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Honor recipient. And he has come here today to talk with us about that battle 75 years ago today. Woody is a farm boy from quiet dale, West Virginia. Kind of a big juks a position of what he went into coming from a place called quiet dale. He was born in 1923 and in 1945 he received the medal of honor. So he was just a young man. So im sure woody will share his story with you. I dont need to tell you what hes going to tell you. So without further ado, woody williams. Thank you. [ applause ] than...

Up next remark some congressman joe courtney, democrat from connecticut, and Virginia Republican rob wittman. They talk about defense spending and use ship and some rebuilding efforts. This is just over one hour. Good afternoon and welcome. I want to thank our cspan viewers and those who are joining us online for todays discussion at the conference it hit Hudson Institute. Im dan mckivergan, Vice President of Government Relations at hudson. Our mission is about u. S. International leadership in ...

Early in 1945, our b29s began fullscale operations against japan. 1,500 miles to targets and 1500 miles back from bases at saipan, tinia, and guam. Here, 21st Bomber Command concentrated its massive air power and planned the ultimate crushing defeat of japan, down to the last bomb. Here was the beginning of the end of the road to tokyo. After six months of reoccupation, there were few signs of war along the quiet summer shores of guam. The liberated chimorans were black in their clean native vil...

Shortly. Let me tell you a few things about Justice Kagan you may not know already. Born in new york, raised in new york, educated at princeton, oxford, and Harvard Law School, then became a clerk to judge admiral mick flip on the d. C. Circuit followed by clerk justice, and a couple of years of law practice, then in 1991, i can be mia teaching at the university of chicago law school, where she met professor barack obama. Two years later, invited back to washington to work for the Senate Judicia...

Signs of war along the quiet summer shores of glum. Graham. Deliberated to morris were back in their clean native villages. American citizens again, smiling and friendly. Unaware that america had happened around. America that moved mountains of material, equipment and supplies across the pacific. That changed their dirt roads into broad highways, that manicured their jungles into acres of black top airfields. And nearby, new communities of american citizens had set up housekeeping with various t...

Began fullscale operations against japan. 1500 miles and 1500 miles back from bases in saipan, tinian, and guam. Here, 21st bomber clan concentrated its massive airpower and planned the ultimate crushing defeat of japan, down to the last bomb. Here was the beginning of the end for the road to tokyo. After six months of reoccupation, there were few signs of war along the summer shores of guam. The liberators were back in their native villages, american citizens again, smiling and friendly. Miracl...

Appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with it from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, tha...

Gentlemen. Pleased on behalf of the Penn State Dickinson School of law, penn state institute for constitutional sciences, the center for democracy and technology, and the center for justice to welcome you to what i consider to be a very timely, and honestly a very, very important form and symposium. At the outset, i want to thank all of the participants regarding and incredible array of speakers dissipating in the forum. I want to thank the guests who have taken the time to join us this morning,...

The center for democracy, technology and the center for justice to welcome you to what i consider to be a very timely, obviously a very, very important forming symposium. At the outset i want to thank all the participants. An incredible array of speakers, guests who have taken the time to address this subject and cspan, regardless of republican, democrat or independent think is critically important. Its undisputed that there are people that have been hacking into our elections for a long, long t...

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