He talked about it and of course other people were talking to him about it. I knew what it was like. I knew already what it would be like to run for president. I knew what it would be like to live in the white house. George and i had an advantage that only one other family has had so far, the John Quincy Adams family. Because wed seen somebody we loved in that office, and we visited him very often. We moved to washington in fact in 1987, rather, to work on president bushs campaign. And so i saw them then when they were campaigning nationwide, and they still had time to babysit barbara and jenna on a saturday night when george and i would want to go out to dinner. Really that year and a half we lived in washington until president bush was elected in november of 1988. It was a wonderful bonding time for our family. It was the only time i ever lived in the same town with my inlaws. And my motherinlaw and i really had a chance to bond. Our little girls had a chance to get to know their gra
Pres. Trump thank you very much. I think this will be an important conference and i would get to that for the middle, but i have a few things to report. I want to thank you all for being here. I think with social distancing, the media has been much nicer. I dont know what it is. All of these in between shares. We probably should not have anyone sitting behind you. You should probably go back. I love it. It is so much nicer. I cannot say it because you will get me now. Thank you all for being here. Continue our relentless effort to defeat the chinese virus. Announcingegin by today we are bringing home another american citizen. This is a big thing. He is on his way back to the United States after being imprisoned in lebanon since september of 2019. He is battling late stage cancer. He will now be able to receive much needed care and treatment in the United States. Weve been working hard to get him free and he is finally able to have his entire family at his side, so i am grateful to the
Important information. Its important for every american to remember that if you dont have symptoms, you dont need to get a test we want to make sure that Testing Available for people that are experiencing symptoms or have a genuine concern about being exposed to someone with the coronavirus. Dr. Burkes will address county level data and the progress we made on testing. Americans can expect to see how an increases number of cases should not be a cause of concern. Shell explain the importance of taking into account our new testing system as new data arrives over the next several days on supply, the a priority the president has given to our task force, we continue to work with Health Care Providers, business and state leadership to identify available supplies not nearly in the federal stockpile but much more importantly available across the private sector were encouraged see Companies Like honeywell and 3m, that i visited a few short weeks ago take advantage of the changes in the law last
May our lawmakers live with such faithfulness that they will be your redemptive instruments at a time when truth seems a rare commodity. May you find delight in those who by faith trust you to make the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth. Lead our senators to a fresh dedication in their service you to and humanity. Grant that justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore amen. Please join me in the please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for 30 seconds. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley veterans, meaning our veterans of war, our veterans who are
Great, thank you very much for coming today. Were going to be talking about the per spespectives of the sers special Victims Counsel, Victims Legal Counsel Program managers regarding conviction and acquittal rates, the case adjudication process and the victim deckly medication in the military process, thank you ms. Specht, captain sullivan and colonel hamilton. To begin with, talking about the article 32 process. Some of the article responses to the committee raised concerns that the judge advocates serving as preliminary hearing officers lack extensive experience dealing specifically with Sexual Assault cases. Other responses indicated that due to the limited scope of article 32 preliminary hearing officers do not have all of the information needed to make a probable cause determination that is binding. The overall assessment was that the staff judge advocate who is often more experienced is in a better position to advise the convening authority on probable cause. Should a judge advoc