The second time addressing the members of the press club was in support of the documentary film brothers at war. And a third time as john said four years ago, when we first launched the foundation. So i guess i havent burned any bridges at the press club yet. You keep asking me back. I would like to speak today about how far the foundation has come in those four years with the work the foundation is doing and what the future looks like as we continue to grow and i would like to emphasize how important it is to have nonprofits in the military support space as the military men and women continue to confront the dark forces of this world on many fun with long and many fronts with long and very tough deployment. At first i would like to acknowledge a few people here today, one of our board members. Thank you for coming. I appreciate you being here. [applause] i have a very distinguished guest that john introduced, a friend of mine that is here today, general livingston was awarded the Unit
In france, i had two uncles in world war ii. My dad served in the navy on my wifes side, her brothers served in vietnam. I learned much from them. It is really the vietnam side that opened my eyes in the late 70s and early 80s because by that time the time i was old enough to absorb things as a young teenager, the family members on my side were well beyond their service. I dont remember my grandfather ever talking about world war i. I dont remember my uncle talking about world war ii until i started doing this work in the and then i would take him everywhere and give him talk. He would spend memorial day at the concert. He unfortunately passed away. This past october. As did my brother in law who was a combat that in vietnam. Stayed in the army for 22 years. I learned so much from him and so much from my wifes two brothers. Theyve really got me thinking and so i got involved in the Vietnam Veterans groups in the 80s and in the chicago area supporting them. So, ten years later, i had an
Welcome to the National Press club. My name is john hughes. I am an editor for our breaking news desk in washington, and i am the president of the National Press club. Our guest today is actor humanitarian given sunnis gary sinise. He will discuss challenges facing americas servicemen and women and what can be done to improve their lives and support their loved ones. But first, i want to introduce our distinguished head table. This Group Includes press club members and guests of our speaker. From the audiences wright, president of d. C. Media connections publisher of stars and stripes, defense reporter for politico and cochair of the National Press clubs young members committee. Amy fickling, editor with one communications news, the staff writer for marine corps times. Jim livingston, a medal of honor recipient and guest of the speaker. [applause] john hughes the chairman of the press Club Speakers Committee the Washington Bureau chief for the buffalo news, and former National Press cl
Brotherinlaw jack who stayed in the military for 22 years after vietnam, it was a good place for him to be. But for my other brotherinlaw, my wifes brother who is a helicopter pilot in the vietnam. He got out after his tour. And it was very, very challenging for him to try to blend in and forget, you know, to pretend he wasnt a vietnam veteran. Which at that time, so many who had been to vietnam had to do. It was a challenging time. And our nation treated our veterans in a shameful manner. It was a difficult time for our country and our veterans. It was a hard time for the army, i know. Very difficult time for our marines. But we learned, i think, the reason you see over 40,000 military nonprofits out there today, and there are over 40,000 that have popped up in the last 14 years. And i think one of those, one of the reasons is because people are aware of what happened in the late 60s and early 70s to mid70s to when our Vietnam Veterans were treated poorly. And like me, many of them wa
That other headlines. A rainy start to the work weekend question now how long will the rain stick around . Meteorologist efren afante joins us now with the answer. Weve been getting a lot of rain since early this morning and now a transition from showers to go showers and nonsevere thunderstorms and a lot of lightning associated with it. The extension from Saluda County into northern aiken county. Moving to parts of lexington county into columbia and then more going into aryans from hopkins and throw sumpter and approaching into areas so a lot of rainfall, a lot of lightning with it. Right now in columbia 60s and calm winds. We expect the ring to continue in thunderstorms as well. Low 51 and then tomorrow brain sevenday forecast and when the rain will be out of here coming you. One man dead and another missing after the boat capsized afternoon. Dnr Officials Say other boaters but were unsuccessful. They pulled the other man into revive him. The missing man. Richland county hope you can