Sacrifice shall never be in vain. Thank you for what you all have done for our country. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of the army. Good morning. A very special day. Secretary hagel, sir, thank you obviously for your gracious words in your presence here today. As well for the tremendous leadership, steady hand youve brought to these very challenging times. Chief, mrs. O. , Sergeant Major, distinguished members of congress, all of the department of defense family, particularly those from the United States army, but especially to the families and the honorees who are with us here today, welcome. It is wonder to see all of you again. As ive become the 21st secretary of the army, ive had many occasions to attend some pretty Historic Events and i probably should go without saying today is certainly one of them. As president obama noted yesterday, this injunction serves as the largest single induction of medal of honor honorees since world war ii. 24 and amazing soldiers who
First quarter. Bank of england says the economy is strengthening and it is going to keep rates low for a long time. This is Governor Carney speaking right now. You can go to bloomberg. Com and see the headlines. German inflation moving up. Suggesting there is growth in germany. The bank of china is seeking 16 billion in a preferred stock offering. That is being marketed to mainland investors. Economic data in the 7 00, we have Mortgage Applications will epi, that is the so what. I, that is the so what. We are going to be joined by formally the man who ran satz. Fu has one. The use to make a john deere zamboni. Dirty eight horsepower. It is surprisingly strong. 38 horsepower. It is surprisingly strong. Seaworld. Seaworld is controversial, right . What is that movie they came out with, scarlet . . Blackfish a couple of items president obama will be speaking at 3 30 talkingappan zee bridge about infrastructure. The Tappan Zee Bridge, for our global audience, is north of new york city, spa
After the bomb went off, you could look up at buildings above where sugar habit is an Marathon Sports and the windows were blown out up to three stories. At this site, michelle was there. This was where Krystle Campbell was there as well. She was one of the fatal victims in this attack. This is actually a shot of emts working on the body of Krystle Campbell. This picture here was taken by a woman who we interviewed for the book who was at the Mandarin Oriental. The Mandarin Oriental has a big, very swank event of the day with a lot of politicians, celebrities, business men and women. And when the bombs went off, the windows at the Mandarin Oriental literally shook. They waved in the wind like the. The woman who took this picture, megan johnson, a writer from People Magazine and some other outlets, she was a former colleague of mine at the herald, and she is the one who took this picture right after that. This is a double tragedy if there is ever such one. For the family of Krystle Camp
More than two decades as a federal prosecutor and after significant experiences, he served as an assistant District Attorney in both greensboro and their own. His experience will be invaluable to the task force consideration of federal penalties. The First Assistant United States attorney in the eastern district. When i joined the office in 2002, he was already leading the task force to these taskand lead forces. Throughout his tenure, he has demonstrated clearly that cooperative and sustained pressure on Drug Trafficking organizations could reduce the flow of drugs, remove the worst offenders, and drive down the crime rate to make our communities safer. Large numbers of serious drug traffickers and gained the cooperation of defendants whose information was critical to our ability to disrupt and dismantle these organizations. Received two directors awards from the department of justice for outstanding prosecutions and one from janet reno and one from eric holder in novembering 2013. I
Most cases are going to plead. I find it strange that the cooperation was the one that was totally dropped. Let me ask one that is not in here that i think ought to be considered. That is age of the offender. Nowhere in these guidelines does it talk about age of the offender. I think that is one of our biggest problems. An 18yearold or a 19yearold is quite different from a 23yearold or a 30yearold is tremendously different, his judgment. Particularly, i have five children, and the boys mature a little later, in most cases. I hope i do not hear about that. But i can say my 18yearold at 30, after four years in the marines, had much better judgment. Anybody want to comment on whether we ought to take that into consideration . Yes, i will. I absolutely agree. And i think most states are moving in that direction, where they are reintroducing age as an important factor in a particularly in you talk about when you talk about drug conspiracies. These kingpins look for young little kids, as you