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As A Regent, I Hope To Bring That Important Perspective Of A Typical Family Visitor In Combination With My Background As A Member Of Congress And A Proponent Of The Smithsonian's Efforts To Reach All Americans.

Winning The Peace Is Harder Than Winning The War.

But 18 Years After The Passage Of The Civil Liberties Act, There Still Remains Unfinished Work To Completely Rectify And Close This Regrettable Chapter In Our Nations History.

Before We Put An American In Harm's Way, Tell Us Why. No One Wants To See The Region Descend Into Further Chaos. There's A Lot Of Concern About Getting Embroiled In Another Vietnam And ... About Sending American Troops Once Again To Fight Someone Else's War.

African Americans Make Up About 13 Percent Of The U.s. Population But Comprise 32 Percent Of Patients Treated For Kidney Failure, Giving Them A Kidney Failure Rate That Is 4.2 Times Greater Than That Of White Americans.