for a job well done, this isur salute. [applause] [applause] [applause] [military orders] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the benediction. let us pray. eternal god, we thank you for the gift of a move admiral mullen, his wife debra, and the contribution to each branch of our armed forces and especially this great nation. may be blessed with your gift of counsel and discernment as they continue on the road of further service to their family, community, and nation. we ask your celestial blessing upon the general martin dempsey, his wife, and their family. be with them as he begins his new role. help them to bear the awesome responsibilities which are aced around upon him. guard him as he believes admiral mullen, and stand sentinel for each of us night and day. finally, has become to the lore caller: of this ceremony, may you continue to bless us and as we come to the end of the ceremony, may continue to bless us and keep us. mid-o
[applause] everybody did take their seats. it is often said that in washington, our next speaker need no introduction. i need to introduce myself. thank you. thank you very much. everybody, please have a seat. i have been madam president, that was an outstanding introduction. if his biographical material is we re so proud for her representing this school so well. in addition, i want to of knowledge or outstanding principal who has been here for 20 years, first as a teacher and too expensive and we are on a now as an outstanding principal. tight schedule ready. please give her an outstanding on a personal note, it might have been several years ago, round of applause. [applause] you were testifying in philadelphia. i am not sure if we were working on mccain-kennedy, something or other. maravene cynne gray is here. please give him a round of listening to your testimony at that hearing, you getting applause. mayor vicent gray is here. engaged, we had to get something [app
philadelphia. for an interview at the national constitution center in philadelphia. then former president jimmy .arter and his wife, rosalynn and later, sarah bluhm laskin from the federal reserve. get rid hither updates with the c-span on twitter. the get tweets once an hour. it is easy to sign up, just go to twitter.com/c-spannow. now i conversation with former defense secretary robert gates on the future of the u.s. military. mr. daetz stepped down as defense secretary last summer after serving both presidents bush and obama. he was in philadelphia last week and received the national constitution center s 2011 liberty medal at this event. it is one hour. thank you, alison. welcome. it is such a pleasure and honor, secretary gates, to have you here at the 2011 ceremony. you are such a great recipient. we have a great group of folks here. a lot of the folks in this room are some of our strongest supporters. we have board members here as well. i know that we have some
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this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening, thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight, suzanne pratt joins me. wall street continued its focus on earnings today, suzanne, with disappointing results from boeing, comcast and c.v.s. caremark. suzanne: tom, we re just over the halfway point for second quarter results, and despite today s numbers, corporate profits are a lot stronger than they were last year at this time. tom: but, remember where we were a year ago. the second quarter of 2009 was a disaster, making for easy comparisons this year. that has investors scrutinizing the quality of earnings. and, as scott gurvey reports, so far that quality leaves a lot to be desired. reporter: earnings up 52%. companies beating estimates. margins at record levels. what more could an investor want? but there s trouble beneath the topline numbers. economic growth depe