Congress, Politics, Books
and American History

President Obama delivers his weekly address, asking congress to move forward on Wall Street reform in light of the past week during which JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon announced that the company lost $2 billion in a trading error.

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President Obama awarded U.S. Army Specialist Leslie Sabo Jr. with the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat during the Vietnam War.  He was killed in action in 1970 while serving as a rifleman in Cambodia during that war.

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President Obama met with the leadership from the House and Senate Wednesday. This meeting, along with the statement Tuesday by the House Speaker about the deficit and the debt ceiling, are among the topics discussed at Wednesday's White House press briefing with Press Secretary Jay Carney.

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney holds his daily briefing from the White House. Questions from the press included the state of the economy and the trading practices by JPMorgan.

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President Obama delivers his weekly address. This week he focuses on his "To-Do List" for Congress.

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President Obama concluded his two-day trip to the West Coast with a visit to Reno, Nevada where he spoke about his homeowner refinancing plan.

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President Obama travelled to New York to discuss the state of the economy. He spoke at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Albany NanoTech Complex at the State University of New York in Albany.

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney holds his daily briefing. Questions from the press included reaction to the French and Greek elections which took place this weekend, Vice President Biden's remarks on same sex marriage and the state of the Presidential campaign.

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Melvin Urofsky talks about his book, Louis D. Brandeis: A Life . Louis Brandeis was 59 years old when he was named to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Prior to that he had been instrumental in the development of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Trade Commission. Professor Urofsky discussed Justice Brandeis' early years in Louisville and his leadership in the American Zionist movement. He was the first Jewish member of the Court. Justice Brandeis remained on the court until 1939. When the new Supreme Court building opened in 1935, Justice Brandeis refused to move into his new chambers, saying that the courtroom in the Capitol was more symbolic of smaller government.

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Chief Historian of the National Park Service Robert Sutton discusses how his organization is telling history in new ways by including more information about civilians and non-military events.

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