Historian mark moyar chronicles the rise of special Operation Forces in his book, pozen a full. You watching book tv in prime time on cspan2. Since he left the white house, president george w. Bush has taken up painting. Creating portraits of military veterans. They have been published in the book, portraits of courage. President bush talked about why he decided to paint these veterans and his time in office. Good evening. I have the honor of being the executive director. I thank you for joining us. In honor of our men and women who defend our freedom around the world in uniform please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Now that we have said the pledges that are fake, like it if all of those who are with the armed forces here today whether active, or retired as well as their familie
Is as seamless as possible. I was told by the former secretary that part of the reason that ptsd is not a disorder it is an injury. Who wants to be labeled with a disorder . You are more likely to hire somebody who has an injury. And what was the point i was going to make . [laughter] so he says no question the pipeline is clogged. Thats right. Ptsd. Seventy. [laughter] but it turns out vietnam that are beginning to show symptoms after all thesehe years. So they go to combat and come home to raise their families and get a job and retire. And they say somethings wrong. They check into the Veterans Administration showing symptoms now all of a sudden a lot of them so that is why these are important to have as many people getting help as quickly as possible. If they dont get help immediately there is the threat of selfmedication. The challenge is preventing that from happening. I use to self medicate but i quit drinking 1986. [applause] who is the subject of your next portrait and why . Ma
Has taken up painting. Creating portraits of military veterans. They have been published in the book, portraits of courage. President bush talked about why he decided to paint these veterans and his time in office. Good evening. I have the honor of being the executive director. I thank you for joining us. In honor of our men and women who defend our freedom around the world in uniform please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Now that we have said the pledges that are fake, like it if all of those who are with the armed forces here today whether active, or retired as well as their families, they stand so we may show you our appreciation. [applause] [applause] we thank you so very much. On that note, there are a few other people i like to recognize. Start their board of trustees, pre
[applause] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Well, now that weve said the pledge and saluted our flag, i would like it if all those who are with the armed forces here today, whether you would be active or retired as well as their families would you please stand we might show you our appreciation. [applause] thank you. Thank you so very much. On that note there are a few other people that i would like to recognize in the audience this evening. Like to start with our board of trustees, president bushs ambassador to the court of st. James, bob tuttle and his wife maria. Ambassador. [applause] and extraordinary supporter over the years of bush family, of president bush, mr. Brad freeman. Brad . [applause] one of our newer but remarkable trustees, mr. Ben sutton. Ben. [applause] from the reagan family, michael and cameron.
[applause] the. And good evening i have the honor to read executive director of the reagan president ial ecovation in thanks for joining us this evening. In waterfowl of those to defend our freedom around the world please join me with the pledge of allegiance off. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. To the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Now that we have said the pledge all of those that are with the armed forces today whether active for retired please stand so we can show you our appreciation. [applause] on that note there are a few people live with like to recognize is this even inhouse starting with the board of trustees ambassador . [applause] an extraordinary supporter over the years. Mr. Freeman. [applause] one of and our remarkable trustees. Ben . [applause] into the whole family. [applause] the state assemblymen. [applause] our former congressman and his wife janice.