About her life and time in the white house. And now the person you all came to see. [ cheering ] Michelle Levan robinson obama. [ cheers and applause ] she is a lawyer, she is an author and she is the wife of the 44th president of the United States barack obama. [ applause ] throughout her initiatives as first lady, she has become a role model for women and for girls and an advocate for healthy families, Service Members and their families, Higher Education and international adolescent girls education. Her muchanticipated memoir, becoming, will be published in the u. S. And canada on november 13, 2018 by crown, a division of Penguin Randomhouse and it will be released simultaneously in 24 languages. Considered one of the most popular first ladies [ cheers and applause ] mrs. Obama invites readers into her world chronicling the experiences that have shaped her from her childhood on the south side of chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her
Pres. Trump thank you, very much. Thank you. Thank you. [cheering and applause] thank you very much. Please, lets enjoy ourselves. This is a tremendous moment for jim and your family, and lets just enjoy ourselves for a little while. We will ask jim to say a few words. I want to hear what he has to say about his great talent, his great running ability. I find it to be extraordinary. I love it. Today, it is my privilege to present our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to a legendary athlete and legendary runner, olympian and true american patriot, former congressman, jim ryun. Jim, congratulations. Fantastic. Jim thank you very much. [cheering and applause] pres. Trump we are joined by jims wife anne. Thank you very much. And various family members. Where is ned . Ned, thank you very much. Catherine, thank you very much. I will ask both of you to come up and say a few words, so you better be prepared. I dont use the other word in front of the word news.
Thing a thousand times every day all day, over and over again. So i got to put the little metal thing in a hole and then pass the cardboard over to the guy that would slam it down. So my job was to take the metal thing and put it in the hole. The cardboard over to the guy that would slam it down. For the first day even. I thought, you know, im going to i was aiming at finishing it. I thought there would be an end to it. Thousands of them, and i would prove to the bindery people that i was so fast that i could complete it and i would be done and i just realized it is never over. They just kept coming, the little pieces of cardboard and the little thing, and that went on for weeks and weeks doing the same thing and i thought, my god, im ready for college. Can i do this. But it taught me Great Respect for the men and women who do that work every day. That thankless work that makes it possible for us to have books and folders, and i learned work ethic at the bindery. The dozens of people i
Association. This is 2. 5 hours. The subcommittee on Early Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. Del. Sablan the subcommittee on Early Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I note that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney from connecticut, ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois ms. Lee of nevada, ms. , trahan of massachusetts, mr. Michigan, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Johnson of south dakota, and dr. Murphy of North Carolina are permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding that their questions will come after all members of the Early Childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present, have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared , examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Pub
And now the person you all came to see. [cheers and applause] Michelle Lavonne robinson obama. She is a lawyer. She is an author. And she is the wife of the 44th president of the United States. Barack obama. Throughout her initiatives as first lady she has become a role model for women and for girls. And an advocate for healthy families, Service Members and their families, higher education, and international adolescent girls education. Her much anticipated memoir becoming will be published in the u. S. And canada on november 13th, 2018, by crown. A division of Penguin Random house. It will be released simultaneously in 24 languages. Considered one of the most popular first ladies [cheers and applause] mrs. Obama invites readers into her world chronicling experiences that have shaped her from her childhood on the south side of chicago, to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the worlds most famous address. Warm, wise, and becoming