Academy of Television Arts and sciences and at 90 hes still a consultant. Thanks to roddie for saving us. And thank you. God bless america. [ applause ] all i can say is i want to look like these guys when im 90. Im very honored to call upon american pastor chris edmonds, son of the late Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, righteous among the nations from the United States of america to receive the medal and certificate of honor on behalf of his father and to offer some remarks. [ applause ] lester, you did good. Thank you. Ambassador dermer, mr. President , might i say its an incredible honor to have you here. This is one memory that our family will cherish always. And might also say its my first time speaking at the embassy as well. [ laughter ] [ applause ] rabbi lau, mr. Wiff, senator corker, the gunden family, im going to mess this up, im from tennessee. The be say it for me. There we go. Ill get it right next time. And distinguished guests. Tonight on this noble occasion my moer mary
Need of the Financial Assistance to us. I appreciate your answers. We are ready and willing to do whatever we can from the side of the capital to be helpful in your efforts there. Thank you. Thank you, senator menend. How much i appreciate your accessibility, your willingness to work to solve problems. Appreciate everything youve done for us. Youre on the Moon Shot Task force for cancer cures. I am. Ive got a homework assignment. The Surgeon General in 2014 said skin cancer was the fastest killing cancer of all cancers. As one who survived two melanomas in my life, i took that on as a call to action. And found out there was a 13 year backlog of ingredients submitted to fda approval in sunscreen that had been delayed. So we passed the sunscreen innovation act out of the Health Education labor committee. 14 months later, none of those ingredients have been approved. Nothing has moved forward. As one to quote the president , hes asked you to identify and address any unnecessary barriers.
Military. And we make a as you know, our Quarterly Report is the largest data call that goes out every year to the u. S. Government, or every quarter on whats going on. When we ask these questions, were not getting answers anymore because stick ka, because our resources in the field are not there to answer them. Youre on to a very important part that goes beyond the literacy issue. It goes to the heart of the issue and that is do we have adequate resource to understand the capabilities of the andsf. Thank you. Anyone else want to comment on that . Compared to two years ago i think if threat to our personnel who are serving in afghanistan has grown. And im particularly concerned about our embassies wity and th inability of our personnel to move around the city of kabul or even well or anywhere else. So my first question is, do you think that the danger there has increased, and what if anything can we do to mitigate those concerns . So, since the drawdown of u. S. And Coalition Forces, t
Mr. President , honored guests, its a great honor for me to be here this evening with all of you. Some of you may recognize me from television, but most of you probably recognize my voice and not my face from National Public radio. We are assembled here at the embassy of israel in washington, d. C. To award medals and certificates of honor of the righteous among the nations to the late Master Sergeant Roddy Edmunds and to the late valerie sveski of poland who risked their lives to rescue jews. The Holocaust Remembrance Authority was created by the state of israel in order to gather all information about the holocaust to commemorate, document, preserve, research and educate. When it was established, the jewish people did not forget the nonjews who stood by their side in it the darkest hours of history, struggling with the enormity of the loss and grappling with the impact of the total abandonment and betrayal of europes jews, the state of israel made a point of remembering the rescuers.
That they currently exist in, were just going to have weaker product delivered later. I think we need to have some reform as the next round. And i think theres enormous potential there, not just in the military departments but between the military departments and osd, within osd, and further out into the headquarters in the field. Well, i thank you for that. And you are uniquely situated now to play a key role. And i agree with you. Just flatout reductions is just the first step. You have to its a little bit like sequestration in that its a meat ax when we need a scalpel and so i would look forward to having you play a role there given your unique background. Finally, the source of great frustration this committee, all of us members, is this continued cost overruns on weapons systems. Weve made some reforms. Were putting the Service Chiefs more involved. You are aware. But it still seems to go on. And every time we really need something, we use that expedited process, which we used for