Cable news’ longest-serving executive is retiring after 40 years at CNN
The longest-serving executive in the history of cable news is retiring, and CNN will never be the same.
Around the network he is known simply as Rick. “Ask Rick.” “See what Rick thinks.” Sometimes more ominously, “Rick wants to talk.” Or, with a sigh of relief, “Rick OKed this.”
“Rick” is Rick Davis, the executive vice president of news standards and practices, charged with keeping CNN’s editorial standards high across all of its platforms.
He has held the role since 1998, and his career with CNN dates back to 1980, and the day the cable news network was founded.
i can t comment on because he is doing something today as we know and they are setting up sentencing so i m not going to comment but people heard my comments in the past. jillian: he faces life in prison after charges of desertion for abandoning his post in afghanistan in 2009, held captive by the talent and for five years and being traded for 5 gitmo terrorists under the obama administration. a war hero who is his life to save 50 of his fellow soldiers has received the medal of honor. during vietnam s operation tailwind in 1970, retired army captain gary rose ran through gunfire to treat soldiers despite being wounded. face down the evils of communism, you showed the world the unbreakable resolve of the
donald trump will join senate republicans at the weekly policy lunch to talk about tax reform and repealing and replacing obamacare. for war hero who risked his own life to save 50 of his fellow soldiers has received the of honor. operation tailwind in 1970, retired army captain gary rhodes ran through gunfire to treat soldiers even when he was wounded. face down the evils of communism, defended the flag and you showed the world be unbreakable resolve of the american armed forces. the award also belongs to his comrades. we all earned it. this brings it home. the story has been told and with this award i am convinced they
mission. he was the only medic for 136 men who embarked on one of the group s biggest missions of the war, operation tailwind. their goal was to prevent the north vietnamese from funneling weapons along the ho chi minh trail to use against our american troops. helicopters dropped the unit into laos. before they even touched the ground enemy fire struck three men. once they landed in the clearing they rushed to the jungle for much-needed cover. soon, another man was shot outside their defensive perimeter. mike immediately rushed to his injured comrade firing at the enemy as he ran. in the middle of the clearing, under the machine gun fire, mike treated the wounded soldier. he shielded the man with his own
the president of the united states. officially retired captain gary mike rose, his friends call him mike, was never in laos at the height of the vietnam war. rose is captain rose is 69 years old. he served as a medic in the military assistant command studies and observations group, which was an elite division of the special forces and is. it was so secret at the time for more than four decades he never spoke about it to one person on earth. for four decades. not even the people with whom he served. so this will be the first time that the people with whom he s served have gotten together since that day. it has not been a secret anymore for a few years. but for four decades he never spoke of this. imagine. those that served with him never forgot the bravery called operation tailwind in the land