Casts. More now about the 2007 surge of troops in eric with a foe cuss on the planning by the Bush Administration. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. My name is stef, it is my great pleasure this afternoon to introduce our distinguished panel of speakers. We have ambassador edelman who has served in the department of state and the white house, and u. S. Ambassador to finland, turkey, and was Vice President dick cheneys deputy assistance. He has a department of defense medal for distinguished public service. From the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and a distinguished service award. To my far left we have general lute, he retired in 2017, previously he had a distinguished 25 year career in the u. S. Army and he served for a total of sick years in the white house under both president s, george w. Bush, and barack obama. And in 2007 he was named to coordinate the wars in iraq and afghanistan. It was both on the joint staff in washington dc and on the United States central
Of the American Revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati. My name is William Pless lunger, i am president general of the society, a position first occupied by george washington. He held the post from our founding in 1783 until his passing on december 14 1799. Today is november 11, 2019 which marks the 100th anniversary of veterans day in america. Originally known as armistice day, and renamed in 1954, this is a day when we recognize the service of all u. S. Military veterans. We are delighted to mark this important day with a special event designed to salute americas veterans. I am especially pleased that our guests this evening include a fellow north carolinian who is the nations secretary of veterans affairs, the honorary robert wilkie. The society of the cincinnati was our countrys first veterans group, so it is particularly fitting the secretary will be providing remarks. You will hear more about that in a moment. We are gathered tonight to listen to a distinguished pa
History tv all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. From the American Revolutionary institute, a discussion examining the experiences of u. S. Veterans since the revolutionary war era. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie delivers the opening remarks. Secretary wilkie good evening. And welcome to the headquarters of the American Revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati. Am president general of the society, a position first occupied by george washington. He held the post from our founding in 1783 until his passing on december 14 1799. Today is november 11, 2019 which marks the 100th anniversary of veterans day in america. Originally known as armistice , and renamed in 1954, this is a day when we recognize the service of all u. S. Military veterans. We are delighted to mark this important day with a special event designed to salute americas veterans. I am especially pleased that our guests this evening include a fellow north carolinian who is the nations secretary of Veter
Welcome to the heritage foundation. Douglas and Sarah Allison auditorium. We welcome throws who join us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. For those inhouse we appreciate that courtesy check that our mobile devices have been silence silenced or turned off. For those watching online and in the future, youre welcome to send questions or comments at any time, simply emailing speaker at heritage. Org and we will post todays program on our heritage home page for everyones future reference. Leading our discussion today is elizabeth slattery, legal fellow in our edwin maceease center. She writes about judicial powers and a variety of constitutional issues and she also manages heritages appellate advocacy programs including moot Court Sessions to prepare litigators for oral arguments. Her commentaries have appeared in the washington post, National Review online and many other news outlets. She received her j. D. From george masons Antonin Scalia law school and her bachelor
70 degrees that was the forecast high with nothing but sunshine and low humidity making it very comfortable. 70 the high so far today. In trenton the temperature 66. In wrightstown we have 68. Down the shore pretty comfortable you can see in Atlantic City 65 and of course down through wildwood 66. So dry for now. But not for long. We do have High Pressure sliding off the coast. It will allow this moisture to move toward the northeast. You can see the front right now over chicago. When a meteorologist cease that over chicago we know we have about 24 hours before that moves toward the delaware valley. Moat of this moisture will go through our northern and western suburbs and toward the north and east and it will be quite spot spotty. Some clouds on the increase tomorrow. Maybe a spotty shower but not after a very beautiful day. Tomorrow looks like its going to be another 10 across the region. So this evening, we have fair skies, if youre going out tonight no problems, 64 degrees. Once th