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Ladies and gentlemen please stay standing. Let us pray. Internal lord, god, the source of our hope and dreams, we think you for the doolittle tokyo raiders. A group of 80 patriots who bathe himself the country loved. We are grateful for the morale boost their exploits provided. A beleaguered nation, infusing america with the spirit of hope when it needed it most. Lord, we ask your special blessings on the two surviving raiders, the retired with a net kernel Lieutenant Colonel and the Staff Sergeant. Bless also and comfort the families of a third doolittle raider, the retired Lieutenant Colonel...

In france, i had two uncles in world war ii. My dad served in the navy on my wifes side, her brothers served in vietnam. I learned much from them. It is really the vietnam side that opened my eyes in the late 70s and early 80s because by that time the time i was old enough to absorb things as a young teenager, the family members on my side were well beyond their service. I dont remember my grandfather ever talking about world war i. I dont remember my uncle talking about world war ii until i started doing this work in the and then i would take him everywhere and give him talk. He would spend m...

[ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the departure of the official party. This weekend on the cspan netwo networks, politics, books and American History. On saturday, at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, hurricane katrina, the 10th anniversary. Speakers include bill clinton and the mayor mitch landrieu. And sunday evening at 6 30, speeches from Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National committee in minneapolis. On cspan 2 book tv on saturday at 10 00 eastern on afterwards, author danel Padilla Peralta talked about his book, chasing his journey from an grbt to his...

Devils brigade. I was on the hallowed grounds of arlington today to see the canadian cross of honor erected in 1930 by our government in those majestic fields to honor the 3,000 americans who died in world war i serving with canadian units. And the heroics of the devils brigade continue. Our joint defense of north america through norad, korea where tommy prince served in the battle of kapyong, in the korean war. In afghanistan, where the 40 americans who died serving alongside canadians in kandahar are held as close to our chest as the 158 men and women we frost that dangerous province. And to...

We have new profiles tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern with four members of congress, three of them veterans. There was one day where i had 31 things on my calendar. You might have a fiveminute meeting followed by a 10 minute meeting. I serve on three committees, seven subcommittees. I get up early. I tried exercise as close to every morning as i can. The evenings usually and late. Up there are other people that have vices. They might go out drinking or whatnot. For me, i love to empty my email inbox. That is my vice. Staying on top of stuff. We might be out, there might be some type of event goin...