Rep. Speier i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour with then congressman neal ryan and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. Congressman ryan was shot 45 times and died on that airstrip. There were members of the press that died. One defector of the peoples temple who died. I was shot five times on the right side of my body. A bone jetting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. It was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. Im not going to live to be in my mid80s. I am not going to get married and have kids. Im not going to have any of those dreams fulfilled. Brian november, 1978. Why were you there . Rep. Speier i was the legislative counsel to congressman leo ryan. He had decided he wanted to take a codel down to jonestown, guyana. Brian congressional delegation. Rep. Speier congressional delegation because there were many constituents of his that had loved young Adult Children ones. Who ha
Candidate debates posted by cnn in detroit. This is just under an hour. National polls show her with less than 5 support. Good morning everyone, welcome to the Washington Post. I am fed brian, figure for joining us this morning. Fred ryan, figure for joining us this morning. Thank you for joining us this money. Our guest is amy klobuchar. After a distinguished legal career, she became the first woman elected to the United States senate from minnesota. Now she is on her third term. She has earned a reputation as a prolific lawmaker. She has one of the best track records when it comes to getting bills enacted into law. She has introduced more legislation than any other senate democrat. We will hear from senator klobuchar about how she would shape the policy landscape as president s, including issues ranging from Climate Change to infrastructure and health care. She outlined more than 100 things. Do100 things that she would as president. Thank you for joining us this morning. Life 2020r p
1826 and they became mexican citizens. 1835, there was a letter sent to my family asking them to join the revolution. A copy of the letter is actually in my office here in washington, d. C. You can see them saying, the time to revolt is now. Over the generation, what has your family done for a living . I have been working in commercial real estate, oil and my family has a long history of texas with a lot of love for our state. I am incredibly honored to represent the people of the Third District of texas. Who are your parents . My father is an attorney and businessmen, my mother is a homemaker. I grew up in midland, texas and dallas. Rn in i live about 50 miles from where i was born, not too far from home. Tookned the marine corps, a commission after i graduated from college, served on active duty for several years, continued to serve my country, got my mba from Harvard Business back toen i moved dallas where i was born. Went into real estate, and i was in the Marine Reserve unit that
Congratulations. I am honored to be here for the swearingin of our new secretary of defense, mark t. Esper. I especially wanted think Justice Samuel alito. Highly respected and a great man thejoining us to administer oath of office. Thank you very much. Thank you. Welcomelso delighted to several of secretary espers family members and friends to the white house, including his mother. He proud of him . You Better Believe it. And his three children luke, john and capturing. Thank you and congratulations. Catherine thank you and congratulations. There is no one more qualified to lead the department of defense than mark esper. A west point graduate. Great student. Secretary esper served our 27 years, including in the gulf war. He advanced u. S. National security and government and private sector during. Most recently in the army were he played in equipping our armed forces. Thats where i got to know him. There was nobody that did a better job than mark. There is nobody that loves this more
Neal Ryan Redepenning, of Dawson, is charged with felony threats of violence, and possession of an incendiary device after he allegedly attempted to start a vehicle on fire.