Mr. Wortman is an awardwinning journalist and the former editor at yale alumni magazine. His book the millionaires unit is about a generation of privileged young men prepared to risk it all to fight a distant war in france. Driven by the belief their membership in the american elite required certain sacrifice, they led the way before america declared formally to join the war. The bulk of this group, the Yale Aero Club, became the first squadron in the u. S. Navy air reserve. The press dubbed them the millionaires unit. Without further ado please join me in welcoming mr. Marc wortman. [applause] well, thank you for coming out this evening. Thank you to barnes noble for having me. This is as many of you know a home coming of sorts. Having grown up in bethesda, it is wonderful to see so many old friends here. Especially today on the 39th day out of the 40 days and 40 nights of rain. Its been an extraordinary deluge here. Now, please pardon me if i refer to notes occasionally. Im much more
His experience in world war i. Good evening. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to barnes noble bethesda. We are delighted to have marc wortman with us this evening. Mr. Wortman is an awardwinning journalist and the former editor at yale alumni magazine. His book the millionaires unit is about a generation of privileged young men prepared to risk it all to fight a distant war in france. Driven by the belief their membership in the american elite required certain sacrifice, they led the way before america declared formally to join the war. The bulk of this group, the Yale Aero Club, became the first squadron in the u. S. Navy air reserve. The press dubbed them the millionaires unit. Without further ado please join me in welcoming mr. Marc wortman. [applause] well, thank you for coming out this evening. Thank you to barnes noble for having me. This is as many of you know a home coming of sorts. Having grown up in bethesda, it is wonderful to see so many old friends here. Especia
To understand why she would want to move onto south carolina. But Hillary Clinton tells news 9 that she believes in the primary process and loves the way Granite Staters evaluate candidates. Really do not raise millions of dollars from wall street. Most progressives that i know are firm from day one in opposition to the i have to tell you, i just could not ever skip New Hampshire. I cannot even imagine not being here. Reporter Hillary Clinton addressed the obvious right off the top. Why bother with New Hampshire when a win soys unlikely, according to some. Their argument is look youre behind, here, i am. Youre in your opponents back yard. New hampshire always favors neighbors, which i think is neighborly. Reporter on Bernie Sanders, it on the issues and battle on their records. It was kind of a low blow when senator sanders said in response to a question, well, you know, maybe shes a progressive on some days. Reporter clinton listed her progressive accomplishments, including pushing un
The senate. I congratulate him on his comparable career in the i wish him the very best. Senate incomparable career in the senate. I wish him the very best. I would like to say two other words here. I want to make sure there is a separate place in the record for what i am going to say. I ask consent for that to be the case. Without objection. It is said that you dont chose your family and that is true. We are born into our family and we have no way to determine the family we are born into. Jay rockfeller chose to make the people of this area his community. How did that happen . Born in new york to one of the most famous people like this end up in West Virginia. I was an undergradate student at harvard and he decided he didnt like things they were doing so he left and dropped out of school. He went to japan and spent three years there. He became an interpreter and knows the japanese language well and loves the japanese people today. He started out at harvard and came back and was there
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