Compassionate intelligence, his unwavering dedication to our nation earned him the trust and devotion of our Armed Services his career of Service Began early at william and mary, not many know that he drove a school bus while he was a student, and that he was an assistant troop leader for local boy scouts and a senator as one of his voice gets boy scouts. After graduating in 1965, he joined the cia and was the first career officer to scale the ranks to become this director. He served as president of texas 2002 to 2006. When president bush called him to washington to serve a, as secretary he led our armed forces at a time when the auntry was in the minutes of global fight against terrorism. In 2009 he accepted a request from president obama, becoming the first secretary of defense to serve under president s of different political parties. He received the president ial medal of freedom for his commitment to the security of 2012merican people, and in , he was invested as chancellor and wa
Chip stocks soaring as President Trump eases the ban on huaweis purchase of u. S. Products. Weak manufacturing and Construction Data keeping the gains in check today joining us for the hour to break down the Market Action is lindsey bell from cfra good to see you again. Good to be here. Feels like a market that had a lot of good news baked into it already. Yes it did. I was surprised we held on to the gains for as long as we did. I thought we would get a sell the news type of thing sooner. I think the weak Economic Data not only here in the u. S. , but also in europe and china, really gave the market what they wanted in the terms of the potential for a fed rate cut next month. One day phenomenon or does this selling have some staying power . You know, i got to say, i think it is going to be a little choppy through the month of july, especially as we get into earnings season. We see how tariffs are impacting companies on the ground. Yeah. It is interesting, youre going to get earnings s
Jocelyn benson talks about democracy and Election Integrity and efforts to remove donald trump from the 2024 president about. This is part of the association of american loss collapse annual meeting in washington dc. It is about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] all right, good morning, everybody. Welcome to our session today, our president s conversation we are going to be having, grateful to have so many folks gathered in washington for this annual meeting. So glad to have so many colleagues front and center. Love that. I am really glad to have Jocelyn Benson, the 43rd secretary of state of michigan here to talk with us today. Shes not just secretary of state of michigan but our colleague and friend of ours for so long and in her role as secretary of state, she certainly a leader in insuring elections are secure and accessible. And shes tasked in the job overseeing the election. The last two, 2020, and 2022 elections saw a record turnout and
It kicked off when the fifth circuit judge kyle duncan was invited by the Stanford Law School Federalist Society to give a speech. When he started, this happened. Youve invited me to speak here. Ive been heckled nonstop. Im asking for your racism is showing. Respect black women. Keep in mind, these arent kindergarteners with poopy pants. These are stanford law students with poopy pants. Their dean is worse. A giant sack of poopy pants. Im uncomfortable because this event is tearing the fabric of this community that i care about and support. I have to ask myself, is the juice worth the squeeze. Its uncomfortable to say this to you as a person. Its uncomfortable to say that for many people here, your work has caused harm. Oh, shut up. Sorry. Thank you. Ill take it. Shes the victim or at least playing one because thats her job. Shes stanfords Associate Dean for diversity, equity and inclusion. Although it should be diversity, inclusion and equity because that would be d. I. E. Which is wh
have been ringing the alarm bell for years. we begin with this fox news alert. john: president biden heading to california this hour after giving an update on the sudden collapse of silicon valley banks. the president sought to reassure americans, all while taking shots at top bank executives and republicans for the failure. welcome back as america reports rolls onto us again our appeared happy monday, sandra. here we go again. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york. the news continues. 2:00 on the east coast. sounding off on the handling of this banks collapse. nikki haley offering their take on all of that as they gear up for their 20202024 run. john: out with a warning about the future of guaranteeing deposits. politically, it s going to be impossible not to extend the same full, unlimited deposit guarantee to all banks. once you do it for one bank, it is hard not to do it for ano another. john: let s get straight to peter doocy, waiting president biden s arrival