Congressional gold medal to the world war ii for special Service Force. The special Operations Team was formed in 1942 and helped liberate much of europe. Both american and Canadian Veterans attended the event at the u. S. Capitol. This program lasts about an hour. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. Its good to see all of you here today. Since the days of the revolution, congress has awarded gold medals to express the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements. The first recipient was general George Washington himself in march of 1776. Today pursuant to House Resolution 324 we will present a gold medal in honor of the First Special Service Force. The force was activated in 1942 as an elite unit of 1800 american and canadian commandos. Just how elite . Well, for every man they lost, they killed 25. For eve
Ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. Its good to see all of you here today. Since the days of the revolution, congress has awarded gold medals to express the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements. The first recipient was general George Washington himself in march of 1776. Today pursuant to House Resolution 324 we will present a gold medal in honor of the First Special Service Force. The force was activated in 1942 as an elite unit of 1800 american and canadian commandos. Just how elite . Well, for every man they lost, they killed 25. For every man they captured, they took 235. The force was so fierceless that the enemy dubbed them the devils and so effective today that our special forces refer to them as pioneers. These men represent the finest of the finest. So, today we bestow them on them our highest honor. Le
Among them, the british queen, the american and russian president s also arriving for that much lunch. All eyes will be on any interaction between the american and russian president s. It will be the first time they have come facetoface since the annexation of crimea by russia. The tension that has followed ever since. France,s arrival in Vladimir Putin has come facetoface with a number of western leaders for the first time. Yesterday as he arrived in paris, he met with the british Prime Minister. He then had dinner with Francois Hollande. This morning, the russian president met with the german chancellor Angela Merkel for their first meeting since the crisis began. Angela merkel is said to have reminded Vladimir Putin of his in beingponsibility able to help ring piece t bring peace to ukraine. She urged the russian president to recognize the president ial elections in ukraine. That is for the meeting between Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin which took place earlier today. Right now, F
On the manhunt. Reporter good morning. We know authorities are chasing every lead they can to find the person responsible for this shooting. They identified two people they want to talk to. One of them they believe could be the shooter. Now, the shots rang out from a hill that overlooks the Police Department. There was a glouproup of protesters in between. In the horseurs after the shooting Police Brought in three people for questioning. One of the people is a woman who lives at that house. Listen to what she had to say about what happened. I opened my door. I looked at my chest. Theres a red dot on it. I had my hands up and started crying please dont shoot me. They asked for a search warrant to go into the attic. They found a gun in the attic. It was not to be used to hurt anyone. It was used to protect myself. Reporter that woman and two people who were brought in for questioning were released. As far as we know no charges. No arrests have been filed in this case. Now, there is a 3,0
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