The Aspen Security Forum recently held a panel discussion on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They looked at the war’s casualties, costs, Pakistan's role and interests, and plans for U.S. withdrawal. Joining in the panel was Karl Eikenberry, Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Eklil Hakimi, Afghanistan Ambassador to the United States, General (Ret.) Douglas E. Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, and Sherry Rehman, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S.
 

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The Heritage Foundation hosted a discussion on the Defense Department’s role in domestic disasters as part of its  "Homeland Security 2020" series.

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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, just back from a Middle East trip, held a press conference with Japan Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto. The discussed the U.S.-Japan military relationship and concerns over the reliability of Osprey aircraft being deployed in Okinawa.

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American History TV visited San Francisco’s Chinatown to follow historian Charlie Chin as he tells the story of the Chinese in America to a group of college students. This is part one of a three-part series on San Francisco’s Chinatown. This portion of the series was recorded in the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum.
 

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Baltimore, Maryland is often called the birthplace of railroading in the United States.  American History TV visited the B&O Railroad Museum for a look at examples of historic equipment beginning with stagecoaches and wagons used on the National Road, and ending with the first diesel locomotive.

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The B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore is marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with the ongoing exhibit "The War Came by Train." We visited the museum's historic roundhouse building for a tour with guest curator Daniel Toomey.  Mr. Toomey argues that due to the extensive use of railroads and the telegraph, the Civil war was the first "modern war."

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Each week American Artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country.The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, is an independent research library founded in 1812 by Revolutionary War patriot and printer Isaiah Thomas. The library's holdings include more than four million items, and its collection of American printed materials prior to 1825 is the most extensive in the world. Next, a look at selected items from the American Revolutionary period. 

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Each week, American Artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. We visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum facility near Washington’s Dulles Airport where curator Tom Crouch showed us the airplanes that have carried Americans aloft from the earliest days of the 20th century – planes that have earned a place not only in our history but in our collective imagination.

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Two Civil War sailors who went down with the USS Monitor ironclad off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1862 are interred in a full military honors funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.

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On March 3, 1913 - the day before President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration - over 5000 women paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the White House in a demonstration for the right to vote. American History TV attended a centennial celebration of the event and interviewed organizers, participants, and historians about the women’s suffrage movement. The aniversary event was organized by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, whose original 22 founders marched in the parade.

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