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
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Coming down the steps as he arrives here in israel. What must be going on in his mind . Greeting Benjamin Netanyahu, israels Prime Minister. They have known each other for decades and President Biden has been coming to this region for 50 years now. The us says over and over again what a close ally israel is and that it will unwaveringly stand by the side of israel, but it has also expressed deep concern about the unfolding and increasing humanitarian crisis in ghana so at the moment. Israel has tightened its siege on the gaza strip, no food, water, fuel medicine coming into the strip. And relentless Aerial Bombardment, following that massive loss of life, the murder of moo israelis inside israel ten days ago by militants who were coming out of gaza. So, we see the two men there, joe biden, with israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They will be going on to hold behind the scenes talks, Closed Door Talks where you can expect a very frank conversation about the ongoing situation. Hu
Vote on the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and former governor Michael Leavitt who we welcome today good to see you and have you back and senator young, a member of this committee will introduce mr. Azar. After his testimony, each will have five minutes of questions. I anticipate a good, vigorous questioning time. Azar, you will be running a 1. 1 trillion organization. That almost equals the total of the 12 appropriation Bills Congress passes each year to find everything from National Parks to National Defense to national laboratories. You would be overseeing medicare and medicaid, our nations Insurance Programs for the poor and elderly. Mental health and substance abuse, where you will have to address the europe your crisis other issues. The National Institutes of health where with Francis Collins excellent leadership the United States is leading efforts to develop a cure for new treatmentd for cancer. The fda, where Scot
System. Inside a highspeed chase. We have it all beginning to end. The news at 11 a clock starts now. A weather alert not for snow but for this, freezing cold weather. You are looking at the constitution guard near the washington monument, we have ice everywhere. We have a look at our most accurate forecast. Its for extreme cold, we have a winter advisory through 12 00 tomorrow. Windchills in the metro at 10 degrees below to five degrees above. This is serious stuff. You will want to limit your time outdoors. Certainly to the morning hours, in fact right now it feels like its five degrees below. One degree below as far south as fredericksburg. Lets talk about the forecast. By 6 00 tomorrow morning it will feel 10 degrees below in ginsburg, 10 degrees below in martinsburg and even fredericksburg will be below zero. It still below zero in the afternoon hour. This is pretty serious. Two degrees below, one below in romney. Two degrees below in winchester. Will talk about what temps finally