And also served as National Security adviser to president george w. Bush. David admiral, great to see you again. We are two days after veterans day and that was the occasion for this event. There are plenty of public issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk to you about service itself. And i want to start by talking about how you came by service, because you came by it naturally. You grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was quite an interesting person. Adm. Mcraven first, thank you for the invitation to join you here today. This is terrific. I certainly enjoy spending time with you and the students of the iop. You are right, i kind of came by it naturally. My father was a world war ii fighter pilot. Flew spitfires, actually, which was a british airplane, because, at the time, when we entered the war, americans did not have planes to take on the german messersmith, so the british loaned us spitfires. But my gran
[ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. Chairman [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] mr. Chairman mr. Chairman, mr. Vice president , my fellow democrats and my fellow americans, thank you for your nomination. I dont know if i can find a fancy way to say this, but i accept. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. So many so many have contributed to the record we have made for the American People. But one above all, my partner, my friend and the best Vice President in our history, al gore. [ cheers and applause ] tonight tonight i thank the city of chicago, its great mayor and its wonderful people for this magnificent convention. I love chicago for many reasons, for your powerful spiri
Nomination in chicago. He would go on to beat bob dole and serve in a second term. Gentlemen, the president of the united states. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] pres. Clinton thank you. Thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. [cheers and applause] pres. Clinton thank you very much, thank you. [cheers and applause] pres. Clinton thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] pres. Clinton thank you very much, thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman. [cheers and applause] pres. Clinton mr. Chairman. [cheers and applause] pres. Clinton mr. Chairman, mr. Vice president , my fellow democrats, and my fellow you for yourank nominations. [cheers and applause]. I dont know if i can find a fancy way to say this, but i accept. [cheers and applause] pres. Clinton so many have contributed to the record we have made for the American People, but one above all. My partner, my friend and the best Vice President in our history, al gore. [cheers and appl
Be. This is joe. When youre connected youre not alone. Cox supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. And the senate about to gavel in to resume work on a shortterm spending bill to fund the federal government beyond saturdays midnight deadline and avert a government shutdown. Senators voted 7719 yesterday to move forward with the measure as they wait for the house to pass its own temporary spending bill. The Senate Planning to recess this afternoon at 12 30 for weekly caucus meetings. As we take you live now to the senate floor. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The guest chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel kent a. Lund, Wing Chaplain of the 181st Intelligence Wing, will lead the senate in prayer. Chaplain lundy. If you would, be in prayer with me. Inspiring god godthat creates a way where there is no way inspire these servant senators to rise to every challenge by putting people over profits an
Night before. She said, we do not believe in terrorism. She demonstrated this. This extraordinary inner fortitude that she possessed, which was a quality of hers to an extent that very few other peep in World History can demonstrate. She had that. She stood up and she showed it. I think that must have given courage to not just her party but the country. There was fear around. She was going to give in to it. I think thats one of the extraordinary qualities. Thats a tremendous fitting end to the discussion. Thank you very much for our three distinguished guests for a fascinating and extremely insightful discussion. Thank you, everybody for joining us. We have a reception following the event if you would like to join us for that. Thank you. Later today, president obama will be giving a speech in newark, new jersey. We will have coverage on cspan2. The House Veterans Affairs committee will be hearing from subpoenaed Witnesses Today on alleged misuse of the Veterans Affairs program to reloc