Applause plus applause [applause] good morning, america. Ladies and gentlemen, families, friends, and most of all my fellow veterans. Im privileged and honored to be here on the hallowed grounds of this beautiful memorial to speak with you today was i proudly serve aid among the ranks of many serving today. Like many of you, i wore the uniform of my country proudly and served a cause greater than myself. The defense of our nations and our of our nation and our freedoms we value so much. Its a special bond all veterans share and its a privilege to share that bond with you on veterans day weekend. Today is special to us. When the country calls, my brothers and sisters and i responded by say, send me. On veterans day we all think about our brothers and sisters, those we served beside, those we led, those with looked up to, and those we lost. For us, veterans day could never be just another day of the year. Military and veteran families are unique in this way. When a wife or husband, son o
History. He talked about the origins and history of the medal of honor. You will find all of those and many others at cspan. Org. Joe biden participates in the annual three playing the veterans day ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. The Vice President and Robert Mcdonald spoke at the ceremony. This is 45 minutes. Present which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [national anthem playing] order. Right shoulder. [taps playing] ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the procession of our nations colors and those of our Veterans Service organizations. As we watch the colors, the band will play. Please place your hand on your heart or salute. There will be a prayer and the pledge of allegiance. Forward, march. Let us pray. Almighty god, we invoke your presence and we ask that your blessings may come on us as we gather here in our nations most hallowed Memorial Garden of
While the president is overseas in china. That is here on cspan. We are talking with verna jones, executive director of the American Legion. Here is a tweet guest the legion believes that the a healthcare facility and system is the best for veterans. They have choice cards for veterans that can go out in certain circumstances and they can receive medical care if they cannot get it timely or cannot receive that particular service at the va. The system is set up for veterans so we do not believe there should be privatization of health care. Host canton, ohio, a veteran and republican caller good morning, cspan and good morning america. Im a legion aire. I see a major issue since ive been using the v. A. For about a decade now. It is cultural. Line toad to stand in get travel pay because i have to go up to cleveland. It costs a lot of money when gas prices were higher. I have had to stand in line and wait for an employee to finish their personal phone call. That burned me up. To be seriou
Let us pray. Almighty god, we invoke your presence and we ask that your blessings may come on us as we gather here in our nations most hallowed Memorial Garden of heroes to honor our nations veterans. We thank you for veterans of generations past and present who served both during times of war and peace. Many of whom are bearing the physical, spiritual, visible and invisible wounds of war. We celebrate them for their faithful service in defending and preserving freedom for us all. We are grateful for our national and state Veterans Service organizations who many are represented today in this rousing parade of colors. We thank them for their ongoing willingness to support and advocate for veterans every day in so many valuable ways. We as a nation never fail to remember and support those who made the supreme sacrifice above and beyond to secure for our nation the blessings of life, liberty, and justice for all. God bless america, god be with our nations leaders, bless the families and f
State university who have encouraged my scholarship. His Angela State University by the way and i really appreciate the fact that for four years they have encouraged me to study what to me is a very interesting subject matter and i intend to do it for as long as i can. And finally i would like to thank all of you for coming. It is always a great pleasure to speak to the World Affairs counsel of houston. This is a great place to speak and im really happy to be here and away from the oasis in the desert of saint angelo. Let me talk about what im going to try to do hopefully successfully today as im going to talk about key events that have occurred really since february. I take that back really since november of 2013. The uncle of kim jongun by marriage of going to tie the events i talk about to this book north korea and Regional Security in the kim jongun era and for our cspan viewers its available on amazon as well. So lets talk about when kim jongun took over. Before he took over peopl