board chairman, fred ryan. [applause] good evening everyone. i name is don hi bush and i had the honor of being the executive director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. thank you all for coming this evening. if you would in honor of our men and women in uniform who protect our freedoms around the world 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 god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. thank you, please be seated. before we get started i would like to take a moment to recognize some special guests we have with us this evening and i will begin with our board of trustees. we have with us governor pete wilson and his terrific wife, gail. [applause] from north carolina mr. bennett sutton. [applause] former congressman retired but just as busy as ever alton [inaudible] and his wife janet. [applause] so now on to t
here today who knew him and worked with him closely had towering praise for him, said he was a compassionate friend, fabulous at what he did and a mentor to all. the firefighters gathered to grieve the loss of lieutenant kevin mcrea. a guy that cared about his community, a guy that treated everybody with the jut most respect and brought you together in the firehouse. lindsay: the 24- leon: the 24-year veteran was one of the first on the scene at this highize on seventh street northwest. mcrea collapsed soon after making it outside. co-workers trited but con save his life. he died later at the hospital. later in the day, scores of firefighters lined up and saluted as mcrea s body was taken away. these people say after rushing out of the burning building they ran into mcrea. he and his sister were having trouble breathing and mcrea insisted they go to the hospital. they did and it turned out fine. they later found out he had died. i was so hurt because he had just saved
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It is clear that this government does not see itself as the defender, let alone champion, of public education. What a travesty for the majority of our children who attend public schools.