I was born in gilbertville, massachusetts, march 10th, 1922. You just recently had a birthday, too. Yep. Now did you grow up in gilbertville . First 18 years i spent in gilbertville. And i have not spent any time since then. Is gilbertville where you would consider to be your home town . It would be considered my home town. And how many brothers and sisters did you have growing up, what was your family size and makeup . Two brothers and one sister. And where did you fit in . I was number three. Before we started recording, we were talking a bit about your family and growing up during the depression years. Could you tell me about that, what life was like for you coming up during that time . Well, my father was an irishamerican and immigrated from ireland to the United States to find a better place to live. And he and his family came over here and i have looked up their papers and found out that they had 600 for the whole family when they immigrated to the United States. My father spent
Accidental admiral . Guest what a great question at a certain level all of our lives, you can choose to steer a particular course but the sea will come, the wind will come and you will go in a different direction. It comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral just finishing up at us Southern Command in charge of all military activities south of the United States and i was very hopeful in going to the pacific as commander of us Pacific Command which is a senior position, robert gates, called me up and said forget about the specific we are going to send you to nato so i became the first and thus far the only admiral, supreme allied commander in nato and it was an accident that did that. From the nato perspective i was be accidental admiral who became the supreme allied commander. Host the navy was an accident as well. Guest somewhat. I grew up in a marine corps family. My father fought in korea and vietnam. I grew up in that environment and went to Quantico High Scho
Investigation into acquisitions by Big Tech Companies like, face and amazon. Like google, facebook and amazon. Several members talked about the rise in demonstrations by antifa and white supremacist groups. This is about three hours. Cruz this subcommittee hearing is called to order. Welcome to the witnesses who are here. The First Amendments first for a reason. It guarantees not only the freedom of speech, but the right of the people peaceably to assemble. Peaceably matters a great deal in that protection. Without our First Amendment rights, rights that protect the countless ways in which people can peaceably express their social and political views, democracy wouldnt work. The right of the people peaceably to assemble and to demand changes to petition their government for grievances is in the very best tradition of america. No history of the United States, no recounting of the unending struggle to live up to our founding promises would be complete without recognition of the peaceful
A Senate Subcommittee convened a hearing to examine free speech and violent demonstrations. Several members talked about the rise of antifa and white supremacist groups. About three hours. Cruz this subcommittee hearing is called to order. Welcome to the witnesses who are here. The First Amendments first for a reason. It guarantees not only the freedom of speech, but the right of the people peaceably to assemble. Peaceably matters a great deal in that protection. Without our First Amendment rights, rights that protect the countless ways in which people can peaceably express their social and political views, democracy wouldnt work. The right of the people peaceably to assemble and to demand changes to petition their government for grievances is in the very best tradition of america. No history of the United States, no recounting of the unending struggle to live up to our founding promises would be complete without recognition of the peaceful movements that have pushed this nation forwar
Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Millions of lives and livelihoods have been impacted because of the coronavirus. My own district, we are experiencing a recent surge in cases. These are our families, our neighbors, and our friends that have been hurt because of this problem. When i think of the pain, i think of the damage chinas responsible for inflicting on countries around this world, and right here at home. Chinas deception has directly led to americans deaths. China covered up the truth about the virus. China hoarded personal protective equipment and tried to extort other countries for political leverage. Now chinas trying to hack our vaccines, which will harm our ability to serve the world and solve this problem. China is no friend to the United States. That fact is clear to everyone except the democrats. China tries to undermine the United States with every chance they get. Lets just look at the recent headlines. The chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring a Chinese