he talks about joseph plumb martin, mary rhoads who serves in the persian gulf and michael monsoor who served in iraq and many more. he spoke at the national press club in washington, d.c. for about 45 minutes. >> senator john mccain you know all about him. served in the u.s. navy from 1954-1981. he was elected to the u.s. house of representatives from arizona in 1982. and the senate in 1986. he was the republican presidential candidate in 2008. he is now serving his fifth term in the senate. and myron is our 107th president of the national press club. he is had a 42 years career with the associated press and covered many world leaders. he received a ba in 1961 from ohio state university and an ms with high honors from columbia school where he won a traveling fellowship. when he retired in 2004 myron joined the national chity and worked to expand the international activities and attract more members from the international media international organizations, and diplomatic missions in washington, d.c. also in that year he began his second career as an instructor at george washington univ

he talks about joseph plumb martin, mary rhoads who serves in the persian gulf and michael monsoor whoved in iraq and many more. he spoke at the national press club in washington, d.c. for about 45 minutes. >> senator john mccain you know all about him. served in the u.s. navy from 1954-1981. he was elected to the u.s. house of representatives from arizona in 1982. and the senate in 1986. he was t

he was of his times and our last one is michael monsoor who was a highly trained navy seal highly capable, and highly motivated to the point he sacrificed his life to save the lives of his fellow seal members. the distance between those two is really quite remarkable. and then we have monica brown who was a medic in the afghanistan conflict. and when you read her story of not only her courage but capabilities. in our civil war, 20% of the death casulaties actually lived. now 90% are saved. when you read about the equipment and training they carry on them. and an ied went off and she rushed in. we talk about her because it should really stop any argument about should be over. that is one of the difficult parts because you want to protray people in their times and in a way that a couple people are not the most model citizens to say the least. but at their moment in time they performed. >> myron: we are truly honored to have sergeant mary rhoads who served in the persian gulf in the 14th quarter master detachment from western pennsylvania. i know it might be hard to say this in front of her

he was of his times and our last one is michael monsoor who was a highly trained navy seal highly capable, and highly motivated to the point he sacrificed his life to save the lives of his fellow seal members. the distance between those two is really quite remarkable. and then we have monica brown who was a medic in the afghanistan conflict. and when you read her story of not only her courage but capabilities. in our civil war, 20% of the death casulaties actually lived. now 90% are saved. when you read about the equipment and training they carry on them. and an ied went off and she rushed in. we talk about her because it should really stop any argument about should be over. that is one of the difficult parts because you want to protray people in their times and in a way that a couple people are not the most model citizens to say the least. but at their moment in time they performed. >> myron: we are truly honored to have sergeant mary rhoads who served in the persian gulf in the 14th quarter master detachment from western pennsylvania. i know it might be hard to say this in front of her