Then he gets a little nervous but hopefully he will survive. I thought that you all probably know a little bit about mike given who you are, but ill run through his resume really fast and then tell you the insider he things that i think i feel obligated to share since im his wife. So fast on the resume he was a fast study at two of the worlds finest academic institutions. He did well, it was a good student. He studied on friday night. I know. He served five years active duty in the United States army. His first assignment was leading troops to the east german border and to this day might endorse tanks and i think that he would tell you his favorite job probably until death is being a soldier. [applause] he practiced law for a few years here in washington and then moved back to kansas is where his mother was from to start an aerospacemovement , then he ran an oil and gas business and then our son nick went off to college. And we were emptynesters and it sounded so appealing but the hous
Out on stage, so i want her because she was looks out for me. Im pretty sure that mike is backstage. A little bit nervous because he thinks it is a good idea for me to introduce him until the moment arrives and then he gets a little nervous. Hopefully he will survive. Susan i thought that you all, probably know a little bit about mike given him you are. But i will run through his resume really fast. And then you, the insider thanks, they feel kind of obligated to share since the wife is introducing the husband. So fast of the resume. He was blessed to study and two of the worlds finest academic institutions. He did well, he was a good student, he studied on friday nights. [laughter]. I know. He served five years active duty in the United States army,. [applause]. s first assignment was leading troops into the east german border into the state mike indoors tanks and i think that he would tell you his favorite job probably to death, is being a soldier. [applause]. He practiced law, for a
Issues including terrorism, religious celebrity and training american hostages being held over city see sees. He is introduced by his wife susan. I have said before she came out on stage, so i want her because she was looks out for me. Im pretty sure that mike is backstage. A little bit nervous because he thinks it is a good idea for me to introduce him until the moment arrives and then he gets a little nervous. Hopefully he will survive. Susan i thought that you all, probably know a little bit about mike given him you are. But i will run through his resume really fast. And then you, the insider thanks, they feel kind of obligated to share since the wife is introducing the husband. So fast of the resume. He was blessed to study and two of the worlds finest academic institutions. He did well, he was a good student, he studied on friday nights. [laughter]. I know. He served five years active duty in the United States army,. [applause]. s first assignment was leading troops into the east
And bob pisani at the New York Stock Exchange hey, robert. Hello there, old friend narrow trading range were down second day in a row, but a small trading range. 16 points in the s p 500, maybe 200 points in the Dow Jones Industrial average the nasdaq, though, is eking out small gains. The dow gainers for the month, theyre still the gainers for the day. Look at apple, look at nike, look at sisco, all up on the month. The laggards, its interesting, the ones that are down in the month of december also down today. Boeing had a tough month even disney. They topped out the beginning of december, 153 now, 143. Visa ending down today a little bit here that was a big mover all throughout the end of december the one sector i would point out to you is the Energy Sector. Oil exploration product up again today. And you know all of those really beaten up small Exploration Production companies, witing, southwestern, all terrible year, terrible three or four years since the tax law selling seemed to
Logical what 1st ending the presence of Foreign Forces as an emergency measure and making arrangements for that secondly to go back to the draft decision that was put forward to the parliament before the current government took office. But all kurdish representatives boycotted the session and most of the sunni m. P. s were in there the emergency session of parliament is a reminder of the deep ethnic and sectarian divisions in iraq being so nice shias and kurds at least one commander of the. Group has said that if the Parliament Fails to cause a decisive resolution against the u. S. Presence in iraq on sunday all future sessions will be worthless. A powerful cleric who heads one of the leading blocs in parliament criticized the decision as a weak one so theyre called for the shutting down of the u. S. Embassy on socalled resistant groups inside and outside iraq to form urgency battalions similar sentiments were echoed by other shia majority political blocs. This is a real test for loyal