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The rise of Marco Rubio
Profiles the Senator and rising star in the Republican Party, from his humble roots as the son of immigrants to his becoming the youngest Speaker in the history of the Florida Statehouse.
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Bombast and Broadsides
Presents the first coherent picture of George Johnstone, a controversial naval commander and governor of West Florida George Johnstone has never received the scholarly attention he fully merits.Historians have assessed him, usually briefly, as governor of West Florida, or as naval commander, or as a member of parliament.
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Bombast and Broadsides
George Johnstone has never received the scholarly attention he fully merits. Historians have assessed him, usually briefly, as governor of West Florida, or as naval commander, or as a member of parliament. Nevertheless, none has considered his important role in East India Company politics, nor, until Bombast and Broadsides, has one synthesized the various roles in which Johnstone was entrusted with high responsibilities. Through research in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kew, London, Philadelphia, and Washington in largely unpublished manuscripts, together with the use of secondary sources, the author has been able to present the first coherent picture of Johnstone, a vigorous and intelligent but turbulent and always controversial figure. Johnstone was effective as a colonial governor at a difficult time; in the navy he performed several coups de main ; in parliament he was formidable in debate but an opportunist; and at East India House he was a doughty, conservative, and largely successful defender of the proprietary interest.
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Civil Rights Icon Remembered In Memorial Services Across Alabama; GOP Plan Calls For $1,200 Stimulus Checks, Cuts To Jobless Aid; Rep. John Lewis Makes Final Journey Across Edmund Pettus Bridge; Georgia Posts Record Number Of New COVID-19 Cases On Friday; Hundreds Demand School District In GA Allow In-Person Classes; Actress Olivia de Havilland Dies At 104. Aired 1-2p ET
In memorial services across Alabama, the civil rights icon,late Congressman John Lewis is being remembered as a man who fought tomake the American promise that all men are created equal a reality.White House officials and Senate Republicans announced they areworking out the details of a new coronavirus aid package that wouldinclude the stimulus checks, but the GOP plan also calls for cuts tothe extra $600 in federal unemployment benefits that are set to expirethis week. Georgia is seeing a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases,the state reporting over 3,000 new infections on Saturday with 53 newdeaths. GUESTS: Derrick Johnson, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Richina Bicette
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