Ladies and gentlemen, before i begin i would like to ask you to join me in recognizing an Incredible Group of soldiers sailors, airman marines and coast guards behind me. They are the best at what they do do, whatever they do including putting on sayreceremonyies like this one. Thank you very much. [applause] and mr. Secretary, i couldnt help thinking as the National Anthem is played i would hazard a guess how many times you have heard it but today it was played for you and i hope you remember the lasting service. Mr. President , secretary, men and women of the Armed Forces Good afternoon. It is an honor to thank secretary hagel for his service to our nation and what a Remarkable Service it has been. It started 20 years ago when Timothy Hagel was called in and they said young man you have six months to get back into college or you will be drafted into the vietnam war. Hagel replied i tried colleges, three colleges and lets say it wasnt in the best interest of those institutions to keep
Numbers say two things about what is contrary to what some people thought were the conventional wisdom. One was that the need for and the demand for spectrum was not as great and we hear that often. We hear people say that there is no spectrum crisis and i think the value of what is being given suggested there is a tremendous need for this spectrum and then the other piece of conventional wisdom that i think is interesting to at least think about as we heard a lot about how certain spectrum is more valuable than others and it has to do with lower frequency spectrums and higher frequency spectrum is an honestly there are circumstances where that is true. But in terms of the value of the spectrum, at least superficially it suggests that this higher frequency spectrum is yielding much higher dividends than the last time the fcc auction off their spectrums. And so that does show that we shouldnt write off frequency and frequently higher broadband. Host is there any competition in the mobil
Profession, the number one way to be satisfied personally and also to have a great future, whatever that future is, is just to do a fantastic job of whats in front of you. If you dont do that you can kiss any of that future goodbye. So im squus trying to do a great job with whats in front of me now. I think i might know the answer. The former hud secretary is now governor of his state. Any chance of you following a similar career path . Thanks for the question. Maybe we have some texans out there in the audience. That was a tough cowboys loss the other day. I dont know what my future is going to hold after these twoerz two years. Im very mindful when january 20th comes around that there are two years left. And i want to do an excellent job during those years and make a difference. I believe we can for many of the reasons i stated in my remarks. Then well see what happens. Theres no grand plan after that. With two years to go until the next president ial inauguration, do you endorse Hil
A. M. Eastern on cspan. This sunday on q a, narrow scientist dr. Frances jensen on the recent discoveries about the teenage brain. They do not have their frontal lobes to reason. The cause and effect consequences of actions are not clear to them because their frontal lobes are not readily accessible. The connections cannot be made as quickly forced with the second four split second decision making. The brain has not seen these yet in life until you hit teenagers. The brain is trying to learn how to respond to these new hormones rolling around and actually logging onto receptors and synopses of different types. They are trying to insert trial and error. It contributes to this roller coaster kind of experience that we watch as parents. Sunday night at eight eastern 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. The Political Landscape has changed with the 140 in congress. Not only are there 43 republicans and 15 democrats in the house, 12 new republicans and water democrat in the senate, there is also an h
Congress. And the republican ruckus over karl roves conservative counterstrategy is reaching a bit of a fever pitch. But is the core of this fight really about the messengers or the message itself . Good morning from washington and happy valentines day. Its thursday, february 14th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Lets get right to my first reads of the morning. It may be valentines day, but not a lot of love for chuck hagel. Next week a nato meeting of defense ministers is scheduled in brussels. But given the way chuck hagels nomination is going, its possible the u. S. May not have a new defense secretary there or leon panetta may be forced to go there steed. Yesterday, the senate began the odd procedural dance that is required for cloture, the process for ending senate debate. Nomination, department of defense, Charles Timothy hagel of nebraska, to be secretary of defense. Mr. President , i sent a cloture motion to the desk and ask the clerk to report. This is the firs