Sacrifice shall never be in vain. Thank you for what you all have done for our country. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of the army. Good morning. A very special day. Secretary hagel, sir, thank you obviously for your gracious words in your presence here today. As well for the tremendous leadership, steady hand youve brought to these very challenging times. Chief, mrs. O. , Sergeant Major, distinguished members of congress, all of the department of defense family, particularly those from the United States army, but especially to the families and the honorees who are with us here today, welcome. It is wonder to see all of you again. As ive become the 21st secretary of the army, ive had many occasions to attend some pretty Historic Events and i probably should go without saying today is certainly one of them. As president obama noted yesterday, this injunction serves as the largest single induction of medal of honor honorees since world war ii. 24 and amazing soldiers who
Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in korea on sepp 4, 1950. That evening under cover of darkness and a dreary mist, an enemy battalion moved to within a few yards of Master Sergeant penas platoon. Recognizing the enemys approach, Master Sergeant pena and his men owned fire, but the enemys sudden emergence and accurate pointblank fire forced the friendly troops to withdraw. Master Sergeant Pena rapidly reorganized his men and led them in a counterattack which succeeded in regaining the positions they had just lost. He and his men quickly established a defensive perimeter and laid down devastating fire, but enemy troops continued to hurl themselves at the defenses in overwhelming numbers. Realizing that their supply of ammunition would soon make their positions untenable, Master Sergeant pena covered his mens withdrawal. He single handlely handedly held back the enemy until he was killed. Master Sergeant Penas extraordinary heroism and the selflessness at the cost
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] i would be delighted to yield to our speaker if you would like to continue this. I just want to say this. Please use the microphone. There was no question in my mind that the arguments and metements i said change to on complaint of the members. I dont believe they were notified. I believe that they truly did not get the mail in their office. I am inviting you to hear a dialogue on my protection of american policy and Foreign Affairs should be. To 1970s to go back 1972. Gentleman baldwin, a who i have the greatest respect for, chairman of our intelligence committee. You are going to ask about their policy and the vietnam war. Did you speak to your wife lately . I want you to come in and answer the questions of the philosophy you had then. You talk about angola. Ou dont talk about angola how during the Eisenhower Administration we were the very people who later on were opposed
Question as to what policy and how they felt about the vietnam war and the question is, did you beat your wife lately. I want you to come in and answer the questions of the philosophy. You talk about angola. You dont talk about angola how during the Eisenhower Administration we were for the very people that later on that nixon was opposed to. You dont say anything about that or things of that nature. Very interesting. My personal opinion is this, you deliberately stood in that well before an empty house and challenged these people and you challenged their americanism and its the lowest thing that i have ever seen in my 32 years in congress. Mr. Speaker, if i may reclaim my time. Let me say first of all mr. Speaker, i move we take the speakers words down. Find more highlights from 35 years of coverage. Cspan created 35 years ago and brought to you by your local satellite or cable provider. President obama honored 24 Army Veterans tuesday with the medal of honor. The recipients were foun
2 and third, 1944. On the afternoon of the second, americans launched an attack against german emplacements but were repulsed by machine gun fire. Armed with a rocket launcher, private cano crawled through a mighty area under fire and successfully reached a point within 10 yards of the nearest emplacement. He quickly fired a rocket into the position, killing the two gunners and five supporting rifleman. Without hesitating, he fired into a second position, killing two more gunners and proceeded to assault the position with hand grenades, killing several others in dispersing the rest. When an adjacent company encountered heavy fire, private cano crossed his company front, crept within 15 yards of the nearest emplacement, and kill the two machine gunners with a rockette. With another round he killed two or gunners more gunners. On the following day, his company renewed the attack and again encountered machine gun fire it up he again machine gun fire. He again crossed the terrain and kille