rolls used to take place on Capitol Hill until Congress, worried about damage to the Capitol grounds, passed a law in 1876 banning the practice. Two years later, President Rutherford B. Hayes opened White House grounds to children on Easter.
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CSIS CIA DIRECTOR
1 hour, 14 minutesCIA Director Mike Pompeo delivered his first public speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on national security and intelligence capabilities. Director Pompeo called WikiLeaks a "non-state hostile intelligence service" and threat to national security. He also addressed the Syria chemical weapons attack, North Korea's nuclear program and efforts to combat ISIS and online radicalization.
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Newsmakers: Newsmakers - Shulkin VA Sec
35 minutesVeterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin talks about efforts to increase accountability at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, which has hospitals that have been dogged by long wait times for several years. He also discusses plans to revise the Choice Card program, & the VA budget, which President Trump has proposed to get a 6% increase.
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Washington Journal: Presidential Historians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley and Edna Greene Medford
1 hour, 25 minutesHistorians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley and Edna Greene Medford discuss the results of C-SPAN's third Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership, in which a cross-section of presidential historians ranked the 43 former occupants of the White House on ten attributes of leadership. Washington Journal: Historians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley and Edna Greene Medford on C-SPAN's Historians Presidential Leadership Survey.
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Q&A: Senate Youth Program
59 minutesThis week on Q&A, a discussion with high school students attending the annual, week-long, United States Senate Youth Program. The students talked about their interest in government and politics and shared some highlights from their visit to Washington, DC.
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Malala Yousafzai Addresses the Canadian Parliament
1 hour, 4 minutesHuman rights advocate Malala Yousafzai addressed a joint session of the Canadian Parliament in the capital of Ottawa, talking about her work as an advocate for girls' education. She praised Canada's refugee policies, and its Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his support for incoming immigrants. Before her address to lawmakers, Ms. Yousafzai was bestowed with honorary Canadian citizenship, only the sixth such person to ever receive that recognition.
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NATO Sec. Gen. Stoltenberg at George Washington University
57 minutesNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wrapped up a two-day visit to Washington, DC with a speech and question and answer session with students at George Washington University. Some of the topics he discussed included the Russian military buildup and aggression toward Ukraine, and the new global threats resulting in what he called the "blurred line between peace and war." This event was held the day after the NATO secretary general met with President Trump.
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Q&A: Senate Youth Program
1 hour, 0 minuteThis week on Q&A, a discussion with high school students attending the annual, week-long, United States Senate Youth Program. The students talked about their interest in government and politics and shared some highlights from their visit to Washington, DC.
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Review of British Parliament
1 hour, 3 minutesBBC Parliament reviewed the major events that occurred in the House of Commons and the U.K. since the beginning of the year. Topics included the London terrorist attack, the official start of Brexit negotiations, and U.S.-U.K. relations under the Trump administration. BBC Political Correspondent Iain Watson also provided context and analysis of the U.K.'s response to Donald Trump's anticipated state visit.
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GWU Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
1 hour, 33 minutesFormer Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf discussed Pakistan's current state of affairs, combating terrorism and future relations with the U.S., India, China and Russia. This event was hosted by George Washington University's National Churchill Library and Center.
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"Round Peg, Square Hole"
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VPOTUS in South Korea
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Washington Journal: David Wasserman
45 minutesThe Cook Political Report's David Wasserman discusses growing partisan outcomes among congressional districts at the presidential level and preview the battle for the House in 2018.
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David Goldfein on Air Force Readiness
45 minutesU.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein said he is not considering the option of stop loss, an involuntary extension of service, to retain trained pilots in the Air Force. General Goldfein said the option of stop loss is a tool that the Defense Secretary could use when it is a state of emergency. General Goldfein made these remarks while speaking on military readiness and modernization at the Heritage Foundation.
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"Round Peg, Square Hole"
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Press as Watchdog & Communicating
1 hour, 7 minutesWhite House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologized saying he let the president down when during the White House daily briefing he wrongly compared Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Adolf Hitler saying even someone as despicable as Hitler didn't use chemical weapons on people. Mr. Spicer called his comments inexcusable and reprehensible. His apology came during an event at the Newseum that focused on the press and the presidency. White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway also participated in this discussion. Others taking part included White House correspondents for many of the major television networks and former officials with the Barack Obama and George W. Bush administrations.
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Q&A: Senate Youth Program
1 hour, 2 minutesThis week on Q&A, a discussion with high school students attending the annual, week-long, United States Senate Youth Program. The students talked about their interest in government and politics and shared some highlights from their visit to Washington, DC.
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"US Gun Violence - A Complicated Puzzle"