On the coronavirus aid package. Senators are likely to talk about that upon the floor. Now to live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our rock of safety, hear our prayers. Help us to live that the generations to come will know of your mighty acts. Today, give our lawmakers the hearts to seek, find, and follow your will. Lord, guide them in the path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust you in adversity and prosperity knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. Lord, we trust you to lead us with your loving providence. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation u
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Good evening, everyone. Its my pleasure to welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 president ial site summit. The Kennedy Center is the perfect venue for this. Its so fitting because itself is a president ial site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. Kennedy, and to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the Kennedy Center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d. C. [laughter] and we want thank you for that. Also, weve been given authority from no higher source than the chairman of the board of the john f. Kennedy center for gentlemen and ladies would like to remove jackets and be more comfortable. So please feel free to do so. This years site summit is the largest gathering ever of president ial site representatives. These Historic Sites include more than 100 birthplaces and childhood homes, memorials and museums, libraries and landmarks from coast to coast. Were grateful to have the site representatives h
Welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 president ial site summit. The Kennedy Center is the perfect venue for this. Its so fitting because itself is a president ial site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. Kennedy, and to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the Kennedy Center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d. C. [laughter] and we want thank you for that. Also, weve been given authority from no higher source than the chairman of the board of the john f. Kennedy center, David Rubenstein, for gentlemen and ladies would like to remove jackets and be more comfortable. So please feel free to do so. This years site summit is the largest gathering ever of a president ial site representatives. These Historic Sites include more than 100 birthplaces and childhood homes, memorials and museums, libraries and landmarks from coast to coast. Were grateful to have the site representatives here and for your devot
Blackhawk was shot down. Yes. You know . And the blackhawk helicopter. And there was, hes a very celebrated war reporter by the name of paul watson who took a photograph of Sergeant Cleveland who was the american serviceman who was killed and being dragged through the streets. Right, through the streets. Whose body was desecrated. And paul watson took these photographs, and they blew up all over the world. For them. Its also arguable that because of the International Reaction to those photographs, president clinton decided to pull out of somalia. And its also arguable that the presence of alqaeda in somalia was allowed to prosper because the american presence was withdrawn. And so paul watson, in addition to being this extraordinarily celebrated photographer who has a congenitally deformed arm, hes like this mythic figure. He believes himself to be haunted by that encounter. Some kind of almost possession from the body of this serviceman who he feels he contributed to the desecration b