Mr. President , honored guests, its a great honor for me to be here this evening with all of you. Some of you may recognize me from television, but most of you probably recognize my voice and not my face from National Public radio. We are assembled here at the embassy of israel in washington, d. C. To award medals and certificates of honor of the righteous among the nations to the late Master Sergeant Roddy Edmunds and to the late valerie sveski of poland who risked their lives to rescue jews. The Holocaust Remembrance Authority was created by the state of israel in order to gather all information about the holocaust to commemorate, document, preserve, research and educate. When it was established, the jewish people did not forget the nonjews who stood by their side in it the darkest hours of history, struggling with the enormity of the loss and grappling with the impact of the total abandonment and betrayal of europes jews, the state of israel made a point of remembering the rescuers.
That they currently exist in, were just going to have weaker product delivered later. I think we need to have some reform as the next round. And i think theres enormous potential there, not just in the military departments but between the military departments and osd, within osd, and further out into the headquarters in the field. Well, i thank you for that. And you are uniquely situated now to play a key role. And i agree with you. Just flatout reductions is just the first step. You have to its a little bit like sequestration in that its a meat ax when we need a scalpel and so i would look forward to having you play a role there given your unique background. Finally, the source of great frustration this committee, all of us members, is this continued cost overruns on weapons systems. Weve made some reforms. Were putting the Service Chiefs more involved. You are aware. But it still seems to go on. And every time we really need something, we use that expedited process, which we used for
Democratic congressional candidate Melissa Vine and her former campaign manager Lou McDonald were each fined $500 by the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.
Democratic congressional candidate Melissa Vine and her former campaign manager Lou McDonald were each fined $500 by the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.
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