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white house history, and other distinguished guests, including descendents of stephen decatur. on behalf of the united states navy, i would like to thank all of you and all of us for coming to celebrate the life and the legacy of one of our navy s most illustrious commanders, commodore stephen decatur. serving over two centuries ago, his legacy is one of the most enduring legacies we have in our navy. he helped shape the trajectory of our nation s early naval forces, and as a result, accelerated america s influence in world affairs. he commenced his career in the navy in 1798. that was a critically important time for the united states, as trade opportunities expanded, expanded our country s ambition over the horizon. and at the same time, piracy was threatening our commerce and foreign navies continued to patrol our shores. l rapidly growing naval force was in need of a strong, daring, charismatic and competent leader to demonstrate american seapower. and he was the m ....
Richard its my childhood come to life. Like a marionette show. Also, before i forget, this is the first time my mother has attended one of my readings. And today is her 83rd birthday. Richard . Richard happy birthday, mom. So im going to tell you today about pirate coast. This is my new book and about Thomas Jefferson and the first marines and the secret mission of 1805. He had no troops. He had no backing. But he pulled this mission off. This was americas first covert operation against statesponsored terrorist. Right. We have a little bit of a parallel today. When you hear those stirring marine lyrics i usually think of marines, weapons over there had, amphibious launches. It was a covert operation by one man and a marines. It was a rogue operation. This is the story i want to tell you about. You have to know a little bit about the time period to get into the sense of the story. You know how were on an airplane today and we mig ....
Swea hi everybody. I see a lot of familiar faces out here. Im thrilled you could make it. Its my childhood come to life. Like a marionette show. Also, before i forget, this is the first time my mother has attended one of my readings. And today is her 83rd birthday. Richard . Happy birthday, mom. So im going to tell you today about pirate coast. This is my new book and about Thomas Jefferson and the first marines and the secret mission of 1805 [inaudible] the time period to get into the sense of the story. Were on an airplane today and we might complain we dont get two bags of peanuts or Something Like that. Back then you could be sailing on the mediterranean and be made a barbary save. You could be sailing on your nice ship, your nice Summer Vacation and these marauders from triple e sail down on you and sule spend th ....
And today is her 83rd birthday. Richard . Happy birthday, mom. So im going to tell you today about pirate coast. This is my new book and about Thomas Jefferson and the first marines and the secret mission of 1805 [inaudible] the time period to get into the sense of the story. Were on an airplane today and we might thing could been you could be sailing on the mediterranean and be made a barbary save. You could be sailing on your nice ship, your nice Summer Vacation and these marauders from triple e sail down on you and sule spend the next five years as a slave. I want you to get a sense how different the world was back then. Washington, d. C. Was a swampy outpost with 5000 citizens, total population in washington. Hunters shot quayle near the capitol. There were tree stumps on pennsylvania avenue. The thing i like about washington, you know how buckingham is a name to sort ....
Including. Vice President Joe Biden touches down in ukraine. Hammering home some safety message. Skin cancer rates soar in the united kingdom. Im Andrew Gallagher at the tribeca Film Festival in new york. Well follow one aspiring film maker as he tries to make it in show business. Rebels in south sudan have been accused of massacring hundreds of people. The u. N. Says it happened last week in the oil town of bentu. Some of them back the former Vice President riek machar. The pictures you may find disturbing. The first pictures from the scene to be broadcast show dozens of dead bodies and we arent even airing all of the pictures simply because theyre too graphic. After capturing bentu from government control. 200 were killed and more deaths in a church in a hos ....