Officer of the deck, set the watch. Aye, aye, sir. The officer of the deck. The commanders direct representative and while on watch is responsible for the safe operation of the ship and crew. The long blast is a traditional symbol of an officer on the decks authority and the ship of the line. We are pleased to have mr. Greg willard with us today. Greg was the white house staff assistant to gerald ford while he was president and served him after he left office. Greg will pass the long blast to lieutenant of south orange, new jersey. The first officer of the deck. The Petty Officer of the watch is quartermaster first class very well. Were delighted today to have our sponsor, Susan Ford Bales with us. Susan christened gerald r. Ford in 2013, newport news. Susan, id be honored if youd join me alt at the podium to give the order to man our ship and bring her to life. [applaus [applause] mr. President , ladies and gentlemen, in the twilight of his life, dad learned of the decision to name c
We will not talk about numbers of troops. That is new for the american presidency. At no point tonight did the president clarify anything about what would actually change militarily for the United States in afghanistan. If this speech is meant to be interpreted as an increase in Troop Strength in afghanistan, its the first time a president has announced an increase in Troop Strength without actually announcing an increase in Troop Strength. As commander in chief, i have determined that it is in our Vital National interest to send an additional 30,000 u. S. Troops to afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative while building the afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of afghanistan. And here is how president george w. Bush described the Military Surge that he ordered in iraq. So uch committed more than 20,000 additional american troops to iraq. The vast majority of t
Reporter yeah, wolf. As you said. This is going to be a campaignstyle rally here in phoenix. One of several the president has held since the inauguration. Its actually going to be the furthest west that donald trump has gone since becoming president , and we should expect some familiar faces on hand with him. The Vice President , mike pence. His chief of staff, john kelly. Its also notable who is going to be absent from this rally. Arizonas two republican senators. Both john mccain and jeff flake, very critical of the president. Both of them had very harsh words for him after his response to the violence in charlottesville at that Press Conference in trump tower one week ago. And the president Didnt Hesitates when responding to that criticism, specifically from jeff flake. He took to twitter last week saying that the arizona senator is weak and a nonfactor in the senate. And praising his potential gop primary opponent dr. Kelly ward. Its unclear whether or not dr. The response hes gott
Champagne down pennsylvania avenue. There are only two places where americas popping champagne; the white house and the corporate boardrooms including trump tower. The gop tax scam is about bleeding the middle class dry to pad the pockets of Corporate America and the wealthiest 1 . Paul joining the panel, Wall Street Journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and Mary Anastasia ogrady and Editorial Page writer kate odell. Why did they succeed on taxes when they failed on health care . Right. That is one question, because you would expect a failure to make it harder to succeed. But i think here the Health Care Failure really focused the minds for the gop that, for them, it was do or die for their majority in 2018 to get a tax bill passed. And it wasnt always clear they would choose do. [laughter] but also i think there was a rougher consensus on what a tax
something to behold from both directions. [laughter] paul some of its phony, i must say. [laughter] i
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