Service operations. This is just under one hour. Secretary good afternoon. Is tom johnson. I am proud to say that i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlanta Press club. Today it is the secondlargest press club in the usa, second only to the national is club and it is the number one press club and america. This is a joint meeting of the leaders. , myself ands ago another thought it would be a good idea to have dinner with the Atlantic Community to bring them into this and have speakers that would tell the message we thought was important to this community as well as the nation. Weve had speakers like general generals like petraeus. Absolutely nobody on the stuff in 1965. No political connections. Not a part of the president ial family even though my last name it is johnson. [laughter] mr. Johnson the agent in charge of president johnsons protection at the time was a man named Rufus Youngblood from my hometown. We became good friends. It was rufus who hurled president johnson t
History of the secret service. The Atlanta Press club posted this earlier this month. Good afternoon. Name is tom johnson. I am proud to say that i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlanta Press club. It is second only to the National Press club. In quality it is the number one press club in america. This is a joint meeting read several years ago pete and i peak was then, i guess at that time he was chairman of the board for the Woodruff Foundation and later the Commerce Club we thought it would be a real good thing to bring together the strengths of the atlanta media and the atlanta Business Community into this, and particularly at time to time to have speakers with a message that we felt was important to this community, as well as to the nation. We have had speakers like general betray us general petreaus. We can go down the list. I knew absolutely no one on Lyndon Johnsons staff in 65. I had no political connections. I was not part of the president ial family, even though
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Hello im Maryam Namazie this is the news hour life from london coming up lebanons president urges saudi arabia to explain why saad hariri hasnt returned to beirut following his surprise resignation a week ago. The Transpacific Partnership lives on after eleven countries agree a call deal without the United States. Trump and on the sidelines of that same summits of asia pacific leaders and agree a way forward in syria. Days sports to war african teams that to join senegal and next years world cup will have the very latest as the qualifiers turn into spots in russia. Hello welcome to the news hour we begin in lebanon where its been seven days since the shock resignation of Prime Minister saad hariri which he announced on a surprise visit to riyadh the lebanese president michel aoun is calling on saudi arabia to clarify exactly why harry has yet to return to beirut following suggestions hes been detained and is under house arrest the saudis to fat in lebanon has denied this insisting howe
Unanimous requests. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection, so ordered. n mr. Cruz so the first unanimous consent request i would promulgate, mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h. J. Res. 72, making continuing appropriations for Veterans Benefits for the fiscal year 2014, which was received from the house. I ask further consent that the measure be read three times and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer is there objection . Mrs. Murray mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray mr. President , as the presiding officer knows and our colleagues know, i have spoken often of my own father who was a world war ii veteran who spent most of his life in a wheelchair, earned a purple heart. I know the sacrifices that our veterans make. As chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee before this, i fought