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[ room noise ] [ room noise ] so the House Rules Committee taking a break here. When members return, this meeting will continue live on our companion network cspan 2. On the house floor votes are currently under way. Members are voting on two bills including one that aims to prevent suicides among veterans. The measure requires an annual thirdparty review of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention programs at the png and veteran affairs department. Thats live now on cspan. And in the senate today there was a procedural vote on a bill authorizing construction of the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline. The v...

Are all gone. There are still world war ii veterans left, about 1. 1 million. About 700 die every day. If you get the opportunity, go talk to one. It could be any veteran from anywhere. It could be these gentlemen, a grandfather or grandmother. Just do it. Just talk to them. And let them tell you what it was like. But its such an honor to have you here and thank you for your participation today and good luck to all of you. [applause] also at the conference for ilitary veterans two honor recipients. They talk about their reasons for joining the military. This is about 40 minutes. Good morning. ...

Us, how can we better serve our people whenever we become commissioned officers . He wants to borrow 100. [laughter] that would be easier. He wants to know how the Younger Generation when they become commissioned officers how can they best serve this country like your generation served our country . Well, i dont know exactly how to answer that because the training that you young people are having and have had doesnt come anywhere near to the lack of training that we had when we were young. I enlisted before the japanese attack and i did that because uncle sam had paid for my flying to get a pr...

In 1861 and several years later on march 25, 1863, the first medal of honor was presented to u. S. Army private jacob. Since then only 6,000 have been awarded. To americas soldiers, sailors, marines, and coast guardsmen. 3,470 represents a very small fraction of the tens of millions of women who have served in uniform. As of today, there are only 79 living recipients of the medal of honor and im pleased to be here with two of these american heroes. Our first served for 27 years and treaved medal of honor for valor during the vietnam war. He retired from the marine corps in 1979 and served as d...

And talked and there were whistles and calls and the air force got up and the navy got up and the students were giving them the old raspberry. And the marine got up and said there is nobody in this room i want in this room in my military you are all undisciplined. And he crude out the faculty and picked up his gear and walked off stage. At the end of the auditorium i was one of 13 guys that stood at his table. He put his table back together and we talked and i joined the United States marine corps. There was a gunny sergeant who knew what had to be done. Had a mission. Was proud of who he repr...