For the summer, which sounds like beast barracks meets sleepaway camp. Sound advice with a little irish charm runs in the dempsey family. Over the decades that followed he patrolled the iron curtain, commanded divisions on desert battlefields, and led americas soldiers. And more than a few times he burst into song. And over these last four years martys wisdom, his vision, and his character have helped lead the greatest fighting force the world has ever known. Secretary carter, deputy secretary work, members of congress and the joint chiefs, Service Secretaries, men and women of the defense department, our armed forces and our military families, it is a deep honor to join you as we pay tribute to a singular leader for our military and our nation and one of the finest men that i know, general martin dempsey. A little over four years ago i tapped marty to serve as chief of staff of the army. We let him enjoy it for one day. Then i asked him to be chairman. So, let me say, marty, and more
Recent happened in recent months with six israelis killed as a result of terrorist activities that some of the people who were released during our last prisoner deal, have been involved in different levels. This raises a huge dilemma for the israeli society. And a huge dlilemma for the government. So these are questions that are very, very difficult to answer. And there are no good answers. You can think of pro and cons for each way that you might choose to answer it, and this is on ongoing effort that we are still, i think, very much in the midst of it. One of the famous israeli experts on this issue suggested, for example, that there have been changes in the way the terrorist organization conducted their kidnapping activities as a result of the way that the government of israel chose to react to them. So there is a significant difference between those kidnapping attacks that went on in the 70s and the ones that we experience since the 80s to this day. The main difference is that in t
Recent happened in recent months with six israelis killed as a result of terrorist activities that some of the people who were released during our last prisoner deal, have been involved in different levels. This raises a huge dilemma for the israeli society. And a huge dlilemma for the government. So these are questions that are very, very difficult to answer. And there are no good answers. You can think of pro and cons for each way that you might choose to answer it, and this is on ongoing effort that we are still, i think, very much in the midst of it. One of the famous israeli experts on this issue suggested, for example, that there have been changes in the way the terrorist organization conducted their kidnapping activities as a result of the way that the government of israel chose to react to them. So there is a significant difference between those kidnapping attacks that went on in the 70s and the ones that we experience since the 80s to this day. The main difference is that in t
Recent happened in recent months with six israelis killed as a result of terrorist activities that some of the people who were released during our last prisoner deal, have been involved in different levels. This raises a huge dilemma for the israeli society. And a huge dlilemma for the government. So these are questions that are very, very difficult to answer. And there are no good answers. You can think of pro and cons for each way that you might choose to answer it, and this is on ongoing effort that we are still, i think, very much in the midst of it. One of the famous israeli experts on this issue suggested, for example, that there have been changes in the way the terrorist organization conducted their kidnapping activities as a result of the way that the government of israel chose to react to them. So there is a significant difference between those kidnapping attacks that went on in the 70s and the ones that we experience since the 80s to this day. The main difference is that in t
Recent happened in recent months with six israelis killed as a result of terrorist activities that some of the people who were released during our last prisoner deal, have been involved in different levels. This raises a huge dilemma for the israeli society. And a huge dlilemma for the government. So these are questions that are very, very difficult to answer. And there are no good answers. You can think of pro and cons for each way that you might choose to answer it, and this is on ongoing effort that we are still, i think, very much in the midst of it. One of the famous israeli experts on this issue suggested, for example, that there have been changes in the way the terrorist organization conducted their kidnapping activities as a result of the way that the government of israel chose to react to them. So there is a significant difference between those kidnapping attacks that went on in the 70s and the ones that we experience since the 80s to this day. The main difference is that in t