Air force secretary under president obama was among the speakers at a womens Leadership Conference in washington, d. C. This is two hours and 15 minutes. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. All right. Good morning. Honored to bem able to moderate you this morning. We will be talking about secretary janes new book. I have read it and listened to it. That is what we going to talk about. , first and foremost, to break the ice, what inspired you to tell your story . Throughout my life i have in the business of our National Security closer to 40 years. I have always been a civilian and i have worked in congress, worked in the pentagon for several tours and been in private industry always working on defense issues. , ile i was making my way up would always look up to the people above me and there were very few women at that point to look up to but there were a couple. And some men. I would wonder to myself about how their lives were perfect. And here was my life which had some successes b
Many of you saw the news early many of you saw the news early on monday when the new York Police Department decided to fire the Police Officer involved in the death of eric gardner. This is what the police had to say on monday about that decision. [video clip] being a police is one of the hardest jobs in the world. That is not a statement to. Licit sympathy, it is a fact cops have to make choices, sometimes quickly every single day. Some are splitsecond, life or death choices. Oftentimes they are choices that will be thoroughly and repeatedly examined by those with much more time to think about them than the Police Officer had and those decisions are scrutinized and secondguessed both fairly and unfairly. The officer went to bed thinking he would make choices and take actions during a routine arrest that would lead to another persons death. An officers choices and actions even made under extreme pressure matter. It is unlikely mr. Gardner thought he was in such poor health that a brief
In our country, we believe that every person matters and every voice should be heard. Help the members of congress as they travel in their districts to listen with hearts of faith to the cares and concerns of their constituents. May they also find time to rest and enjoy their own families as well during this recess. Grant them safe travel back to this chamber so that they can conduct the important business of our country. Finally, dear lord, give the members of this body the virtue of courage in difficult times, the virtue of charity in all times, and at the end of the day, the certain knowledge that they have served their country well. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 5a of House Resolution 509, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The chair will now lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag f the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and just
The United States. And Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell also drawing the ire of the president today, failing to respond to chinas retaliatory tariffs, leaving the president to wonder if powell or chinese president xi jinping were the big earnmy bigger enemy. For the latest, we turn to edward lawrence. Federal reserve chairman powell says the fed will act as appropriate to sustain economic expansion. Having said that, trade uncertainty has come to the forefront here at jackson hole. A good part of the speech today focused how theres no precedent to integrate trade uncertainty into monetary policy. The speech laid the groundwork for a rate cut in september, pointing to global shocks, like whats happening in hong kong, germany, china, the economy slowing down and brexit. The speech did not indicate a long series of rate cuts and that set off the president on twitter. It started with the president saying we have a strong dollar and a weak fed. He ended up asking who is the bigger ene
The United States. And Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell also drawing the ire of the president today, failing to respond to chinas retaliatory tariffs, leaving the president to wonder if powell or chinese president xi jinping were the big earnmy bigger enemy. For the latest, we turn to edward lawrence. Federal reserve chairman powell says the fed will act as appropriate to sustain economic expansion. Having said that, trade uncertainty has come to the forefront here at jackson hole. A good part of the speech today focused how theres no precedent to integrate trade uncertainty into monetary policy. The speech laid the groundwork for a rate cut in september, pointing to global shocks, like whats happening in hong kong, germany, china, the economy slowing down and brexit. The speech did not indicate a long series of rate cuts and that set off the president on twitter. It started with the president saying we have a strong dollar and a weak fed. He ended up asking who is the bigger ene