The army provided versatility to the joint force in the requirements of combat and commanders for security assistance. The humanitarian relief operation and Contingency Operations around the world. The general odierno drove aggressive implementation of mutually supporting the Strategic Initiatives ensuring that the United States army was the foundation of the joint force. It remains the greatest land force in the world. General odierno insures that the army possessed the capability to provide globally responsive and a wind forces as well as expeditionary and decisively and power across the full range of military operations providing a groundwork for the global land power of interconnected nodes. Simultaneously, general odierno worked with the other joint chiefs of staff to ensure that the United States armed forces stand ready to serve the nation in any capacity needed and to advise the countries Senior Leaders as required. General odierno led the effort in developing and implementing
I think we are getting closer to that. Somebody said do you think there will be a president by that time if young enough maybe. Thank you very much, barney frank. [applause] its a hard thing to believe that the United States of america is spending nearly 1 billion per week in iraq and here in new orleans, the United States we are being neglected. Why do we have to beg and plead when our president , our congressman, our elected leaders when we tell them we need help when its on the media everyday. [applause] this is the United States of america. The young lady mentioned earlier that we rebuilt japan after destroying japan. This is new orleans, a very specific cultural society. I love new orleans. We have purchased a total of 107 trailers on four different sites but when you walk across the street here you will see 42 of them set out for teachers and their Staff Members and that was the only way especially back in november that i could get a staff of the school to teach the children beca
[applause] thank you and welcome barney frank. First ill ask some questions and then well go to questions from the audience which i have one of these cards, so i will access or reject them. [applause] i was hoping you can say a little bit about the two stories that you tried to tell, the political stories that you tried to tell in this book which is about your life and also political work. Its as i start writing that there are two things. I was a normal teenager, my father, working programs. [inaudible] so these hearings were fascinated to me. I also decided something i have to get into politics. I was debating and arguing as i was a kid. Better than some adults. [laughs] i could do that. At the same time i realized [inaudible] so i began to say, i want to be influential, but i never will be because im gay. By the time i retired there was a disparity from being gave and politics, but the order has reversed. [laughs] i get married. I was the first member of congress to have the samesex
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The National Football league is rewriting its playbook for dealing with violence off the field. Today, commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged again that he got it wrong in the past, and he vowed this time hell get it right. That begins with new policies for punishing players involved in Domestic Violence and other misconduct. But goodell did not say what those policies or punishims would be. More now from 60 minutes Sports Correspondent sharyn alfonsi. Past several weeks, we have seen all too much of the nfl doing wrong. That starts with me. Reporter today, nfl commissioner Roger Goodell broke his weeklong silence with a series of im sorries. I got it wrong in the handling of the ray rice matter, and im sorry for that. I got it wrong on a number of levels, from the process that i led to the decision is that i reached. Reporter that decision was a twogame suspension for rice, but he aiferre
Me and they still do today. I carry pictures in my wallet. The troops give you the respect you never thought you had. After 45 years, i am on the telephone with my 400 troops. That is part of leadership. I cared for them. That is what it is all about. [applause] next, joint chiefs of staff chair general Martin Dempsey speaks at the annual uso Service Members gala. And we hear from world war ii and Vietnam Veterans about their military service. On the next washington journal, Terry Jeffrey discusses how Republican Leaders in congress should handle major policy issues, including immigration and the Affordable Care act. Adam green, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign committee, outlines the legislative agenda of progressive groups. Conable talks about president obamas authorization of additional troops to iraq to train kurdish and iraqi forces. Live atton journal, 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. During a speech in brisbane, australia, president obama continued to strengthen ties wit