Who is Deputy Editor and Senior Pentagon correspondent for defense news here with us to talk about the efforts to pass the Defense Authorization bill. Aaron, the bill sets programs and policies for the pentagon. How important is it for pentagon operations and for the funding that those programs require . So the national Defense Authorization act, essentially, its the defense policy bill. This is seen on the hill and its one of the mustpass bills and this is how much well pay members of the military and this is how many plane, how many ships and how many guns were going to buy and this is how we want to invest and it can include policy, and regarding some movements in some cases and overseas exercises and things like that. It is very much the bill that sets the next year of the military and in some cases the next five years of the military planning. It is seen in the pent fwon as something they need to get done every year and it is done as a point of pride they get done every year and i
Soon as possible so that we can start to heal the divisions of the campaign, and the contest through which we just passed. Almost a century and a half ago, senator Stephen Douglas told abraham lincoln, who had just defeated him for the presidency, part isnt feeling must yield to patriotism. Im with you, mister president , and god bless you. Well, in that same spirit, i say to president elect bush that what remains of partisan rancor must now be put aside, and may god bless his stewardship of this country. Neither he nor i anticipated this long and difficult road. Certainly, neither of us wanted it to happen. Yet it came, and now it has ended, resolved, as it must be resolved, through the honored institutions of our democracy. Over the library of on one of our great law schools is inscribed them on, not undermanned but under god and law. That is a ruling principle of american freedom, the source of our democratic liberties. Ive tried to make it my guide throughout this contest, as it ha
Am eastern on cspan 3, online at cspan. Org where you can listen on the free cspan radio app. Now the concession speech from independent candidate, ron perot, he finished third in the race behind the winner Democrat Bill clinton and incumbent, george h. W. Bush. Now wait just a minute. The first thing that we want to do is team up together and try to make it work now. Right . Youre not too happy. Youve got to make some changes in 94. Right . Well thats the main thing now. Time is precious, have to make it work. It takes us all together to make it work. Weve got work to do, start right away. Our country needs all of our help. I want to thank all of you who are here tonight and everyone whos come together across the nation. Starting next february you did something to everybody said couldnt be done. Millions of you came together to take your country back. You gave washington at least like message to listen to the people. [applause] you have done a incredible job of getting this country ba
Elect. Up next, Democrat John kerry concedes defeat on the 2004 president ial election, he lost to george w. Bush who won a second term, the event took place in boston. [applause] thank you, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, you just have no idea how warming and generous that welcome is, your love is, your affection. Im gratified by it. I am sorry that we got here a little bit late and a little bit short. Earlier today, i spoke to president bush and offered him and laura our congratulations on their victory. We had a good conversation. We talked about the danger of division in our country, and the needs, the desperate need, for unity for finding the common ground, coming together. Today i hope that we can begin the healing. [applause] in america, it is vital that every vote counts and that every vote be counted. But the outcome should be decided by voters not by a protracted legal process. I would not give up this fight if there was a chance
Stream or ondemand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. In 1988, republican Vice President ial candidate dan quayle and candidate Lloyd Bentsen debated while a panelist asked questions of the candidates. Good evening. Im pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbss newshour and front line. My colleagues on the panel are john margoules of the chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news and britt hume of abc news. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 50 50 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. [ cheers and applause ] for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates, following a format