The first time in his presidency, to visit u. S. Troops and to meet with the afghani president. Pres. Trump we love them. We say happy thanksgiving. Thank you very much. It is great to be in afghanistan with our troops. We had a wonderful thanksgiving lunch. It was abbreviated a little bit but we served lunch and had lunch. It is also wonderful to be with the president of afghanistan. President ghani, thank you very much. It is an honor. We have had tremendous success in the past few months with our military. Isis has been very severely hit. We had albaghdadi down in a different part of the world, we took him out. The founder of isis and he was trying to rebuild it. That did not work out very well for him. We had tremendous success with isis over the past 3, 4 months. We are down to a very small number. Likewise with al qaeda. We are down to a very small number. The taliban wants to make a deal. If they do, they do. If they dont, they dont. We eight period of time, wanted to make a dea
Bushs legacy, where the bush exhibit chronicles their love affair with maine, president ial years, and the bush connection with une. Withare the wisdom insightful individuals who visit. Today, we had the Incredible Opportunity to examine a Pivotal Moment in american history, and of americas educational system. We gather to learn about and to commemorate the 30th anniversary of president bush convening all 50 u. S. Governors to create a unified set of National Educational goals. This work brought data and research at long last into the process of crafting educational policy. Our event today will undoubtedly shed light on the strides we have made since september 27, 1989, when this historic meeting took place. Oo on thehed light t work left to be done. To introduce the event further and to introduce our special guests, i invite the chairman of the george and Barbara Bush Foundation and a nephew of president and mrs. Bush. [applause] thank you, president herbert. Lovely moment of remembra
Who was your predecessor on the bench. As the dean mentioned, is i know that this this lecture is actually named after Justice John Paul stevens, who was your predecessor on the bench. In fact, he gave the first inaugural lecture in 2011, and ive heard you speak eloquently at his Funeral Service and elsewhere about how you filled his seat on the bench, but you cant fill his shoes. Too large. Can you tell us a little bit about his influence on you and what its like to Carry Forward his legacy . Yeah, i mean, it was it was so sad for me and for all my colleagues this summer when he passed away. He was a great, great man, and i never had the chance to serve with him, so unlike many of my colleagues, i cant tell stories about what it was like to be on the bench with him or in conference with him, but he is and long has been a hero of mine. He has a passage in one of his books about how he was honored to take the place of Louis Brandeis on the court. There are particular seats, and Everybod
Into the great beyond. We lower our heads for a moment to reflect on the void left by the passing of these two iconic americans and how lucky we were to have befriended them. [no audio] thank you. Throughout the year, we honor president and missions bushes legacy bushs legacy, where the bush exhibit chronicles their love affair with maine, president ial years, and the bush connection with you wendy that she would any une. Today, we had the Incredible Opportunity to examine a Pivotal Moment in american history, and of americas educational system. We gather to learn about and to commemorate, the 30th anniversary of president bush convening all u. S. Governors to create a unified set of National Educational goals. This work brought data and research at long last into the process of crafting educational policy. Our event today will undoubtedly shed light on the strides we have made since september 27, 1989, when this historic meeting took place. We will also shine a light on the work left
There are dates we have that are personal and dates ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor stan donaldson. Stan well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. In my lifetime, december 7, 1941. November 22, 1963. 9 11. All terrible dates for the country. And november 8, 1989, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. A subject we will discuss today, how did it happen . What were the consequences . Who did this . Who knew . For a look at what is in store for us, it is a pleasure to welcome andrew card, who served in three administrations with Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs, with George Herbert walker bush the treasury, not the secretary of the treasury, secretary of transportation, and with george w. Bush white house chief of staff. Andrew card. [a