and of course madeleine of course madeleine albright spoke has also been recommended. fascism is warning. i respect her and her work. that is part of my nonfiction list on foreign policy and the united states in the world. i also have a light nonfiction book called the canon that i'm ready to read about science and a sort of two or of the basics of science that is a wonderful book about the science. this is my nonfiction list and i know that its ambitious but i also like to read fiction. i get great recommendations from my children who are avid fiction reader is so my daughter recommended that kind of mother that is a fairly new book about a woman i don't know the time. co. yet but she's married to a diplomat and it's about parent and race relations and privilege. so i'm looking forward to that and then finally, exit west which is a quite timely book written by a pakistani author of a couple from an unnamed country who go through grief and end up as refugees in the united states of course with all the conversations we're having now about the immigrants and refugees, it

of course madeleine albright book which is been recommended, "fascism, a warning."so really interested in that. i respect her a lot in her work. that's part of my nonfiction list, foreign policy and united states and the world. i also have a lighter nonfictin book called the canon that are ready to read about science and sort of tour called a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science, supposed to be a wonderful book about the sciences. so that's my nonfiction list and i know it's really ambitious but it also like to read fiction. i get really great recommendations from my children who are avid fiction readers. and so my daughter recommended that kind of mother, which is a fairly new book about a woman, i don't know the time yet but she's married to a british format and it's about parenting and race relations and privilege. some really looking forward to that. and finally exit west, which is quite timely book written by a pakistani author about a couple from an unnamed country who go through greece and end up as refugees in the united states. and it is by mac

joining me on the line is former us secretary of state, madeleine albright.your time. i spotted your tweets in which you called senator mccain a friend and colleague who was with you in the fight for global human rights. how will you remember him? i will remember him as one of the most valiant, patriotically dedicated public servants i have ever met. somebody who understood the honour of serving his country and served his country with honour. and senator mccain was often called a maverick. what do you think made him so independently minded? what do you think made him so independently minded ?|j what do you think made him so independently minded? i think from what i understand he was always independent minded. he came from a military family and any number of different aspects, he was kind of a rebel in some ways as a young man, and then when he served, and obviously was captured, his dedication and understanding of being able to know what he thought and be brave and firm, some things that might have seemed kind of renegade as a young man are something that rea

theblackman: when i did biography of madeleine albright, it was a difficult book to do. she played hardball with me. in the end, she didn't give me any interviews until the week the book is due. i was a nervous wreck. to had a i talked motive to talk to me. either they wanted to place her by saying something nice or they wanted to anonymously say something nasty about her. it was all the politics that we have in washington when you do interviews with important people. wonderfululous, long, interviews. she stood on her front porch in georgetown and put her hands on "so, ann,nd she said who will you write about next?" i havemadame secretary, no clue but she will be long dead. she left. someoneoking around for to write about. i then wrote about robert hanssen who was not dead. but i had it in my mind that i wanted to explore the life of some powerful person who was a woman. i've been interested in women in washington. i've written about a lot of them. i wrote an article in the washington post. it interested me. it took a long time to decide to commit myself to a book. i was

we have doris kearns goodwin who can make history come alive jon meacham madeleine albright has a new book out and she's going to be talking about that. amy chan who got so many people interested in her culture. she has a new book out and we have for the first time justice sotomayor has a children's book based on her life. that's going to be really exciting and i get to interview her. >> what is your role? >> my role, and it's a wonder for role as a book lover. i get to start the day off at 9:00 almost literally a ribbon-cutting and then to go to the different stations. i get to interview justice sotomayor and also natalie wilson who has a children's book out now. she's the library of congress ambassador so she will be introducing her book. we have about 12 offers that are going to be launching their books at the book festival. >> in fact jacqueline will be on booktv september 2 as art guest. you'll you will be able to call in and talk with her there. what does this cost the library of congress? >> we are so pleased that we have very generous donors who have been a major donor for sev

it's been recommended by the madeleine albright. it's on my list and certainly that when i have a lot of respect for russell mead as well. of course, my one albright's book has been recommended "fascism: a warning" interested in that. irix spec to her a lot and her work, so that's part of my nonfiction list. foreign policy in the united states, in the world. i also have a lighter nonfiction book called "the canon, that i want to read about science. the beautiful basics of science. supposed to be a wonderful book about the sciences. that's really ambitious, but i also like to read fiction. i get really great recommendations for my children who are avid fiction readers and so my daughter recommended "that kind of mother", which is a fairly new book about a woman-- i don't know the time period but she's married to a british diplomat and it's about parenting and race relations and privilege so i'm looking forward to that and finally "exit west" which is a timely book about a couple from an unnamed country who go through greece and end up

madeleine albright recommended a book by the foreign relations. called special providence. the american foreign policy and how it changed the world. and everything recommended is on my list and certainly that one have a lot of respect. and of course it has also been recommended. really interested in that. i respect her a lot in her work. that is part of my nonfiction lists. kind of the scene there. i also had a lighter nonfiction book. about science and a two or of the beautiful basis of science. it's best to be a wonderful book. about the sciences. that is my nonfiction lists. i know it's really ambitious but i also like to read fiction i get really great recommendations for my children who are avid fiction readers and so my daughter recommended that kind of mother which is a fairly new book about a woman. she is married to a british diplomat. it's about parenting and race relations. i'm really looking forward to that. finally exit left. it is a quite timely book. about a couple from an unknown country. and as refugees in the united states. of course with all of the conver

draped coffins, and here remarks by president bill clinton, defense secretary william cohen, and madeleine albright. from the c-span archives, this is one hour.

you said in your prepared remarks learning so much from and admiring so much madeleine albright. and you talked about her strength, her belief in a strong military and diplomacy. and partners in the way she ran the secretary of state's office, i agree with that. she was a very adept secretary of state. what of her practices do you plan to follow in any of the things that you learned from her that you're going to use in your service. >> well, that was one key element. i also think the integration of our economic strategies overseas with our traditional political and national security diplomacy is very important, an area i hope we can work on together. i also think secretary albright was very gifted at persuading foreign leaders and counterparts to join us in multilateral strategies to deal with the challenges that we face. that was something i admired greatly the way she did it. she was firm. she went about it in a very firm, direct, frank way, and she gained allies by persuading countries that the right cause was to work with us. >> you know, the situation in new mexico, i saw an

and after nine o'clock we'll be hearing from the former us secretary of state madeleine albright whocy will live on wherever democracy is defended. the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been refused an extension, to her temporary release fromjail in iran. her husband richard, confirmed she'd returned to evin prison, after a three day release, spent with her familyjust outside of the capital tehran. she was given a five year sentence in 2016 and accused of spying, a charge she denies. the headlines on bbc news. pope francis is returning to rome after his visit to ireland. earlier, at a mass for 300,000 people in dublin, he vowed to pursue justice for the victims who suffered abuse at the hands of the clergy. several people have been killed in a mass shooting at an entertainment complex injacksonville, florida. police say the suspect was shot dead at the scene. senatorjohn mccain, who died yesterday aged 81, will lie in state in arizona's capitol building, an honour only given to a few notable americans, including john f kennedy and ronald reagan. sport and for a fu

madelein albright is also in this book saying, really incendiary terms, the balance is out of whack andially in the years since 9/11 there has been less and less space for diplomats in the room. and the consequence of that are exactly as john kerry says, we give up opportunities to end and avert war. >> do you think that if this deal dies and the europeans somehow can't manage to save it along with iran because of u.s. pressure, that we are back to a -- what president obama said, either a nuclear armed iran, or a much higher likelihood of another war in the middle east? >> there is an extraordinarily high risk of that. the obama administration -- you know, this isn't just partisans. these are top military officials who have in some cases survived multiple administrations, both parties looking at the options on the ground and tactically what they concluded was the ability to strike iran to reduce their nuclear capacity was woefully limited. they can put things underground, they can rebill. once they have the technical know how, they can always in a few months get back to where they were.

. >> madeleine albright said it once, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.here's an expectation that others have, that we have helped to create, whether it's world policeman or a trm i like to use, umpire. the u.s. tries to umpire all these conflicts all the time. we're still lacking a leadership that will look beyond to the next 70 years. mark is completely right. we've been doing this officially since 1947. but it's always been this odd thing where it's expected but not legitimate. it's not legit mated by international law or by american law. yet people expect it and demand it. it's a conundrum. how do we get others to take more responsibility without being bad partners ourselves? we helped to create a wonderful structure of world security. we need to appreciate that and sustain that. but one way of sustaining that is by developing good partners and make sure we're not carrying this burden that has us ricochetting from one issue to the next. >> lbj library as the johnson white house chronicled his 5 1/2 years in the white house. did he have influence in th

the former us secretary of state madeleine albright has given us her memories of senator mccain.ant, patriotic and dedicated public servants i've ever met, somebody who understood the honour of serving his country, and served his country with honour. i think that, from what i understand, he always was kind of independent minded. he came from a military family, and was at annapolis and any number of different aspects when he was kind of a rebel in some ways as a young man. and when he served, i think that... and obviously was captured, that his dedication, his understanding of being able to know what he thought and to be brave and firm, so some things that might have seemed kind of renegade each as a young man is something that marked him and make it possible for him to survive five years as a prisoner of war —— renegade—ish. i think that he did rake with his party a number of times, andi did rake with his party a number of times, and i think some of his collea g u es times, and i think some of his colleagues probably wondered why he was doing what he was doing. but i think that t

i also have on my list of nonfiction but not exclusively madeleine albright to former secretary of state recommended a book by walter russell from the council on foreign relations american foreign policy and how it changed the world and certainly that one had a lot of respect as well. of course the book that has been recommended, fascism a warning, so really interested in that. in the foreign policy of the united states i also have a lighter nonfiction book i'm ready to read about science and its supposed to be a wonderful book about the science is so that is by nonfiction list and they know that its ambitious but they also like to read fiction. i get great recommendations from my children who are avid fiction reader's. about parenting embrace religion and privilege so i'm looking to exit west which is quite a timely book written by a pakistani author about a couple from an unnamed country who go through greece and end up as refugees in the united states. of course with all the conversations we're having right now about immigrants and refugees, that is a timely story and the reviews are

for rocker practices job richards to madeleine albright is one more event coming together. and in fact we've posted 10111 more before here in 2013 we are so happy to welcome him back here tonight. my grandmother was a chef. inactive this saturday farmers market in chicago when i was young. right around the times the omnivore dilemma came out from which means i was raised a family that are regularly and very emphatically elected secular food state, which is exactly what he is. he spoke about the intersection of eating culture, science and nature have hugely expanded our understanding of what we eat, what we should eat and why. now in "how to change your mind" he does the exact same thing with psychedelics at history, sociology, medicine, neuroscience and experience takes the reader and i have engaging tour of the world that is too rarely taken seriously despite the huge advancement that can offer us to join him on stage tonight is alix spiegel, cofounder of the podcast that put together personal stories and brain science. after 10 years on and peer science, and many of us be

former secretary state madeleine albright and many others. that's a look at some of what book tv will cover this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span2. book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> i just finished reading "a smile among friends-- a spy among friends. one of the greatest counterespionage spies in the world. he was a double agent for the soviet union and it's a terrific story about the whole world of espionage and intelligence. as a member of the house committee on intelligence i take particular interest in this kind of thing. i am finished reading tellers of the flower moon, the osage martyrs, which is the true story of how the osage indians in oklahoma were exploited. they were systematically murdered to gain access to their mineral rights. what i am about to read-- we will all be treated to books by the various candidates for president of the united states. i have got the right answer by john de

madeleine albright would block him. >> i didn't have any such dreams.er happened that somebody from the system was elected secretary-general. >> reporter: his first term was highly rated. he championed human rights. it was annan whose charm and style elevated him to international rock star status. the man and the organization accepted the nobel peace prize in 2001, months after 9/11. >> we have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire. >> reporter: it would not be a smooth second term. friends reported he appeared depressed and distant, unable to stop the u.s. invasion of iraq. the called the assault illegal. >> i think the worst moment, of course, was the iraq war which as an organization we couldn't stop. i really did everything i can to try to see if we can stop it. >> reporter: a personal nightmare when a suicide truck bomb killed a u.n. iraq envoy and many others sent by annan. >> you can imagine shock with the brutal death of my friends and colleagues happened. >> reporter: iraq brought more bad news. the so-called oil for food u.n. agr

from the c-span archives, a look back at president bill clinton and secretary of state madeleine albright honoring the victims of the attack during a 1998 ceremony. later, our original series "960 -- 1968: america in turmoil," surrounds the events of the vietnam war. since then 20 years bombings of u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania. it marked the first major attack against the u.s. by the al qaeda terrorist group or it earlier this week, deputy secretary of state john sullivan joined current and former state department officials to remember the more than 200 people who died in the attack. from state department headquarters, this is just under half an hour.

madeleine albright would black him. walk's candidate, kofi annan. >> i didn't have such a dream.ver happened that somebody from the system was electeding is general. >> reporter: he championed human rights. it was annan whose charm and style elevated to him international rockstar status. the man and the organization accepted the nobel peace prize in 2001, months after 9/11. >> we have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire. >> reporter: it would not be a smooth second term for annan. friends of annan reported he appeared to the press to be distant, unable to stop the invasion of iraq. he later called the assault illegal. >> i think the west's moment of course was can call as an organization and i really did everything i can to try to see if we can stop it. >> reporter: a personal nightmare when a truck bomb killed many u.n. personnel sent to baghdad by annan. >> so you can imagine shock when that brutal death of my friends and colleagues happened. >> reporter: iraq brought more bad news for annan the so-called oil for food u.n. agreement with iraq led to corruption.

supreme court justice sonia sotomayor, hamilton biographer ron chernow, former secretary of state madeleine albright and many others. that's a look at some of what booktv will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i'm reading a lot this summer and kind of following up on last year when i was with you guys. first of all, thanks to are c-span. you guys take the time to go into ideas and books and the newspapers every morning. i appreciate it, my constituents appreciate all the work you do. with that, i'll kind of launch. i finished kissinger on china last year, kind of led me into some of the other books here. you know, the way the chinese think over the long term, gave some metaphors, chess and checkers. it's in the news. everything is in the news about china right now, there's a lot of russian news, it's really about can china. russia, north korea, iran, you look behind the scenes, these guys are the $18 tr

the remains of the americans killed received by president bill clinton and secretary of state madeleine albright. watch on c-span, c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday night on cue and day. &a.q >> what we are hearing are the cries of children. children who had just been separated from their parents. it's an audio i obtained a half in a month ago. he thought it was important to share it with me. we felt like we should try to publish it. forasn't an easy decision those who felt that the tape could put them at risk. for being identified and fired, but he ultimately agreed to allow me an pro-public cut to publish the audio. >> pro-public a senior reporter talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q and day. >> a look at rising bankruptcy rates. rates have more than tripled since 1991. amid reductions in the social security net. a shift away from tensions and increased medical costs. washington journal look at this issue yesterday. ook, the rate of people 65 and older filing for bankruptcy is three s

ask madeleine albright and the clinton administration but there are a couple things that look different to me this time. kim jong un is a different leader, maybe that's it. i think because north korea was getting close to a capability to being able to reach the territory of the united states with a nuclear weapon that people began to take the american president more seriously when he said that's not acceptable. i know this isn't good from an alliance management standpoint but it was one thing when that threat was regional, it's another threat when it's california or alaska people including the chinese began to take more seriously the threat the united states might go to war . secondly, i actually think and we had the secretary of state and i think secretary of state mike pompeo is going to be a good secretary but let's give credit to rex tillerson. expelled workers from 20 countries was hard currency for the regime. the regime was also starting to run out of spare parts, military spare parts and by the way, some of the luxury goods, one of the most effective sanctions we had was on bran

with supreme court justice, sonia sotomayor, former secretary of state, madeleine albright and othersater in the month is the baltimore book festival. for more information about upcoming fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage, quick the book fairs tab on the website, booktv.org. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill task members of congress what they're reading the summer. >> i just read this book called the simpl sympathizer. it's the perfect book to talk about for world refuge day. i'm now reading the second book called the refugees. they are remarkable. remarkable books who captured the complexity of a refugees left those are the two books that are front and center for me right now. >> book tv wants to know what you're reading. send us your reading list on instagram or facebook. this is television for serious readers.

remains of the americans killed were received by president bill clinton and secretary of state madeleine albright. watch on c-span, c-span.org. sunday night on q&a, what does that sound like? >> we are hearing the cries of children -- him against roland who have just been separated again -- from their parents in a detention facility. this is an audio i've been -- obtained a month and half ago through the help of a lawyer, a civil rights attorney on the border. she had obtained this tape and showed it to me. she asked what i thought about it and i told her that i thought we should try to publish it. decision, whoasy felt that tape could put them at identifiedr being and fired. allow thegreed to republic to publish it. ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. governments immigration policy. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. this part of the meeting begins with mayor stephen benjamin. mayor benjamin: this morning we are going to do a deep dive into a very important issue, how to involve our youth and community action and politics both locally and nationally. this session

the former presidents in both political parties from senators, but also i have one here from madeleine albright. it's not self-evident but you and i know that john mccain was responsible for the international republican institute which he chaired and she chaired the national democratic institute traveling around the world, working together. this is one of the things that he legislated. he was very proud of it. and he was very active till his illness in it chairing it. and she also an octojen flairian traveling around the world as he did, he was never home during congressional recesses. he was always finding someone in the world, mark salter wrote about this in the west just now in something he posted finding refugees, prisoners in myanmar who said to him we remember your voice. you called out our names how much it meant to us that you resighed our names on radio free europe. the voice of america or one of those brafs. >> yeah, it's such an important piece of his legacy and probably not one that gets enough attention but i think the reason he was as comfortable with democrats as with republicans

credible offense progress cohosted our greatest thinkers from robert wright to steal richard to madeleine albright and one more event coming up together. in fact, we have hosted michael tranter wants before here -- pollan and we are so welcome to have him back here. my grandmother was a shot. right around the time was the omnivore dilemma came out which meant i was raised in a family in which michael tranter would've been to regularly and very emphatically, which sorry, as exactly what it is. the intersection of eating culture, science and nature of many of his work have usually expanded our understanding of what we eat, what we should eat and why. now in "how to change your mind," he does the exact same thing for many histories of psychology, and experienced retakes reader actively engaging world that is too rarely taken seriously. joining him on stage tonight is alisa siegel, cofounder of a podcast together with a personal story of brain science. steel has guided countless listeners many of us believe before her we couldn't understand. exactly as in this writing could i can imagine a better conv

guest: madeleine albright said you are dammed if you do and you are dammed if you don't.here's a nice vacation that others have and we will step in whether it's world policeman or umpire, united states is trying to umpire always conflict all the time and i think what we are lacking still is a kind of leadership that will look beyond to the next 70 years. mark is completely right, we have been doing this officially since 1947, but it's always this odd thing where it's expected, but not legitimate. it's not legitimated by international law, it's not legitimate by american law, and yet people expect it and demand it. so it's a kind of conundrum we faced for a while, how do we get others to take more badonsibility without being partners ourselves, because we have created this wonderful or helps to great a wonderful structure of world security and we need to appreciate that and sustain that. of sustaining that is by developing good partners and making sure we are not carrying this burden that has us ricocheting from one issue to the next. another film in just a moment from the

i wanted to tell everybody i am reading a new book that came out in june by madeleine albright.ecretaryormer 64th of state and she was involved with a lot of things to do with politics. she served as secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 and she wrote a book called "fascism: a warning." it opens up a whole can of worms about trump and how he is pulling some of the same stunts mussolini pulled before he howme dictator of italy and mussolini had collusion with hitler. "fascism: as called warning." madeleine albright, it is a wonderful book and i thought everybody should take a look at it and get informed. a republican, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. there are a couple mistakes your colors are making. -- callers a republican, good morning. caller: are making. tober one, it is not illegal pay someone hush money as long as the money is not out of campaign finance. i can pay you to keep quiet about the -- i gave you. there was nothing wrong with don jr. taking that meeting. as long as he didn't pay or nothing, there is nothing that.l about let's make it perfectly c

remains of the americans killed were received by president bill clinton and secretary of state madeleine albright. watch on c-span, www.c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. sunday night on cue and day -- q&a. what we are hearing are the cries of children, immigrant children who had just been separated from the parents in a border patrol detention facility. it is audio i obtained a month with thee ago or so help of a lawyer, a civil rights attorney on the border named jennifer harbey. tape andbtained this thought it was important and shared it with me. she asked what i thought about it and i told her i thought we should try to publish it. forasn't an easy decision the source of the table felt the tape could put them at risk. fired.ng identified and but the source ultimately agreed publica to and pro publish the audio. >> she talks of uncovering mexico and the u.s. immigration policy sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on q&a. >> next, a discussion about how humans can adapt to climate change with authors of a new article on changes in the weather, the economy, and

. >> i think madeleine albright said it once, she said you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't, as the united states, because there is an expectation that others have and that we have helped create that we will step in as empire. to try to umpire elvis complete -- conflict all the time and i think what we are lacking, still, is a kind of leadership that will look beyond to the next 70 years. because mark is completely right, we have been doing this since 1947, but it's always been this odd thing where it's expected, but not legitimate. because it is not legitimate it -- it is not legitimate by american law, and people expect it and demand it, and so it's a candid conundrum that we faced for a while. how do we get others to take more responsibility, without being that partners ourselves because we have created this wonderful structure in world security. we need to appreciate that and sustain that, but one way of sustaining that is by developing good partners in making sure that we are not carrying this burden that has been ricocheting for more than -- >> as the -- chronicles is

would -- i remember going to the vice president, or going to the secretary, going to be with madeleine albright. i mean, i went to whomever i could and i would say, literally, my speech was, i will not be that person. you always wanted to have those people who were in power during world war ii, you know, talk about your ability to have this eradication take place. and now we were watching genocide take place and it was on the front page of our papers and on the news every night. that was bob dole and that was actually held, pretty close and we would have resolutions together and get engaged. and so i went to newt, i guess we are in the minority and i said, i'm going crazy. we have to do something about it. and you would get called and of course i would go and do it because i wanted to raise consciousness. and they were like, susan molinari, chairman of the -- which i just made up the day before. but it was good enough to get me booked to talk about things i was passionate about. and so i went. i traveled a bunch of times and never let up. you know, the women's carcass would work very closely. t

tanzania.gs the americanss of killed received by president bill clinton and secretary of state madeleine albrightan, c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. tv,his weekend on book author interviews from this year's freedom fest conference starting saturday at 3:20 p.m. ier discussing er book "failure." robert poole with "rethinking america's highways." on sunday at 1:00 p.m., book "in order to live." p.m., "space capitalism." at 10:00 p.m., "life after google." "profit motive." watch this weekend on c-span2's book tv. journal"ngton continues. host: you can post on our twitter feed @cspanwj, facebook.com/c-span. for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8002 for independents. a new study take a look at supporters of president trump and how they feel about him. saying that i study found that 82% of verified trump supporters said they felt "warmly" towards him with a 62% saying they felt "very warm" about him. 0-100,ng thermometer of and 76% or higher showing very warm feelings about the president. that is "the washington times those quote this morning. times" thisington

washington dc with supreme court justice sonia soto mayor, ron turnout and secretary of state madeleine albright and many others and later in the month it's the baltimore book festival held at the city of inner harbor. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage, look at the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >> you are watching tv on c-span2: television for serious readers. at 7 pm eastern, david graber talks about jobs that are unnecessary. following that, university of missouri professor stephen watts debate whether playboy founder hugh hefner was good or bad for america. then on book tvs "after words" program, former military intelligence officer malcolm nance examines cyber warfare and other tactics used by russia to interfere with the presidential election. at 10, syndicated columnist mona sharon

draped coffins, and here remarks by president bill clinton, defense secretary william cohen, and madeleine albright. from the c-span archives, this is one hour. ♪ >> lit as bauer heads and pray -- let us bow our heads and for a. almighty god, in whom all men and women live, and move, and have their being. this morning, we stand in your presence and seek the grace and comfort that only you can give as we honor the lives and mourn the death of 12 americans. for these brave and dedicated women and men who have walked their lives -- lost their lives, we pray that you would welcome them into eternal life. we thank you lord for blessing our nation with such bright and brave individuals who willingly placed their lives in the service and defense of our nation. may their parents, spouses, and children who have lost a loved one know that they are in their prayers and have the sympathy of the grateful nation. we pray that all who have been afflicted by this tragedy experience your abiding love and comfort in the midst of their sorrow and loss. dear lord, while we grieve our american dead, we are conscious of