he spoke recently at ashley and university in ohio. ashland university in ohio. >> good afternoon and welcome to ashland university. we are here to celebrate constitution day. this sunday marks

he spoke recently at ashley and university in ohio. ashland university in ohio. >> good afternoon and welcome to ashland university. we are here to celebrate constitution day. this sunday marks the 230th anniversary of the date when the delegates in philadelphia concluded the work of the constitutional convention. they sent the constitution to the people beginning one of the greatest 10 month debates in american history. with the ratification of the constitution. rook has provided copies of their final product to tens of thousands of teachers and students all across the country, and you all have a copy of this at your seat today. to celebrate constitution day, we are honored to have chad readler, appointed as acting assistant attorney general for the civil division at the united states department of justice on january 30, 2017. in this role, he oversees the largest litigation team at the department of justice with over 1100 lawyers who manage over 50,000 different matters each year. the civil division represents the united states in a wide arr

his medical degree from mayor medical school in rochester, minnesota and mfa degree from ashland university in ohio. he served as combat physician and flight surgery for u.s. army and completed three combat tours in iraq. his writing has appeared in the best american essays, river chief, and other literary journals. his most recent work crossings, is a memoir of an improbably powerful drawn live in poverty on united reservation in wisconsin that grew by force of will to encompass a medical practice rainers and emergency physician his this for intensity led him to volunteer in war torn bosnia, and to join the army national guard. during his tours in iraq, he was involved with everything from saving soldiers lives to organizing the joint u.s. iraqi forensic teams packed with identifying the bodies of saddam's sons. suffering a stroke upon returning from iraq, john spent years recovering impeded by near unbearable pain and overcoming limit of his body and mind john repaneled his own capacity for renewal and change and found healing in his writing. wisconsin veteran museum is the state's memorial dedic