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division during combat operations against an armed enemy in korea on sepp 4, 1950. that evening under cover of darkness and a dreary mist, an enemy battalion moved to within a few yards of master sergeant peña s platoon. recognizing the enemy s approach, master sergeant peña and his men owned fire, but the enemy s sudden emergence and accurate point-blank fire forced the friendly troops to withdraw. master sergeant peña rapidly reorganized his men and led them in a counterattack which succeeded in regaining the positions they had just lost. he and his men quickly established a defensive perimeter and laid down devastating fire, but enemy troops continued to hurl themselves at the defenses in overwhelming numbers. realizing that their supply of ammunition would soon make their positions untenable, master sergeant peña covered his men s withdrawal. he single handlely handedly held back the enemy until he was killed. master sergeant peña s extraordinary heroism and ....
sacrifice shall never be in vain. thank you for what you all have done for our country. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of the army. good morning. a very special day. secretary hagel, sir, thank you obviously for your gracious words in your presence here today. as well for the tremendous leadership, steady hand you ve brought to these very challenging times. chief, mrs. o., sergeant major, distinguished members of congress, all of the department of defense family, particularly those from the united states army, but especially to the families and the honorees who are with us here today, welcome. it is wonder to see all of you again. as i ve become the 21st secretary of the army, i ve had many occasions to attend some pretty historic events and i probably should go without saying today is certainly one of them. as president obama noted yesterday, this injunction serves as the largest single induction of medal of honor honorees since world war ii. 24 and ....
question as to what policy and how they felt about the vietnam war and the question is, did you beat your wife lately. i want you to come in and answer the questions of the philosophy. you talk about angola. you don t talk about angola how during the eisenhower administration we were for the very people that later on that nixon was opposed to. you don t say anything about that or things of that nature. very interesting. my personal opinion is this, you deliberately stood in that well before an empty house and challenged these people and you challenged their americanism and it s the lowest thing that i have ever seen in my 32 years in congress. mr. speaker, if i may reclaim my time. let me say first of all mr. speaker, i move we take the speaker s words down. find more highlights from 35 years of coverage. c-span created 35 years ago and brought to you by your local satellite or cable provider. president obama honored 24 army veterans tuesday with the medal of ....
the action of china. i want to thank their leadership. they view the situation in its historical, cultural concepts. we appreciate their reaction. i would like to address the people of the u.s. i am proud that freedom is above all for them. but what about the free will of crimean. is that not the same value? i do believe that europeans are understanding. the germans understand us. the reunification of germany, that with a high level issue. not all countries which were allies of germany then, not all of them supported the idea of reunification. the soviet union did support that. it was up to germans to engage in reunification. i hope that germany will support the decision of russia to restore unity. [applause] to address the people of ukraine, you don t want to damage your system. we respect the cultural sovereignty of ukraine. there are those who use greek rain to pursue their agenda. they have a slogan to unite ukraine, but they split ukraine. they are to blame for the ....
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] i would be delighted to yield to our speaker if you would like to continue this. i just want to say this. please use the microphone. there was no question in my mind that the arguments and metements i said change to on complaint of the members. i don t believe they were notified. i believe that they truly did not get the mail in their office. i am inviting you to hear a dialogue on my protection of american policy and foreign affairs should be. to 1970 s to go back 1972. gentleman baldwin, a who i have the greatest respect for, chairman of our intelligence committee. you are going to ask about their policy and the vietnam war. did you speak to your wife lately? i want you to come in and answer the questions of the philosophy you had then. you talk about angola. .ou don t talk about angola how during the eisenhower administration we were the very peopl ....