Again as our nominee says. You want to be part of that. Im grateful for you being here and spending your time here. I want to talk a little bit about Republican Leadership. Those of you who lived in michigan a long time you understand this. I mean we had a lost decade where we floundered. Were on the bottom of every list you wanted not to be on the bottom of that list or the top of the good list. Were at the wrong end of those lists. Under Republican Leadership, republican house, senate, and governor, just look at the benefits. Our unemployment under 5 . When is the last time you could talk to one of your kids about unemployment being under 5 in michigan. Ottawa county, where i represent, 2. 9 . They cant find people to do the work. Were turning the state around. It takes a lot of effort and a lot of time and Republican Leadership. The state gained more private sector jobs than any other great lakes state, over 400,000. That is not what, we dont create jobs. We just set the atmosphere
Chairman mcdaniel okay this time i will be really short introducing our next speaker. David nicholson, for those of you who dont know him, please go and introduce yourself to david. David is such a great leader in our state. He is so involved in many philanthropic charities throughout the state. He does so much to help elect republicans. He is a kind of behind the scenes guy. Always one of those people you can pick up the phone and call, say, hey, can you help me with this . What is his number . I will give you his number in a minute. Except for jeff. Jeff isnt allowed to have his [laughter] number. He has been a real friend to me since ive been chair. I just so appreciate his leadership in michigan. He also serves for our party on the wayne state board of governors. Were very happy to have republicans on any education board. Lets clap for that. [applause] and with that being said i would like to introduce david nicholson. [applause] david ronna that was incredibly nice. The truth is i
Course, budgetary challenges. At the center of all this, is admiral john reich ardson richardson who, since september, has served in the capacity as the 31st chief of Naval Operations. He is a 1982 graduate of the u. S. Naval academy and a Career Navy Submarine officer. He served on several boats, and he commanded the uss honolulu. He served as commodore of submarine Development Squadron submarine group eight as commander of the submarine allied naval forces south, as commander of Naval Submarine forces and as director of naval reactors. Admiral richardson will discuss the u. S. Navys role in this Global Maritime environment. He will lay out his strategic guidance to the fleet and how the u. S. And its partners can maintain maritime superiority. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm National Press club welcome to admiral john richardson. [applause] well, thank you for that very kind introduction, mr. Hughes, and id also like to just pay my respects to our distinguished members of th
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