Call to action and i said you know what can you do, ill tell you. You can pay your vendors within 15 days of getting a valid invoice from them. That would show your commitment back and he accepted that challenge and im very, we theed path finders like this in corporate america, so that is one of the, it opens the conversations we had and im seeing results and am grateful for that. Is there an argument beyond listen, that you can point to your supply chain and say this is a really brilliant business decision thats going to help you make a lot of money. First data as a supplier, general actually declared were going the hire 30 of new hires spouses. I turned that to our supply chain and said not only do i want you to do it, im not writing you out of the contract, but id like you to do that as well. Not because youre a supplier of usa, but it makes good business. I found almost every supplier said we want to do that as well because we see the value of doing it. But then the question was ho
I am here to voice my strong support for the courageous people of afghanistan. Women and men who have suffered for years under the taliban regime. Each and every one of us has the responsibility to stop the suffering caused by malaria because every life and every land matters. All of us can do something to after studying first ladies and knowing some of them very well at my own motherinlaw or one that i married very much, Lady Bird Johnson, is our country benefits by whatever our first ladies interests are. She is the wife of one president and the daughterinlaw of another. Became firstush lady after a controversial election brought her husband, george w. Bush, to the white house. Less than nine months later came the 9 11 attacks and laura bush help comfort the nation while continuing to pursue interests important to her including education, literacy, and womens health. Welcome to cspan series first lady influence and image. Tonight, we tell you the story of the wife of our 43rd preside
You are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are needing an assistant. Men have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. For our complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. We have more on the u. S. Chamber of commerces summit on Job Opportunities for veterans. Up next, former first lady laura bush. She specifically focuses on Military Spouses and the challenges they face. Attendees also hear from congressional medal of honor recipient dakota meyer, labor secretary tom perez and joint chiefs of staff vice chair admiral james winfield. This is just under two hours. Good morning, im the executive director of the institute for military families and i would like to welcome my friend mark here from deloitte and ill i guess ill say first its humbling and honestly intimidating to follow president bush but is to spend just ten minutes talking about the collective and collaborative action. A recap of where weve been relative to vets em ploimt and also what may lie ahead. Challenge chal
We talked to her recently. She talked about that day. I like to have you talk about how she responded to that and how it redefine what is her years of first lady would be. Watch. I was on my way to capitol hill to brief the Senate Education committee on Early Childhood education. I hosted a summit on Early Childhood education that summer. I was going to brief that committee on Early Childhood education when i was getting in the car. My secret Service Agent said a plane flown into the world trade center. We assumed that it was just some strange accident. We knew the second plane had hit. How did you leave . The secret service came to get me and said its time to at first they were thinking that would take me back to the white house. They had to regroup and figure out where i should go. Womenner concluding off their high hills running from the white house. I know they were expected to have interesting jobs at the white house but in one thought they would have to run from the white house.
We benefit, our country benefits by whatever our first lady champions for. Laura bush became first lady after a controversial election brought her husband to the white house. Less than nine months later was the 9 11 attacks and she helped cover the nation while pursuing interests important to her including education, literacy, and womens health. Good evening and welcome to first ladies image and influence. We will tell the story of the life of our 43rd president , laura bush. Here to do that are two people who know her well. This is a laura bush biographer. Her book the perfect wife, tells the story of laura bush. She has covered the former force first lady since 2001. Welcome to the program. He is a president ial historian and is currently working on a book, the relationship between president bushes 41 and 43. Nice to see you this evening. In your biography, you refer to the role of first lady as the most bizarre, volunteer job in the world. We heard laura bush talk about having her m