Were going to try to do that im sorry the Vice President had more time than shes had so far and theres against President Donald Trump. Regarding men and women of our armed forces are absurd im sorry Vice President s up to the United States marine corps my son in laws deployed in the United States navy i can assure all of you with sons and daughters serving in our military President Donald Trump not only respects but reveres all of those who serve in our armed forces and any suggestion otherwise ridiculous labels i say in paris that ive heard people deserve this is your 3rd and people decided to tell various president s i did i could maybe get it or not susan i didnt want me to know for tonight joe biden here campaigns agreed to the rules for tonight i bait with the commission on present of us im here to enforce them which involves moving from one topic to another giving roughly equal time to both of you right which is what im trying very hard to go read it so i want to go ahead and mov
Chair senator pat roberts of kansas. [bugle] it causes my mind to go back to the abiding truths we learned at home, love of god, fairness in human relations, responsibility, concern for the welfare of others, and that each individual could, through his own efforts, achieve a full life. It is the firm duty of each of our citizens to fight and put because of his country before the comforts of himself. We must be ready to give out to our country, for history does not long entrust the care of history to the weak or unwilling. We must be willing to accept as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices must be required of us. A people who values privileges above principle will be dissolved. These men came here to storm these beaches not to gain anything for themselves but just to preserve freedom, systems of selfgovernance in the world. Many thousands died for ideal such as these. But these people gave us a chance, and they bought time for us, so that we can do better than we have before. We must
Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight in the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming in the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there jose does that starspangled danner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] allegiance] thank you to the 177th fire waiting from the new Jersey National guard for providing fire over coverage for this evening. To give tonights invitation, we are pleased to have barry c. Black. Chaplain black serve in the u. S. Navy and completed his distinguished military career as the chief of navy chaplains. Barry black was elected to serve as the 62nd chaplain of the United States senate and has been in that role ever since. To open tonights ceremony in prayer, here is chaplain black. You may be seated. Pray. Light of lights, how is your name in all the eart
We must be willing to accept as a nation a people that values above its principles. These men came to storm these beach, just to preserve freedom. Many thousands died for ideals such as these. These people gave us a chance. We must find someone to get an eternal piece. We need to be strong in our faith that our nations under god will achieve the goal of peace and justice. We pray that people of all races, all nations may have their great human needs satisfied and that the scourge of poverty, disease will be made disappeared from the earth. That in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the force of Mutual Respect and love. Good evening and welcome to the dedication ceremony for the dwight the eisenhower memorial. For everyones health and safety please exercise safe social distancing and ensure that your masks remain on if you are not eating or drinking. To begin our program, we are honored to be joined by the soldiers of the 101st airborne
Hello, my name is kai bird, im the executive director of the leon leavy centers for biography at cuny, university of new york. We are sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse and the abto promote the arts and crafts and biography among other things. We been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some years. We are here on a session with the 20th anniversary actually of the National Book festival, the theme this year is american ingenuity. We are going to be talking tonight with two notable publican intellectuals, Harold Holzer is one of the countries leading lincoln scholar, currently the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ted widmer is himself the author of eight books, professor witmer is now on my faculty abwe will be discussing his latest book lincoln on the verge thirteen days to washington. These are two very different books. Im going to hold up each of them. This is literally a mini biography, not so many, its a substantial book, focuses on 13