dr. robertson, 5'6", 5'7", weighed about 115. what is odd about sheridan's shape, he had a big torso, short legs. sort of like taking an oak stump, put it on a foot stool, you get an idea what sheridan sort of looked like, okay? and he liked to ride a big horse. very quickly in the army he will take command of, the joke was he had to shimmy up his sword to get to his horse. by the way, his head was oddly shaped. i know when he was writing about that, how do you describe it. it was somewhat like a flattened mini ball, but he had bumps on his head. and he said for lack of knowledge, it was the science of the day. those bumps indicated his aggressiveness. so he had an odd head. he was the man grant wanted there. sheridan will travel to washington, and then meet his army at harpers ferry. the army that he is going to meet is going to be an amalgam of commands. he sent the sixth corp. he rerouted two, did he say continued for petersburg, and they would be added to this army. hunters old command and he relinquished command, had no idea

dr. robertson in his presentation so eloquently spoke of lincoln's intuitive understanding of grant's abilities and the way lincoln over the course of the first three years of the war had learned to allow generals of great talent to pretty much run things at an operational level. the lincoln in early 1862 was a far different lincoln. he was inexperienced at the art of command, role of commander in chief. i want to rest a moment, not taking you through the troop movements in the valley campaign, i just want you to bear in mind four towns. harpers ferry in the north, winchester, harrisonburg, and strausburg. a word of preamble, we have to address stonewall jackson obviously, say that bear in mind his overreaching, overarching mission in the valley was to tie down as many union troops as possible, with the command that fluctuated from no more than 3500 men to 16,000 men. that was his principal objective. now let's travel 75 miles east of the valley to washington, d.c. and the white house and the war department in late june 1862. the campaign is over. as i'm sure you all know, the secretary of war,

dr. robertson, a little bit about his saturday afternoon profession. and then he said, wistfully, these two teams pass the ball a lot. but they're not very good at catching the ball. and we're going to be here until 6:30 or 6:45. and he went on to say in his saturday profession he was abused continuously by members of the audience. most of whom could not find their automobile when the game was over. i would look to say something quickly about dr. rierdan's remarks this morning to offer an example, amplifying a little bit of the points that she made about general lee. namely the willing subordination of a subordinate to orders from on high with which the subordinate might disagree. in 1920, george marshall returned to the united states as aide to john pershing. and general mallory then at vmi asked marshall what were the important lessons he had learned from serving under pershing in the first u.s. army in france and then as his aide. he said the most important lesson of all was that when you are given an order with which you disagreed, or harbored doub

dr robertson said that this was facilitated by republican policy but i mean you you you can't deny that them a crowds have also continued the failed policy you mentioned the media's complicity in kind of shifting the reality away from american economics and the true woes of what's going on here what why do you think the media is playing into this well they're not independent are they i mean. during the clinton administration and the u.s. media was concentrated and it's now owned by about five big firms it's no longer run by journalists run by corporate advertising executives the value of the corporations are their federal broadcast licenses so they don't want to fish and washington or the powers that control the government so we can't rely on him on major ports and no i'm not making any excuses for obama of course not i mean how can you make excuses for a man who sits in the oval office and draws that list of people to be murdered without due process of law i don't have any excuses for any of them i'm just saying that is long is the united states can't keep the focus on europe it can ke

dr. robertson. as i was sitting out there trying to keep our two young boys quiet, i never imagined that i would be running for president of the united states. you just never know. [applause] but i also want to promise you, as you graduate from regent today and become an alumnus, you will never join a more finer club. the dues were stiff, but the benefits are eternal, and will redound not only to you but the people you serve and minister to in the future. i want to congratulate you on one of the finest investment decisions you have ever made, and i don't just mean your newfound earning potential. your decision to come to regent was an act of sheer obedience. that's what it was for susan, and for me, too, the voice of almighty god. coming to reach into university was an excellent decision, a life-changing decision. my purpose today is to remind you that this day would not have occurred without the prayer and vision and work of countless generations who went before you. there would never have been a r

dr. robertson as we listened to the commencement speaker. i will assure you as i was sitting out there trying to keep our two young boys quiet, i never in a million years imagined that one day i would be running for president of the united states. so you just never know. but i also want to promise you as you graduate from regent today and you become an alumnus, you will never join a finer club. now, i recognize the dues were a little stiff. i get that. but the benefits will be eternal, and they'll rebound not only to you, but the people that you serve and touch and minister to in the future. congratulations on one of the finest investment decisions you've ever made, and i don't just mean your newfound earning potential. because your decision to come to regent was, for many of you, an act of sheer obedience just like it was for susan. that's what it was for me too. to the voice of almighty god. but i believe for you coming to regent university was an excellent decision, a life-changing decision. and my purpose here today is to remind you that