harmy health, readiness center of excellence in fort sam, houston. i had the pleasure of meeting him last year in washington. he has had a decorated army career serving our country for more than three decades. he grew up in bay county and attended florida state university before joining the army in 1985. mr. dunn: he is board certified in health care administration and he is a medevac pilot. he has been a leader in providing health care to our troops for many years. he was in charge of all medical care in iraq as the commander f medical task force iraq. in his own words, he has worked to bring humanity to the battlefield. and i believe he will brilliantly continue that work in his new post. . speaker, please join me in congratulating major general patrick sergeant on his new posting. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection,

the story of events in the lives of such great americans as daniel webster, sam houston, robert h taft, and others. i think you would rather hear about it from the man who wrote the book and our author is our guest today. the very distinguished senator from the state of massachusetts, john f. kennedy. this is the closest i'm going to get for a while. >> the two men knew each other and had a rapport. that makes these photographs even more interesting and personal, because this is one of john f. kennedy's last public appearances before he was assassinated in dallas. we also have in jim wright's papers his copy of the itinerary for that day that showed when president kennedy and mrs. kennedy were going to arrive in fort worth, and what their schedule was going to be. then, the itinerary for november 22, 1963. --is a poignant artifact poignant document because it goes through the entire day. of course, we know that president kennedy did not complete this schedule of events. but these are in the collection as well. jim wright wrote about his experiences that day, being with president kenned

this concept of football and apply it to military training. 1915, heduating in arrived at fort sam houston assigned to the 1915 regiment. because of tensions with mexico, national guard units were sent to the border. sound familiar? because of tensions with mexico now, the 19th was responsible for training these guard units. eisenhower was attached to an illinois guard unit in the commander of that unit was more than happy to let the regular officer pretty much served as the shadow commander, so as the lieutenant now, eisenhower took care of the administrative issues, discipline issues, training, and other administrative functions. with america's entry into the war in april of 1917, the 19th regiment was broken up to support the development out of new infantry regiments for the incoming draftees and enlistees. a member for the newly formed 57th infantry regiment. time, aboutmount of 3500 men showed up with nothing more than their basic clothing issue and barracks bags. and other members of the cadre have to find a place to train these men. they found a field outside of the fourth that luck

>> that was true of sam houston. that wasn't john ross. john ross was certainly not adopted. he knew -- his parents were as far as i know genuine parents, they looked a lot alike. he is so true to scottish and it's in his blood to be of tha way. >> i didn't ask it very well, if he didn't speak any cherokee aside from in the being able to communicate with the ridge, how did he get the support of other cherokees? >> that's an excellent question. the very fact that he couldn't speak cherokee worked peculiarly in his favor. i think that the cherokee viewed him as better than them and that they -- that only somebody who was of that stature who had kind of holiness was going to deal as an equal, command of the language that they didn't even know, that put him in a special category in their minds. it's otherwise impossible to explain. there are countless stories of him coming back to the nation, he would be on his horse, this guy is 5'6, wears hat, leather shoes and never been in breaches, cloths, he never killed anybody. what kind of chief is this. so he comes back and he's there a

and a catalogs the stories of events in the lives of such great americans as daniel webster sam houston, george norris, robert a taft and others. i think you would rather hear better from the man who wrote the book, and our author is our guest today. the very distinguished senator from the state of massachusetts, the honorable john f. kennedy. >> is the closest i will get for a while to texas. >> the two men knew each other and had a report. photographshese even more interesting and personal. this is one of john f. kennedy's last public appearances before he was assassinated in dallas his copy of have the itinerary for that day. president when kennedy and mrs. kennedy were going to arrive, and fort worth and with their schedule was going to be. itinerary for november 22 1963. artifact, anant poignant document because it goes through the entire day and of course we know that president kennedy did not complete the schedule of events. these are in the collection as well and jim wright wrote about his experiences that day. with president kennedy in the motorcade. diaries kept by speaker rig

andatalogs the stories events in the lives of such great americans as daniel ,.bster, sam houston orge norris, robert a taft and others but i think you would rather hear about it from the man who wrote the book. the author is our guest today. the very distinguished senator the massachusetts, honorable john f. kennedy. entity: thank you very much for having me. i have never been to texas, so this might be the closest i will get for a while. >> the two men had a report and they knew each other. that makes this photograph even more interesting impersonal, because this is one of john f. kennedy's last public appearances before he was assassinated in dallas. we also have in the papers, a copy of the itinerary for that day, that shows when president and mrs. kennedy were going to arrive in fort worth, and what their schedule was going to be. for november 22 artifact,s a poignant a poignant document, because it goes through the entire day. and of course, we know that president kennedy did not complete this schedule of events. but these are in the collection as well. jim wright wrote about his

sam joining us from houston, texas. good morning. caller: good morning.e tables have turned, everything is different. when we came to this country. not me, because i am black. when europeans came to this country and fed alcohol to indians to take their land, it -- maybe theyered are trying to do the same thing to us we did to the indians. host: steve from texas, republican line. what is on your mind? caller: good morning. i am 80 years old and born and raised on the border of rounds bill, texas. i would like to solve all of this hate. i cannot believe how much hate is going on. for the illegals coming across, they are coming because they are poor. we cannot sustain this in this country. however, the solution is this. the democrats want them to come. if you are a registered democrat, there would be no more fighting. the people can come, but the taxes would double as opposed to mine in order to support them. they can have their way and we can have hours. host: thank you for the call from texas. "tensions escalate between sarah sanders and reporters." weeks