Learn more about christmas traditions tonight on American History tv. John allen shares with young military academy studentss Lessons Learned about the duties of being an officer. Hes dressed as the importance of understanding military history, and respecting americas constitutional principles. This talk was part of the American Veteran Center Annual conference in we are indeed and again fortunate to see stars today, lots of them, 4 across each shoulder. We are privileged to have general john allen, United States marine corps retired, fourstar general, former commander of Nato International Security Assistance force in afghanistan. It is my great pleasure to general john allen, United States marine corps. [applause] got an ambush and already this morning. [laughter] cadet kim was going to introduce me. I think we have got all the introduction we need outoftheway. It is an honor to be with you and incredibly humbling to come in behind a couple tuskegee airmen. Be a bad asked. I am not s
Have general john allen, United States marine corps retired, fourstar general, former commander of Nato International Security Assistance force in afghanistan. It is my great pleasure to introduce you general john allen, United States marine corps. [applause] got an ambush and already this morning. [laughter] cadet kim was going to introduce me. I think we have got all the introduction we need outoftheway. It is an honor to be with you and incredibly humbling to come in behind a couple tuskegee airmen. Be a bad asked. I am not sure how you do better than that. Badass. I am not sure how you can do better than that. I would like to do some q a. We will talk about major points. One. Your oath of office. This is a moment where our constitution is constantly in peoples minds. It is an issue being debated, what the intent of the framers was. There is no doubt about where it fits in the context of the oath of office of those of you who will lead our troops in combat. Speaking about the oath o
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Tonight, the House Of Representatives is entering week three without a speaker. Eight candidates are now vying for the job, after one dropped out in the last hour. And right now, as we speak, republicans are meeting Behind Closed Doors to figure out some kind of a path forward before an internal vote tomorrow. Gotta hold your breath. After all the reports of screaming and cursing, some physical altercations in previous meetings, you cant really imagine whats going on in that room right now. Were gonna talk to some people who do know in just a moment. But if you are wondering out there why this matters and why we are still talking about this circus, well, the thing is, nothing can happen in congress. No new money for israel, no new money for humanitarian efforts in gaza, nothing without a speaker. Now is the time when we really actually need government to function. And you will never guess who is involved in all of this dysfunction Behind The Scenes, or maybe you will guess. Look, Donal