His unwavering dedication to those who serve our nation with their lives earns the trust and devotion of the armed services. His career began early at william mary. Not many known that he drove the Williamsburg James City School Bus when he was a student and he was assistant troop leader for our local boy scouts and that senator norman was one of his boy scouts as we discovered last night. After graduating from william mary in 1965, he joined the cia as an Intelligence Officer and was the first career officer to scale the agencys ranks to become its director. He served with president s of texas a m university from 20022006. When president bush called him back to washington to serve as secretary of defense. As secretary, he led our armed forces at a time when the country was in the midst of two wars and a global fight against terrorism. In 2009 he accepted president obamas request that he continue to lead in the cabinet, becoming the first secretary of defense to serve under president s
The Smithsonian Associates and the International Spy museum cohosted this 80 minute event. Good to see all of you here. I am a historian and curator. Some of you i know, some of you i am meeting for the first time. I would like to welcome all of you to the spy museum and spy seminar, where we focus on the spies of the American Revolution. The first two weeks centered on wellknown personalities. You have the , which has an entire tv show dedicated to it now, and ben franklin is of course ben franklin. Next week, we will look at the most infamous spy in u. S. History, Benedict Arnold. The relative obscurity of James Lafayette is what will make this morning so interesting. He is someone we should know more about. His impact on World History is well known. Historians are just now beginning to piece it together to find out new information and understand his impact on the revolution and figure out how he sits among the great heroes and villains of american intelligence history. Katherine egn
For you at the jr be not for right now but we later this afternoon headed into the evening that there be a set to open at four clock that is the beginning of the afternoon rush hour so certainly something you may want to avoid doing that time i would take six sixty four at the monitor merrimack instead. And speaking of wonder about coming up at six ten which are traffic newport news to suffolk state and new this morning Newport News Police are investigating a deadly accident that happened just before two oclock this morning on jefferson avenue at forty first st. Please tell us a silver buick lucerne crashed into utility pole. The driver did not have a seat belt on. Medics rushed into the hospital where he died. Detectives say its unclear if speed or alcohol played a role here will update you soon as we learn more. A Police Sergeant is set to appear in court for a bond hearing this morning shes accused of driving under the influence with a child or car. Thats right her own child Virgini
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The first debate super tuesday. But the billionaire isnt shying away from the trash talk that has put him on the inside track from winning the nomination. Between now and tuesday, eight states and puerto rico, hold their contests for the gop. Michigan and its 59 delegates is the biggest prize. Weijia jiang is at the site of last nights debate in detroit. Reporter only four candidates took the stage, but frontrunner donald trump was clearly at the center and on defense. His opponents and the moderators dug at him for details about policies in between the flying insults that quickly turned dirty. Does anyone whoever deserves to be attacked that way, its donald trump. He referred to my hands. Something else may be small. I guarantee yu, there is no problem. I guarantee you. Reporter the gop debate on the Fox News Channel quickly turned into a shouting match. Dont worry about it, little marco, i will. Well, lets hear, big don, big donald. Dont worry about it, little breathe, breathe, breat