Of history and culture. Gentlemen, ourd program is about to begin. Please turn off cell phones. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the installation of the 14th sec. Of the Smithsonian Institution. Rise and remain standing for the presentation of the colors by the smithsonian honor guard, and the singing of the National Anthem by kenny lattimore. [footsteps] company halt. Present colors. [the starspangled banner being sung] o say can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; o say does that starspangled o say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] forward arms right face. Forward march. [footsteps] ready, troop. Ready, troop. Ready
Compassionate intelligence, his unwavering dedication to our nation earned him the trust and devotion of our Armed Services his career of Service Began early at william and mary, not many know that he drove a school bus while he was a student, and that he was an assistant troop leader for local boy scouts and a senator as one of his voice gets boy scouts. After graduating in 1965, he joined the cia and was the first career officer to scale the ranks to become this director. He served as president of texas 2002 to 2006. When president bush called him to washington to serve a, as secretary he led our armed forces at a time when the auntry was in the minutes of global fight against terrorism. In 2009 he accepted a request from president obama, becoming the first secretary of defense to serve under president s of different political parties. He received the president ial medal of freedom for his commitment to the security of 2012merican people, and in , he was invested as chancellor and wa
The ref at least ten times. But in the end, he was still the ref. No harm, no foul. Next thing you know, theyll say its a crime to attempt murder. Attempted murder is a crime. News to me. For all of us at cbs news sports boom goes the democracy. Anner its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, mulling mueller. Plus, stephen welcomes Jeff Goldblum and aisha tyler, featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause theme song playing stephen whoo thanks, everybody please have a seat very nice delightful. What a lovely group of people here tonight. Welcome to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Everyone is still talking. cheers and applause everybody out there is still talking about former special counsel Robert Muellers appearance on capitol hill, six hours of testimony. It was so long that by the end we all felt as old as Robert Mueller looked. laughter and at the hearings, muel
Introduced the attorney general, bill barr. I suspect most of us are aware that attorney general william bar has had a distinct career in private practice and government, including time is the head of the office of legal counsel, and his Deputy Attorney general. And that he sure and that he served as the Major General counsel of a major corporation. Im confident that nearly everyone knows that he served previously as the 77th attorney general of United States and now is the 80 fit the attorney general of the United States. What many may not know is that when he was previously attorney general, he was, in may 1992, [] israel america with its humanitarian of the year award. So his commitment to use the power of the government to ensure the free practice of religion, and to fight those traffic and vile, antisemitic acts, is not new. Indeed, in his confirmation hearing nearly three dakins ago, nearly three decades ago, he said invidious discrimination strikes at the nature and fiber of wha