States against all enemies foreign and domestic and i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and i take this obligation freely without mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which im. Bout to enter, so help me god [applause] i grow book ladies and please stand for the posting of the colors. Please be seated. Gentlemen, the. Oint chaired chief of staff mr. President , Vice President , this doing this distinguished guests, thank you for being here today and your unwavering support. We are all deeply humbled by your presence. Thank you for the confidence you have placed in me and for your personal leadership and commitment. You can rest assured that i will warm, provide you with a candid military advice for you, and the National Security council and to the congress. Vice president pence, thank you also for your leadership and continue to us continued support. Many women like those who stand before you,
With out reservation. I will faithfully. I will faithfully. Discharge the duties. Discharge the duties. So help me god. So help me god. Congratulations, chairman. [applause] [laughter] [applause] [applause] attention. Honor guard. Attention. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the posting of the colors. Post the colors. [drums] please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, general illey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Mr. President , mr. Vice president , secretary esper, distinguished guests, family and friends, thank you for being here today. And for your unwavering support for our men and women in uniform. We are deeply humbled by your presence. Thank you, mr. President. With the confidence you have placed in me to become the next chairman of the joint chiefs, for your personal leadership and commitment to our uniformed men and women. You can rest assured i will always provide you with informed, candid, impartial , to you, thece secretary of defense, and the congress. Secretary
So were always willing to lend a hand in other states. Its smoky. You have to be careful for bears, black bears, grizzly bears and mountain lions. Reporter meantime, these trucks from new jersey are currently with nine other crew members in washington. The same state where three firefighters from the u. S. Forest service were killed wednesday after their vehicle crashed and was overtaken by flames. Yesterday morning we all had a moment of silence for them. Very tough. Its hard to lose, you know, another brother firefighter. If we know them or not, theyre all you brothbrothers out here. Reporter an additional 20 firefighters still here in new jersey have been put on standby that they too may be needed out west in the coming days. This is number one priority out here for the conditions that were working in. Reporter they are also sleeping outside and havent showered but these firefighters say thats part of the job which required them to cut short the time they had to speak with us. They
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Uncertainties. One uncertainty involves china. Its amajor u. S. Trading partner mired in its own tanking stock market. Cut backs on major spending projects are beginning to affect some major u. S. Businesses, such as caterpillar and john deere. Chinas Consumer Market could crater, impacting the likes of apple. Will the u. S. Federal reserve rate raise Interest Rates next month because the u. S. Economy is in the good and sustained recovery. One set of data says raise it and get it over with. Another set of data says you got to be out of your mind. Reporter plus, a plunge in oil prices particularly impacts Oil Companies. Worry about oil is compounded about concerns that a possible worldwide recession will decrease demand, harming Oil Companies even more. With morsellers of stock than buyers, prices fell off a cliff this week. Nobody wants to buy until they know the coin flip is going to turn out. Reporter now, before you consider panicking, consider this. The market tanked 13 in may of