Was a veterans day ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial in washington, d. C. Speakers included former defense secretary and vietnam veteran chuck hagel interior secretary ryan zinke and the designer of the memorial, maya lin. From the national mall, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Ill be your master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. The others, fathers wives siblings spouses nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. Id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. Those are the fo
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [cap good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im jim knotts, the president and c. E. O. Of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and ill be our master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the to welcome you to the ceremony atans day the wall. Before we begin, i would like to recognize all of the gold star have with uss we here today. Wives,hers, fathers, siblings, spouses, nieces, andews, and the sons daughters. All those who have experienced knowoss of a loved one and all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still theirg for the return of loved ones, who are listed as missing. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take a moment the wall volunteers. Theyre the folks you see in the jackets. And the staff of the vietnam for all Memorial Fund they do year around to honor veterans and preserve the memorial. They truly pu
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voice on repeal and not replace. with us tonight to talk about all of this, from milwaukee, our friend long-time radio talk show host and author charlie sykes, often disappointed in his party, never sad or weak. and from washington, kimberly atkins, boston herald, chief washington reporter and a recovering lawyer. welcome to you both. charlie, let s talk about your party. formerly the party of bob michael and mack mathias. i m hearing serious people talk about health care kind of continuing on until next year. does this end with a whimper and who is going to tell the customers and their level of anxiety? well, those are great questions. you know, i heard one senator saying that maybe they ll vote on this by friday and put it behind them. they re not putting it behind them because this is a quagmire. look, there s no question about it. this was a stinging defeat for the republicans. after seven years of promising they were going to get rid of obamacare and replace obamacare. now the