Administration is taking action to make sure we have the resources to fight the global pandemic. It has been a brutal pandemic for over 150 countries all over the world. Weve had Great Success over the , themonth and as you know millions of pieces of equipment have been delivered successfully and we have made it available to the states and the governors have been very gracious. I have to tell you the governors have been great. The governor of new jersey has grateful. I think they have appreciated what the federal government has done. You look at the hospitals being built all over the country, it is really incredible. Afternoon, i invoke the defense production act to prioritize federal contracts for Business Leaders. The insulators are a big deal and we delivered thousands of them and often times you dont turning out we are that we have to produce large numbers and we will be doing a lot more. Demonstrate that we will not hesitate to use the authority of the federal government to combat
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We come to gettysburg every november to commemorate the life and legacy of abraham lincoln. Our first speaker this morning is peter carmichael. Peter is the professor of civil war studies and director of the Civil War Institute at gettysburg college. I have seen some cwi hats around, wonderful to see them. He has a phd in history from penn state university, where he had the good fortune to study under gary gallagher. He is the author or editor of five books, including last generation Young Virginians in peace, war, and reunion, published in 2005. He is also one of the series editors for a civil war series, and i know him best in this capacity. He was my editor and i can tell you his thoughtfulness, careful attention to detail and generosity with sources made my book a better book. Today, he will tell us about his most recent book, the war for the common soldier, which was released in 2018 as part of the prestigious littlefield series with unc press. A review recently concluded, it is a
On behalf of the friends of the National World war ii memorial, it is much amend his honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. My name is alex kershaw, a member of the board of directors of the friends of the National World war ii memorial. I have written several books about world war ii, including one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and americas most decorated platoon from world war ii. It is my great honor to serve today as you master of ceremonies. Thank you all for joining us on this chilly, Beautiful Day as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in world war ii. In fact, the largest fought in by the u. S. Of its entire history. Friends of the National World war ii memorial was a small Non Profit Organization Whose Mission is to honor and preserve the National Memory of world war ii and to create the next greatest generation of tomorrow. This
Appeared before the committee for a closed door deposition pursuant to a subpoena i would like to take this opportunity to briefly summarize my my recollection of some of the events i expect the committee may ask me about on april 21st the lenski one the ukrainian president ial election on april 23rd the Vice President called to congratulate president elect selenski during the call which i participated in the Vice President accepted an invitation to attend president elect selenski upcoming inauguration providing that the scheduling worked out the Vice President had only a narrow window of availability at the end of may and the Ukrainian Parliament would not meet to set a date for the inauguration until after may 14th as a result we did not expect to know whether the Vice President would be could attend until may 14th at the earliest and we made only preliminary trip preparations in early may. On may 13th an assistant to the Vice President s chief of staff called and informed me that Pr