In two months, the u. S. Coast guard, the Shallow Water service, will cover all seven continents on the globe. Today, we are in afghanistan, iran, africa, liberia, in south america, china, we are everywhere and i could not be more proud to serve the service but i cannot be more proud to have a seat that chairman dempsey has afforded me to be a guest on the chairman of the joint chiefs as we deal with many challenges that face us and the world ahead. Really what people ask why do you give to come to work every day . What causes you to get up to work every day is the people we are proud to serve. First of all, we are an all volunteer service and how appropriate we are here with the uso, an all volunteer service as well. Im just delighted to say that my wife fran is one of those 29,000 volunteers. [applause] she kept her maiden name because no one can pronounce zukunft so people would come through Reagan National air force airport at the uso office and asked what her husband does. All 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
Ever vigilant as the team was proceeding on foot from the Forward Operating days to its destination when it reached a narrow bridge. Sergeant mahoney noticed the individual and identified abnormal bulge under his shirt. As Sergeant Mahoney and captain grover tackle the bomber, the assailant detonated his best wanting both soldiers. Captain grover suffered wounds to his left leg and Sergeant Mahoney suffered a severe soft tissue wound to his left forearm and trap the ones to his right shoulder and leg. For his exceptional gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty, Sergeant Mahoney receives the silver star. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, its my distinct honor to present to you the 2014 u. S. Oh soldier of the year, Sergeant Andrew mahoney. [applause] [applause] we are honored to have a sensible alumnus and naval aviator here to present the uso marine of the year award. Please welcome marine corps deputy commandant of programs and services,
Only to hear what you think republicans should do on this debate and how you think the next five days should play out. Republican colors in just the first 45 minutes this morning. Host you can also catch up with us on social media. Host a very good monday morning to you. Here are the headlines in some of the papers in washington. The washington times, another cliffhanger week begins for Homeland Security funding. The Washington Post lead story this morning boehner on dhs funding. He has just five days to craft a new out like keep dhs funded or face the politically debilitating prospect of at least temporarily shutting down an agency designed to protect americans. Republicans had no clear path to a solution other than retreating from their demands that the dhs funding measure include provisions that would block implementation of president obamas executive actions on immigration. We want to hear from republicans of this morning, how you think Speaker Boehner Senate Majority leader Mitch
Well, good wednesday morning to you. Hillary clinton appears to have done little to convince critics about her use of private emails as secretary of state. Yeah, addressing the issue for the first time, clinton claims it was simpler to use one device instead of two. And she admits to deleting emails from her private account but only emails about personal matters like yoga and her daughters wedding. With the latest were joined by abcs bazi kanani in washington. Hi, bazi. Reporter good morning, reena. Good morning, t. J. In the weeks since this story first broke, its become clear it is not going to fade away on its own. Hillary clintons response was careful and ignited critics. In her first Public Comments about her exclusive use of a personal email account for government business, Hillary Clinton conceded one point. Looking back, it would have been better for me to use two separate phones and two email accounts. I thought using one device would be simpler, and obviously it hasnt worked