Steve israel. [applause] come on, steve. And my dear friend and one of the great former republican state chairs of the state of new york, ben cox. [applause] you see, like the former members of congress, our board is a bipartisan board made up of people from both Political Parties and from all walks of life, because that is what new york represented when we formed this great nation. You are in the building that is not the original federal hall. The original federal hall was a wooden building that basically lasted to 1812, and then was demolished. It was serving as the city hall of what was then new york. Ironically, in 2024, new york as a unified city will be 400 years old as a founded city. And in 2026, we will be celebrating our nations 250th birthday. Coinciding with that, im sure all of your kids and grandchildren will want to know come to new york and new jersey because we are going to be hosting the world cup of soccer. So we hope. America 250 congress sanctioned in 2017 a commis
The future generations about our history and emphasize the hardships and Lessons Learned alongside it. To support and respect the current active members of our armed and to ensure all americans feel the benefits of freedom as citizens of this beautiful republic, we are obligated to express our ever lasting gratitude to veterans, not just today, but every day and night coming forth. I would like to thank each and every one of you for attending todays special event. It was my great honor to be your master of ceremonies. Wed like to express that korean america wins. And i love you many and all korean the fallen families of the fallen for your and sacrifice. May god bless the republic. Korea and the United States of america this concludes our ceremony thank good evening. My name is tonio burgos. Im the chair of the harvard conservatory conservancy of the national parks. It oversees a lot of federal monuments with the exception of the statue of liberty and ellis island. They have their own
This evening, i am joined by Board Members of our board of directors former congressman steve israel. [applause] come on, steve. And my dear friend and one of the great former republican state chairs of the state of new york, ben cox. [applause] you see, like the former members of congress, our board is a bipartisan board made up of people from both Political Parties and from all walks of life, because that is what new york represented when we formed this great nation. You are in the building that is not the original federal hall. The original federal hall was a wooden building that basically lasted to 1812, and then was demolished. It was serving as the city hall of what was then new york. Ironically, in 2024, new york as a unified city will be 400 years old as a founded city. And in 2026, we will be celebrating our nations 250th birthday. Coinciding with that, im sure all of your kids and grandchildren will want to know come to new york and new jersey because we are going to be hosti
Steve israel. [applause] come on, steve. And my dear friend and one of the great former republican state chairs of the state of new york, ben cox. [applause] you see, like the former members of congress, our board is a bipartisan board made up of people from both Political Parties and from all walks of life, because that is what new york represented when we formed this great nation. You are in the building that is not the original federal hall. The original federal hall was a wooden building that basically lasted to 1812, and then was demolished. It was serving as the city hall of what was then new york. Ironically, in 2024, new york as a unified city will be 400 years old as a founded city. And in 2026, we will be celebrating our nations 250th birthday. Coinciding with that, im sure all of your kids and grandchildren will want to know come to new york and new jersey because we are going to be hosting the world cup of soccer. So we hope. America 250 congress sanctioned in 2017 a commis
It is going to hurt. I have said that putins victory in crimea is a. Pyrrich, is a victory, for the same reasons of their economic situation. I do think the ukrainians need more assistance. I think the question is, and i cannot answer this. I was in ukraine for the elections and i was there as an observer. I met with notyet president poroshenko and he said that his real agenda was to do security and the economy. The question is, if all they do is fight in the east whether they forget the fact their country is basically are basket case and provide, they have to get their act together economically. We needed to give more assistance to the ukraine. We have to figure out a way. I certainly agree on the intelligence. I would probably give them some lethal weapons and i would definitely strengthen nato. Nato has turned out to be the best and most political military alliance. The other countries that do have russian speakers latvia, the baltics, they are under nato. They have article five rig