With Atlantis on the final space shuttle mission, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden testified in front of a House committee on the future of the U.S. space flight program.

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On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and landed on the Moon July 20th. On July 21st, Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon. This NASA film, The Flight of Apollo 11: Eagle Has Landed, uses television, motion pictures, and still photographs to depict the principal events of the mission, from the launch through the recovery of astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins on July 24th, including being greeted by President Nixon. An audio excerpt from President Nixon's remarks of August 4, 1969, was included, as well as Neil Armstrong's transmissions from the Moon.

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Newark Mayor Corey Booker also takes part in a conference sponsored by Partnership for a Healthier America.

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The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs holds a day long conference on "Columbia +10: Lessons Learned and Unlearned."

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Attorney General Eric Holder warned that budget cuts mandated through sequestration will have a “profound” effect on the Justice Department’s ability to fight crime. he spoke at the National Association of Attorneys General Winter Meeting on Tuesday in Washington, DC.

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Historian and author Craig Symonds talks about the various naval aspects of the war – from technological developments, to the battles themselves; from the Union blockade, to the rivers of the Western Theater. Symonds is history professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy, and the author of “The Civil War at Sea.” He presented this talk at the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center, on the National Mall.

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer spoke about her experiences and insight on the direction of new technology at the World Economic Forum in late January in Davos, Switzerland.

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Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, speaks about the security threat to the U.S. posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea. He is one of the participants at the Winter Symposium hosted by the Institute for Corean-American Studies.

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