Been firing back with rockets aimed at israeli towns. Now leaders from both sides have agreed to a 72hour ceasefire. Egyptian mediators proposed the troops. Local media say hamas leaders suggested they would accept the terms of the ceasefire and they say the Israeli Government accepted too. The egyptians proposed that representatives of both sides meet in cairo to suggest a longterm agreement to end the fighting. Izzi forces launched an aerial offensive a month ago then moved in on the ground. They say they were trying to stop rocket attacks by hamas and they wanted to destroy tunnels used by the fighters. More than 1800 palestinians have been killed during the offensive. Nearly 10,000 have been wounded. Police in jerusalem say a man rammed a bulldozer into a bus in what they are calling an act of terrorism. The man and a pedestrian were killed. Several others were injured. Local media say the man drove over the pedestrian then tipped the bus over. Police moved in and shot him. Israeli
Always taking advantage of that. Thanks and thanks for the opportunity to speak about the amazing young people that, as the president and ceo of student veterans of america, that i get to represent. And so to start with a little bit of background on student veterans of america or sva, started six years ago on 20 campuses because when student vets were transitioning they saw that the College Environment or higher ed was not prepared for student vets. We were older, we were much more mature. We had a different world view than just coming out of high school than say the traditional student. And so these vets met in chicago and we started on 20 campuses six years ago and today we are on more than is,000 campuses representing those 1,000 chapters with more than 400,000 student vets being serviced by our policy, our advocacy and the work we do in delivering programs. I was very fortunate to be helped by general pace and katy who is here with wall street war fighters and i had a personal sitd
On this memorial day, cspan is visiting for memorials around the National Mall in washington dc. This is the korean war veterans memorial, just steps away from the lincoln memorial. It opened in 1990 two. The walls in the background are etched with 38 soldiers representing the 38th parallel. It also contains a pool of remembrance. On the walls, an inscription that reads freedom is not free. Also today, live coverage from the tomb of the unknown. Nationalrlington cemetery. We will be bringing you here at 11 00 eastern as president obama takes part in the annual wreathlaying. After that, the president will want to the amphitheater at the cemetery to deliver the annual memorial day address. We will hear remarks from general martin dempsey. Our live coverage its underway at 11 00 a. M. Eastern right here on cspan. Afternoon, cspans coverage of commencement addresses from around the country continues. We will hear from scott walker, Terry Mcauliffe, and antonin scalia. Here are some of his
They need to develop programs to worker, retain, and graduate eterans. I would like to introduce you to a korean who marine who got a degree in accounting, but after he got a job he did not uite work. It is hard to go to from liberating baghdad to being an accountant. So he went to syracuse university. Entrepreneurship, boot camp for veterans with disabilities. Its a program that helped the colonel and helped a lot of others. Using the skills he learned along with his accounting degree, john founded patriot contractors in waxahachie, texas. Its one of the Fastest Growing private companies in america. John is not only providing for his family, but some of his employees are fellow vets. Where are you, john . Are you here . John, thank you, welcome. Glad youre here. [applause] his is an important story of how a university committed to veterans can facilitate a meaningful and productive transition to civilian life. But his story also highlights another challenge facing veterans today. When
We want to talk in this panel about some of the obstacles our veterans face. Some of the obstacles certainly the wounded face. And the opportunities to empower those veterans. I want to start with general Pete Chiarelli, who i will say i have known since early in the iraq war. We went through a lot together. We have visited the wounded together. And Pete Chiarelli, since retiring as vice chief of staff of the army where he was deeply involved in issues of postTraumatic Stress, traumatic brain injury, i truly think no one cares more than Pete Chiarelli about the future of our wounded veterans and he is now with one mind, where they and he dedicates his time to continue to help those same veterans. General chiarelli, i want you to talk about those obstacles and the health and wellness of our veterans as they go forward into civilian life. Well, martha, this discussion is a double edged sword because we tend to in fact slap a label that anyone who is deployed for any period of time has ei