Could fly the jet, it doesnt care if you are a boy or a girl , just cares whether you fly well and shoot straight but it was a challenging time so i decided to beat them at their own game as they were playing their Fighter Pilot games and one of those things was chewing tobacco for a little while but i shared a story about how somebody said that to me and in the moment i thought if i died tomorrow this is the last day that i have on this planet after all the effort i tried to make a difference in others lives, if is that how im going to be remembered so i quit. And when you talk about dipping your talking about chewing tobacco. I know thats gross to people listening but youve got to read the book to understand the context of the whole journey. Whats an a10 . The a10 is called a warthog and it was built really to go after soviet tanks on the frontline. It was designed for what we call Close Air Support. So the folklore is they built this big 30 millimetergun and went to the engineers an
Thanks so much for joining us tonight and thanks to the u. S. Army command and general Staff College. One of our longest, one of our best, one of our favorite programming partners for yet another what i know will be a compelling presentation. These guys are money, as many of you know, and were so fortunate and privileged to be associated with them. Tonight, we welcome david mills of the command general Staff College and kayla westra of the Minnesota West Community and technical college, the coauthors of great wartime escapes and rescues. Ill start by saying they had me in grade school. I was a fourth grader i think when hollywood released the great escape, the classic adventure drama staring Steve Mcqueen, james garner, charles bronson, among others. It pretty quickly became a tv staple, and all of the guys in my class at st. Josephs Elementary School in martingsburg, missouri, fell in love with it and we would play it out at recess. Each one of us would take one of the roles. Of cours
Sure to join the conversation with your calls, texts, and tweets. Announcer as the Republican National Convention Gets Underway tonight, we will hear from prominent speakers from past conventions. Senator howard baker from 1984. Then pat buchanan in 1992. , retired general colin powell in 1996. And former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in 2012. Howard baker had already been Senate Majority leader for three years when he addressed the 1984 Republican Convention. He became 18 years, known as the great negotiator, including passage of the Clean Air Act and the clean water act. Senator baker was vice chair of the committee that investigated whitewater, president nixon, and members of his administration. 35 years later during the impeachment trials of president trump, intelligence chair adam schiff asked, where is howard baker . Where the people willing to go beyond their party to look to their duty . Senator baker spoke to delegates in dallas. Sen. Baker thank you very much. Late is a
This was the backdrop for the Political Conventions that year and for the speeches made by john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The john kennedy accepted nomination he was a u. S. Senator representing massachusetts. Here he is at the Democratic National convention in los angeles, followed by Richard Nixon in chicago. [cheering] sen. Kennedy governor stevenson, senator johnson, senator humphrey, speaker iyburn, fellow democrats, want to express my thanks to governor stevenson for a generous and a generous and heartwarming introduction. [applause] it was my great honor to place my name in nomination at the 1956 democratic nomination, i am glad to have his advice in the coming months ahead. [applause] let me say that i accept the nomination of the Democratic Party. [applause] i accept it without reservation, and with only one obligation, the obligation to of to devote every effort of my mind and spirit to lead our party back to victory and our nation to greatness. That you havetoo provided
Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The event will begin momentarily. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the chairwoman of the Republican National committee. Hello this convention will come to order [cheers and applause] 2020ates, welcome to the Republican National convention. Offering todays invitation, invocation, please welcome from vermont, j sheppard. Thank you, ronna. My name is jay and i am a republican. I am also a catholic donald trump republican. By the grace of god, i am an american. So let us pray. Thank you, o lord, for all the gifts you provide us, not because we deserve them, but solely through your grace and mercy, let us acknowledge the many gifts that god has bestowed upon us, starting with a president and Vice President that reflect the values of our founding fathers. And are willing to fight for those values, starting with life, knowing that all life is precious, from conception to natural death. There is no choice to f