This hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. I welcome all of you veterans, caregivers and advocates, especially my former colleague , senator Elizabeth Dole who has been an extranet advocate for military caregivers. Our military families, heroes in plain clothing are serving in americas cities and communities every single day. The effects of military service do not end with a tour of duty. For many veterans and their family, the journey sometimes extends for a lifetime. For some with both visible and invisible scars, the transition home is not easy. Recovery to can take decades. Along the way, mothers, fathers, wives, and other family members and friends step in to serve. Today we will focus on those who care for americans veterans. In the United States there are 5. 5 million military caregivers. These family members and loved ones provide care on a constant and routine basis to our veterans. They are often vital in assisting veterans to make the transition all the way home. Milit
[inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. I welcome all of you veterans, caregivers and advocates, especially my former colleague , senator Elizabeth Dole who has been an extranet advocate for military caregivers. Our military families, heroes in plain clothing are serving in americas cities and communities every single day. The effects of military service do not end with a tour of duty. For many veterans and their family, the journey sometimes extends for a lifetime. For some with both visible and invisible scars, the transition home is not easy. Recovery to can take decades. Along the way, mothers, fathers, wives, and other family members and friends step in to serve. Today we will focus on those who care for americans veterans. In the United States there are 5. 5 million military caregivers. These family members and loved ones provide care on a constant and routine basis to our veterans. They are often vital in assisting veterans to make the transiti
Sen. Collins good afternoon. I welcome all of you, veterans, caregivers, and advocates, especially my former colleague, senator Elizabeth Dole, who is an extraordinary advocate for our military caregivers. Our military families, heroes in plain clothing, are serving in American Cities and towns every single day. The effects of military Service Often do not end with a tour of duty. For many veterans and their families, the journey sometimes extends for a lifetime. For some with both visible and invisible scars, the transition home is not easy. Recovery, too, can take decades. Along the way, mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, and other family members and friends, step in to serve. Today, we will focus on those who care for americas veterans. In the united states, there are 5. 5 million military caregivers. These family members and loved ones provide care on a constant and routine basis to veterans. They are often vital in assisting veterans to make the transition all the way home. Milita
Smithsonian air and Space Museum Live at 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Now a conversation with facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg who spoke at the American Enterprise Institute Last week. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to aie, im Arthur Brooks and im delighted to introduce Sheryl Sandberg to join us today. We have many events but thsz something ive been looking forward to for a long time. This an interview weve been hoping to do for months and months and had this on the books for four months and this is as many of you know one of the last events well be doing in this building. Well talk about so many issues important to you and important to me. Ill give you a quick bio. Its not that necessary but so impressive. The person i have with me on the stage, i want to talk and dwell on what success really looks like in america today. She has been the chief operating officer at facebook since 2008. When she came to facebook, facebook had 70 million users, which seemed like a lot at the time
[inaudible conversations] afternoon everyone, good afternoon and welcome to the university. Im the Vice President of the Research Initiatives here the university and director and its my pleasure to welcome you all to newport on the first of november for the latest book. A quick rundown of what we are going to do today. We are going to introduce wayne and he will talk a little bit. This is a celebration. There were books for sale out in the lobby. If you didnt notice them on your way in there were four spectacular automobiles [inaudible] i thought i saw the ambassador. Think you for your generosity. I also want to thank the two people that are here on sunday when they normally wouldnt be. [applause] the communication assistance, we are grateful to both of you for being here. Thank you so much. [applause] its my distinct pleasure to introduce to you the author who ive known now for about four years and another four years we have worked together on a number of projects that involved a Won