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I would choose patriot, thats what he is. At his very core. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of defense, the honorable jim attis. [applause] [applause] secretary mattis thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen. And thank you, general hamm, old friend of many years. Its an absolute delight to be here with youall. I do appreciate being invited to Something Like this. I can probably find no place in washington, d. C. , today that i feel more at home than here among all of us. Mccarthy, we ry first met each other in those very uncertain days after mccar in afghanistan and we served...

Who portrays George Washington at mount vernon. This is about 90 minutes. Good evening, everyone. I want to welcome everyone to a wonderful presentation tonight. Washingtons indispensable partner and his interaction with our Founding Fathers. I excited to introduce forgot to tell you who i am. I am jill kelley, the chapter president. Joe kelly, the chapter president of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society of the state of pennsylvania. I wasvery proud tonight about to introduce our pres ident, but a special guest has asked if they can say a few words. Ladies and gentlemen, ive been given th...

The i forgot to tell you who i am. I am joe kelly, the chapter president. Chapter president of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society of the state of pennsylvania. And i was very proud tonight to i was about to introduce our president , but a special guest has asked if they may say a few words. Ladies and gentlemen, i have been given the honor tonight and the privilege of introducing our distinguished and special guest. He prefers to call himself a farmer. His accomplishments go far beyond the tilling of the earth. He has served as a member of the house of burgess in virginia and as a delega...

[ applause ] thank you. Let me just start by asking, what sparked your interest, your passion for history . I believe you grew up in massachusetts near concord and a number of historic sites. Did that play a role in it . No, i dont think so. I just was interested in stories. I read a lot. I had a Terrible High School teacher, i must say, in i went to waltham high school, and he was horrible, but it didnt dampen my interest. I just read history and enjoyed it. But as dave said earlier, i had planned to go into the Foreign Service. I graduated from tufts. I was going to serve my three years at a...

A number of historic sites. Did not play a role . I was interested in stories. I read a lot. I had a Terrible High School teacher, i must say. He was horrible, but it did not dampen my interest. I read history and enjoyed it. I had planned to go into the Foreign Service. I was going to surf my three years in the air force, as a rotc commitment and go to fletcher school. It is connected to georgetown, it was a Foreign Service officer training school. My experience and being arbitrarily treated by the federal government in the military soured me on working for the government, so i changed my min...