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you. tweet us, twitter.com/book tv. or or post a comment on her facebook page. [inaudible] [applause] good evening. my name is john and i have the honor of being the executive director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. thank you for joining us. an honor of our men and women who defend our freedom around the world in uniform, could you please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. please be seated. now that we have said the pledge and saluted our flag, i would like like it if all of those who are with the armed forces here today, whether you be active or retired as well as their families, which you please stand so that we might show you our appreciation. [applause] thank you so very much. on that note, there are a few other people that i would like
almost kidnapped him. good evening, everybody, i m joyce evans. that boy is just seven years old. he s okay. but now investigators are trying to track down the man who jumped out from behind a spot out there and tried to snatch him. our joanne pileggi has the story now from quakertown. reporter: it s been quite unsettling for parents and children in this quiet quakertown neighborhood, and after this attempted abduction, parents aren t taking any chances. it s kind of frustrating that somebody came and did this, and then stole kind of all of our feeling of safety in our own neighborhood. reporter: while the kids play outside on this quiet street in quicker town, a police officer is going door to door. the day after a seven-year-old boy told police a man tried to abduct him right next to his home. the child said he came outside to ride his bicycle in the morning at 6:58am when he did so, he came out and there was a black male behind the burbs that jumped out and said, h
the finance committee will come to order. the last place anybody wants to hear about gross mismanagement and incompetence is in the business of saving lives. that is precisely at unfortunately with the finance committee needs to discuss today. this morning s hearing is an update on the investigation senator, grassley and i, along with senator young have been conducting for more than 2.5 years. it examines a network of dozens of organizations with the demand to organ transplant and a group that oversees and coordinates them. the united network for organ sharing. we have reviewed 100 thousand of their documents, totaling more than half a million pages. before i get to specific findings, i want to frame what we have learned as simply as possible. already many americans are dying needlessly becauseuno and many of the transplant organizations it oversees are failing and seem uninterested in improving. the existing alphabet soup of acronyms and organizations, i will start out wit
the finance committee will come to order. the last place anybody wants to hear about gross mismanagement and incompetence is in the business of saving lives. that is precisely at unfortunately with the finance committee needs to discuss today. this morning s hearing is an update on the investigation senator, grassley and i, along with senator young have been conducting for more than 2.5 years. it examines a network of dozens of organizations with the demand to organ transplant and a group that oversees and coordinates them. the united network for organ sharing. we have reviewed 100 thousand of their documents, totaling more than half a million pages. before i get to specific findings, i want to frame what we have learned as simply as possible. already many americans are dying needlessly becauseuno and many of the transplant organizations it oversees are failing and seem uninterested in improving. the existing alphabet soup of acronyms and organizations, i will start out wit