we help ensure, uret our nation will end for generations to come. for if we do not remember our , how can, our heroes we expect future generations to step up to serve? [applause] certainly what happens post-vietnam weakened our nation. it was a shameful time in our history and we must never ever let that happen again. [applause] remembering and honoring our veterans is paramount to our national security. this places a critical importance on always taking care of our military servicemembers and their families before, during and after the battle. the dangers of the 21st century are clear. with no doubt that this century will be equally if not more dangerous than the previous one. the united states must maintain a strong defense, impossible to do without strong defenders. for all they have done, for all they have sacrificed, they asked so little in return. , thatg they are honored they will get the care they need when they need it, that they are not forgotten and that their sacrifice is appreciated can make a world of difference. , little did we know t

we help ensure, uret our nation will end for generations to come. for if we do not remember our , how can, our heroes we expect future generations to step up to serve? [applause] certainly what happens post-vietnam weakened our nation. it was a shameful time in our history and we must never ever let that happen again. [applause] remembering and honoring our veterans is paramount to our national security. this places a critical importance on always taking care of our military servicemembers and their families before, during and after the battle. the dangers of the 21st century are clear. with no doubt that this century will be equally if not more dangerous than the previous one. the united states must maintain a strong defense, impossible to do without strong defenders. for all they have done, for all they have sacrificed, they asked so little in return. , thatg they are honored they will get the care they need when they need it, that they are not forgotten and that their sacrifice is appreciated can make a world of difference. , little did we know t

on the ureter >> the second item on the agenda is the approval of the meetings of november 18, 2014. >> we are preparing for a motion for the approval of the minutes motion to approve >> is there a second? is there a second? is there further comment, corrections are there any public comments? >> note >> all those in favor of the minutes of november 18 please say aye. opposed? the minutes have been accepted >> item 3 is the reference report >> good afternoon commissioners. on the ebola update i have dr. [inaudible] here and i wanted to do an update and see if you have questions for him he is available. we have a great job of planning and also preparing for ebola. our staff, we have been looking at this as a major preparedness activity and so we have already have identified over 15 individuals who could be utilized if [inaudible] any other significant response to e bola issue. i think that's a good practice for us. also, cdc has sent out a document on the 35 treatments centers throughout the country and we are monitoring some individuals as they come back at most at low risk, and so, i

as we heard 80 miles south of here, arthur grant, sherman, one way or another ureter base here. as a friend from mississippi said, you have a lot of bloody from your state. [laughter] i guess it depends what side you are on. last night but anyway. one question i get about my book, "the real custer" is why is that the title? obliges this make you about the real custer? the easiest way to answer that question is to say that is what the publisher wanted. okay, that is the title. but i think it is really better to view it not as a conclusion, like this is the real custer, but more like a question. who was the real custer? what do we know? little bit corn is so pervasive when you talk about george custer. if the ad is the whole man, the mistakes he made on that day. that is not the case. he had a whole life in the whole carrot or any disabled person. the book is about trying to get to the root of that question here too was this man? if we can strip away all the things said then. all of the history, everything else and talk about the man himself. that is what it is supposed to be abou

. >> secretary-general, you said that 2015 you hope is the ureter and the nightmare in syria. to be epresentative seems doing mismanagement for a very terrible event in syria. do you approve of the peace approach that is being criticized by him? you confident that you will approve the process? >> of course, we like to have peace and ence of stability -- and development. that is basically our principled approaches. been doing is s case resolution -- peace resolution. is not a substitute for broader aand comprehensive peace arrangement. but when you really want to have a broad, company is a should have all approach, you should have all elements started from smaller things, or easier thanks. course, even having this is not easy. i'm encouraged that, to his president ith the assad of syria and many actions is gaining on, this political support. most recently, european gathered and supported his opinion. at what is most important this time -- after four years killing each other -- the violence must stop. without a kind of argument, or difference of opinion -- there may be. the viol