Good afternoon. I am Christopher Nixon cox, grandson of president Richard Nixon. And on the half of my family and the board of directors of the Nixon Foundation i want to welcome you to another important event here at the Richard Nixon library, birthplace and use them, the of which is right behind me here. Today we are honored to have secretary of state mike pompeo to have chosen the Nixon Library to make a major speech about u. S. China relations. Like we do so often at the liberia, we are going to begia program with a prayer here would you please remain standing and welcome greg laurie, the Senior Pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship for an invocation. [applause] lets all pray together. Father, were so thankful to live in this country, the United States of america. And one thing we treasure so greatly is the freedom we have from you to pursue life, liberty and happiness. We have the freedom to speak our minds, the freedom to worship and the freedom to proclaim the message that jesu
Countrys horrible past which Billie Holiday one thing about in her song strange fruit. Ill tell you bruges this whole thing is bizarre 1st and foremost i guess i need to look at it this way ive never understood sure side to begin with and thats fault i guess but i look at it is if youre to the point of committing suicide. Things can only get better if youre at that low level things can only improve but that being said i think we need to look at the situation here how normal is that for people to individually go out and hang themselves from trees is that the normal suicide today i pod dont think so you dont hear of a very often now you do hear of old days of lynchings definitely but that is a form of suicide time the strange to me really really strange it seems there would be other ways to kill yourself if you were going to do it rather than to go out to a remote place and hang yourself from a tree so definitely it needs to be looked into and you know theres that possibility of a serial
64 communities at this point, in , have said we need to remember and pay tribute and whored to the families sacrificed a loved one in the armed forces. Regardless of how that may have grief and the loss is the same. We have got five state to go. Were going to do it. It is going to happen. One of the things that grieves that in our nations where i am told there is Something Like 1100 kinds of , there isor honors mention oneg one tribute to theng families who sacrificed a loved one. If there is any place in the that there should be honor and ship it to those families, it is our nations capital. With that, i will ask a question. To see a show of hands, if you would be so kind. All of those in the audience who, at some time in our history, going all the way back, up to the current date, that had a relative, regardless of the that sacrificed and lost their life in the armed combat, training accident, plane going down, illness, whatever it may be, if you are one of those who have had that ha
Woody is a farmboy from quiet dale, West Virginia. Kind of a juxtaposition of what he went into the muck coming what he went into, coming from a place named quietville. He was a young man when he received the medal of honor. I am sure he will share his story with you. I dont need to tell you what he will tell you. Without further ado, woody williams. [applause] woody thank you. [applause] woody thank you. Thank you. Thank you for that nice welcome. Wow. Thank all of you for coming today. I dont know that i have ever spoken to a larger group than we have here today. So thank you. Today is a day important in my life. I dont know that it is anymore important than the 70th or 73rd when we had an opportunity to go back to iwo jima for a visit. It naturally brought back a lot of memories, some good and some bad. But i am very humbled to stand before you today. I am grateful for the opportunity of sharing with you some of my thoughts. 75 years ago, at this moment in time, thousands of marines
Medal of honor recipient. He is here to talk about that battle 75 years ago today. Farmboy from quiet dale, West Virginia. Juxtaposition of what he went into the muck coming from a place named quiet ville. He was a young man when he received the medal of honor. Share hishe will story with you. I dont need to tell you what he will tell you. Without further ado, woody williams. [applause] thank you. [applause] you. thank thank you. Welcome. For that nice ow. Thank all of you for coming today. I dont know that i have ever spoken to a larger group than we have here today. So thank you. Today is a day important in my life. That it is anymore important than the 70th or 73rd when we had an opportunity to go visit. Iwo jima for a it naturally brought back a lot of memories, some good and some bad. Humbled to stand before you today. I am grateful for the opportunity of sharing with you some of my thoughts. 75 years ago, at this moment in and, thousands of marines were lying their lives on the l