Lla, joseph, theodore, floating around. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for being here. It is an incredible privilege for us all to welcome you here to the white house. I specially want to thank the Vice President and karen pence for hosting us today. As im sure many of you know, pences our military parents. Their son michael is an officer in the United States marine corps. They know firsthand the many sacrifices required by military families across this country. We are so grateful, so incredibly grateful, to our servicemen and women, many here with us today, for keeping us safe and protecting our freedoms. [applause] ivanka it is also critical to note that our heroes in uniform were not do their job if it were not for the love and support of their credible families. Please give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] ivanka fridays Military Spouses day. I am in all the courage and the strength of our mayor terry Military Spouses. When a Service Member is away, military hous
To hear David M. Mellott tell it, the field of theological education is in a period of tremendous change.
The student population is becoming more diverse, with more Black and Latinx students enrolling. Fewer students are enrolling in master of divinity degree programs in favor of shorter (and less expensive) master of arts degrees. The job market for graduates is changing, with more ministerial positions being part-time. Support from many denominations for students to complete the M.Div. is declining.
“Everybody is challenged when you think about the fact we’re going to ask somebody to do a degree that could take them anywhere from three to six years to complete, come out with some student debt, maybe a lot of student debt, and then go into a ministerial assignment that is part-time,” said Mellott, president of Christian Theological Seminary in Indiana.
hourlong process of recovering the casualties, dragging the vehicle out of the crater, and investigating the blast site to determine what happened and who was responsible. it goes on and on and on to the point where the province of afghanistan is and ied-centric site. most of the soldiers to an attempt at countermeasures. what is left after you clear out the hamster wheel of the ied fight is a few people with a few days and months to spend trying to change attitudes and afghanistan and reform the country. the freelance video journalist was embedded in march and april. it was his fourth trip to afghanistan. he is a regular contributor to cspan. you can watch this program and others like it on our web site if you go to c-span.org and click on video library. this week, the house will start on spending bills including homeland security and veterans affairs. a speech today on house republican freshmen allen west on defense spending. he will speak to the heritage foundation and
hut. color. halt. freeze. halt. freeze. [the star spangled banner plays] halt. present. halt. [ taps plays] halt. ladies and gentlemen, remain standing for the president s invocation and the national anthem. [inaudible] [inaudible] chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the secretary of the defense. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. please join me for the invocation. [inaudible] from our earliest beginnings you have guided us through times of adversity and prosperity, through periods of war and feast, by your own hand and on our behalf, you have shown yourself strong to save us. among all the nations of the earth, america has been richly blessed in extraordinary ways. we turn to you today to remember with honor and respect our fellow citizens who have fought in america s wars as members of her armed forces. many of these gallant americans died before our enemy s guns, many of them died alone, many died in the fruit of th