This is the president of the Corvair Society of america. [applause] and on your other side, the executive secretary. [applause] you may sit down. You do not have to stand the whole night. We are pleased to have you. We have never had this kind of news media coverage. We are trying to figure how to get coverage and you solved our problem for us. [laughter] a little background. We had members in wisconsin go to a presentation that ralph nader gave and a couple of members talk to him and said that the convention was going to be in your backyard next year would you be interested in coming . We cant officially invite you but i am sure that you can come and we can get you in contact with them. Ralph nader graciously said, i would be pleased to, and we have been working on this for the past few months and we finally got our ask acts together and it was determined this would be the time. Ralph is here to give a talk on safety and he will talk for about a half hour in we will open up to questio
Sharing that with us today. David devaney joined the marine corps as an infantry regiment in 1983. I went to college that year instead. [laughter] two the womens overseas, mploments two de overseas, he was selected for duty as a scout sniper. You may have noticed the ribbon with all of the stars on it. That represents a few deployments that he has made. Maj. Devaney only 16. Oh wow, i have the wrong number here. Excellent. Maj. Devaney thats my mistake. He was never good at math. [laughter] as commanded in 2014 Sergeant Major for weapons training in quantico, virginia. Hes at the Naval Institute in annapolis, where i am sure they get the story right about our marines in iraq and afghanistan. Thank you for joining us. [applause] its good to that we have navy and coast guard in here. This book started because of, no kidding, navy and coast guard officers. They convinced me to write this. I was selected for the editorial board. They say editorial board, but i was not editing anything, i w
I went to college that year instead of taking the hard road you chose. After two deployments overseas, he was chosen to join the target surveillance platoon for duty of scout sniper. You may have noticed the ribbon with stars he is wearing today. That represents a few deployments he has made. 16. Wow. I have 10 times with the marine corps unit and five with special forces. Excellent. David that is my mistake. I was never good at math. [laughter] he retired in 2014 as command Sergeant Major for weapons training at quantico and is on the Editorial Board at annapolis. Thank you for joining us. [applause] david it is good we have navy and coast guard in here. This all started no kidding because of navy and coast guard officers that convinced me to write this. I was on the Editorial Board. I was not really editing anything. I was giving my opinion. I would read a story and say, it put me to sleep or whatever. But i enjoyed it. I am grateful to tell these stories about these heroes. I spent
The program today, the idea for this program came from something a question David Roosevelt asked to last year where he said whatever happens to my parent United Nations . Ae idea was that there was vision president roosevelt and mrs. Roosevelt had about how the world would respond. Would try tod prevent a catastrophe like world war ii. President roosevelt did not live long enough to see it come to. Ruition Eleanor Roosevelt did and was one of the United Nations first female representatives and wrote the first declaration of human rights. Today, we look back that they had a vision. The United Nations was created, and what happened to it. Linda, i turn it over to you. Thank you. First, i would like to welcome you and say it is an honor to be here on the 70th anniversary of the human i find it exciting you are here in the home of fdr and mrs. Roosevelt. One can only imagine, i believe they came to work here or lived here in 1941, the u. N. Charter was approved in june of 1945. I can only
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