About her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. I also want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight, alas its virtually but i will do my best. It is my first soon presentation so bear with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking about now i shouldve had a lot of wind, but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed, may occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them picked themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel stuart alexander, the remarkable hero of my book, did not hurry off. In fact, he refuse to leave the scene of the military disaster even when churchill himself warned him to. He stayed, he paid attention, he investigated, and as a result he recognized the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors that might have lifesaving
S . Roo vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Seeing none, the yeas are 52, the nays are 39. The nomination is confirmed. The clerk will report the next nomination. The Clerk Department of state, John Joseph Sullivan of maryland to be ambassador of the United States of america to the russian federation. The presiding officer the question is on the nomination. A senator i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . Seeing none, the ayes are 70, the nays are 22, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the next nomination.
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