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administration in recognition of his service in the u.s. army. on behalf of my mother, ann broder and my mother and our wives, and his seven grandchildren, and you all for being here today. thank you, mr. vice president for being here. thank you, distinguished guests, contacts and sources. [laughter] his colleagues and peers from the fourth estate and those of you, his loyal readers, for being here. thanks for your patience in waiting to get started. we hope you enjoyed the slide show and the music of the trio. my father was active, engaged, relevance, and curious until the end. his last column ran on february 6. he left us on march 9. you would not have to be understood it and the truth is i do not really get. in the 24 hours after he died, he had more tweets than charlie sheen and princess kate s dress. not bad for an 81 year-old who hadhis thailand just = his challengers for the new wired world. thank you for laughing. not because i am is a comedian, but because we want t
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, please rise [inaudible] thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] welcome. david broder was a reporter. he knew that about himself from literally his youngest days. he never reconsidered or wavered in his passion for this calling for his competitive result to be the best he could. he became a columnist, lecturer, speaker, pungent and tv talking head. he was also a husband, father and grandfather, george broder s one of his sons. i stand with you wearing his watch which was his own father s watch, a depression era dentist from chicago who tended to his patience and took payment in trade or cash only when they could convince him they could afford it. here with us today among his other items, his left hand return typewriter and a united s