So welcome to the annual lecture. Featuring our special guest general david berger in the marine corps. He is a true american patriot, he is making very exciting changes to the recorder and he is here to share with you. We are honored to have him here to hear his insights and to see what the future holds for the marine corps. We would like to think the sponsor for this event James Mcginley who makes a series of lectures possible. The annual colonel lecture always features an distinguished speaker talking about the topics of national security. In the past we have welcomed david hansen senator jon kyl and james mattis, a distinguished list and were very happy to have another distinguished speaker here today. The Foundation Also partners with the Marine Corps University foundation to host this event. And Lieutenant General Richard Mills who is the president and ceo of the Marine Corps University foundation. General mills enjoyed a 40 year career at the marine corps and led marines all aro
A week. This morning, stock futures in this country pointing towards a big selloff here when the markets open. Chinas 7 selloff wiped off value in just 15 minutes. Analysts say investors are reacting to the Chinese Government devaluing the un and what it signals that the economy may be doing worse than expected. Chinese markets have lost nearly a quarter of their value. More from beijing. The new year really has got off to a bang on chinas jittery stock markets. Trading was halted twice on monday. On thursday, the same thing happened again. The first session lasted just 12 minutes before the index dropped by 5 . That was enough to halt trading for 15 minutes. Trading then resumed. The market then dropped by 7 after just three minutes. So on thursday, just 15 minutes of trading was possible. Why is this happening . China, currency, the yuon is continuing to weaken. Thats further confirmation the worlds second largest economy is continuing to slow. Also on thursday came reports that the
We salute those of the greatest generation. We also offer a special salute to this generation. Another great generation. A generation of men and women who are presently serving in the ongoing war on terrorism. There services greatly appreciated. To all of these veterans past and present, we are grateful. We have a lasting appreciation for their service to our country. I want to thank you all for being here today. Special thanks to our veterans for their service and sacrifices for our nation. To introduce the official party for todays commemoration. Is mr. Note speaker George Prescott bush. [applause] it is a long walk. The chairman of the board for friends of the National World war ii memorial. [applause] district, theary corporal chaplain. [applause] it is a warm day and we will try to make this brief. I think youll find it impressive. Presentationor the of the colors and the plane of the National Anthem and the invocation. Please be seated. Youso want to introduce to robert vogel, th
Reproduce that number during the year. So beekeeping is a totally different thing now. There are number of things that are threatening them. Its not because simply they are just die. We have to think about the production and reproduction of the population and what has changed about beekeeping. It is different than managing. Keeping it going, we do more and more managing the deaths of our bees. Im not worried about the Bee Population disappearing, not unless the beekeepers do, which is very possible. Only about 80 of the bees in this country are basically managed by about 1200 beekeepers. I would say 50 of those have massive beekeeping operations. It will keep new people coming into it as long as they can make a profit off of it, and we will manage the debts the same way we manage cattle. Now the modern be has a shorter lifespan, more parasites, more viruses, more bacterial infections and colonies living shorter lines like send any time and aviary history. Bees have a certain personalit
Mr. Ham. Cable satellite corp. 2014] on the next wall street journal, Thomas Gentzel looks at the role of School Boards and issues facing public schools. And michael and neal discuss the Common Core Standards Initiative and their role. Plus your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. Wall street journals live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Tomorrow morning, several u. S. College professors release their findings on minority students and whether current policies are helping or hurting their chances getting into college. Its hosted by the ucla civil rights project. That starts live tuesday at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2. And on cspan 3, a ceremony arking the anniversary of v. J. Day. Remarks from George Prescott bush. He will speak about his grandfather being shot down 70 years ago while serving as a Navy Fighter Pilot in 1944. Our live coverage from the world war ii memorial starts live at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Also tomorrow, the center for strategic and International Studies hold