Of allegiance. We do in honor the men and women who defend our freedom around the world. Tonight i ask as we recite the pledge we do so in honor of those are currently fighting, those are missing, those who have perished, and those who are veterans. Please stand and join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands united one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Before we get started there are a few people in the honest id like to recognize tonight. I understand theres a large group hear from gary and maryss family include his mother, his brother and his daughter would just like any video. Could you please escargot and a summit to stand so we can thank. You all for being here tonight . H [applause] also here with us this evening our congressional medaln of honor recipients Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friend who is one of the last surviving tuskegee airmen. Good
Of allegiance. We do in honor the men and women who defend our freedom around the world. Tonight i ask as we recite the pledge we do so in honor of those are currently fighting, those are missing, those who have perished, and those who are veterans. Please stand and join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands united one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Before we get started there are a few people in the honest id like to recognize tonight. I understand theres a large group hear from gary and maryss family include his mother, his brother and his daughter would just like any video. Could you please escargot and a summit to stand so we can thank. You all for being here tonight . H [applause] also here with us this evening our congressional medaln of honor recipients Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friend who is one of the last surviving tuskegee airmen. Good
Nguyen xuan phuc it is an honor. To host you. [speaking in native tongue] [applause] i am also very pleased to recognize the ambassador who is here today, it is he it is the staff who made this possible. [speaking in native tongue] on the american side, i would like to a knowledge Us Ambassador to vietnam, Deputy Assistant patrick murphy. Welcome and thank you for being here,. [speaking in native tongue] and of course i would be remiss not to recognize the founder of the Heritage Foundation and our interim president , doctor fullmer. He believed in the potential of americas transpacific relationship well before there was a trade agreement named after him. He established and continued to cherish the Asian Studies center of nurture. Thank you ed. [speaking in native tongue] added, thank you for allowing me to do the honor say. Vietnam and us relationships have been very steady delivered to rectory for more than 20 years. And for good reason. We have a range of converging interests from e
Hi everybody. We are going to get stashted. I think everybody is still trying to find the room. So just a couple House Keeping things if you are tweeting, please use the ewa 17. Everything here is on the record. Remember to use the signin sheet. It is right here. I think. Shall i pass it . I will pass it down. I am going to hand that to you. Okay. Yes, sign the signin sheet. Were here today to talk about the every Student Succeeds act and the state. My name is caitlin emma. We are going to talk about this law that passed in 2015 that replaced no child left behind and sort of where states are at right now. So we are going to talk about that today. So to bring you up to speed, there are two submission windows for states to send in their plans under this new law for Holding Schools accountable, for how they plan to intervene in schools, and how they plan to intervene in groups of students who are consistently under performing. 16 states in d. C. Have submitted for the spring window. And a
The export value of timber and wood products in Vietnam is estimated to reach over 6 billion USD in the first five months of this year, an increase of 18% over the same period last year, according to General Department of Vietnam Customs.