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 deputy secretary assistant for the navy until 2009. He also served as acting assistant secretary of the navy from january through april 2009. Please welcome medal of honor recipient and u. S. Marine colonel, Barney Barnum. [applause] our second panelist served in the army for 26 years. He was one of americas first soldiers to don the green beray green beret authorized by president kennedy to be wor
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 represented. Wasnt going to take any shenanigans and i said i think id like to be like that guy. Sergeant morris you were raised in oklahoma. Tell us about your early life and your early role models when you were growing up there. My role model was an uncle of mine and he was a parra trooper in the triple nickel which was a segregated Airborne Unit at the. But i was so impressed just looking at him in
Countdown. Tonight, lawmakers are watching the fiscal cliff clock. The president says that he has met republicans halfway. Now, is it working . And if you are not finished with your Christmas Shopping, you are not alone only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. As people across the nation try to focus on the holidays, the events in newtown, connecticut, and the debate over gun control is controlling much of the conversation this weekend, regardless of which side of the debate you are on. The end goal is ending gun violence. A crowd gathered at a vigil aimed at doing just that. Lauren demarco joins us there. Reporter president obama says that this is not just an issue for lawmakers and law enforcement. He says thats going to take all americans standing up and say, enough on behalf of our kids. And that is why the community is coming out tonight. The vigil in Columbia Heights was held in honor of 20 children and six School Staff Members killed. Local stool keep
That. So its a long essay. Its pretty funny, actually. A lot of what happened is just hilarious and unplanned. Your whole life youre not just an author. You have some other things as well. Yes, i am a tv host and i host a show that airs every sunday morning. Parents of Young Children may know you from a different genre. Strangely enough i have had the joy of working for veggie tales as a writer. I wrote half of the hamlet all my parity and im the voice on the video. Also i wrote some books for veggie tales. I have written 30 Children Books over the years and other genre that i was expecting to skip that god had other plans. I love writing for children. Its one of the most fun things you can do. Some of my heroes have been childrens books writers. C. S. Lewis wrote childrens books and i really do enjoy it. My childrens books are usually also for adults. I hope theres a sophistication and a wit that some of the best childrens writing and mind aspires to have that so ive done a lot of chi
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their votes . If not, the ayes are 57, the nays are 39, and the motion is agreed to. Mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the republican whip. Mr. Cornyn madam president , if we could have order in the senate, please. The presiding officer the senate will be in order. Mr. Cornyn thank you, madam president. I want to spend a few moments this morning talking about Realistic Solutions to the ongoing crisis along americas southern border. Obviously i come from a border state where we have 1,200 miles of common border with the nation of mexico, which of course has been the gateway now to this humanitarian wave of children, unaccompanied children coming from Central America into the United States. Ill talk more about that in detail, but i first want to comment on something that the majority leader said this morning in his opening remarks. With his what has now become trademark high p