May 3, 2021 at 6:47 PM
CLARK, NJ - At almost every high school graduation, both locally and nationally, a series of speakers will deliver inspiring speeches in hopes that some graduates will rise to the occasion. Class of 2010 graduate, Emily Vargas, certainly fulfilled that charge.
Upon graduating from ALJ, Vargas attended Rutgers University as a student-athlete. “I was tremendously fortunate to have received a significant track and field scholarship, which gave me the opportunity to pursue higher education,” explained Vargas, “In my four years at Rutgers, I was very busy studying and traveling around the country competing in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, and the 55-meter hurdles. The life of a student-athlete was demanding, both physically and psychologically, but it was all worth it.”
he didn t stop to think about the consequences. he didn t stop to think that this might cross the line for members of congress. lindsey graham came out strongly but now he sort of roped him back in in common cause to try to solve a problem that didn t even need to exist. and what about institutional resistance to this? there have been times in our history when we ve seen the resignation on principle. it happened in the clinton administration over domestic policy. would this be a moment for a secretary of state, for an undersecretary of state, for a secretary of defense to resign, to stand up and just resign? well, i think it would be a moment except that i think secretary pompeo is all in with the president of the united states. i think secretary esper, the secretary of defense, is brand new and doesn t really know how to get his hands around any of this. and most of the other senior officials in our government are
washington post. he said, i believe you have been correct about the president s intentions. no quid pro quos of any kind. the washington post reports r someone plans to tell lawmakers he has no knowledge of whether the president was telling him the truth at that moment. it s only true that the president said it, not that it was the truth. leading off our discussion tonight, our henchman. also emily vargas, secretary of defense in the obama administration. she s msnbc national security analyst. and national political reporter for nbc news. josh is the reporter that broke the news tonight we began this discussion with. and josh, because of that breaking news you revealed to us