Really need to adopt watch the rest of this event in the cspan Video Library at cspan. Org. Type center for American Progress in the search box. Going to leave and go live to remark some House Veterans Affairs Committee Chair ted poe, some john mccain, james mattis and the mr. Secretary David Shulkin. All living at the American Legion conference here in washington. In deuteronomy it is written, a strong and courageous do not fear or be in dread of them. For it is the lord our god who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you. And in romans, what then shall we say to these things . If god is for us, who can be against us . With those passages in mind let us go to the lord in prayer. Almighty god, for whom nothing is too difficult, we call upon you to call our spirit calm focus our attention and energy on the tasks at hand, knowing that what we do is a part of your divine plan. Grant us the courage and faith needed for the assignments we are about to undertake, centered upon wh
The former home of this United States senator. I hope you dont consider me rude for saying it was dank and depressing. T was the prison also known as hanoi hilton, and it is not a nice hotel like this. The son of an admiral, our guest was offered Early Release from the p. O. W. Camp but turned it down. He endured torture and hardship for nearly six years. He continued his navy career and retired as a captain in 1981. He has represented arizona in the u. S. Senate since 1987. Best known as the 2008 republican nominee for president of the United States, he boldly embraces the American Legion pillar of a Strong National defense, a graduate of the u. S. Of l academy and member america legions post two and is armedairman of the Senate Forces committee. Here is the honorable senator, john s. Mccain. [applause] senator mccain i say thanks for mentioning that i lost for running for president of the United States. I appreciate that. [laughter] senator mccain after i lost, i slept like a baby, s
The former home of this United States senator. I hope you dont consider me rude for saying it was dank and depressing. T was the prison also known as hanoi hilton, and it is not a nice hotel like this. The son of an admiral, our guest was offered Early Release from the p. O. W. Camp but turned it down. He endured torture and hardship for nearly six years. He continued his navy career and retired as a captain in 1981. He has represented arizona in the u. S. Senate since 1987. Best known as the 2008 republican nominee for president of the United States, he boldly embraces the American Legion pillar of a Strong National defense, a graduate of the u. S. Of l academy and member america legions post two and is armedairman of the Senate Forces committee. Here is the honorable senator, john s. Mccain. [applause] senator mccain i say thanks for mentioning that i lost for running for president of the United States. I appreciate that. [laughter] senator mccain after i lost, i slept like a baby, s
Were fortunate enough where we do have indoor batting facilities, but what if you dont, okay . Then you have to be creative to do that. Well, if i may suggest, there are, you know, secondary, you know, training things that you can possibly use. Obviously, tennis balls are good training methods thatting use indoors, okay . You can also get whiffle balls, all right . And you can use those inside gymnasiums. And depending on your application, they contributed considerable amount of money in terms of grants to all kinds of baseball and Baseball Development programs. You can reach kathy action from its called the baseball tomorrow fund. It is Kathy Bradley at mlb. Com. Kathy dot bradley at mlb. Com. I dont have any other credentials other than i have been a lover of the game since i was this line. But when i coached most of the parents were interested because their kids had no knowledge about baseball. Never threw a ball, never hit a ball with the bat. They just want them to of the baseball
Also a responsibility and you only hope that you can carry it with honor and with dignity. [ applause ] im going to be last. Youre not 35 anymore . For me, i was going to get out of the military or before i even went on my last deployment to afghanistan. Me and my wife decided that wed done enough, it was time to grow up and figure out what i was really going to do with my life. The decision was already made before even going overseas and immediately, after that day, the thoughts were never, you know, i did something to receive something. My big thing was to make sure that the guys with me got acknowledged, and more importantly, i was proud of that moment walking into the barracks and having five guys volunteer to go on a counterattack, while i was so impressed with the true grit and just the willing bs to continue on. Because we had nine more months left in country after that day. It wasnt you get done and get a free ride back to the states. You have to pick up the pieces. And to watc