With the american soldier goes american medicine. Backing him up by his side, with him in his advance. In wartime and in peace, the medical department carries on, fighting disease, healing and rehabilitating the sick and wounded and working to search out disease vectors to prevent, detect and control epidemics. To pursue this mission successfully, the medical department was backed up by a farflung network of laboratories stretching from north to south, from east to west. Clinical, Public Health and Research Laboratories were required everywhere. Diseases new to the army doctor were being encountered, new procedures, methods of treatment and control had to be developed and evaluated. Operation and combat under extreme heat and cold produced problems that were a challenge to the medical department and its laboratories. Behind this vast medical Laboratory Organization which followed the armies to every distant outpost on our fighting front were the Mission Divisions and services of the Su
Watch the communicators monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Governor Dennis Daugaard outlined his legislative agenda for 2017 in his annual state of the state address. He spoke to state legislators at the state capital. This is an hour. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Ok, sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Thank you. Thank you very much. That was very kind of you. Thank you. It is good to have you back in pierre to the new members of or legislature, welcome. Im sure youll enjoy this experience immensely. Before i begin today, though, id like to note a historical milestone. Today is the beginning of Lieutenant Governor Matt Michaels session as president of the senate and prior to that he presided forever four sessions as speaker of the house. Those 11 sessions make Matt Michaels the longest serving presiding officer the history of the south dakota state legislature. Lets recognize and thank him for that service. [applause] thank you very much. Over the past six years, we have
Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Thank you. Thank you very much. That was very kind of you. Thank you. It is good to have you back in pierre to the legislature, welcome. Im sure youre going to enjoy this experience immensely. Before i begin today, though, i would like to note a historical milestone. Today is the beginning of Lieutenant Governor Matt Michaels seventh session as president of the senate, and prior to that, he presided for four sessions as speaker of the house. Those 11 sessions make Matt Michaels the longest serving officer in the south dakota legislature. Lets recognize him and thank him for that service. [ applause ] thank you very much. Over the past six years, weve undertaken many significant initiatives together, and have made progress in many areas. Today, im going to provide updates on many of our efforts in the areas of education, transportation, criminal justice, workforce and Tribal Affairs among others. I want to up