I would choose patriot, thats what he is. At his very core. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of defense, the honorable jim attis. [applause] [applause] secretary mattis thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen. And thank you, general hamm, old friend of many years. Its an absolute delight to be here with youall. I do appreciate being invited to Something Like this. I can probably find no place in washington, d. C. , today that i feel more at home than here among all of us. Mccarthy, we ry first met each other in those very uncertain days after mccar in afghanistan and we served together for many years after that. Thank you for coming back to the colors, sir. Its a pleasure to serve with you once again. General millie, we served together, we know each other over many years. Ou have the d. N. A. Of iwo jima in your veins. You bleed wheed, red, white, blue. The army could not be in bert hands. Sergeant major daily, besides deciding to go on the Obstacle Course this morning
Veterans only in the first hour come eastern time zones call 2027488000. Mountain or pacific time zone, 2027488001. If you would like to post a comment at social media, cspanwj is the twitter handle and post a comment on facebook. Com cspan. There is the front page of the wall street journal. A simple photo, a day to honor those who served. An Army Sergeant of chandler arizona visiting a great at the Arlington National cemetery in virginia. They point out today commemorations around the country will pay tribute to those who have served the u. S. Armed forces. The front page of the wall street journal. President trump who is overseas was in vietnam yesterday and spoke briefly about veterans, thanking them and talked about the Veterans Administration. Sident trump we will get to the video of the president in a moment once we get it loaded up. Facts about veterans day from ,ne of the alabama publications they talk about the fact that there are 6. 7 million vietnam era veterans and 2016, 7
Us sent to fight it. But no one can debate the service and sacrifice of those who fell while serving. It is unfortunate the circumstance under which the more than 2 million veterans who returned from vietnam did not lend itself to the type of welcome given to the veterans of other wars, or even to those of us who were prisoners in vietnam. Overdue, withng this parade today and especially with this dedication, america is saying welcome home. [applause] here in this great city with the nations affairs are conducted and the buildings, new and old they give us a sense of history and of our destiny, washington, also a city of monuments, landmarks, stone statues, testified to the deeds and ask of those who have shaped the nation we have become. Memorial isveterans unique. Vastly different from the monuments of independence, emancipation that blanket, it will be a memorial visible for all time to come to those who have made and implement our nations laws and for those who come to the city to
David i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i had a day job of running a private equity firm. [david reading onscreen text] [inaudible dialogue] david general, thank you very much for coming. Pleasure. Thanks. Great to be with you. Now, you served our country very honorably for quite a while in government. Were gonna talk about that. But now youre in something that i consider a higher calling of mankind, private equity. [all laugh] how do you compare being in the military and leading troops to private equity . Well, im not sure i would agree wholeheartedly with that. Although i feel very privileged to be in the private equity business and also to be active in academia, in speaking, with startups and so forth. I think its pretty hard to top the extraordinary privilege of serving ones country in uniform, particularly if youre leading our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines in combat. Youre very famous for staying in shape. Now, you told me this morning you alread
I will just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even know i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . General, thank you very much for coming. General petraeus pleasure, thanks, great to be with you. You served our country for quite david a while. now you are in something you might consider a higher calling of mankind, private equity. [laughter] how do you compare being in the military to being in private equity. General petraeus i am not sure i would root greek i would agree wholeheartedly with that although i feel privileged to to be in the private equity business and also in academia. I think it is pretty hard to top the extraordinary privileges serving ones country in uniform, particularly if you are leading our soldiers, marines come in combat. David you are famous for staying