TY Baker
Get a grip, Maxine.
30-day clock has started:
Remarks by Vice President Pence in Press Gaggle
Issued on: May 31, 2019
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-vice-president-pence-press-gaggle-3/
VP Pence: "And as I’m sure you all have heard, today, our administration sent to Capitol Hill a statement of administration action — which begins the clock, a 30-day clock, wherein we will work with members of Congress in both parties, formulate the implementing legislation, and send that legislation, as we discussed earlier, to Capitol Hill in the coming weeks."
MAY 31, 2019
Missouri abortion clinic to stay open for now after court order (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Missouri court on Friday granted Planned Parenthood’s request for a temporary restraining order, letting the state’s only abortion clinic stay open until June 4 when another hearing will be held, according to a court order.
Planned Parenthood sued Missouri this week after state health officials said the license for Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood in St. Louis was in jeopardy, meaning the clinic could have closed at midnight unless the judge granted the request for a temporary restraining order.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-missouri/missouri-abortion-clinic-to-stay-open-for-now-after-court-order-idUSKCN1T128J
Vice President Mike Pence will attend D-Day ceremony in Bedford
Pence's visit will be the first to the memorial by a sitting vice president
https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/bedford/vice-president-mike-pence-will-attend-d-day-ceremony-in-bedford
Posted: 2:43 PM, May 31, 2019
BEDFORD, Va. - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will be at the National D-Day Memorial for Thursday's ceremony honoring the day's 75th anniversary.
Pence will deliver the keynote address at the June 6 event at what's expected to be the largest event since President George W. Bush attended the memorial's dedication on June 6, 2001.
Although Pence never served in the military himself, both his father and son have.
His father, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Edward J. Pence Jr., was a Bronze Star recipient in 1953 for his heroic actions during the Korean War.
The vice president's son, Marine 1st Lt. Michael Pence, graduated from naval aviator training in 2018.
Quit dissing millennials, says retired admiral who led U.S. special operations forces
http://archive.is/jmgNg
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-trump-critic-navy-admiral-mcraven-20190531-etzrh4bkvvaihkyglans2ea2am-story.html
Retired Admiral William H. McRaven speaks at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches luncheon on Friday at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.
William McRaven has seen some of the darkest aspects of humanity but remains optimistic about the future and especially about the much-maligned millennial generation.
“The good I have seen far outweighs the evil. So if you have any worries, if you have any worries about the current state of affairs, if you worry about where we’re going as a nation, if you worry about what’s going to happen as a world, we have great men and women who are coming up behind us,” McRaven said Friday.
McRaven, a retired four-star admiral whose final assignment was commander of all U.S. special operations forces, spoke Friday at the Forum Club of the Palm Beach, part of the promotional tour for his second book, “Sea Stories.” He’s also author of the earlier best-seller “Make Your Bed.”
The Forum Club is a gathering of the Palm Beach County business, political and legal establishments. But McRaven, who’s at times been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, steered clear of politics during his 30-minute speech and a short question-and-answer session.
McRaven, who served on the National Security Council staff under President George W. Bush and as a top military commander under President Barack Obama, said “both men had great integrity and character.” He said he didn’t agree with either one on every decision.
“Here’s the issue with being in the military. As long as the order is a legal offer, then you are obliged to follow that order,” he said. “If you don’t want to follow that order, it is easy: you resign.”
He said that is what happened with Trump’s defense secretary — “my great friend” James Mattis. Once Mattis concluded he could no longer support his commander in chief, he resigned.
In his 37 years as a Navy SEAL, McRaven oversaw the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, the terrorist behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the U.S., and he commanded the forces that captured Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader, and rescued Captain Richard Phillips, captain of the container ship captured by Somali pirates.
He’s seen the “worst of humanity,” he said, including Iraqi torture house and the results of Taliban “hit teams”
McRaven said Obama made a “courageous decision” in ordering the raid that went after bin Laden, because it wasn’t certain it would work or even that bin Laden was the person located by U.S. intelligence.
“Irrespective of your politics, you would have been very proud of the way the president and his national security team approached this,” he said. There was never discussion of the politics of what would happen if the raid had gone wrong, McRaven said. “People were just trying to do the right thing. They were just trying to do the right thing for the country.”
In the past, McRaven has faulted Trump for calling the press the “enemy of the people,” humiliating the U.S. in the world and dividing the country.
McRaven, who commanded many service members and served as chancellor of the University of Texas System from 2015 to 2018, said people who denigrate millennials are wrong. Millennials are part of the generation that became young adults early in the 21st Century.
“I am one of the biggest fans of the millennials you’ll ever meet, and I think that surprises people,” he said. “I hear this talk about the millennials, they’re pampered and they’re entitled and they’re soft. And I’m quick to point out you have never seen them in a fire fight in Afghanistan.
“This is a great generation, and anybody who worries about the future of this country, spend a little time with these young kids and you really won’t worry about that much anymore,” McRaven said.