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
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This hasnt changed much in the last hundred years both out here and in here. Designing something custom made. Right. For these three kids. Yeah. One room school houses. Yes, we still have them. And valuable lessons we can all learn about education for what happens ip these small classrooms. Later on sunday morning. The war to end all wars did not live up to that promise. Marcia teichner will take us back to the trenches to mark the an verse of the start of world war one. We would have not much stronger than a lawnmower. Believe it or not during world war one it would have been terrifying the definition of modern warfare. Between 1914 and 1918, 8. 5 million soldiers died a century ago today, the war that redefined war had just begun. Later this sunday morning, we look back. Osgood as the star of the pop pew par Steve Buscemis career is hot, but hot is something he knows how to handle. Tracy smith will have our sunday morning profile. You are going down youre not taking me with you. Befo
This hasnt changed much in the last hundredrs both out here and in here. Designing something custom made. Right. For these three kids. Yeah. One room school houses. Yes, we still have them. And valuable lessons we can all learn about education for what happens ip these small classrooms. Later on sunday morning. The war to end all wars did not live up to that promise. Marcia teichner will take us back to the trenches to mark the an verse of the start of world war one. We would have not much stronger than a lawnmower. Believe it or not during world war one it would have been terrifying the definition of modern warfare. Between 1914 and 1918, 8. 5 million soldiers died a century ago today, the war that redefined war had just begun. Later this sunday morning, we look back. Osgood as the star of the pop pew par Steve Buscemis career is hot, but hot is something he knows how to handle. Tracy smith will have our sunday morning profile. You are going down youre not taking me with you. Before h