Out of an abundance of caution during the covid19 pandemic, there is no in person audience today and certain ceremonial elements have been prerecorded. Please welcome the official party to the stage the secretary of the army, the honorable ryan b mccarthy. Chief of staff of the army, general james c mcconville. Sergeant major of the army, michael a grinstead. Director of the National Museum of the United States army, ms. Tammy call. Accompanied by acting secretary of defense, the honorable christopher c miller. And chairman to the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. Millie. Now presenting the colors is the third United States infantry regiment the old guard, accompanied by the old guard fife and drum corps. The National Anthem will be performed by Sergeant First Class jesse meeks from the United States army band, pershings own. Present. O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through t
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is an honor to welcome everyone to the 71st National Book awards. I am Jason Reynolds coming to you live from washington dc go this is overnight but there is so much going on in the world this is our night and it is a big deal. It is so much of a big deal i woke up this morning anxious and nervous as usual. I always, mother and i am anxious. It is 7 00 oclock in the morning and she says oh no i said i am feeling anxious about tonight have to hope the National Book awards am calling you to see if you have advice for your child go she said that she always has been to make the call. Let me ask you something, son. What did i make you say every single night before you got into bed when you were little boy . I said i dont want to do this right now she said no dont know what did i. C. E. Make you say every night when you got into bed . I said you made me say i can do anything. Exactly you can do anything. You tell me this all the time on. But i never asked
By refusing to accept republicans were destined to be the minority in the house. He was posing to bring positive change in america. According to the speakers new book trump in the american future, the spread of the coronavirus at the height of the economy in the election 2020 will continue to be a process of change and is here with us today to discuss his thoughts on america. We invite you to join our Virtual Program coming from the civilian Leadership Academy Reagan Foundation executive director. Speaker gingrich, terrific to have you with us. And to plan to have you live and in person is we have so many times and when you can travel and be safe again you still love to have you back here thank you for joining us today. And with that educational work that you do and i cannot remember a time we just didnt have a wonderful experience i can assure you as soon as i can get back to the west coast i will drop in. Love to have used speaker and mr. Ambassador. And as a historian and unimaginat
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Conditionality. And the reason you know they lack that evidentiary basis is because they have to keep changing their language. When pollsters and pundits told them to call it bribery, that was the message of the week. Bribery was on every one of their lips. We asked the witnesses, did you see any bribery, were you part of any bribery . The answer was no, so they have to keep evolving the claims because there is no factual predica predicate. Also heard my colleague from new orleans say that this hearing would be informed by our understanding of regret, would be this deep sense of regret. My friend is from a deep blue district, so he probably wont be the one regretting it the most. The folks that will be regretting what theyre doing are the democrats in swing districts who probably arent coming back. I tell them for the upcoming year, rent, dont buy here in washington, d. C. And so today, the only question that we are left with when we conclude this hearing is whether or not as we move i