security of the world's free nations is the modern forward-looking military creation known as the united states armynications zone europe. ♪ or you see the strength of an army division assembled in a single formation. thousands of men tanks self-propelled guns, an impressive array of mobile firepower. yet only one of several divisions included in the united states army stationed in europe. every weapon, every vehicle every round of ammunition, every button on every uniform, throughout this massive depends on our logistical specialists the dedication and know-how of the men of comz. ♪ >> american history tv, from the national museum of american history, a discussion in -- on diversity in historical films. a panel argues that there's a lack of diversity in historical films and this affects how history is presented to the viewing public. the group also talks about how and why this issue should be addressed. thisthis 90 minute discussion as part of the film forum, a joint venture between the smithsonian institution and national endowment for the humanities. >> welcome to the forum. [applause] i am chris

he is also a veteran of the united states army. iowa state representativ e dan huseman announced today he will be running for re-election in district 3. huseman graduated from aurelia high school and buena vista university. huseman serves as chair of the transportatio n, infrastructur e and capitals appropriation s subcommitee. according to a release from the iowa house republicans, huseman says he is pleased with the progress the house has made and looks to continue his efforts in balancing the state budget. district three is comprised of

. >>> the united states army general responsible for the guantanamo bay detention center has hit back at reports that the white house is unhappy with the pace of prisoner transfers. he is the outgoing head of the command, with responsibility for the facility. the closure of the detention center was one of president barack obama's key election promises. but it has taken far longer than originally anticipated. the general is strongly denying accusations his staff is deliberately slowing the movement of prisoners. >> the fact that there was reporting about this building, secretaries of defense, people in uniform, people in detention ops, in any way shape or form, slowing down to try to impede the release of detainees from my perspective is complete nonsense. it's an insult, frankly to saifl servant in this building to be accused of whether we agree or disagree with any of the policies that we would in any way impede the progress. >> let's get more from tom akerman joining us from washington, d.c. hi there, tom. what are the other factors then affecting these transfers. and will guantanam

ladies and gentlemen, the united states army band and united states army voices. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ].dies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the united states house of representatives the honorable nancy pelosi. [ applause ]. >>> good afternoon, everyone. mr. speaker, mr. leader, mr. leader. for our speaker, this is his last gold medal ceremony. so it is an emotional time for many reasons, including that. thank you, mr. speaker for making it so lovely. [ applause ]. i want to join in acknowledging the leadership of senator menendez, senator brown, congress madam chair granger, congressman capuano, robert edsel, you're a hero to us. thank you so much. [ applause ]. you have done such a large part in preserving art as well. thank you. we're honored by your presence. in march of 1941, president franklin roosevelt dedicated the national gallery of art just down the way from here. as a crowd gathered, struggling beneath the bombs of the blitz, nazi's occupiers looted the finest art of western europe and sacked the property of jewish families, a vast program of theft and destruction. a

i'm proud to be a united states army veteran. i'm proud of that. [ applause ] and i'm the only veteran in the race. the time comes to talk to veterans inment has ham and across the united states of america they'll want to know if somebody on the republican ticket has had the experience of serving in uniform. well technically i wasn't overseas leading in uniform but leading up to it it was and serving overseas on behalf of our country. i went back to uva law school and eventually elected to be chief prosecutor, prosecuted cases, large staff also, then i was elected to be the attorney general of virginia, then the governor of virginia. the congress came to me and asked me to chair several major federal commissions. the one i think i'm most proud of was when i chaired the national commission on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction on behalf of the united states. we issued our reports and in 1999 we issued our first report and told the congress and the administration that a chance of an attack in the homeland of the united states

fanning retired as a major in the united states army. during her 16 years on duty, she served in operation just cause, operation desert storm and operation iraqi freedom. she was nominated by marvell whose been her best friend since 9th grade. she says lorie is a hero because even after having two heart attacks and 2 ststkes while serving in the united states army she continued to serve and protect our country. so, many times we forget about our soldiers and all they have to endure while serving. the least we can do is to salute them and tell them "thank you for your service." break a look now at your first alert a cold front will move through the area during the day, ahead of the front look for cloudy skies with scattered showers during the day. rain chance 50%. where they are this morning in thursday, partly to mostly cloudy, a few scattered showers, highs near 50 clearing and warmer by friday the capital city -- is less than 80 days away. today the club was trying to get fans in the spirit -- unveiling the teams official jerseys. wis'

the following week, there are commissioners who will travel to the united states army sergeants major academy. you might guess who might lead that team. also to the united states military academy. the command in general staff college and a bit later in month to the army war college. there are also scheduled sessions with the governor's council. and we have a scheduled hearing with the tactical air and land on the 10th of february. we think one of the subcommit e subcommittees will likely schedule a hearing as well as we go forward. the commission staff will remain in place. the commission dis exists for 90 days beginning after today after the releases of defense. so with that, again, thank you for your attendance. let me turn to colonel chris dixon who has very abably handled all of our public aff r affairs and media relations over the past many months. she'll be our facilitator. two rules. if you're a commissioned staff member, you are not allowed to ask any questions. and the second rule is all hard questions go to the sergeant major of the army. >> thank you, sir. thank you, sir. >

. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states army guard, the singing of the canadian and united states national anthems and the retiring of the colors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> color halt. present arms. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed ♪ ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thru the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as the chaplain of the united states senate, dr. barry black, gives the invocation. >> let us pray. eternal god, the heavens tell stories of your glory and the skies display your marvellous craftsmanship. and the wisdom of your loving providence. you blessed the world with the first special service force, a joint world war ii america

time, he was competing against the well-established pistols of the united states army. this was the model of 1836. this was adopted body armor from these troops. in big leather holsters. issuing two per soldier. in sammy's mind, if he could with six multi-firearm shots, once he could perfect that, he could make these obsolete. upn pearson worked three-dimensional prototypes based on his watercolor drawings. prototypes they have actual examples and working models of handguns and up the long arms as well. he was able to convince relatives who are wealthy and connected in paterson, new jersey to build him a four story granite factory. he started from scratch. he had never been involved in making them in any kind of quantity. country -- the company was research and design and as a salesman for his product he was a great sales promoter. his frustration was he did not have the financial control that he needed and he believed he was being nickeled and diamond by his relatives. looking at the case sets you can see how complicated the deal all these other accessories required to

fanning retired as a major in the united states army. during her 16 years on duty, she served in operation just cause, operation desert storm she was nominated by marvell mendenhall, whose been her best friend since 9th grade. she says lorie is a hero because even after having two heart attacks and 2 strokes while serving in the united states army she continued to serve and protect our country. so, many times we forget about our soldiers and all they have to endure while serving. the least we can do is to salute them and tell them "thank you for your service." a look now at your fi clear and very cold this morning temperatures in the lower 20s with a few areas in the teens! look for a mostly sunny day with a few clouds by mid-afternoon highs upper 40s. due to a few more clouds and winds turning to the southwest, not as cold tonight, lows middle 30s. increasing clouds thursday, much warmer, high in the upper 50s. more clouds for friday with periods of rain likely, warmer with highs in the lowers 60s. saturday now looks a little wet is a c

god bless you all. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states army band and chorus. ♪ ♪g the plain ♪ america, america god shed his grace on thee ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ oh beautiful for patriot dreams that sees beyond the years ♪ ♪ thine alabaster city's gleam ♪ america, america ♪ god shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ america! ♪ america! ♪ america! ♪ [ applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, the army song. ♪ march along sing the song in the army of free ♪ ♪ and the brave and the strong to victory ♪ ♪ in the army, in the army ♪ and the army goes rolling along ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the united states house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. speaker boehner, leader minister o'toole, general votel, ambassador, thank you and all of you our special guests. what a wonderful afternoon it is. and made possible because congressman jeff miller, the chairman of our veterans affairs committee in the house and senator

he is also a veteran of the united states army. iowa state representativ e dan huseman announced today he will be running for re-election in district 3. huseman graduated from aurelia high school and buena vista university. huseman serves as chair of the transportatio n, infrastructur e and capitals appropriation s subcommitee. according to a release from the iowa house republicans, huseman says he is pleased with the progress the house has made and looks to continue his efforts in balancing the state budget. district three is comprised of cherokee and o' brien counties as well as four townships in sioux county and four townships in plymouth county. from religion and taxes to social security and renewable fuels, former arkansas governor mike huckabee touted his stance on issues facing the country. the republican brought his faith-based campaign to the siouxland center for active generations this morning. during his sioux city 'huckabee huddle,' he said as president, he would give decision- making power back to the states the environ

i'm the only united states army war in europe. the during the 9/11 attack. ion of homeland security for the united states for five years. this is what i will do. if i become the president, i'm going to rebuild the united states military. we're going to take the sequester off the defense budget. give the navy the ships it needs. refit the united states army. refit the united states marine corps. guerrilla war, we need to recognize our special forces, our intelligence community, and the people that we need in order to really protect us and finally, this war of ideas, we must win this. we must say to the world we will win the international guerrilla war. >> governor, thank you for that. [ applause ] >> coming up, we have more on the top issues in this campaign and you can engage in tonight's conversation right from home. go to google.com, search fox news debate. you can vote on which candidate you think is winning so far in tonight's results after the debate is over. we are back in a moment live from the iowa events center in des moines. [ applause ] these are t

united states navy, 1943 to 1946. kate: peg crystal, united states navy, 1943 to 1945. kate: gordon pathurst, united states army, 1942 to 1945, prisoner of war. garvin: months in the making, these quilts became instant heirlooms once in the hands of the grateful veteran. male: it's wonderful that they remember. wonderful that we're still here to hear them say it. i'm just overwhelmed, i really am. garvin: just one more way, the quilters say, of thanking them for all we have to be thankful for today. garvin: coming up, three berkeley grads show real heart in revolutionizing a medical equipment mainstay. connor landgraf: we wanted to be on the forefront of something that was exciting. garvin: what they did to turn a stethoscope into smart technology. but first, a livermore pre-school teacher is on a roll, going above and beyond to help families who have lost so much in the valley fire. [music] garvin: the devastating valley fire has been out of the headlines for a while now but the people of lake county are still struggling with the disaster. that's where an east bay woman comes in. she made a promise to a young

the united states army is at war. sted by 15 years of war, the army is confronting growing threats and increasing operational demands with shrinking and less ready forces and aging equipment. by the end of the next fiscal year the mother -- the army will be cut down to 450,000 active duty personnel soldiers, down from a wartime peak of 570,000. these budget-driven force reductions were decided before the rise of isil or russia's invasion of ukraine. and if mindless sequestration cuts are allowed to return, the army will shrink to 420,000 troops, increasing the risk that in a crisis we will have too few soldiers who could enter a fight without proper training or equipment. readiness must be the first priority of the army. the global instability increases, the army must be able to maintain an uncommitted force and readiness to respond to unforeseen contingencies. as our army shrinks, readiness suffers. just over one-third of the army's brigade combat teams, just over one-third of the army's brigade combat teams are ready

. >>> the united states army general responsible for the guantanamo bay detention center has hit backports that the white house is unhappy with the pace of prisoner transfers. he is the outgoing head of the command, with responsibility for the facility. the closure of the detention center was one of president barack obama's key election promises. but it has taken far longer than originally anticipated. the general is strongly denying accusations his staff is deliberately slowing the movement of prisoners. >> the fact that there was reporting about this building, secretaries of defense, people in uniform, people in detention ops, in any way shape or form, slowing down to try to impede the release of detainees from my perspective is complete nonsense. it's an insult, frankly to saifl servant in this building to be accused of whether we agree or disagree with any of the policies that we would in any way impede the progress. >> let's get more from tom akerman joining us from washington, d.c. hi there, tom. what are the other factors then affecting these transfers. and will guantanamo be c

the components used fully can execute a reasonable combination of actions that we think the united states army might be called upon to execute as part of the joint force. but we can't exactly predict how those will unfold, and that gives us a lot of pause, because we're right at that edge of confidence in our ability to do so. so i just want to rush to say it's not a view that the army we have today can't succeed. it's concern about the complexity of the environment and exactly how that complexity may manifest across the world. >> just so you understand, too. we also reached out to learn from others who are the experts in this field to identify what those risks are. so we could make those kinds of assessments then. >> and i think also, what we looked at were the shortages that we have right now today with this force, which we believe is minimally acceptable. you got shortages and failed artillery. you've got shortages in short-range air defense. you've got shortages in water craft. you've got shortages intact call mobility, transportation, water purification. so even with that force, the aermt

they are trying to extradite him back to the united states. army sergeant bowe bergdahl appeared at a hearing this morning. he faced the judge and is accused of walking away from his post in afghanistan. he was released in 2014 in he has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. angela: veterans affairs held a private ceremony on the space coast as a new national cemetery was opened. veterans and their families will be eligible to be buried there. the man who told police he was beaten up by three men could be in trouble himself. say the man' at all. three men driving unmarked police type for its beat him up, he said. they found no fake cops and they are beginning to doubt the victims story. police say his injuries are a woman attacked by an alligator has returned to work for the first time since losing her arm. she is getting used to what she is calling the new normal. she went back to work for the first time. she says that she plans to get a prosthesis once her rotator cuff and nerves are completely healed. italian investigator

the following week, there are commissioners who will travel to the united states army sergeants major academy. you might guess who might lead that team. also to the united states military academy. the command in general staff college and a bit later in month to the army war college. there are also scheduled sessions with the governor's council. and we have a scheduled hearing with the tactical air and land on the 10th of february. we think one of the subcommit e subcommittees will likely schedule a hearing as well as we go forward. the commission staff will remain in place. the commission dis exists for 90 days beginning after today after the releases of defense. so with that, again, thank you for your attendance. let me turn to colonel chris dixon who has very abably handled all of our public aff r affairs and media relations over the past many months. she'll be our facilitator. two rules. if you're a commissioned staff member, you are not allowed to ask any questions. and the second rule is all hard questions go to the sergeant major of the army. >> thank you, sir. thank you, sir. >

many men and women who went to the institute. >> that helped to motivate me to stay in the united states armynd continue to serve. through bosnia and last couple of warses which we have seen those on the 17 and 18. operation iraqi freedom. >> the west point course is both par5s, long in golf speak. they commemorate the two longest wars, iraq and afghanistan. >> in those wars, 95 men and two women and 5000 soldiers have been killed. those two markers are two of the first monuments so to speak to those wars. >> it resonates with us, whether it was our classmates or those we knew and certainy on the soccer team, 4477 who died in iraq and 2 to 51 in afghanistan. >> and that adds time to a round of golf and here that is expected and acceptable. >> no course martial will be hustling people a long? >> those are there for a reason. you get a great outing with buddies or your company and friends and family. and you do it in a national land mark at west point. >> it might surprise you to know the course rich in history and historical markers, it is open to the public. >> the fact that west point is a p

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just months after the skype call, united states army major nidal hasan goes on a shooting rampage ats base in ft. hood, texas. hasan kills 13 fellow soldiers and calls awlaki his inspiration. they'd exchanged e-mails. the cleric turned terror leader takes credit. his website reads, "nidal hasan is a hero." >> we all knew that he had to be killed. >> that was clearly stated. >> just one month later -- >> breaking news. >> awlaki sends the so-called underpants bomber to blow up northwest flight 253 as it lands in detroit christmas day 2009. >> a passenger tried to detonate some kind of explosive. >> the plot is foiled, but cia agents now know there is no time to lose. anwar awlaki is waging a relentless bloody war against americans, more than ever, storm says, the cia is realizing they need him. >> america as a whole has turned into a nation of evil. >> awlaki must be eliminated. but storm says his officers from british, danish, intelligence agencies disagree about how to take out awlaki. controlling the plan means controlling storm. in a bizarre courtship, the spy agencies lavish atte

committed had caused him to miss his flight back to a rack for his 2nd tour of duty in the united states army i interviewed anthony at length, and to hear anthony, this black kid, the soldier described to me how he felt like he had no rights in the united states that anyone were bound to recognize areas always felt this way because the police had always treated he and his family this way was disappointing to say the least. these kind of experiences a part of the daily lived reality of black people everywhere in the country, particularly in the urban course of america, and you need to fully understand this is what they are talking about. they are talking about the real experiences, and they are tired. this is generations old. fathers and sons, mothers and daughters of experiences going back to who knows when zero accountability for any of it. as police officers we can fall back on the narrative of heroism, sacrifice, risk, the favorite words of many of the most public police apologists that you see all the time in the mainstream media for people like kerry houck the former new york city detect

then i joined the united states army. trained as a soldier, trained as an intelligent -- intelligence agent. trained at the defense institute, and an intelligence unit in west germany. i'm proud to be a united states army veteran. i am proud of that. [applause] i am the only veteran in the race. the time comes to talk to veterans in new hampshire and across the united's of america, they will want to know whether somebody on the republican ticket has actually had the experience of serving in uniform. technically overseas, i was not in unit armed but leaving up to it i was -- leading up to it, i was. . went back to uva law school eventually elected to be chief prosecutor, i prosecuted cases. then i was elected to be the governor of virginia. congress came to me and asked me to chair several major commissions. was most proud of was when i chaired the national commission on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction on behalf of the united states. in 1999, we issued our first report. told the congress and the administration tha

. >> the united states army general responsible for the guantanamo bay detention center is unhappy about the pace of prisoner transfers. he says it has taken far longer than originally anticipated about. general kelly denying allegations that they're deliberately slowing the movement of prisoners. >> the fact that there was reporting about people in uniform, people in detention ops, in any way shape or form slowing down or trying to impede the release of detainees from my perspective is complete nonsense. it's an insult, frankly, so servto serving officers that we would in any way impede the progress. >> about a quarter of ramadi in anbar province remains under the control of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. iraqi forces began taking back parts of ramadi two weeks ago. government troops have begun to take control. it's been a month since they recaptured sinjar from isil. the sinjar still sits deserted still not allowing residents to return for safety reasons. as reports from the camp, many of the ethnic eth ethnic yazidis don't want to return any way. >> for this family, all dis

president believes he is the person -- this person to provide leadership to men and women in the united states army, given his experience, his character, his skills as a leader. the president believes he was the best person for the job and like anybody here united states senate group is willing to take an impartial look and judge them solely on the merits will reach the same conclusion. [indiscernible] mr. earnest: the supreme court has a role to play and i want to be respective of that role. the administration believes strongly that the prompt implementation of these executive actions would have possible benefits for our economy -- positive benefits for our economy, security across the country. we are interested in moving forward with implementing these executive actions as expeditiously as possible. this "has a role to play and we are going to make a presentation to the supreme court about why we should be allowed to do that. at this point, i'm not in the position to provide you with a lot of guidance about what would happen in the event of a positive outcome with the supreme court. we have a lot

fanning retired as a major in the united states army. during her 16 years on duty, she served in operation just cause, operation desert storm and operation iraqi freedom. she was nominated by marvell mendenhall, whose been her best friend since 9th grade. she says lorie is a hero because even after having two heart attacks and 2 strokes while serving in the united states army she continued to serve and protect our country. so, many times we forget about our soldiers and all they have to endure while serving. the least we can do is to salute them and tell them "thank you for your service." talk about a real life cliffhanger. residents here in california left teetering on the edge by the effects of el nio. local officials have declared a state of emergency and are urging these residents to leave but a few of them are defying that order. i'm gabe gutierrez in pacifica, california and we'll have the very latest on this developing story coming up on today. investigators are releasing a new theory on what may have caused a deadly railroad cras

he spent 12 years in the united states army, in the special forces, the top-of-the-line bragg, north carolina. part ofis career, as the elite, really the best, he worked as a special forces sniperr a as a instructor. he is a phenomenal world-class marksman. his experience includes special operations targets, special forces advanced urban combat -- special forces qualification courses, airborne, aerosol. .e has everything ,ronze star, purple heart airborne aerosols and air special forces. john participated in numerous battles, most famous, the battle of shock valley, which was a really tough one. unbelievable bad results and brilliant results. the victory was brilliant. tremendous carnage. you can read about, in the new t."k, "no way ou .ohn lost a leg i heard him speak once before, i was so impressed, i asked him to come over and say a few words. come on up. john wayne. [applause] john: thank you very much. i feel like burt reynolds of her, getting introduced by donald trump. please, sit down. if you don't mind, i will keep moving as i talk because in the isitary, a moving target har

lou: hillary clinton's email scandal, joining us now is rebecca rose and jag officer in united states armyhave you both here. congressmen on the oversight committee don't have a high enough clearance to read the emails in -- on hillary clinton's private email server. why hasn't she been charged? >> it's seeming like it's coming. this letter was released. hillary responded saying this is in anticipation of the iowa caucus. no, it's not, hillary. let's get real. the f.b.i. is a separate independent entity that is investigating her, and the f.b.i. is under the obama administration. lou: and the obama justice department which has not shown what one would call detachment from the president's political interests. >> therein lies the issue. lou: you have to question what's going none the justice department. rudy giuliani says he sees 13 counts she violated on the face of it. why no charges? >> her name is hillary clinton. lou: that's a damn shame when we get to that in this country. >> i don't like hillary clinton or her politics. we have way too many people getting indicted on charges that could

we have captain steve, and lieutenant colonel michael sellers junior of the united states army of corps of engineers. please rise. [applause] just as i mentioned a commission on infrastructure, a commission on education. when those commissions get their work done, we need to aggregate this to talk about the economy of the future. i am also going to appoint a commission on building a 21st century economy. our economy is more productive than it has been in years. we are doing better. but better is not good enough. we need to continue to improve, delivering a healthy economy that michigan deserves. one that provides opportunities for every person that wants to work hard, get ahead, and stay ahead. let's build that network of the first two commissions, but let's add innovation and long-term economic tools, and creating a culture of continuous innovation. i am proud to say, we have a group that really represents that here tonight. i made a trip to the upper peninsula last year. i visited northern michigan university. they took me to a place, i think it was an old bank branch, not even near c

me just the labor alone an added factor getting a turquoise that is only found here in the united states army is from the team in arizona mining mojave county what turquoise that the hydraulic press the compress them with that gorgeous bronze and that's what gives you the amazing color that you see running through those vibrant greens eighteen remaining size seven size eight size nine taking them to budge euclase you haven't noticed everything is under thirty dollars and goes until midnight tonight on worley one more item away from my homestay i would say let's bring in the building i spent our allotted time yesterday looking for something i wanted something obviously the center thirty dollars i wanted something new we have similar design before but we've never had this exact design in the last time we had a design like this it was gone before me blue horizon was going so please be ready for that about five minutes away right now though how about another gorgeous handcrafted sterling silver piece with your mojave green turquoise this was the major terence approximately five grams of sterling

sure that this was the start of martial law and were suggesting maybe don't cooperate with the united states armyn an effort to prepare so that if they get deployed overseas they can handle it, but that's how difficult sometimes these debates are. but there are -- but i want to pick up on some things where i think there should be consensus. one of those areas that i talked about at the speech, part of the proposal is developing smart gun technology. now this is an interesting example. i don't exactly understand this and maybe there will be somebody in the audience who explains it to me. back in 1997 the ceo of colt said we can design or starting to develop guns where you can only use it if you've got a chip. wear a band or bracelet and that then protects your 2-year-old or 3-year-old from picking up the gun and using it. and a boycott was called against them and they had to back off of developing that technology. the same with smith and wessen. they were in the process of developing similar technology and they were attacked by the nra as surrendering. now, to me this does not make sense. if you a

the following year, he began two years with the united states army. as an artist in okinawa. after vietnam, his mentor helped him find a cartooning position on the dayton daily news in 1969. his cartoons became syndicated in 1972. in 1981, he was awarded the pulitzer prize for journalism and in 1994, the award-winning mother goose and grim extract was born with the help of his wife marian. his daughter molly is here with us. next to mike peters is ann thomas who created animated editorial comments and a blog and sketches for the washington post. she won the pulitzer prize in 2001 for her print cartoons -- among the works acknowledged were cartoons of the 2000 campaign in which among other things she depicted the choices as different types of cereal and different ingredients and affected the role of the legislature in the 2000 presidential campaign. she attended the california institute of the arts and graduated with a bachelor of fine arts specializing in character animation. before beginning her career, she worked for several years as a designer for walt disney imagineering.

he spent 12 years in the united states army in the third special forces.er with the third special forces group, the best, he worked as a special forces operator with the sniper to attachment and is a sniper instructor. he is a world-class marksman. he does special forces, advanced urban combat, not easy. advanced sniper, special forces qualifications courses and airborne assault. john's awards and badges include the silver star, bronze star, purple heart, combat infantry badge, air force air assault. anticipated in numerous battles during his department. most famous of all was the valley, whichk was a really tough one. the victory was brilliant, but tremendous courage -- carnage. which you can read about in the new book "no way out." john lost a leg. he is an amazing guy. i heard him speak once before and was so impressed, i asked him to come over and say a few words. john wayne. come on. [applause] >> thank you very much. i tell you what, i feel taller gettingt reynolds introduced by donald trump. i'm going to keep talking. a moving target is harder to hi

the united states army is going to conduct a military legal hearing on the morning of january 12th att. bragg and this is for sashlgant beau bergdahl and his case. you will remember properly that he was arraigned last month on charges of desertion and disbehavior. he didn't indicate a preference as to whether he wanted to be heard by a jury or the judge on the bench alone. bergdahl, you will recall, was captured by the taliban in '09 after he left his base in afghanistan and he was a p.o.w. for five years. >>> the family of a florida woman is calling for justice today. after a police dash cam shows that she was forcibly removed by an officer from a hospital where she had gone only to collapse in the parking lot of that hospital. actually in full view of the dash cam. the medical examiner's office says that barbara dawson died shortly afterwards from a blood clot in her lungs. dawson went to that hospital and complained of abdominal pain. but medical staff examined her and discharged her. when she refused to leave, the hospital called the police. the police handcuffed her and that's wh

army ted states infantry. his military service included a combat tour of duty in afghanistan. his personal awards include united states army commendation medal, the army achievement medal, and the army good conduct medal. like so many other veterans before him, ethan served his country with honor, dedication, and with courage. ethan left the united states at to enroll as a student metropolitan state university in den, colorado. last year -- denver, colorado. last year ethan tragically took his own life on veterans day, a carries so much emotion for those of us who have served this great nation in uniform. ethan will always be remembered for his service to this country . he will forever be missed by his family, his friends, and by the soldiers who serve by his side in combat. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. higgins: mr. speaker, this afternoon three st

the following week to our commissioners will travel to the united states army sergeant majors academy to, guess who might lead the team. also to united states military academy am commanded general staff college and a bit later in the month of the army war college. are also scheduled sessions with the governor's council complete with the adjutant general and we have a scheduled hearing with the tactical air and land forces subcommittee of the house armed services committee on the 10th of february. we anticipate that the senate armed service committee or one of their subcommittees will likely schedule a hearing as well as we go forward. the commission staff for the law will remain in place. the commission exists 490 days beginning after today, after the release of the report so we will be responsive to the congress, to the leaders and the department of defense and the department of the army and the national guard bureau as we move forward. so with that, again thank you for your attendance. let me turn to colonel chris dixon who is very ably handled all of our public affairs and media re