we shall not forget the likes of robert s. strauss again and we shall not see the likes of robert s. strauss again for he has fought the good fight. he has finished his course. he has kept the faith. after 95 long and astonishingly productive years, robert strauss has closed his last deal. negotiated his last merger. served his last president. hired his last editor. flattered his last secretary. given his last interview. bet on his last horse. drunk his last martini. shared his last holiday dinner with the family he adored. reflecting back on his life, strauss would say he liked the whole damn deal. we liked it, too. we are honored to have shared it with him. washington and the world will not be the same without robert s. strauss. >> in his weekly address, president obama urged congress to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. house speaker john boehner gave the republican address. >>hi, everybody. my state of the union address that talked about pizza. i talked about it pizza chain in minneapolis whose owner made a business decisi

circle, atf dupont there ishire avenue, the robert s strauss leading. the house that strauss bill.ll of us are here because of him. he founded the firm. he let it an author it system. he grew from nothing into something. in 1945, when he and his fbi they hadnded the firm no reputation, no clients, no legal experience. only one of their offices had proper furniture. they flipped a coin. they wanted to see who would get it. not for the last time, strauss got the better end. they would run down the hall to , not yet a partner in the firm, but they would ask him, does this look like a good contract? does this even look like a contract? they became better lawyers and brought on new contracts that clients. they expanded to new cities. nearly 70 years later, bob firms with over 800 lawyers. they have 20 offices from abba dobby to san francisco to new york. i had offices and next to each other. more recently, we called our it was there that i had the privilege of getting to know bob strauss that not everyone saw. me torauss who once asked check up on the lawyer that he read up on the right

ofshall not forget the life robert s. strauss again and we shall not see the likes of robert s. strauss again for he has fought the good fight. he has finished his course. he has kept the pace. astonishingly an productive years, robert strauss has closed his last deal. negotiated his last merger, served his last president, hired his last editor, flattered his last secretary, given his last interview, bet on his last horse, drunk his last martini, shared his last holiday dinner wit thh the family he adored. reflecting back on his life, strauss would say he liked the whole damn deal. we liked it, too. we are honored to have shared with him. washington and the world would not be the same without robert s. strauss. >> next, white house press secretary jay carney talking to students at george washington university. inter-capitalist tom perkins on what he calls the demonization of the one percent. see formernce to secretary of state james baker and vernon jordan speaking at the funeral for robert strauss. >> what we're seeing right now where we are embedding capabilities more and more

ofshall not forget the life robert s. strauss again and we shall not see the likes of robert s. strauss again for he has fought the good fight. he has finished his course. he has kept the pace. astonishingly an productive years, robert strauss has closed his last deal. negotiated his last merger, served his last president, hired his last editor, flattered his last secretary, given his last interview, bet on his last horse, drunk his last martini, shared his last holiday dinner