Challenges hes faced there and plans for the future. Its the second Largest Government Department with more than 250,000 employees. The Heritage Foundation hosted the 50minute event. Welcome. I serve as president of the i want to welcome everyone today. My name is brian rogers. I serve as president of the Jesse Helms Center foundation. Were located in North Carolina just outside of charlotte. The purpose of the helms center, a Nonprofit Organization that houses the senators archives. We focus on youth programming for on Free Enterprise as well as hosting lectures with our partner here at the Heritage Foundation and other lectures we do throughout the state and our country. So why the helm center lecture . Jesse helms served in the United States senate for 30 years. In 1994, he became chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee becoming the second north carolinian to do so besides nathanial macon. He was a leader, top leader, in a modern conservative movement. He along with Margaret
This is about one hour. Good afternoon. We have a really Great Program ahead and we invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter using the npcli good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press club. We have a really Great Program ahead and we invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter using the npclive. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware that g the head table, and idd like to ask you to please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. Helpful to have the list. So from my left and your right, we have shawn butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon, commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club. Next to captain noon, we have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel brooks tucker. Hes the assistant secretary for the v. A. s office of congressional and legislative affairs. We have lori rousseau, who is
Time to celebrate the legacy of the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. This evening we have the privilege of welcoming the second and the third. Were extraordinarily grateful to justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor to join us to honor Sandra Day Oconnor. It turns out that Justice Ginsberg and Justice Oconnor share an unusual distinction and that is interesting nicknames. When Justice Oconnor was confirmed she earned the moniker fwoc for first woman on the Supreme Court. Justice ginsburg has been crowned the notorious rbg. Ill leave it to you to decide which one is catchier. They share a lifelong commitment to expanding opportunities for women. It makes sense when Justice Ginsburg joins Justice Oconnor on the bench in 1993, the two bonded over their historic role in transforming the Supreme Court. Both justices had to overcome discrimination and professional rejection, but Justice Oconnor once put a helpful spin on it if they had come of age when women
Good afternoon. We have a really Great Program ahead and we invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter using the npclive. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, and so any applause or reaction that you may hear are not, is not necessarily from the working press. So let me begin by introducing the head table, and idd like to ask you to please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. Helpful to have the list. So from my left and your right, we have shawn butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon, commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club. Next to captain noon, we have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel brooks tucker. Hes the assistant secretary for the v. A. s office of congressional and legislative affairs. We have lori rousseau, who is the pre
In that case, lets get to the news President Trump this morning attacked the impeachment inquiry tweeting, this impeachment nonsense is just the continuation of the witch hunt hoax. Okay, this is beside the point but witch hunt and hoax mean the same thing [ laughter ] calling the impeachment a witch hunt hoax is like calling you dumb donald trump. [ laughter ] you dont [ cheers and applause need both. According to a new poll, 50 of americans say theyre ready to elect an openly gay president if for no other reason, just to have a president whose suit fits [ laughter and applause what are you doing, man . I mean you look like a kid playing a grownup in a school play. [ laughter ] President Trump today tweeted an edited image that depicts him presenting the dog that participated in the raid on the leader of isis with a medal with the caption American Hero. Sure, you say that now, but wait til you find out that dog is testifying in the impeachment inquiry. [ laughter ] also, its a good th