In 1913, harry truman was a young missouri farmer, experiencing some business difficulties as he did from time to time. But as always, he did not give up easily. He wrote to his sweetheart and future wife bess these words. Harry truman was a man of his word. It took 85 years but on july 25, 1998, Harry Trumans ship has come in. [applause] president clinton of course, president trumans home town of independence, missouri was not exactly a center of naval operations. Coming from the state just south of missouri, we are completely landlocked, and harry truman was an army man. But in 1944, he spoke at the christening of the battleship missouri, on whose decks japan surrendered a year later. He felt an affection for the ship, and as president came to rely, as all president s to, on the worlds greatest navy. The American People still feel a strong affection for harry truman. He seemed to some an ordinary man, but he became an extraordinary president. He represented the best in us and he gave
In 1913, harry truman was a young missouri farmer, experiencing some business difficulties as he did from time to time. But as always, he did not give up easily. He wrote to his sweetheart and future wife bess these words. Harry truman was a man of his word. It took 85 years but on july 25, 1998, Harry Trumans ship has come in. [applause] president clinton of course, president trumans home town of independence, missouri was not exactly a center of naval operations. Coming from the state just south of missouri, we are completely landlocked, and harry truman was an army man. But in 1944, he spoke at the christening of the battleship missouri, on whose decks japan surrendered a year later. He felt an affection for the ship, and as president came to rely, as all president s to, on the worlds greatest navy. The American People still feel a strong affection for harry truman. He seemed to some an ordinary man, but he became an extraordinary president. He represented the best in us and he gave
In 1913, harry truman was a young missouri farmer, experiencing some business difficulties as he did from time to time. But as always, he did not give up easily. He wrote to his sweetheart and future wife bess these words. Harry truman was a man of his word. It took 85 years but on july 25, 1998, Harry Trumans ship has come in. [applause] president clinton of course, president trumans home town of independence, missouri was not exactly a center of naval operations. Coming from the state just south of missouri, we are completely landlocked, and harry truman was an army man. But in 1944, he spoke at the christening of the battleship missouri, on whose decks japan surrendered a year later. He felt an affection for the ship, and as president came to rely, as all president s to, on the worlds greatest navy. The American People still feel a strong affection for harry truman. He seemed to some an ordinary man, but he became an extraordinary president. He represented the best in us and he gave
Readiness to get the House Armed Services committee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilian Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to begin by recognizing the dedicated service of our readiness subcommittee clerk, ms. Jodie bignolia. This will be her last official event of our subcommittee and i want to thank her for her contributions to our actions in the past year. I want to wish her the best of luck as she moves forward in future endeavors. Thank you, jodie. [ applause ] one of the objectives of this subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense. This includes programs or activities when face management challenges, present budget implications or could be administrated more efficiently. Whatever the root cause is, it is our goal to provide necessary oversight in order to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest levels of readiness possible. Given the current threats
Of betsy devos. We know at least two republican senators intend to vote against the nominee, meaning that Vice President mike pence would need to come to capitol hill to cast the tiebreaking vote and that would be the first time that Vice President broke a tie in a cabinet confirmation. President trump tweeted about the devos nomination earlier today saying, senate dems protest keep the failed status quo. Betsy devos is a reformer. She will be a great education secretary for our kids. That Senate Confirmation vote will take place at noon eastern time today and you can watch it live on our companion network cspan2. And from here we go to House Armed Services committee with a state on the military. This started just a short time ago. They watched our fighting and theyre preparing their forces. We need to me pair to fight any adversary. Were extremely good today and are ready to fight in the middle east. Against violent extremists but we need to fight against any adversary. We need more f