In Public Service will always come from the contributions of those who served either under my command in the marine corps or on my staff. Our country has heard and will continue to hear from these talented men and women wherever they go and however they choose to serve, and a good number of them have made the trek over here the during a busy workweek to join us today. We did great things during those six years. They continue to show us that they are allstars in a multitude of endeavors, and id be praised if they would stand or wave and be recognized right now. [applause] there have been a lot of things going on in the last couple of days, and im sure im going to be get questions about them, but what im ready like to talk about in my opening remarks is whats going on in our country and what we can do to make things better. And let me begin by stealing a quote by gore vidal, one of the most irascible minds of the postworld war ii era. He once wrote you never know when you are happy, you
Rick warily will military campaign against isis, and the longterm extremedefeating violence. And a Sports Writer reviews the Domestic Violence controversies involving nfl players and the leagues response to them as well as congress. Action by as always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal, live at 7 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Former virginia senator jim webb was the featured speaker at the National Press club recently, where he talked about economic and Foreign Policy issues. Addressed speculation of a possible president ial run in 2016, saying he was seriously looking at the possibility. This is an hour. Good afternoon. Welcome. My name is myron. At theajung Professor George Washington University of public affairs. Former International Bureau associate press. The nash is the the national worldsub is the leading professional journalists. For we foster a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club,
Good afternoon. I am delighted to welcome you to the brookingss decision Brookings Institution. I am even more delighted to welcome sylvia burwell, burwell, tolvia this event at brookings. I have known sylvia a long time. Over 20 years. Sylviafirst encountered in the clinton administration, i thought of her as that friendly, competent young woman who worked for bob rubin at the National Economic council. I learned that sylvia was the go to person and a cando person. That was a useful person to have around. I also learned that she liked to keep in touch with real people out around america, not just in washington. And that she grew up in West Virginia. One day, i found myself in a hard hat, deep underground in West Virginia in a coal mine with sylvia, barbara ven and rich trumka. I was not the only one who noticed that sylvia was competent and levelheaded hearing the president notice to that, president clinton. By the end of the administration, she was the director of shes had a distingu
Sunshine. Temperatures stay above freezing if not a few degrees below. Lots of sunshine. Enjoy it. Well talk about maybe warmer weather headed your way in the sevenday. Good morning to all of you. Hope your day is getting off to a good start this morning. The first thing were talking about is a water main break, this taking place in southeast d. C. On southern avenue between fitch street and central avenue. Our photographer Deion Wiggins is there right now. You can see the water starring to makity way on to the road there. If youre traveling be mindful of that. Well continue to keep an update on that. Sky 9 also in there right now giving us a live look and showing us how things are shaping up along the beltway. This is the outer loop right there. Inner loop on the left hand side of your screen. No issues on the beltway this morning. A freely moving commute. Back to andrea and mike. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is offering up a new tactic to trie try to keep the Homeland Secur
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The day after i became secretary of defense in december 2006, i flew to iraq and visited our troops there. I was struck i was struck by the fact that all of them were the very same age as the students i had left behind. Except these 18 to 25yearolds were wearing full body armor, carrying assault rifles, and living in peril, putting their lives on the line to protect all of us, all of you. Robert gates is here. He served as secretary of defense for two president s, george w. Bush and barack obama. He spent 26 years at the cia and the National City council. This week, he made International Headlines with the lease of his new book. Duty am a. Memoirs of a secretary at war it gives a behind the scenes look at the white house and the pentagon under both president s. Some say it is one of the most candid accounts of washington ever written. I am pleased to have bob gates back at this table. So please explain your neck to me. [laughter]