maddy grinned thinking about what katherine might say. she would say, maddy did you do this? he would say, yes , i did. as they got closer to home, he saw smoke blazing into the sky where the saudi would be. they had built the fire she and his brother mark. saddy was walking ahead. madison looked at the drunken line of stitches on her sleeve the crook ed seam and the knot of material that rode her shoulder like a hump much the air began to feel thick like water. wait. he grabbed her arm and picked at the stitches he had made. saddy tried to wrench away but he picked frantically at her sleeve and the dark fury the new look that made him shiver that was not her sister came into her eyes. he didn't let go, this is no good don't worry. madison picked andtory the thread until it came loose and the blue fly witch could not tell what he had done. saddy went limp. she stared off toward the poppy mark had planted which stuck like finger bones out of the earth. thank you. >> hi. nice to be here. i came on the 14 mission bus. to spend 6

maddy grinned thinking about what katherine might say. she would say, maddy did you do this? he would say, yes , i did. as they got closer to home, he saw smoke blazing into the sky where the saudi would be. they had built the fire she and his brother mark. saddy was walking ahead. madison looked at the drunken line of stitches on her sleeve the crook ed seam and the knot of material that rode her shoulder like a hump much the air began to feel thick like water. wait. he grabbed her arm and picked at the stitches he had made. saddy tried to wrench away but he picked frantically at her sleeve and the dark fury the new look that made him shiver that was not

maddy grinned thinking about what katherine might say. she would say, maddy did you do this? he would say, yes , i did. as they got closer to home, he saw smoke blazing into the sky where the saudi would be. they had built the fire she and his brother mark. saddy was walking ahead. madison looked at theun

. >> i'm maddie... >> reporter: you know, but i could still see people saying, "well, that's great, but it's not as good as a written paper in which they'd have to really spell out their ideas." >> i would disagree. essentially, they're writing a paper without me saying "you're writing a paper." instead, i say "you need to write a script for your final product." their excitements coming from their own work. they're doing things, you're not just filling their bucket up with information and saying "please remember this." >> "the raven," by edgar allen poe. >> reporter: in another class, students were learning about mood and tone in poetry by setting it to music. >> ♪ once upon a midnight dreary while i pondered weak and weary ♪ over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore... >> reporter: what do your parents say when you bring this kind of work home? >> they were always saying how amazing it was, because they never had this kind of technology when they were kids. >> these students are ahead of me when it comes to technology in a lot of ways, and i can learn from them. >> report

, and mike, our lives when the, karen, susan, and robin, and his seven grandchildren, dan, warren, maddyjulia, and luka, thank you all for being here today. thank you mr. vice president for being here. thank you, distinguished guests, contacts, and sources. [laughter] his colleagues and peers from the fourth estate and those of you who were his loyal readers for being here. thank you for your patience in waiting to get started. we hope you enjoyed the slide show and the music of the sage string trio. my father was active, engaged, and curious until the very end. his last column ran on february 6 and he left us on march 9. he would not have truly understood it, and the truth is, i do not get it, but in the 24 hours after he died, he had more tweets than charlie sheen. not bad for an 81-year-old who had his challenges with a new, wired world we all live in. thank you for laughing. [laughter] not because i am 8 what to be stand-up comic, but because we want to be a -- we want there to be laughter in the ring today. this is a memorial service. there will be tears. but my father loved to laug

tauscher and mike, our wives, wndy, karen, susan and robin and his seven grandchildren, dan, loren, maddy, emma, julia, and luka. thank you all for being here today. thank you, mr. vice president for being here. distinguished guests, contact and sources. [laughter] his colleagues and peers from the state's and those of you who were his loyal readers for being here. thanks for your patience in waiting to get started. we hope you've enjoyed the slide show and the music of the sage string trio. curious pull virtually the jury in his last column ran on february 6th and he left us on march 9th. he wouldn't have truly understood it and the truth is i don't really get within 24 hours after he died, she had more tweets than charlie sheen or princess kate's dress. [laughter] not bad for an 81 year old who had his challenges with the new lawyer world we all live in. thank you for laughing. [laughter] not because i knew one of the stand-up comic but because we want there to be laughter in the room today. this is a memorial service. we will have some tears but my father loved to laugh so let's recogn

-european command and try our best to support general jim maddis and of course, general dave petraeus, our nato and u.s. commander in afghanistan. like general petraeus and, of course, he was up about a week ago, i am today cautiously on the -- onon the -- optimistic. we have a coalition of 49 group contributing nations, largest coalition in history, and it is making, i think, measurable progress in the transition to afghan-led security operations so i can talk more about that in the question and answer period, but i did want to register my sense of optimism, cautious on optimism for our progress in afghanistan today. in terms of partnership, i think that's a very important aspect of what we do at u.s.-european command. 51 nations who are part of our military to military relationships. last year, for example, we did 33 major exercises engaging about 50,000 folks. we do a significant amount of training across the spectrum, senator mccain, back in gadhafi, and i think -- georgia, and i think that partnership building is why there's 41,000 non-u.s. troops today with us in afghanistan. th