So im almost out of water to choke back the emotion, which means i must be near the end. What were really doing today is transferring our passion for the standard u. S. Army nineman infantry squad to our own squad of nine adorable talented and exceptional grandchildren. They are kayla, mckenna, luke, alexander, hunter, finley, braden, samuel and david. Now, if you want to know what our principle goal in retirement will be . Its to be the best grand parents we can be. Now unless they think weve forgotten them, we have our own grandchildren. We have made 20 moves, most of them with the kids. They have been adaptive, resilient and willing to share their parents with a larger military family. Its been a joy watching them grow up, until recently, we had some difficulty convincing them that the mayflower wasnt a moving van. Im very happy that the j3 allowed my son kris to escape to attend the military ceremony, and meagan and katie have also served. And we have the best trio of inlaws we cou
Speaks, followed by the leaders of russia, south korea and iran. We have it live on cspan. On friday, a Retirement Ceremony was held in honor of general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. He retired after 41 years of service and will be succeeded by general Joseph Dunford of the marine corps, this is about an hour and 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen please stand for the arrival of the official party and welcome todays official, general martin dempsey, accompanied by the hosts for todays ceremony Ashton Carter and joseph f. Dunford jr. , incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Ladies and gentlemen, the ladies and gentlemen please remain standing as honors are rendered to general dempsey. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the troops representing Americas Armed forces and participating in todays revue are the United States army band under timothy j. Holton and led by drum major scott little. Elements of the armed forces include the president ial escort p
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
With a lets begin this prayer. We cannot remain silent. For us to honor the responsibilities that we have to protect and defend the american havee we must not only moments of silence, we must have days of action. , am grateful to Mike Thompson the chair on the gun violence robintion task force and kelly for bringing us together this morning. Many of our members are here this morning to bear witness. It is not just the high profile cases that challenge our cases. It is the everyday violence that must be addressed. I think our colleagues were hosting this forum and for the relentless efforts and determined leadership in confronting the gun violence crisis. We are grateful to our expert panelists for sharing their insights, experiences, and solutions. They will be introduced by our cochairs here today, but i wanted to personally welcome them and thank them. I am here to say, no more silence. We must take action to prevent gun violence. To start, we cant and must to closethe bipartisan the
They need to survive. Those with long experience know that an air campaign on its own is simply not enough. For more Schedule Information o our website, cspan. Org. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hosted a forum at the s. Capitol on reducing gun violence. The panel took testimonys and asked questions about the experts and safety advocates. This portion of the event is about 35 minutes and later, well take your phone calls on the topic. During the incident, nine shots were fired by michael hilton. Hilton was convict offend murder of williams and sentenced to 25 years in the Virginia Department of corrections. On september 8, 2011, rhodes was visiting friends at south of the james apartment when he was shot and killed. Rhodes was involved in an altercation with an individual who has yet to be identified. The offender shot rhodes one time before fleeing the area. Rhodes, a Star High School basketball player attending Virginia State university was gunned down in the prime of his life af