- [david myers] well this is the heart of uptown. this is actually the building we're in right now. - [david] which is a beautiful building. i really get a big kick out of the variety of things you have here and when i was reading about you, we were talking about, you've done stuff with the blue - yeah, well i've lived in chicago, california, and back to ohio, so i generally paint where i'm at. - well let's go in here, this will be the next place we're at. and i want to show folks i think, is this, is this wrigley field here? - [david myers] yeah, that's wrigley field and that was actually from a photograph from 1985 that i took when i was on the field for camera day. and a few years later i did a painting of it e tribune tower in chicago for a number of years. - that is another great piece of information, david's work hangs in a whole bunch of places, he's got satellite studios all over the country. and i noticed, oh, here's the blue angels one, now this is really something. - [david myers] yeah, the blue angels was, that was for the

david myers also served in the marine corps as a first lieutenant. i am pleased to have all of them here to talk about iraq as they see it, the war as they see it, the issues that they see and what those of us at home ought to know about the soldiers in iraq and the war that they are engaged in and what their own feelings and their own understanding of mission is, so i welcome all of you. >> thank you. let me, paul, begin with you. tell me, what ought we know from your perspective about the men and women who are fighting the war? >> well, they're fantastic. i think they're really doing our country so proud in so many different ways. they are without a doubt the final force we've ever fielded. they're educated, dynamic, passionate, they're really trying to do their best every day, but they're also in a tough spot. i think they recognize that and they're trying to make do with a difficult situation, difficult operating environment, and i think a detached american public. that's one to have the things i hear consistently from people. >> rose: a detached

paul rieckhoff, daniel anfang and david myers. >> less than #% of the population served in iraq and afghanistand 10 or 11%. when you come home, looks like most of america is looking at britney spears or madonna when you have friends in a combat environment. it affects the entire dynamic, it's different because it's such a small percentage of the overall population and the american public is so removed from it. >> we continue with remembrance

david vs. goliath type of situation exacerbated they are now colluding. myers: alliance of misinformation in that the people want to hear about the question at hand. first of all, money in politics in is an issue dealt. my opponent claiming her pauper status is the will equally by the national republican campaign committee the as it made there is too much money have you get things done in washington in a bipartisan way? whether on the school board if you have a set objective have to be beholden to your taxpayers to keep with the rules and regulations i have never been partisan has a legislator to say what is the best solution because that is what you are hired to do when you run for office and elected people are depending on new. with the founding fathers the gall is to serve and to go home. in washington tim many are worried about keeping their jobs instead of doing their job. i want to be interested to do the right job for all the right people in the 22nd district as opposed to the congress that fold their arms and stomp their feet to say i am not budging on

so it's a true david versus goliath situation, and the fact they are colluding to try to defeat the seat. -- meyers?s. meyer's mrs. myers: thank you very much. a lot of misinformation that but i know people want to hear about the question at hand. first of all, the money in politics is an issue. no doubt about that. my opponent claiming her pauper status she doesn't have any ads , is fueled equally by the national republican campaign committee so, be that as it may there is too much money in politics. how much you get things done in a bipartisan is way. and you have someone like me who i have done this my whole life, whether on the school board where you have a set objective that you have to achieve. you have to have -- be behold doing your tax -- beholden your taxpayers and keep with the rules and legislations. i have never been partisan and look to see what is the best solution for anymore because that's what you're hired to do. when you run for office, and you're elected, people are depending on you, and as mr. babinec said, our founding fathers, the goal was you were supposed to serve and go home in washington. too

so it's a true david versus goliath situation, and the fact they're now cluing to try to defeat this seat. >> mrs. myers>> thank you very much. a lot of misinformation that that but i know people want to hear about the question at hand. first of all, the money in politics is an issue. to no doubt about that. my opponent claiming her pauper status she doesn't have any ads is fueled equally by the national republican campaign committee so, be that as it may there is too much money in politics how much you get things done in washington good n a bipartisan way is the question and you have someone like me who i have done this my whole life, whether on the school board where you have a set objective that you have to achieve. you have to have -- be behold doing your taxpayers, private a solves and keep with the rules and legations. as a broome county -- i have never been partisan and look to see what is the best solution for anymore because that's what you're hired to do. when you run for office, and you're elected, people are depending on you, and as mr. before babinec said, our founding fathers, the goal was

society stands for, so while i introduce gene myer, i want to say on behalf of the board and all of us, thank you for all you do, gene. [applause] >> thank you, david. that was very nice and appreciated. i want to start out and i'm going to be brief and i want to start out by saying thank you to the members of our board of directors and board of visitors who are here. in addition to david mosh whom you just saw, i want to recognize board members michael mccasey, boyden gray, ken crib, gary lawson, leonard leo, nick quinn rosencrans and lee otis and also want to recognize and thank board of visitors co-chairs chris -- co-chair chris demuth and members andy redleaf, george conway, ted elliott, brad reynolds and gail norton. hanks to all of you. [applause] you know, working on one of these conferences is a bit like preparing for a hurricane forecast. you prepare for lots of things as you do with such forecasts. and some headlines in the past, us to noaa warned expect another big hurricane year. in 2007 noaa predicted above normal atlantic hurricane season. every year from 2008 on, there were similar predictions. in 2016, the atlantaishing hurricane --