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Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election we bring together a panel known for their ability to laugh about the business of leadership and politics. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished guest today. Log before Stephen Colbert and jon stewart mark russell dared to joke and sing about the often absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he first began performing russells ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. His career spanned from a piano is mark0 years working russell comedy s
Showed small acts of bravery and brotherhood known only to those with whom they fought and served. This is the story of their unknown valor. Im martha macallum, growing up, my mother told us the story of her cousin harry grey. In the summer of 1944 at age 18 he left after High School Graduation to join the marines and serve in the pacific. I was always intrigued and i knew harrys death there left a deep grief in my mothers family. A few years ago struck me to tell the story. The guys who get hit on the beach or in the villages just trying to carry out the mission, they are the extras in the movie, but for some families, somewhere they are their harry grey. The line on the family tree that just ends. A young man who never got to have a life, get married, grow old. To learn about harry and what happened to him on march 13th, 1945i started with a trip to new york to visit his sister, my aunt nancy. She told me about their lives growing up with their mom, migrant aunt anne and her dad harr
Showed small acts of bravery and brotherhood known only to those with whom they fought and served. This is the story of their unknown valor. Im martha macallum, growing up, my mother told us the story of her cousin harry grey. In the summer of 1944 at age 18 he left after High School Graduation to join the marines and serve in the pacific. I was always intrigued and i knew harrys death there left a deep grief in my mothers family. A few years ago struck me to tell the story. The guys who get hit on the beach or in the villages just trying to carry out the mission, they are the extras in the movie, but for some families, somewhere they are their harry grey. The line on the family tree that just ends. A young man who never got to have a life, get married, grow old. To learn about harry and what happened to him on march 13th, 1945i started with a trip to new york to visit his sister, my aunt nancy. She told me about their lives growing up with their mom, migrant aunt anne and her dad harr
The 40th chief of the army general james mccarthonville. The secretary and chief and i will have a chat about the defense strategy, the armys modernization priorities, the president s budget request that just came out, as well as the emerging joint war fighting concept and well save about 15 minutes at the end to take questions from the audience here. First i want to throw it over to the secretary and the chief to give a couple opening remarks. Thank you, susan. Its the closest i will get to davos, switzerland. Great opportunity to be here. Thank you. As we discussed in the green room, these are wonderful opportunities for us to try to talk about how were trying to transform the army. Were in year three of a very aggressive effort of transforming the army in not only how we train the force, how we modernize and ultimately help our people reach their maximum potential. As i emphasized the third year of a massive restructuring like weve not seen in over 40 years in the army with creating