He has the typical portfolio of handling bureaucratic matters, if you will, not Foreign Policy. The budget, acquisition reform, innovation, getting a new Space Command set up that the president wants. Working on Foreign Military sales. These are the issues that are close to mr. Trumps heart. He hasnt had to tell the president no, but now he will move into the Foreign Policy arena, at least as acting secretary dealing with americas alloys and nato and adversaries as well as overseeing the withdrawal of troops in syria and partial withdrawal from afghanistan. It may become very tough on him and it really remains to be seen whether he will be named or nominated to become the permanent secretary of defense with two years to go in the Trump Administration. We dont know that the president decides to pick for continuity. Fred. And mattis said in his resignation let theyre he wanted to stay until february 28th. This is in part what it said. The end date for my tenure is february 28th, 2019. Th
[ applause ] thank you. Thank you to the coast guard. On a cold december morning in 1903 a miracle occurred over the do you knows of kitty hawk, north carolina, when two bicycle make frers ohio defied gravity with a 12 horsepower engine wingsed made of cotton and a few dollars in their pockets. Just a few decades later america was training pilots to take the magnificent machineries up and over the field of battle. In world war ii our fly boys rushed the skies of europe and aces like eddieicen backer fill the hearts and headlines with tales of daring duals in the clouds. General Billy Mitchell saw the promise of the technology and risked court morgues in his quest for an independent air force. He was proven right when empires across the ocean tried to carve up the world for themselves and america stood in the way. We wouldnt let it happen. [ applause ] after pearl harbor, Lieutenant Colonel james do little and his raiders flu b25 bombers off a carrier deck in the deep pacific in a darin
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CCO EDITORIAL: IT'S TIME TO CONDUCT A "FORENSIC AUDIT" OF THE FORD CENTER
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Following six years of mystifying, extravagant impact claims, and efforts to influence the public without a vote, Evansville opened the Ford Center in November of 2011 with a concert by Tri-State favor