gergel and my joshed jill and my prayer for you -- jill and my prer for you is that th healing will come those who we've lost and we take great pride in the lives they lived and the service they provided and the nation they created, saved and strengthened. earlier this month, stephen banco, who was kind enough to sendy wife some of his speeches right after we were elected, stephen van gogh, who won many medals in vietnam -- stephen banco, who won several medals in vietnam said, "most people think of the battlefield as a province of hate, fear and anger. when you have fought and bled and you risk and you survive, you recognize it as something entirely different. hatred would hardly be enough to make a soldier leave a safe position to rescue a buddy. fear would never make one share of the last set of water with a dying, and -- the last sip of water with a dying, nad. and angewr would never make a nurse stable with a dying marine. -- stay with a gangrene. only love can trigger that kind of courage. -- and anger would never make a nurse, stayed with a dying marine. only love can trigger that

jill biden, who is doing so much to help military families. gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce a man who knows about service and sacrifice, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] >> thank you all very much. thank you for that introduction. admiral mullen, i have to say, this is the greatest honor of my public life that has ever been given to me, to have an opportunity to address all of you on memorial day on this hallowed ground. superintendent, thank you for your care and attention to these hallowed grounds. thank you to the old guard who stands watch over those souls who gave their lives standing watch over us. and thank you to all of the service member is responsible in representing every branch of the military, all across america, to ensure that this day all those to stand under the flag have a flag standing proudly at their headstones, worthy of their dignity. collectively, the generations of soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines that have served and sacrificed for us are the heart and soul, and i would say spi

all the people who have pled guilty and have prosecution or jill terms hanging over them or all these 20-year-old staffers in mr. delay's office. it seems the prosecutors were going for the big fish in they ended up getting all the small fish. a lot of these guys have families. clearly made mistakes whenever younger, and now they are walking around with no chance of getting a job in d.c. they have pled guilty but have not yet been sentenced. they are walking around not knowing when and if they will go to jail. the big guys, the tom delays, have never been charged with anything. >> go back to the story. can you remember how your originally learned about it? >> it is a good example of how d.c., how journalism works in dc. if you are just getting your start in journalism, you are younger, making friends with staffers on capitol hill, they are in the same age group, single just mary, don't have kids. you see people on the weekends and at night and make friends and relationships. and relationships. i am a reporter, i can help them. there capitol hill staffers, they can help me. you learn w

duluth elections, ba midge jill elections, minnesota elections. there is a pattern here. each of these decisions was one with five votes. and in each of these decisions that, bare majority used its power to help big business. there's another pattern here. in each of those decisions in every one, justice john paul stevens led the dissent. now, justice stevens is noo fir brand liberal. he was appointed to the seventh circuit by richard nixon. he was elevated to the supreme court by gerald ford. by all accounts, he was considered a moderate. and yet, he didn't hesitate to tell corporations that they aren't a part of we the people by whom and for whom our constitution was established. and he didn't flinch when he told the president that he executives is bound to comply with the rule of law. general kagan, you've got big, big shoes to fill. but before i turn it over to you, i want to talk a bit more about one of the decisions i mentioned. i want to talk more about citizens united. now, you've heard a lot about this decision already today. but il want to come at it from a sligh

jill biden -- he singles out jill biden and that she was, in fact, following the rules of the campus. >> she was, in fact, following the rules of the campus. while she was at harvard, she has the support of many young men and -- men and women that went through the program. she has respect for their military service and their academic careers. and you have people that are serving even in afghanistan and iraq right now who are in support of her nomination. there are both sides to this debate those are the facts. >> in light of the statement about the lead shaikh mohammad being pushed back until after the elections, is that the decision led the administration is seeking to make? >> i would check with the justice department on that. >> but you will not deny the possibility that it could collapse over into the elections? but i encourage you to talk to the justice department. -- >> i encourage you to talk to the justice department. >> i know that the administration has said pepeatedly that bp is a response party -- responsible party. over the weekend, bp and arco kind of traded blows over w

many of you in this at a theater today have stood and waited, will leave as jill and i were at the returnase, our son, from a year in iraq. many of you are now waiting for family members still overseas, many in harm's way. and some of you have stood and waited for loved ones that did not return. and live now with the knowledge that you will one day be reunited with them with our heavenly father. to those of lost a loved one in the service of our nation, i recall the famous headstone in ireland. and headstone reads as follows -- death leaves a heartache no one can heal. love leads a memory -- leaves a memory no one can steal. no one can still the memory from you. i can tell you from my own personal experience that eventually the pain and heartache you now feel will eventually, coddling, be replaced by the joyful memory of the son or daughter, husband, wife, father, mother that you loved so dearly and lost. gillan my prayer for you is that it that day will come sooner rather than later, but it will come, i promise you. today is a day were sro mixes with incredible pride -- where sorrow mixe

hold -- >> let me follow up on jill's question on iran, the iranian resolution.ould you be a bit more specific with regards to the timeline, when you, approximately, hope to introduce it for the vote? are we talking about a week? two weeks? >> well, again, the president said he'd like to see this done by the end of spring? is that june 20 or 21? >> twenty-one. >> [laughter] so sometime between now and then. >> do you have any update on the status of this american lawyer who was arrested in rwanda? there are some reports that he tried to kill himself in prison this morning. >> i can't say. >> and apparently, his wife or his family is trying to -- is seeking a meeting here at the state department. >> all i can tell you is that we have visited and spoken with peter erlinder. he was taken to the hospital this morning and remained there overnight for observation. his u.s. and rwandan attorneys have had access to him and we expect that due process will be accorded by the rwandans in a timely and transparent way. >> do you know why he was taken to the hospital? >> i do

hold -- >> let me follow up on jill's question on iran, the iranian resolution. could you be a bit more specific with regards to the timeline, when you, approximately, hope to introduce it for the vote? are we talking about a week? two weeks? >> well, again, the president said he'd like to see this done by the end of spring? is that june 20 or 21? >> twenty-one. >> [laughter] so sometime between now and then. >> do you have any update on the status of this american lawyer who was arrested in rwanda? there are some reports that he tried to kill himself in prison this morning. >> i can't say. >> and apparently, his wife or his family is trying to -- is seeking a meeting here at the state department. >> all i can tell you is that we have visited and spoken with peter erlinder. he was taken to the hospital this morning and remained there overnight for observation. his u.s. and rwandan attorneys have had access to him and we expect that due process will be accorded by the rwandans in a timely and transparent way. >> do you know why he was taken to the hospital? >> i d