Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing armed forces from front to left the United States army band under the direction of kernel holton and scott little. Elements of the armed forces the old guard, led by captain michael, Sergeant First Class gary gordon. Next almost on line jason and sergeant leo. The colors have been one of the most important elements of a military unit in an armed forces colored guard and the service flag of the army, marine corps, navy and coast guard. Platoon officer sullivan. Next element on line members from the United States air force guard led by first lieutenant. Flight noncommission Michael Michael moore. And platoon officer mike gizer. Last on guard gore. Musician wore the reverse colors, men and women of the old guard man maintained tradition. Led by major hayes. The platoon sergeant is first class joseph brown. To the right of the formation is the president ial salute gun battery led by sergeant. Marching on the joint staff army captain alexander,
Monk, certainly experienced his share of hard times in the military at the hands of our government. And another person who should be up here with us is Navy Chaplain wes modder, who i have the privilege and honor of representing as well. And i know that chaplain would love to be here himself to tell you his story. Unfortunately he cant do that. But what i am pleased to share with you all that chaplain modder is sitting here in the audience, right here in the first row. And chaplain modder, will you please stand up. [ applause ] these two men put everything professionally on the line. Both had over 19 years of service in the military. Both risked all of that because of what they believe in. And to do the right thing. And you know, two last points i want to make on this, travis, is first of all, there is a lot of misinformation out there about what rights we give up when we join the military, when we swear the oath of allegiance to the constitution. We dont swear an oath to the president
Sunday night, at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Today Marine Corp General Joseph Dunford became the new chair of the joints chiefs of staff, taking over from general Martin Dempsey who is retiring after a 41 year career in the army. President obama and defense secretary Ashton Carter both spoke at the transition ceremony in arlington, virginia. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for at rival of the official party and please welcome todays reviewing official, general martin e. Dempsey, the 18th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff accompanied by the host for todays ceremony, the honorable ashton cartier, secretary of defense and joven f. Dunford jr. , incoming general of the joint chiefs of staff. You guys got Nothing Better to do . Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as honors are rendered to general dempsey. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing Americ
Regarding the Security Checks. We will not cut corners. The Security Check requirements were developed in the inner agency with the consultation and expertise of the fbi, our dhs partners, and the Intelligence Community partners and the security regime was set up with all that input. And i have heard no discussion of making any cuts to it for any reason. I would like to point out that the grant grants of Refugee Status are discretionary so that if there is a doubt, the case is referred for further review and if theres a National Security concern, that individuals application is denied. As the refugee situation continues to evolve, the administration is assessing its capacity and resource needs for fiscal year 2016 within an increased number of refugees it will be important to preserve currently available resources and fund this at a sufficient level. Mr. Chair, if i may just one question related to accountability. Mr. Bartlett, i understand that youre working with the decisions that ha
Speaks, followed by the leaders of russia, south korea and iran. We have it live on cspan. On friday, a Retirement Ceremony was held in honor of general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. He retired after 41 years of service and will be succeeded by general Joseph Dunford of the marine corps, this is about an hour and 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen please stand for the arrival of the official party and welcome todays official, general martin dempsey, accompanied by the hosts for todays ceremony Ashton Carter and joseph f. Dunford jr. , incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Ladies and gentlemen, the ladies and gentlemen please remain standing as honors are rendered to general dempsey. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing Americas Armed forces and participating in todays revue are the United States army band under timothy j. Holton and led by drum major scott little. Elements of the armed forces include the president ial escort p