mr. president, honored guests, it s a great honor for me to be here this evening with all of you. some of you may recognize me from television, but most of you probably recognize my voice and not my face from national public radio. we are assembled here at the embassy of israel in washington, d.c. to award medals and certificates of honor of the righteous among the nations to the late master sergeant roddy edmunds and to the late valerie sveski of poland who risked their lives to rescue jews. the holocaust remembrance authority was created by the state of israel in order to gather all information about the holocaust to commemorate, document, preserve, research and educate. when it was established, the jewish people did not forget the non-jews who stood by their side in it the darkest hours of history, struggling with the enormity of the loss and grappling with the impact of the total abandonment and betrayal of europe s jews, the state of israel made a point of remembering
that they currently exist in, we re just going to have weaker product delivered later. i think we need to have some reform as the next round. and i think there s enormous potential there, not just in the military departments but between the military departments and osd, within osd, and further out into the headquarters in the field. well, i thank you for that. and you are uniquely situated now to play a key role. and i agree with you. just flat-out reductions is just the first step. you have to it s a little bit like sequestration in that it s a meat ax when we need a scalpel and so i would look forward to having you play a role there given your unique background. finally, the source of great frustration this committee, all of us members, is this continued cost overruns on weapons systems. we ve made some reforms. we re putting the service chiefs more involved. you are aware. but it still seems to go on. and every time we really need something, we use that expedited proce
iowa voters if you want to give your thoughts especially leading up to monday, 202-748-8003. post on our twitter page at c-span wj, post on facebook, a ll you can participate, at facebook.com/cspan. last night s debate the new york times talks about the absence of donald trump it was ted cruz and marco rubio. that received a lot of attention last night. patrick healy and jonathan martin writing that mr. cruz and mr. rubio who are behind mr. trump in the iowa polls and hoping for surprise finishes here were repeatedly confronted with pointed questions about their views and senate votes, and providing citizenship and legal status to immigrants who are in the country illegally. it was mr. cruz who was hit heart hardest on the issue and mr. rubio portrayed him as an unauthentic opportunist. that s some of the analysis from last night. we want to get your thoughts as well. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. for independents. 202-748-8002. and iowa voters
Roger L. Zahm, 64 of Sinclairville, formerly of Gerry, passed away Monday, May 27, 2024, at home after a hard-fought and courageous battle with cancer. The so
Roger L. Zahm, 64 of Sinclairville, formerly of Gerry, passed away Monday, May 27, 2024, at home after a hard-fought and courageous battle with cancer. The so