Undersecretary for strategy, policy and plans. And now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Gracious god, our rock of ages and lifes shifting sands, give our lawmakers this day the abiding assurance of your presence. May they strive to be your instruments, accompliing your will and being concluded by your glory. Enable them to experience your contentment and peace, facing lifes chaos with quiet hearts and vibrant faith. Lord, refresh their spirit, quicken their thinking, reinforce their judgment, and empower them to fulfill your purposes on earth. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding
Nomination of Barbara Barrett to be the next air force secretary, with a final vote on her scheduled for 4 15 eastern. And now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by Giani Sukhvinder Singh of milbourne, pennsylvania. The guest chaplain good morning. Let us pray. One universal creator god, by the grace of the true guru. Almighty god, we call you by many names but you are one. Keep your divine hand over the members of this senate as they help steer the future of our great nation. Keep truth on our tongues, love in our hearts, and sound judgment in our minds. Remind us of our purpose to love and serve one another and create a more peaceful world. We ask for blessings unto all leaders as they work for the common good. Give all who govern this land humility and courage, integrity and compassion. Release each one of us from ego so that we may serve selflessly. Help us remember that we
By the way, yes, good ideas are often, yes, yes, well, here, and according to which israel began to receive 23 billion in aid annually. And if we dont provide them with this and these guarantees, if we dont provide the prospect of membership , well already post who is this time . I mean, i always i say that the nato secretary general is such an inflated figure with a good salary, true, but nothing decisive is absolutely the same fool as barrel, but for 10 kg on the way he simply voices, so to speak, the position of the americans, but there may be some other something and well, and he can give some comments, well, which are not very different. So this time it s not to be provided, then well say a coalition who want there powerful countries, such as poland, there are these baltic military giants who will send their troops on the territory of ukraine and will become, so to speak, a camp there so that, god forbid, the russians do not, uh, decide, so to speak, e poke where they are not supp
I was freaking out. Because the hallways were very empty, and that made me even more scared. Reporter Philadelphia Police officers, detectives and heavily armed swat teams descending on the scene. We hear school obviously were coming march. Reporter students and faculty told to shelter in place while swat members went room to room look fort suspect. This is student cell phone video from inside. Many learning about the threat through texts or phone calls. Get all these messages and i started like worrying like what am i going to do if he comes up here. Police commissioner ramsay says this was personal between the gunman an student the confrontation started outside the bon nel building and when the student threatened to Call Security the suspect ran into building across the street. I dont know what they were fighting over. But they were arguing over something at some point in time this individual pauls gun. Oh, my goodness, whats really going on, because the guy was supposed to have been
Our speaker this morning, the former secretary of defense william perry, i first met when he was the deputy secretary of defense, and he and mrs. Perry came to korea where i was the c5j5 and i was assigned to escort them around. And i had a lot of those kinds of duties while i was assigned to korea. But it was the most pleasant experience i had and i say that honestly, to get to know these two people. And he then became our secretary of defense. And many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses weve ever had. Hes currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and a freeman Foley Institute of international studies. He is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at Stanford University and serves as codirector of the Nuclear Risk Reduction initiative and preventive defense project. Please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. applause what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of americas mille