Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I know its a purposeful gavel, wasnt it. Welcome to the National Press club. We have the trademark motto this worlds leading professional organization for journalists. Im jeff would baobab ballu. Candidate we are pleased to have as our headliners speaker, dr. David j. Shulkin. First of all, id like to ask you to please turn your mobile devices to vibrate. Why vibrate instead of off . Because we do encourage you tweet the modings and questions to press club using the npc live. Thats press club dc, using the hash hash npc live. Now well introduce or head table. And blows hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of the club, our guests, and guests of our headliners speaker. So, going from my far left, mike smith, ceo of green smith pr, the National Press club Headliners Team member. Jim noon. Vietnam navy veteran and commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club, whic
Welcome to the National Press have there we trademark motto, the worlds leading professional organization for journalists. My name is jeff blue, newsmaker of the americas, and the 110th president of the National Press club. Asay we are pleased to have our headline speaker, dr. David shulkin. First of all, i would like to ask you to please turn your mobile devices to vibrate. Why vibrate instead of off . We do encourage you to tweak the proceedings and questions to at press club d. C. Using the np clive. Now we are going to introduce our head table. Please hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of the club, our guests, and guests over headliners or speaker. Going from a far left, mike ,mith, ceo of green smith pr the National Press club Headliners Team member. Veteran, vietnam navy and commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club, which was founded by general pershing. Predecessor as National Press C
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I know its a purposeful gavel, wasnt it. Welcome to the National Press club. We have the trademark motto this worlds leading professional organization for journalists. Im jeff would baobab ballu. Candidate we are pleased to have as our headliners speaker, dr. David j. Shulkin. First of all, id like to ask you to please turn your mobile devices to vibrate. Why vibrate instead of off . Because we do encourage you tweet the modings and questions to press club using the npc live. Thats press club dc, using the hash hash npc live. Now well introduce or head table. And blows hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of the club, our guests, and guests of our headliners speaker. So, going from my far left, mike smith, ceo of green smith pr, the National Press club Headliners Team member. Jim noon. Vietnam navy veteran and commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club, whic
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I know its a purposeful gavel, wasnt it. Welcome to the National Press club. We have the trademark motto this worlds leading professional organization for journalists. Im jeff would baobab ballu. Candidate we are pleased to have as our headliners speaker, dr. David j. Shulkin. First of all, id like to ask you to please turn your mobile devices to vibrate. Why vibrate instead of off . Because we do encourage you tweet the modings and questions to press club using the npc live. Thats press club dc, using the hash hash npc live. Now well introduce or head table. And blows hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of the club, our guests, and guests of our headliners speaker. So, going from my far left, mike smith, ceo of green smith pr, the National Press club Headliners Team member. Jim noon. Vietnam navy veteran and commander of the American Legion post here at the
Battle of volusia where i got started as a combat historian. On that day i will never forget we went through an aid station in and al qaeda aid station. There was blood on the floor and cots, a situation that was interesting. I will never forget looks on the side of the wall, the light had changed. There was obviously a person that was running next to me on the other side of the wall. I had this sense of foreboding. Seconds later, a marine was killed along with a member of the iraqi forces that were accompanying us. It was a very poignant moment, shot in the head, the Battalion Commander was right next to me. Five minute before that, said who are you . I am a combat historian and im here to gather your story. I have written several books on world war ii. Interestingly enough he said any, a colonel of the battalion, he said my father was the pilot in world war ii who fought on the eastern front. We had this immediate reports and within five minute for engage in combat. What was so strik