Admiral why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral . [laughter] what a great question. You can choose to hear a particular course you will lose ultimately in a different direction. And then to be in charge of all activity and with the commander of us Pacific Command position for senior admiral. My boss, a wonderful boss, secretary gates called to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato i bk the first and only admiral to be the supreme allied commander and it was an accidenthe. That the navy was an accident as a career . Soet somewhat. That my father had kernel of marines growing up in that environment and going to Quantico High School thinking it would be them marine corps everybody goes out on a cruise going on a cruise are in san diego. Late in the day on the peer and the sun was setting looking out on all that ocean and i just wanted to be a sailor. I told my dad and mom they were hoping it would be a marine that years later my dad said that came out okay.
Thank you. So we have a quorum. And our next item is item 2. President s announcement. Good morning, everybody, welcome to the june 17th, 2020. I have some president s announcement and in add please forgive me for any miss spelling or miss pronouncing of words in advance. As i said, good morning and welcome to our remote Building Inspection Commission meeting for june 2020. I am president of the Building Inspection Commission and im joined today by all of our commissioner members along with interim director reardon and senior d. B. I. Staff. Welcome to all of you. As we continue to cope with this extraordinary circumstances caused by the covid19 pandemic, we are now in our First Quarter of on going building safety work and different ways from back in february of this year that we have to do this report. Were certainly still working on issues. I can Sate Department is doing an outstanding job of keeping customers and staff hearing to the publichealth protocols that have been put in plac
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His unwavering dedication to those who serve our nation with their lives earns the trust and devotion of the armed services. His career began early at william mary. Not many known that he drove the Williamsburg James City School Bus when he was a student and he was assistant troop leader for our local boy scouts and that senator norman was one of his boy scouts as we discovered last night. After graduating from william mary in 1965, he joined the cia as an Intelligence Officer and was the first career officer to scale the agencys ranks to become its director. He served with president s of texas a m university from 20022006. When president bush called him back to washington to serve as secretary of defense. As secretary, he led our armed forces at a time when the country was in the midst of two wars and a global fight against terrorism. In 2009 he accepted president obamas request that he continue to lead in the cabinet, becoming the first secretary of defense to serve under president s
[ bells tolling ] good morning. I am kirk cox, speaker of the Virginia House of delegates. Im absolutely delighted to welcome everyone here at jamestown settlement in the recreated church in james fort and those viewing these proceedings online or watching from beyond for the 400th anniversary today. Of the first and oldest continuous Representative Legislature body in the western hemisphere is our forefathers did on this very day 400 years ago, we assembled right here at the birthplace of american democracy, jamestown. Freedom in the form of Representative Democracy began here in virginia. The unforgettable and inspiring event that happened here, what began here has changed not only virginia and not only america, but much of the entire world. Special occasions, the commemorations like this offer us an opportunity to pause and reflect on history of 1619. As a retired schoolteacher, i taught government for almost 30 years. I know the year 1619 was pivotal, as well as complicated. That y