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thank you for staying for part two. i did not give you an option to leave so i m glad you didn t take it. [laughter] i could not do a very good job of introducing our next two speakers. i can do it a little bit better with matt. i will let you tell your own stories. i will give you a brief thumbnail in the beginning. first on my left, salwan al-toki, first one that served as an interpreter for five years. he worked with the u.s. army, the usaid and the u.s. marine corps. he s credited with saving the lives of at least four marines during his service. he s a graduate of the university of baghdad where he earned a degree in civil engineering. he s quadrilingual, i believe, if that s a word. english, arabic, french and russian. he s a native in southern iraq. he served with various american organizations and units. from 2003 to 2011, and he waited two years to get his s.i.v. maybe begin a little bit by saying, how did you get involved with these crazy americans and are y ....
general petraeus. [applause] thank you for staying for part two. i didn t give you an option to leave, so i m glad you didn t take it. [laughter] i could not do a very good job of introducing our next two speakers. i can do it a little bit better with matt. i will let you tell your own stories. first on my left, first is one who served as an interpreter for five years. he worked with the u.s. army, the usaid and the u.s. marine corps. he s credited with saving the lives of at least four marines during his service. he s a graduate of the university of baghdad, where he earned a degree in civil engineering. he s quadrilingual, i believe, if that s a word. english, arabic, french, and russian. he s a native in southern iraq. he served with various american organizations and units. from 2003 to 2011, and he waited two years to get his s.i.v. maybe just began a little bit by telling me how did you get involved with these crazy americans, and are you crazy as well? well ....
disempowers places like vermont, oregon, oregon, california that want to do more. that i think is unfortunate. unfortunately we are out of time. i hope you ll allow me a minute or two to say it is rare opportunity for a moderator to say and be completely truthful, when he says, we have been so lucky tonight to have the two best experts in the country, two of two of the finest people in the country to talk about in credible issues. i want to thank you both for sharing your time and expertise with us. [applause]. on the next washington journal. an update on afghanistan operations with major general bird and davis, in kabul. then brendan duke of the senate for american progress and stan bowyer, of the american enterprise institute on the state of the u.s. economy. that is followed by a look at the working congress to update the no child left behind legislation. our guest is allison klein of education week. washington journal, live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, yo ....
these are central time zones, 202-748-8000. mountain pacific, 202-748-8001. we are also getting your tweets at c-spanwsg. facebook.com/c-span. thanks for being with us. the front page of the washington post shows home and security secretary jeh johnson not very far from where we are at union station. beis advising people to alert but also telling americans to enjoy the holiday weekend. a state department travel warning that was issued two days ago that reads, as follows. the state department alerts u.s. citizens to possible risks of travel due to increased terrorist attacks. current information suggesting daesh, ala.k.a. qaeda, boko haram, and other carry outnted terrorist attacks using conventional and nonconventional weapons and targeting both official and private interests. the state department is pointing out there have been multiple attacks in france, nigeria, denmark, turkey, and molly. u.s. citizens should exercise caution when using transportation, be aware of i ....
the minimum wage. how much is that in maryland, harriet? itler: i believe right now is $7.45. host: tell us about your experience. caller: i m going to tell you my concern. because there is going to be more competition in jobs. i am also an older worker. and there is credits given. i am not sure what, but when you fill out your application, they give credits. the government gives credits if you have ever been on welfare and for certain things they give the employer credits. they lower the wage for those people. and we are already and competition. we are getting older. we can t here as well, we can t well, well, hear as can see as well, and we can t compete as well. we can t live on social security. we didn t even get a raise this year. host: let s get a quick reaction to her experience from kendall fells. guest: i agree. you know, we have some politicians down in florida that took what the workers called the minimum wage challenge, which was essentially politicians tr ....