Twitter. Com booktv. [applause] [applause] good evening to all. My name is john. I have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and i want to think each and every one for coming up this evening. In honor of our men and women, we serve. Please join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of america, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Play ball. Ben is one of the trustee members, thank you for coming. When a guest has gone out of their way and spend their life in Public Service and performed for the american people, i think that they need to be thanked and introduced in a thoughtful way. And so that was the challenge that i faced once again and prepared to write an introduction with president cheney and his accomplished daughter, liz. I plan to do just that. And im sure for the 1000 of you gathered here this evening, it is special. And that is because tonight we are in the presence o
That they need to be thanked and introduced in a thoughtful way. And so that was the challenge that i faced once again and prepared to write an introduction with president cheney and his accomplished daughter, liz. I plan to do just that. And im sure for the 1000 of you gathered here this evening, it is special. And that is because tonight we are in the presence of another true american hero, Vice President cheney and liz, welcome to the reagan library. I like that one. How do you define someone who has quite literally dedicated his entire life to his country. And in the process has selflessly come to the aid of our country in times of crisis. So if any of you are counting, that is for president s, not five as i previously noted. And the fifth at he served with great honor and without hesitation was Ronald Reagan. What is new and what is exciting about their visit today is that they are here with a new book entitled exceptional wiser world needs help. They wrote then that the obama for
Until everything is agreed. The practical needs are certainly an element of consideration, a comprehensive agreement, but so are our concerns about their ability to have Nuclear Weapons, which is prairie that they not obtain a Nuclear Weapon. And so whenever the final agreement is, that is the assurance that is most of concern to us. I appreciate that. Again, if they build ten new Nuclear Power plants, it would be a vast and rich a program that would have to have. Just the complications of monitoring such a program would be exponentially greater, and i just think that we have to keep that on in our mind because that is how they would actually crack this inspections regime in the years ahead, even if we got a comprehensive agreement. Finally, since the november agreement have you seen signs of an uptick in the iran support for proxies and allies around the middle east . Do you have reason to believe that iranians feel they now have greater leeway to intervene more aggressively in the re
Benefits to all military including those serving in the coast guard, reserves, National Guard during by permitting travelers to provide information about themselves ahead of time, we expedite the process for them in airports. With better focus resources to the pool of people we know less about. This advances Aviation Security and should be popular with the republic. Lastly, i am mindful of surveys withinflect the morale various components of dhs. Our greatest asset is our people. Each and every day the men and women work hard to fulfill our critical and noble mission. They dedicate themselves to the security and advancement of our nation. I will be a champion for those men and women of dhs and will advocate on their behalf. Morale also depends on good leaders in place of each of our components. We must inject any energy. Arts withrship sto recruiting new leaders to help run the organization. With the help of the white house and congress, were bringing in some terrific people to bring i
The following is the Introduction to Antiwar.com editorial director Scott Horton’s new book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. The Middle - Scott Horton for Antiwar.com Original