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
time. as for the president s schedule today, it s really focused on the military. he began with a breakfast for families who have lost loved ones in iraq and afghanistan. he ll then lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery and attend a remembrance service. a big announcement coming here in just a few minutes. i want to keep everybody in line with the programming note that we are expecting the president in the rose garden here coming up in a few. kristen welker, thanks so much. we want to bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. he joins from us tripoli, libya. as we re watching what is taking place, change coming as i mention iraq, afghanistan and we can forget about what s going on in libya. what do you think this is announcement will do with the troops? do you think it will be a clean transition? reporter: i think it will be a smooth transition. general dempsey is well known. he s well known to other commanders. he s
tax credit because we invest so much in research, $7.3 billion a year so congressman bilbray on the house side is introduced a good bill. is a starting step to talk with democrats about making the r&d tax credit permanent, simplifying it and raising the amount of the credit. we have dropped, the r&d tax credit from first place 20 years ago to about 24th place in terms of the value of the credit. the government needs to do better. did has reenacted every other year or so. it is hard to know when it will be enacted again and so legislators on both sides of the aisle and the president recognized the value of the credit. we just need to improve the process and considering it. host: peter cleveland make the argument on the other side against the r&d making a permit because we have been doing the show for several years and we have our morning show the washington journal as well. i ve never met one legislator who is against making the r&d permanent. what is the argument on the o
Transcripts For CSPAN2 U 20110404 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.