gary sinise. [applause] gary sinise: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. it's good to be back. i want to say something. the last time i was here, there was a medallion on the fact that fell down, so i am glad it is not here. i would like to thank the members of the national press club. john, thank you for the invitation to speak today. it is a great honor for me to return to speak since first having the opportunity in 2007 as national spokesperson for the american veterans disabled for life memorial, which after 316 your effort was finally dedicated and opened to the public on october 5 last year. the second time addressing the members of the press club was in support of the documentary film, "brothers at work." and a third time, as john said, four years ago, when we first launched the gary sinise foundation. so i guess i have not burned any bridges here at the press club yet. you keep asking me back. thank you. i would like to speak today about how far the gary sinise foundation has come in those four years with the work the foundation is doing and what t

our guest today is actor humanitarian gary sinise. he will discuss challenges facing america's servicemen and women, and what can be done to improve their lives and support their loved ones. but first, i want to introduce our distinguished head table. this group includes press club members and guests of our speaker. from the audience's right, angel lee this, president of d.c. media connection. max r publisher of stars and stripes. jen judson, defense reporter for politico and cochair of the national press club young members committee. amy ficklin editor with war and communication news. derek perkins, staff writer for marine corps times. jim livingston, a metal of honor recipient and guests of the speaker. [applause] jerry is risky, chairman of the press club speaker's committee, the washington bureau chief for the buffalo news, and a former national press club president. skipping over our speaker for a moment, melissa charbonneau director of communications for fedex, and the speakers committee member who organized today's event. paul

sinise. [applause] >> thank you. it's good to be back. i do want to say something last time i was here there was a medallion and on the back and about halfway through my speech and fell down. [laughter] so i'm glad it's not here. i would like to thank the members of the national press club. thank you for the invitation to speak today. it's an honor for me to return to speak since having first had the opportunity in 2007 as a national spokesperson for the american veterans disabled for life memorial which after a 16 year effort it was finally dedicated and opened to the public on october 5 at last year. the second time addressing the members of the press club was in support of the documentary film "brothers at war." and a third time as john said four years ago, when we first launched the foundation. so i guess i haven't burned any bridges at the press club yet. you keep asking me back. i would like to speak today about how far the foundation has come in those four years with the work the foundation is doing and what the future looks like a

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sinise. how many of these benefits do you do a year, do you think? >> oh, gosh. a lot of money to raise at the foundation. weaver doing a lot of things, building homes and resiliency events. the band is part of my foundation. i'm doing various fundraisers and the band fundraiser. it's maybe 35 concerts a year. >> all right. so almost every weekend if you are doing 35. that's a lot. now, explain there is a foundation, i have a foundation named after my parents. you have a foundation. what does your foundation do? it it's a military support agency that's what it is. i have been involved with vets going back to the 80's. after i played the wounded veteran in forrest gump in the 1980s i got very involved. after september 11th we needed help with iraq and afghanistan supporting our men and women so i volunteered for the uso started going out there and a helping military charities like the independence fund. i got involved with them. >> with the track chairs and everything like that. >> i got involved with them in 2000 your foundation does what. >> one of the programs

spend a day with actor gary sinise building homes for wounded vets.ogy is a good start but she needs to prove it with action and then the rest of us should just get over it. that's my off-the-record comment tonight. thank you for being with us. we will see you again on monday night right here at 7:00 p.m. eastern. if you can't watch live, use your dvr vote right now on twitter. do you think the san francisco sheriff is getting unfairly blamed? vote yes or no using #greta. it's wild. i think you are all voting a particular way. follow me on twitter at the handle @greta. up next a special edition of the o'reilly factor. good night from washington d.c. don't forget also to go to gretawire and facebook. there is a lot going on in social media this weekend. >>> special edition of the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> it's a factor's most compelling. >> what we have right now is disgusting how we should have a discussion. >> barbara walters sits down with the factor for her last interview. i have many questions for her. >> is there a war on women in americ

gary sinise talks about his advocacy for veterans and the work of his foundation.ers are honored with a congressional gold metal or their service during world war ii. talkers magazine is a digital publication focused on various aspects of the talk media industry. this year, the magazine marked its 25th anniversary by looking at the future of radio at a conference in new york city. speakers included talk show hosts and executives talking about industry trends, digital technology, and the changing landscape of political talk shows. this is almost an hour and a half. [applause] >> thank you very much. good morning. i was just sitting here with ryan kilmeade. the long island guys are well represented here this morning. i work right down the block here, a couple blocks away so it isn't easy john job this morning to come in and say hello. i was looking through some stuff the last couple of days and everyone is talking about radio. it is amazing the amount of negativity no matter what part of the business that you are in. i have in part of wfan since 1987. i have been in

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. >> now, after gary sinise talks about his efforts to help american war veterans, an effort he firstinvolved in in the 1980's. plans include a museum in south carolina. he is a board member for the project. this event took place at the national press club in washington. it is an hour.

gary sinise talks about his advocacy for veterans and the work of his foundation. later, the tokyo raiders are honored with a congressional gold metal or their service during world war ii. talkers magazine is a digital publication focused on various aspects of the talk media industry. this year, the magazine marked its 25th anniversary by looking at the future of radio at a conference in new york city. speakers included talk show hosts and executives talking about industry trends, digital technology, and the changing landscape of political talk shows. this is almost an hour and a half. >> thank you very much. good morning. i was just sitting here with ryan kill me -- kilmeade. the long island guys are well represented here this morning. i work right down the block here, a couple blocks away so it isn't easy john job this morning to come in and say hello. i was looking through some stuff the last couple of days and everyone is talking about radio. it is amazing the amount of negativity no matter what part of the business that you are in. i have in part of wfan since

gary sinise talks about his advocacy for veterans and the work of his foundation.er, the tokyo raiders are honored with a congressional gold metal or their service during world war ii. talkers magazine is a digital publication focused on various aspects of the talk media industry. this year, the magazine marked its 25th anniversary by looking at the future of radio at a conference in new york city. speakers included talk show hosts and executives talking about industry