my fellow pows who are with us tonight, paul stern -- raise your hand, paul. [ applause ] paul was one of the jewish pows saved by roddy edmunds. he recalled, although 71 years have passed, i can still hear the words he said to the german camp commander. according to his diary, these events took place on january 27, 1945. 71 years ago today. and tonight, my comrade paul stern is celebrating his 92nd birthday. [ applause ] i would also like you to meet one of my other comrades. he is actually the kid among us. he celebrated his 90th birthday last august at s-- sergeant irwn fox, would you stand up? [ applause ] sonny is actually a tv star. he was president of the national academy of television arts and sciences. and at 90, he is still a consultant. thanks to roddy for saving us. and thank you. god bless america. [ applause ] >> all i can say is i, i want t look like these guys when i'm 90. i'm honored to call upon chris edmunds to receive the medal and certificate of honor on behalf of his father and to offer some remarks. [ applause ] >> lester, you did good. thank you. ambassador, mr.

stern looking president obama. he had gotten a lot of criticism at that point when he did that speech. some of you might recall a 13 hour filibuster by rand paul. senator rand paul in which he basically was subject incorporated to, the notion that he could kill an american without a trial. so there's a little bit of defensiveness. but in the immediate aftermath of that september 30, 20 lebanon drone strike that killed awlaki there was a feeling of sort of job well done around the white house. bin laden had been killed, and there was a little bit of a trample his attitude around the white house when you talk to folks but it didn't last long. in the last i'd say two weeks and if you moved to the next slide this is outdoor augmon al-maliki was a 16-year-old son. what happened there was another drone strike, american drone strikes. and they thought they were shooting at a mid-level al qaeda operative in a group of men sitting on the ground eating dinner. it turned out that he was not there. and to the people who were there and were killed abdul -- abdul rachman al-maliki and the sun 17-year-old cousin. the u.s. government has to this day never bee

stern looking president obama. he'd gotten a lot of criticism at the point when he gave that speech. some of you may recall a 13 hour filibuster by rand paulsenator graham called in which he basically was objecting to the notion that you could kill an american without a trial. social bit of defensiveness better, but in the immediate aftermath of september 30, 2011, drone strikes the kill awlaki, there was a feeling of sort of job well done around the white house, rather counterterrorism agencies. osama bin laden had been killed in may of 2011 and al awlaki kung fu many people at the point, i was more dangerous than bin laden, had been killed. and it was a little bit of a triumphant attitude around the white house when you talk to folks here but it didn't last long. it lasted i would say about two weeks, and if you move to the next slide, this is anwar al-awlaki 16 year-old son. what happened was there was another american drone strikes in yemen, and they thought they were shooting at a mid-level al-qaeda operative in a group of men sitting on the ground eating dinner. and it turned out that he was not there and to the people who were there