Troops as they went into battle they must be the thunder and lightning of desert storm. Among those deployed was Sergeant Stephen wiehe. As a forward observer, he was placed on the front lines for artillery and air support. His memoir, gday details the Critical Mission and movements of the First Battalion of the historic 502nd infantry regiment. It has been called one of the best of the gulf war. Stephen earned many awards for his service including four Army Commendation medals and deliberation of Flight Service medal. Texas, whereustin, he is active in veterans affairs. He is joined tonight by his his twoe, and children. He is a deep love of country and family and is proud to serve with the screaming it goes. We are going to show a video at the beginning of the program, and then stephen will come up to the podium. There will be a reception after the program, and stephen will leave enough time at the end for questions. In the Early Morning hours of , Saddam Hussein not use a powerful i
President of the Dallas County Voters League invited robin erend martin thinking, reverend Martin Luther king and the members of the southern christian Leadership Conference to help lead selmas Voting Rights protest. Today the American People through their congressional representatives list of the congressional gold medal of on the courageous foot soldiers who dared to march in the 1965 Voting Rights movement. Sunday morning at 10 00 on ro to the white house rewind, from the 1988 president ial campaign of new york republican congressman jack kemp as he answered questions on the Editorial Board from usa today. Wiley have conservative values in conservative is go policy and defense policy, i am progressive in regard to my belief in the Republican Party being a lincoln party. A party of black and white and color and whitecollar and of all people. I called progressive conservative in order to differentiate myself from the idea that im up your skinny defending the status quo. At 4 00 p. M.
Illinois delivers the republican response, discussing how congress is combating opioid and perception drug abuse. President obama hi everybody. Over the past seven years, we havent just been recovering from crisis, weve been rebuilding our economy on a new foundation for growth. Growth that benefits everybody, not just folks at the top. Our businesses have created jobs for 73 straight months, 14. 4 million new jobs in all. Weve covered another 20 million americans with health insurance. Weve helped more americans afford college, and invested in industries that create good jobs that pay well, like clean energy. And wages are finally rising again. But there will always be more work to do. And this week, my administration took two big steps that will help make sure your hard work is rewarded, and that everybody plays by the same rules. First, were helping more americans retire with security and dignity. Right now, if you go to a retirement advisor for investment advice, some of them dont
Canadian Prime Minister justin who writes in washington Justin Trudeau arrives in washington for a visit. Watch live at 11 40 eastern time on cspan3. Tomorrow night, the white house hosts the state dinner for the visiting canadian leader. The first formal state dinner at the white house in 2016. Our live coverage begins at 6 15 00 eastern on cspan. The executive chef talked about preparations for the state dinner. Hi everyone. Welcome to the white house. I am the white house it is my privilege to welcome you to the state dinner happening tomorrow. The dinner will be happening in theeast room, followed by state dining room. This is the 11th visit of the obama administration. I am so glad youre here for a preview of the special evening tomorrow. You will get to hear from some of my amazing colleagues starting with the white house florist. She will tell you about the designs and the core of the visit. It was inspired by the scenic span between the u. S. And canada and also the color of sp
Remarkable friendship between the first lady and a reporter. It was also a time when i began to appreciate just how much she meant to the man who became the president of the united dates, not just as his wife, but as his best political advisor, as jim baker and others have pointed out. As we all saw in those photographs and videos, she could be the adoring wife in public, but behind the scenes was a politically astute analyst and the keeper of the flame. We stayed in close touch but it was not always easy. Shortly after his inauguration as president , i made some Public Comments about his early years in which i said i thought the poor boy there and it was somewhat overblown. After all, he had been a successful broadcaster in his 20s and then a movie star under contract before he was 30. Nancy was furious, and the word came from jim baker and others, stay clear of the white house for a while. We will let you know when it is safe to go back. [laughter] about two months later, meredith an