The former secretary of state in washington, d. C. This is one hour and a half. Almost two years ago, we all signed a letter, and the letter said, run, hillary, run. We promised hillary that when she took up this challenge, we would be with her, behind her, and do everything we could to make sure that Hillary Clinton is the first woman president of the United States of america. [applause] so, im going to make my comments very brief. I have just one thing to say. Doubt, theout a by far,ost qualified, by any person in this race for president , is secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton. [applause] so, we just need to always remember that. A whole lot of people will be talking about how women are just supporting women because they are women. Ull a bunch of b right . We are supporting Hillary Clinton because she will be one president stest re of the United States of america that we have ever seen. With that, i will introduce a good friend of mine. We used to do this on the circuit when w
Is debra our speaker lee james. She will talk about ongoing efforts in the middle east, as she recently returned from a trip. She will talk about drones, though she may not use that word when she refers to these vehicles. I want to first introduced the distinguished head table. It includes members and guests of our speaker. Tony, defense reporter for bloomberg news. Carl, senior military assistant to the secretary. Patrick, correspondent for defense daily. Eric, special assistant to the secretary. Chief, pastu president for the National Press club, and chairman for the speakers committee. Jean, the Speaker Committee member who organized todays luncheon. Of anselmo, editor in chief aviation magazine. John hurley, past commander and an air force veteran. [applause] i also want to thank our cspan audiences and the audiences listening on public radio. You can also follow the action on twitter. E the npclive. Debra lee james was sworn in as secretary of the air force nearly two years ago, a
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