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[00:00:00] ALONG WITH 33 U.S. SENATE RACES,
[00:00:02] AND THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD RESHAPE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
[00:00:08] VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS, FROM THE
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[00:00:22] ANNOUNCER: DEFENSE SECRETARY
[00:00:26] PETE HEGSETH, TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT, SOUTH CAROLINA
[00:00:29] GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER, AND SENATOR DARLINE GRAHAM SPOKE AT
[00:00:33] A CEREMONY TO RENAME JOINT BASE CHARLESTON IN HONOR OF THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
[00:00:42] >> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[00:00:46] ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, WELCOME TO OUR JOINT
[00:00:50] BASE RENAMING CEREMONY.
[00:01:41] THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US. I WANT TO WELCOME MIKE SHIRLEY FOR OPENING REMARKS. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE
[00:01:45] YOU TODAY. I WAS PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH
[00:01:46] SENATOR GRAHAM.
[00:01:49] HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT IS NOT JUST WORDS.
[00:01:52] HIS SUPPORT WAS CEMENTED INTO THE FOUNDATION THAT MAKES THIS BASE.
[00:01:57] ACROSS THE FLOOD LINE TODAY, YOU
[00:01:59] WILL SEE SOME OF OUR WORKS AND EFFORTS HE PUT FORWARD.
[00:02:03] SENATOR GRAHAM CHAMPIONED A FLIGHTLINE SUPPORT FACILITY BY
[00:02:07] REPLACING TWO AGING FACILITIES.
[00:02:12] DECENTRALIZED MAINTENANCE
[00:02:15] DISTRIBUTION.
[00:02:17] THIS FACILITY GUARANTEES THIS INSTALLATION WILL REMAIN AS A
[00:02:20] PREMIER LAUNCHPAD FOR OUR
[00:02:24] STRATEGIC MISSION. SENATOR GRAHAM ALSO UNDERSTOOD
[00:02:26] TAKING CARE OF THE MISSION REQUIRED TAKING CARE OF OUR AIR
[00:02:31] MEN. WE ARE DRIVING TOWARD THE GOAL
[00:02:34] LINE TODAY TO OPEN OUR NEW $29.5
[00:02:37] MILLION FIRE STATION.
[00:02:40] BY MODERNIZING THIS FIRE STATION, WE ARE GOING TO
[00:02:43] OPTIMIZE OUR EMERGENCY EFFORTS, RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, AND
[00:02:46] PROTECTION OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO
[00:02:48] LIVE, WORK, AND SERVE HERE EVERY DAY. AS WE ON BOTH THIS NEW SIGNED
[00:02:53] TODAY, IT IS MUCH MORE THAN A MARKER ON OUR DATES.
[00:02:57] IT WILL SERVE AS A DAILY
[00:02:59] REMINDER TO EVERY SAILOR, AIRMAN, MARINE, SOLDIER,
[00:03:03] GUARDIAN, CIVILIAN, CONTRACTOR
[00:03:05] THAT THEIR MISSION IS VITAL AND
[00:03:08] THEIR SAFETY IS PRIORITIZED.
[00:03:12] TO THE LEADERS HERE TODAY, THANK
[00:03:16] YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP.
[00:03:19] TO CHARLESTON COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE GREATEST
[00:03:23] MILITARY HOMETOWN IN THE NATION. TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
[00:03:26] JOINT BASE, KEEP DEMONSTRATING
[00:03:28] THIS CAPABILITY, BECAUSE WE ARE
[00:03:31] THE PREMIER POWER PLATFORM.
[00:03:36] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. [APPLAUSE]
[00:03:41] >> THANK YOU, COLONEL.
[00:03:43] IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE
[00:03:45] SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, THE HONORABLE SCOTT BESSENT TO THE
[00:03:49] PODIUM FOR HIS REMARKS. [APPLAUSE]
[00:03:56] >> IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME, EVEN
[00:03:59] IF IT IS SOUTH CAROLINA IN AUGUST.
[00:04:03] SECRETARY HEGSETH, SENATOR DARLINE GRAHAM, GOVERNOR
[00:04:06] MCMASTER, AND THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY.
[00:04:11] IT IS AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU ALL IN MY HOME STATE AS WE PAY
[00:04:13] TRIBUTE TO ONE OF ITS MOST DEVOTED SONS.
[00:04:17] THE NAMES BEING ATTACHED TO OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS REVEALS SOMETHING ABOUT OURSELVES.
[00:04:23] THEY SIGNALED THE TYPE OF SERVICE WE HONOR, THE KIND OF
[00:04:26] CHARACTER WE ESTEEM, AND PERHAPS
[00:04:29] ABOVE ALL, THE SORT OF EXAMPLE WE ASK FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW.
[00:04:35] TODAY, THIS BASE TAKES THE NAME OF A PATRIOT WHO EMBODIED EACH
[00:04:38] OF THOSE IDEALS IN EQUAL
[00:04:44] MEASURE. LINDSEY GRAHAM BELIEVED THE FIRST OBLIGATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS TO KEEP ITS
[00:04:47] PEOPLE SAFE.
[00:04:50] HE CARRIED THAT CONVICTION FOR
[00:04:54] MORE THAN THREE DECADES IN
[00:04:55] UNIFORM AND IN WASHINGTON, AND
[00:04:59] TO PLACE HIS NAME UPON A BASE
[00:05:01] DEDICATED TO OUR DEFENSE IS TO JOIN LINDSAY'S MEMORY TO THE
[00:05:05] CAUSE THAT ANIMATED HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
[00:05:07] BUT THE FORCE OF HIS
[00:05:12] CONVICTIONS WAS A MAN OF UNCOMMON WARMTH AND GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT.
[00:05:20] HE WAS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN
[00:05:27] ASCENT FROM CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA, A PINNACLE OF THE U.S. SENATE.
[00:05:31] ALONG THE WAY THE ARK OF
[00:05:34] LINDSAY'S LIFE STIRRED THE PRIDE
[00:05:35] OF EVERY SOUTH CAROLINIAN, MYSELF INCLUDED.
[00:05:39] IT REMINDED US THAT IN AMERICA,
[00:05:42] THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ONE'S UPBRINGING ARE NEVER BINDING AND
[00:05:45] IN THE HIGHEST PLACES FEW MEN
[00:05:54] HAVE TRAVELED GREATER DISTANCES WITHOUT EVER LEAVING HOME BEHIND.
[00:05:58] AND ACROSS HIS CALLINGS IN HIS
[00:06:04] LIFE, BE IT AIR FORCE, CONGRESS,
[00:06:07] ON A BASE IN AFGHANISTAN OR BEFORE THE SENATE, HE DEVOTED
[00:06:10] HIMSELF TO THE SAME GREAT PURPOSE OF SERVING A CAUSE GREATER THAN SELF.
[00:06:14] JOINT BASE GRAHAM IS THE
[00:06:18] BACKBONE OF OUR AIR FORCE C-17
[00:06:22] FLEET. BEFORE JOINING THE
[00:06:25] ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD SIT ON
[00:06:28] MY SIDE PORCH OVERLOOKING CHARLESTON HARBOR WATCHING THE
[00:06:31] SQUADRONS OF C-17'S RETURNING FROM THEIR MISSIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
[00:06:35] NOBODY DOES IT LIKE OUR AMAZING
[00:06:40] SOUTH CAROLINA PIRATES -- PILOTS. [APPLAUSE]
[00:06:45] AND CRUISE.
[00:06:49] FROM TODAY FORWARD THESE PLANES WILL HAVE JOINT BASE GRAHAM ON
[00:06:52] THEIR TAIL, A REMINDER THAT
[00:06:53] SENATOR GRAHAM WAS THE AMERICAN
[00:06:57] PEOPLE'S WORK COURSE. THAT IS WHY LINDSEY GRAHAM'S
[00:07:01] LEGACY BELONGS HERE AND IT IS WHY THIS BASE WILL BEAR IT --
[00:07:04] WILL BEAR HIS NAME WITH PRIDE. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO SURROUND THE
[00:07:08] GRAHAM'S FAMILY AS THEY SURROUND
[00:07:11] -- AS THEY DRAW STRENGTH.
[00:07:14] MAY HE BLESS OUR TROOPS AND
[00:07:17] MAILED HIS MEMORY CONTINUED TO
[00:07:20] BE THE BLESSING HIS LIFE WAS AS IT STANDS WATCH OVER EVERY
[00:07:24] MISSION FROM THE LOW COUNTRY TO THE FURTHEST CORNERS OF THE
[00:07:29] GLOBE IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM.
[00:07:31] THANK YOU, ALL, VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
[00:07:37] >> THANK YOU, SECRETARY BESSENT.
[00:07:39] IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF
[00:07:43] SOUTH CAROLINA, HENRY MCMASTER, TO THE PODIUM. [APPLAUSE]
[00:07:54] GOVERNOR MCMASTER: IF LINDSAY WAS HERE HE WOULD SAY I'M FOR
[00:07:57] , YOU. AND HE WAS.
[00:08:00] I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
[00:08:02] I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT WE
[00:08:06] NAME IMPORTANT THINGS AFTER PEOPLE. IT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW TO
[00:08:10] ASK -- WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WHO WAS THIS MAN?
[00:08:14] WHO WAS THIS WOMAN? WHAT DID THEY DO?
[00:08:18] WHY ARE WE PUTTING THEIR NAME ON THIS MONUMENT, ON THIS PEDESTAL,
[00:08:21] ON THIS BUILDING.
[00:08:25] IN THIS COUNTRY, TODAY, FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LITTLE OR NO UNDERSTANDING OR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK TO BUILD OUR
[00:08:29] GREAT, UNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF
[00:08:31] THE WORLD, COUNTRY.
[00:08:33] IT TOOK SACRIFICE.
[00:08:39] IT TOLD BLOOD. IT TOOK FLOOD. AND NO STATE HAS GIVEN MORE
[00:08:48] BLOOD AND MORE SACRIFICE AND NO
[00:08:53] MORE SONS THAN OUR STATE, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. LINDSEY KNEW THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS WHAT INSPIRED HIM.
[00:08:56] I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM. SOME PEOPLE SERVE THEIR COUNTRY
[00:09:00] IN A SUIT. OTHERS SERVE IT IN UNIFORM.
[00:09:03] OTHERS SERVE IT IN CASUAL CLOTHES.
[00:09:06] LINDSEY SERVED IN ALL THREE.
[00:09:09] HE MADE THIS STATE, HIS COUNTRY
[00:09:11] AND HIS PEOPLE PROUD.
[00:09:14] OUR STATE'S GOT A LONG HISTORY, UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
[00:09:18] FROM THE DAY JUNE 28, 1776, FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA PATRIOTS
[00:09:22] REPELLED THE BRITISH NAVY AT THE
[00:09:25] BATTLE OF SULLIVANS ISLAND,
[00:09:29] UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL
[00:09:33] WILLIAM.
[00:09:36] HE NOW HAS HIS NAME ON THAT POST.
[00:09:38] THE BATTLE OF CAMDEN, WHERE MORE
[00:09:45] YOUNG MEN, WERE LOST, OVER BIGGEST LOSS IN THE 1000, REVOLUTIONARY WAR. KING'S MOUNTAIN IN 1780, 1781,
[00:09:55] WHEN GENERAL CORNWALLIS SAID WE
[00:09:58] CANNOT DEFEAT [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:10:04] CARRYING TROOPS AND OTHERS OUT OF CHARLESTON HARBOR ON DECEMBER
[00:10:06] 14, 1782.
[00:10:16] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:10:27] 130 BRITISH WARSHIPS CARRYING FORTH OUT -- 14,000 BRITISH
[00:10:31] TROOPS OUT OF CHARLESTON HARBOR
[00:10:34] ON DECEMBER THE 14TH, 1782, SOUTH CAROLINA HAS GIVEN HER
[00:10:38] ALL, AND UP TO THIS PRESENT MOMENT, WHEN SHE'S GIVEN US LIFE
[00:10:40] OF LINDSEY GRAHAM.
[00:10:43] I DON'T KNOW IF LINDSEY WAS EVER
[00:10:45] IN COMBAT, BUT HE WAS CLOSE TO IT, AND HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT
[00:10:49] ENTAILED. HE PROBABLY HAD BEEN AROUND THE
[00:10:53] WORLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE
[00:10:58] FROM OUR STATE LATELY. AND CLEARLY HE HAD THE SPIRIT AND STRENGTH OF ALL TRUE
[00:11:01] WARRIORS.
[00:11:03] HE WOULD NOT QUIT. AND FROM TIME TO TIME, HE BARED
[00:11:06] HIS FANGS WHEN NECESSARY.
[00:11:10] WHY DID HE DO IT? HE DID IT FOR US.
[00:11:13] SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, THIS POOR BOY FROM A LITTLE TOWN IN
[00:11:17] SOUTH CAROLINA, AS HE CALLED HIMSELF, WAS ONE OF THE MOST
[00:11:20] CONSEQUENTIAL MEN OF OUR TIME.
[00:12:02] HE HAD GIVEN US A PRECIOUS GIFT, A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF HUMILITY, PATRIOTISM, DETERMINATION, AND LAW. IT IS MOST FITTING THAT THIS
[00:12:06] MOST IMPORTANT PLACE BEAR THE NAME OF LINDSEY GRAHAM. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[00:12:09] >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR MCMASTER. IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE SECRETARY OF WAR, THE HONORABLE PETE HEGSETH, TO THE PODIUM FOR HIS REMARKS.
[00:12:14] >> SENATOR, GOVERNOR, MR. SECRETARY, THANK YOU FOR HITCHING A RIDE WITH US THIS MORNING. THE SON OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ALL
[00:12:18] PATRIOTS, AND HE IS A PATRIOT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND LOVES OUR
[00:12:20] MILITARY.
[00:12:26] SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVING THIS STATE AND SERVING THE ARMED FORCES OF
[00:12:30] THE UNITED STATES.
[00:12:34] HE SERVED THIS NATION BOTH IN UNIFORM AND IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AS EVERYONE HERE
[00:12:38] KNOWS. BUT IN BOTH CAPACITIES, IT WAS
[00:12:41] ALWAYS THE SAME MISSION. HE KNEW THE TIME WAS TRUE THAT
[00:12:44] TO ENSURE PEACE, WE MUST BE
[00:12:46] PREPARED FOR WAR.
[00:12:51] PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE. PROTECT YOUR STATE. PROTECT YOUR SOVEREIGNTY, OR YOU
[00:12:55] WILL LOSE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE
[00:12:58] WHO'S WILLING TO TAKE IT FROM YOU. LINDSEY SPENT HIS FINAL YEARS
[00:13:02] TAKING ON A RADIAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGY THAT HAD RUN RAMPANT IN THE MEDIA, IN ACADEMIA, AND EVEN
[00:13:06] AMONG A FEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
[00:13:09] THE HARD LEFT DECLARED WAR ON OUR OWN MILITARY.
[00:13:12] THIS NATION SPENT 45 YEARS
[00:13:16] FIGHTING COMMUNISM IN THE COLD WAR.
[00:13:19] AND THAT WAS 30 YEARS AGO. NOW IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE
[00:13:23] HAVE FORGOTTEN THE REALITY OF WHAT COMMUNISM LOOKS LIKE.
[00:13:27] IT STARTS UP WITH PROMISES AND IT ENDS IN PRISON.
[00:13:30] THE PROMISE IS HEAVEN, BUT
[00:13:32] DELIVERS HELL. SENATOR GRAHAM STOOD UP AGAINST
[00:13:35] THAT RADICAL, WOKE IDEOLOGY THAT
[00:13:38] KILLED OUR MILITARY RECRUITING. UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THEY COULDN'T
[00:13:42] EVEN HIT RECRUITING GOALS. YOUNG PATRIOTS DIDN'T WANT TO SERVE UNDER THESE WOKE SO-CALLED
[00:13:45] LEADERS. BUT INSTEAD OF RAISING
[00:13:49] STANDARDS, THEY LOWERED GOALS. PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISED THE
[00:13:53] AMERICAN PEOPLE, ALONGSIDE SENATOR GRAHAM, THAT HE WOULD REBUILD THE MILITARY.
[00:13:58] HE PROMISED HE WOULD MAKE OUR FORCES STRONGER THAN EVER AND THAT HE WOULD RUN THOSE RADICALS
[00:14:02] OUT OF THE PENTAGON.
[00:14:05] AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE AND WE HAD DONE.
[00:14:08] IN THIS NEW GOLDEN AGE OF
[00:14:10] AMERICA, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS HAD
[00:14:13] NO STRONGER ALLY IN CONGRESS
[00:14:15] THAN COLONEL LINDSEY GRAHAM.
[00:14:19] IT FALLS TO US TO COMPLETE THE WORK THAT LINDSEY GRAHAM BEGAN
[00:14:21] AND ADVOCATED FOR FOR DECADES.
[00:14:25] AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, THE WAR DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING A HISTORIC
[00:14:27] GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT OF $1.5
[00:14:32] TRILLION FOR AMERICA'S WARRIORS.
[00:14:36] AND LINDSEY HIMSELF SAID TO ME,
[00:14:40] IN HIS OFFICE, THIS IS THE BEST MILITARY BUDGET I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS, END
[00:14:44] QUOTE. THIS DEPARTMENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO
[00:14:48] LINDSEY GRAHAM IN THE NAMING OF THIS BASE.
[00:14:52] BUT THERE COULD BE NO GREATER
[00:14:54] TRIBUTE THAN CONGRESS TO GIVE
[00:15:00] THEN TO INVEST IN OUR WARRIORS
[00:15:03] FOR THE FULL $1.5 TRILLION. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
[00:15:07] [APPLAUSE] FULLY FUNDING OUR WARRIORS WOULD BE ONE LAST GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT
[00:15:11] FOR COLONEL LINDSEY GRAHAM AND A MAJOR PART OF HIS LEGACY.
[00:15:15] AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE HERE AND AROUND THE
[00:15:20] WORLD TO INSPIRE AIRMEN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, AND I SAY
[00:15:23] AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED, NOW WHEN THEY LAND IN
[00:15:27] FAR-FLUNG PLACES. THE WORLD WILL REMEMBER THAT
[00:15:31] NAME.
[00:15:38] SOUTH CAROLINIANS GROW UP WITH STORIES OF LEGENDARY WARRIORS FROM THIS STATE, WARRIORS LIKE
[00:15:41] THE SWAMP BOX, FRANCIS MARION, WHO HELPED WIN OUR FREEDOM AT
[00:15:43] YORKTOWN.
[00:15:46] LIKE LIEUTENANT ERWIN DAVID SHAW A PILOT WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN
[00:15:50] , WORLD WAR I. OR GENERAL MCINTYRE, WHO SPENT HIS FINAL MOMENTS SAVING INNOCENT LIVES.
[00:15:53] OR HOW ABOUT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO A MARINE WHO FOUGHT
[00:15:57] THE COMMUNIST IN THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM.
[00:16:00] HE'S FROM LEE COUNTY, SOUTH
[00:16:04] -- JAMES CAPERS JUNIOR FROM LEE
[00:16:07] COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. NOW SOUTH CAROLINIANS WILL GROW UP LEARNING ABOUT THE NAMESAKE
[00:16:11] OF THIS INCREDIBLE JOINT BASE, SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
[00:16:13] I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I ACTUALLY KNEW HIM FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
[00:16:16] I WAS TELLING HIS SISTER THAT.
[00:16:19] 19 YEARS AGO, YOUNG LIEUTENANT,
[00:16:23] FIRST LIEUTENANT PETE HEGSETH CAME BACK FROM IRAQ, WAS PART OF A VETERANS ORGANIZATION CALLED
[00:16:27] VETS FOR FREEDOM THAT BELIEVED
[00:16:33] IN THE SURGE IN IRAQ AND ADVOCATING FOR TROOPS ON THE GROUND.
[00:16:36] WE WERE A YOUNG SCRAPPY VETERANS ORGANIZATION WITH NO MONEY AND NO ACCESS TO CONNECTIONS.
[00:16:39] THE FIRST AND ONLY SENATOR WILLING TO MEET WITH FIRST
[00:16:43] LIEUTENANT PETE HEGSETH AND
[00:16:52] WAS SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM. HE WELCOMED US INTO HIS CONFERENCE ROOM, SAT US DOWN AS A BUNCH OF LIEUTENANTS AND
[00:16:56] OTHERS AROUND THE TABLE FRESH BACK FROM IRAQ WHO WANTED THE
[00:16:57] RIGHT STRATEGY, AND I'LL NEVER
[00:17:02] FORGET IT WITH HIS ACCENT HE SAT THERE AND SAID, GENTLEMEN, I
[00:17:05] CAN'T DO IT, THE ACCENT, BUT IT
[00:17:09] ALWAYS DEVOLVES INTO A TRUMP ACCENT, WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE
[00:17:11] YOU CAN STILL SAY THE WORD VICTOR. HE BELIEVES IN MISSION SUCCESS. HE BELIEVES IN THE TROOPS.
[00:17:15] HE BELIEVES IN GIVING THE TROOPS EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED. AND HE SERVED HIMSELF. IN FACT, A FEW YEARS LATER,
[00:17:19] CAPTAIN HEGSETH WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT A BASE ON THE
[00:17:23] OUTSKIRTS OF KABUL IN AFGHANISTAN, AND WHO CAME TO
[00:17:25] VISIT?
[00:17:29] COLONEL LINDSEY GRAHAM. I MENTIONED WE WERE OUT THERE AT
[00:17:34] THE COUNTERINSURGENCY SCHOOL AND WE COULD GIVE HIM AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE TALIBAN WAS UP TO.
[00:17:37] SURE ENOUGH, DURING HIS DUTY, THERE HE WAS, JET LAGGED AS ALL HELL. BECAUSE HE HAD A SCHEDULE LIKE
[00:17:41] NOBODY ELSE. BUT HE WAS THERE TO HEAR FROM US BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HEAR WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE
[00:17:44] WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. FAST FORWARD, I MENTIONED THE
[00:17:48] MILITARY BUDGET OF $1.5 TRILLION. THE LAST MEETING I HAD WITH
[00:17:52] SENATOR GRAHAM WAS ABOUT A WEEK
[00:17:53] BEFORE HIS PASSING OR SO.
[00:17:58] MAYBE TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS PASSING. AND HE SAID, HE'S THE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.
[00:18:02] MR. SECRETARY, WHAT DO YOU NEED
[00:18:03] FOR A RECONCILIATION?
[00:18:07] I SAID, IN TOTAL, SIR WE'RE , GOING TO NEED $350 BILLION FOR OUR MILITARY.
[00:18:11] THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE GETS US TO $1.1 TRILLION.
[00:18:15] $350 BILLION IN RECONCILIATION, AND WE'LL BE READY.
[00:18:17] HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, HOW'S 355 SOUND TO YOU?
[00:18:21] HE WANTED TO GIVE EVEN MORE THAN 350. HE WANTED TO ENSURE OUR MILITARY
[00:18:25] WAS AS EQUIPPED AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, BECAUSE HE WAS
[00:18:28] THINKING OF PLACES LIKE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
[00:18:30] I SAW FIRSTHAND AS A YOUNG FIRST LIEUTENANT, AS A CAPTAIN IN A
[00:18:34] COMBAT ZONE, AND AS THE SECRETARY, THE UNWAVERING
[00:18:38] COMMITMENT OF LINDSEY GRAHAM. AND HE KNEW THAT IF YOU'RE GOING
[00:18:42] TO SEEK PEACE, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR WAR. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PREPARED
[00:18:45] MILITARY. HE TALKED THE TALK, AND HE WALKED THE WALK.
[00:18:49] AND NOW 20 YEARS LATER, THANKS TO HIS HELP IN THE SENATE, THIS
[00:18:53] ADMINISTRATION IS BREAKING RECRUITING RECORDS, BEATING OUR GOALS, TAKING BACK THE
[00:18:57] DEPARTMENT FROM THE WOKESTERS, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT IRAN
[00:19:00] NEVER HAS A NUCLEAR WEAPON. EVERY PRESIDENT FOR A QUARTER
[00:19:04] CENTURY SAID THEY WOULD NOT LET IRAN GET A NUCLEAR WEAPON, BUT THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT
[00:19:08] IT, UNTIL PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
[00:19:13] LINDSEY GRAHAM WHO WAS RIGHT THERE FOR HIM IN THE SENATE.
[00:19:17] SO NOW IT FALLS TO US TO CONTINUE SENATOR GRAHAM'S WORK OF BUILDING UP OUR MILITARY.
[00:19:20] THE HARD WORK OF DEFENDING THIS NATION, AND I KNOW WITH FULL
[00:19:24] CONFIDENCE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL DO.
[00:19:26] WELL DONE, COLONEL GRAHAM.
[00:19:30] WE HAVE THE WATCH FROM HERE. SO MY FELLOW AMERICANS, IT IS MY HONOR TO SAY WELCOME TO JOINT
[00:19:34] BASE LINDSEY GRAHAM.
[00:19:38] MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU.
[00:19:40] [APPLAUSE]
[00:19:49] >> THANK YOU, SECRETARY HEGSETH. IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE
[00:19:52] SENATOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE HONORABLE DARLINE GRAHAM, TO THE PODIUM
[00:19:56] FOR HER REMARKS.
[00:20:00] [APPLAUSE]
[00:20:04] >> THANK YOU, AND SECRETARY
[00:20:07] HEGSETH, I CAN DO LINDSEY'S ACCENT, AND HE WOULD SAY WHAT
[00:20:11] ARE WE DOING SITTING OUT IN THIS HOT SUN TODAY?
[00:20:14] THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD SAY. BUT WHAT AN EMOTIONAL AND
[00:20:16] EXCITING DAY.
[00:20:20] I WANT TO THANK SECRETARY HEGSETH, SECRETARY BESSENT, AND
[00:20:24] DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, GOVERNOR MCMASTER, THANK YOU AS WELL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
[00:20:28] I COULD NOT BE MORE HONORED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
[00:20:31] WHAT AN HONOR FOR MY BROTHER, AND WHAT A TRIBUTE TO HIS 33
[00:20:35] YEARS OF SERVICE.
[00:20:38] LINDSEY LOVED THE AIR FORCE. HE LOVED ITS MISSION.
[00:20:42] HE LOVED WEARING THE UNIFORM OF HIS COUNTRY. HIS INTEREST IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[00:20:45] AND NATIONAL SECURITY STARTED WITH HIS SERVICE IN THE AIR
[00:20:47] FORCE. MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT
[00:20:52] LINDSEY ORIGINALLY WANTED TO BE A PILOT. HE ACTUALLY GOT HIS PILOT'S
[00:20:55] LICENSE IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HE
[00:20:57] HAD ISSUES WITH HEARING IN ONE
[00:21:00] EAR, SO HE CHOSE TO BECOME A LAWYER INSTEAD, AND THE REST, OF
[00:21:03] COURSE, IS HISTORY. IT DIDN'T TAKE HIM LONG TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE
[00:21:07] WORLD'S GREATEST AIR FORCE.
[00:21:11] IN HIS FIRST FEW YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY, HE UNCOVERED SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR FORCE'S
[00:21:14] DRUG TESTING PROCEDURES.
[00:21:17] IT EARNED HIM A SPOT ON "60 MINUTES," BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
[00:21:19] HE SAVED THE CAREER OF A PILOT
[00:21:22] WHO HAD BEEN WRONGLY ACCUSED OF DRUG USE.
[00:21:25] AFTER THAT, HE WAS SENT TO SERVE
[00:21:28] IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE IN EUROPE. IT WAS IN A DIVIDED GERMANY THAT
[00:21:31] HE SAW THE BERLIN WALL AND EVILS
[00:21:32] OF COMMUNISM BURST IN.
[00:21:39] -- COMMUNISM FIRSTHAND.
[00:21:43] HE CARRIED WHAT HE SAW THERE WITH HIM THE REST OF HIS LIFE. LINDSEY LEFT IN 1989 AND CAME
[00:21:46] HOME TO JOIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
[00:21:48] WHEN THE GULF WAR CAME IN 1990, HE WAS ACTIVATED TO SUPPORT TROOPS PREPARING TO DEPLOY OUT
[00:21:52] OF MCINTYRE.
[00:21:56] WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HE JOINED THE AIR FORCE RESERVES.
[00:21:59] WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE SENATE, HE CONTINUED HIS
[00:22:02] SERVICE. IN APRIL 2003, HE DID HIS FIRST
[00:22:06] RESERVE DUTY RIGHT HERE IN
[00:22:10] CHARLESTON. IN 2004, I TRAVELED WITH LINDSEY TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND MET WITH
[00:22:15] PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THERE, PRESIDENT BUSH PRESIDED
[00:22:18] OVER HIS PROMOTION.
[00:22:23] LINDSEY BECAME THE FIRST MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN DECADES TO SERVE IN AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE WITH
[00:22:27] DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ AND
[00:22:28] AFGHANISTAN.
[00:22:32] IN 2007 WHILE IN IRAQ, COST OF
[00:22:35] WAR TRULY HIT HOME. LINDSEY SPENT DAYS WORKING ON
[00:22:39] REBUILD ISSUES WITH THE NAVY
[00:22:42] -- ON LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE NAVY COMMANDER.
[00:22:45] ONE DAY AFTER HE LEFT, HE
[00:22:50] RECEIVED WORD THAT COMMANDER SWEET HAD BEEN KILLED BY AN
[00:22:55] IED. AS LINDSEY PUT IT, BY SOME STRANGE TWIST OF FATE, HE HAD
[00:22:58] SPENT HIS FINAL DAY WITH HIM. IT TOUCHED LINDSEY DEEPLY.
[00:23:02] LINDSEY RETIRED AS A COLONEL FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVES IN JUNE 2015, NOT BY CHOICE, BUT
[00:23:06] BECAUSE AIR FORCE POLICY REQUIRED IT HE HAD AGED OUT. 33 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE
[00:23:10] ACROSS ACTIVE DUTY, THE AIR
[00:23:14] NATIONAL GUARD, AND AIR FORCE
[00:23:18] RESERVES.
[00:23:19] IT WAS SOMETIMES HARD TO TELL IF
[00:23:26] LINDSEY WAS A SENATOR WHO HAPPENED TO SERVE IN THE AIR FORCE OR AN AIR FORCE LAWYER WHO
[00:23:29] HAPPENED TO SERVE IN THE SENATE.
[00:23:30] SUCH WAS HIS LOVE FOR BOTH.
[00:23:36] THAT IS THE MAN THIS BASE IS NAMED AFTER.
[00:23:41] A MAN WHO LOVED HIS COUNTRY, LOVED HIS STATE, AND LOVED THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. I COULD NOT BE MORE HONORED OR
[00:23:45] HUMBLED FOR HIM TO BE RECOGNIZED IN SUCH A FASHION FOR HIS LIFETIME OF SERVICE.
[00:23:48] THANK YOU.
[00:23:49] [APPLAUSE]
[00:23:59] >> THANK YOU, SENATOR GRAHAM. IT'S NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE OUR
[00:24:03] DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND
[00:24:09] INSTALLATION LEADERSHIP TO THE INSTALLATION SIGN FOR THE
[00:24:11] UNVEILING.
[00:24:37] THE MOMENT HAS NOW ARRIVED, WITH THE SHARED VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND DEEP RESPECT FOR OUR PAST
[00:24:41] TOGETHER, LET US MARK THIS NEW
[00:24:42] BEGINNING IN 3, 2, 1.
[00:24:49] [APPLAUSE]
[00:25:00] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS
[00:25:02] CONCLUDES OUR CEREMONY.
[00:25:05] IS OVER IT WAS A STORABLE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN CELEBRATING THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL
[00:25:10] DAY. [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2026]
[00:25:13] >> FOLLOWING THE RENAMING
[00:25:19] CEREMONY OF JOINT BASE CHARLESTON IN HONOR OF THE LATE
[00:25:24] SENATOR, SECRETARY BESSENT, SECRETARY HEGSETH AND GOVERNOR
[00:25:28] MCMASTER SPOKE TO TROOPS.
[00:25:34] >> IT WORKS.
[00:25:39] RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU YOU
[00:25:39] HAVE TWO BADASS HEROES.
[00:25:44] DAVID MOON WHO HAILS FROM WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA.
[00:25:47] HE WAS DEPLOYED TO THE UAD BOARD
[00:25:52] 274 DAYS FROM OCTOBER TO JUNE.
[00:25:53] AND AFTER A UAV CAME IN HE WAS
[00:25:59] ABLE AS A TECHNICIAN TO REVERSE ENGINEER, EXPLOIT IT AND PUT OUT
[00:26:03] THAT INFORMATION TO OUR FORCES TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS GOING
[00:26:06] ON ACROSS THE OR.
[00:26:08] >> AND SIR, I HAVE MASTER
[00:26:13] SERGEANT KELLY WHO WAS A SECURITY FORCES SUPERINTENDENT
[00:26:16] DEPLOYED TO THE AIRBASE.
[00:26:20] AFTER A BARRAGE OF THEATER BLISS
[00:26:22] BUT MISSILE ATTACKS, SHE LET THE CASUALTY COLLECTION OF ALL OF
[00:26:26] THE THINGS GOING ON THERE. SHE SUPPORTED THE TRIAGE AND
[00:26:30] EVACUATION OF THE CASUALTIES OUT OF THE OR.
[00:26:34] >> JOSH, A FINE AMERICAN.
[00:26:40] HE IS ONE OF MY MCC'S.
[00:26:45] HE WAS OUT SERVICING AND
[00:26:46] AIRCRAFT WHEN THE AIR -- THE
[00:26:50] AIRFIELD CAME UNDER A BALLISTIC MISSILE.
[00:26:53] HE STOPPED SERVICING, CAME INSIDE, GRABBED 10 PEOPLE
[00:26:56] INCLUDING AN AIR CREW. THEY WET BUNKER DIVING AND THEY
[00:27:00] CONTINUED THE MISSION WITH 89,000 POUNDS OF WERE FIGHTING MATERIALS.
[00:27:06] >> MR. SECRETARY, THIS HAS STAFF
[00:27:10] GREGORY CLAYTON. HE IS ONE OF OUR FLYING CREW
[00:27:14] CHIEFS ARE THE MAINTENANCE SQUADRON.
[00:27:18] 400 HOURS OF HIS LAST DEPLOYMENT. COUNTLESS RUNS [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:27:25] WE OFTEN SAY FLEXIBILITY IS THE KEY TO AIRPOWER.
[00:27:27] THE HARD WORK OF OUR AIRCRAFT
[00:27:31] MAINTENANCE IS WHAT MATTERS.
[00:27:32] >> THIS BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT
[00:27:35] BEHIND US -- I'LL TALK ABOUT
[00:27:38] NOAH IN A SECOND BUT WHAT HE REPRESENTS IS THE POWER THIS BEAUTIFUL AIR LIFTER.
[00:27:44] NOAH SCHWAB WAS DEPLOYED DOWN RANGE AS EPIC FURY KICKED OFF
[00:27:48] AND YOU KNOW SQUADRON MOVED UP
[00:27:52] TO GERMANY WHEN THINGS GOT TOO HOT AND THEY CONTINUE TO EXECUTE
[00:27:57] COMBAT AIRLIFT MISSIONS UNDER FIRE UNTIL THE UNIT CAME HOME. WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF HIM.
[00:28:02] >> GIVE IT UP FOR THEM!
[00:28:07] [APPLAUSE]
[00:28:23] SECRETARY HEGSETH: HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY?
[00:28:26] THIS WILL BE BY FAR THE BEST PART OF MY DAY, NO DOUBT.
[00:28:33] YOU ARE NOW STANDING ON JOINT BASE LINDSEY GRAHAM. [APPLAUSE]
[00:28:45] WHAT A SIGHT. NO BETTER SITE IN AMERICA.
[00:28:48] IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH THE WERE FIGHTERS OF THE 628
[00:28:53] AIRBNB BASE WING. AND THE 315TH AIRLIFT WINGS.
[00:28:59] AND THE SAILORS OF THE NAVAL NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING COMMAND
[00:29:02] AND TRAINING UNIT. WHEN I LOOK OUT AT THIS CROWD, I
[00:29:06] DON'T JUST SEE GREAT AMERICANS. IN FACT, THAT IS WHAT I SAY TO MY KIDS.
[00:29:13] THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE, GREAT AMERICANS SERVING YOUR COUNTRY
[00:29:16] IN THE PRIME OF YOUR LIFE. I DON'T JUST SEE GREAT AMERICANS.
[00:29:20] I SEE THE ABSOLUTE BACKBONE OF AMERICAN POWER PROJECTION.
[00:29:24] YOU GUARANTEE THAT WHEN THE
[00:29:27] UNITED STATES DRAWS A REDLINE OUR ADVERSARIES KNOW WE HAVE THE
[00:29:31] MIGHT COME A GREAT, LOGISTICS AND REACH TO GET IT DONE.
[00:29:34] YOU ARE A REFLECTION OF THE PRIORITIES WE'VE SET FROM THIS
[00:29:37] DEPARTMENT AND IN THIS DEPARTMENT FROM DAY ONE.
[00:29:41] FIRST, RESTORING THE WARRIOR ETHOS. WE ARE DONE WITH THE
[00:29:44] DISTRACTIONS, WE ARE FOCUSED ON HIGH STANDARDS AND SHARED PURPOSE.
[00:29:49] IT IS NOT ABOUT WHAT GENDER YOU ARE, RACE YOU ARE BUT ABOUT THE
[00:29:53] MISSION WE SHARE TOGETHER AND THE CONSTITUTION WE SOAR AND
[00:29:56] OWES TO DEPEND AND HOW WE TRAIN AND HOW PREPARED WE ARE IN THE
[00:30:00] MOMENTS THAT MATTER THE MOST.
[00:30:02] GO 430 SEVENTH AIRLIFT WING IS PIONEERING IN THIS EFFORT.
[00:30:06] THROUGH YOUR WRITING IS PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEDICAL
[00:30:10] UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WE ARE FORGING TECHNICAL -- TACTICAL.
[00:30:13] YOU ARE BUILDING THE LETHALITY
[00:30:17] REQUIRED FOR HIGH STRESS ADVERSARY COMBAT.
[00:30:21] OUR SECOND PRIORITY HAS BEEN REBUILDING THE MILITARY.
[00:30:25] WE ARE TRANSFORMING OUR INSTALLATIONS INTO CRITICAL INNOVATION HUBS FOR NEXT
[00:30:28] GENERATION WERE FIGHTING. LOOK AT WHAT THE FOUR 37TH IS
[00:30:32] DOING IS A PREMIER MANEUVER
[00:30:34] FORCE FOR THE C-17 ALPHA MODERNIZATION.
[00:30:37] LEADING OPERATIONAL TESTING FOR THINGS LIKE MUNITIONS,
[00:30:42] DRASTICALLY INCREASING OUR AIRBORNE MUNITIONS CAPACITY IN FUTURE CONFLICTS.
[00:30:46] I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND READ THE REPORTS ON HOW YOU ITERATE, DO
[00:30:50] THINGS FASTER, CONTEST THE LOGISTICS. IT IS INCREDIBLE THE BACKBONE OF
[00:30:54] WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THEATER. AT THE ADAPTATIONS, THE CHANGES,
[00:30:58] THE SPEED, THE NIMBLENESS, THE AGILITY, SECOND TO NONE.
[00:31:03] FROM EQUIPPING AIRCRAFT WITH INTEGRATED STAR SHIELD SYSTEMS
[00:31:07] FOR RESILIENT COMMAND AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTS.
[00:31:11] PROTOTYPING THE WHEREABOUTS TO PROVIDE AUTONOMOUS MAINTENANCE
[00:31:14] TO C-17 FORCES ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE WHICH IS HOW WE HAVE TO FIGHT.
[00:31:17] BY THE WAY, I'M A NORWEGIAN FROM MINNESOTA SO I SWEAT LIKE A SON OF A BITH.
[00:31:23] THIS -- BITCH.
[00:31:31] THIS IS SOUTH CAROLINA IN AUGUST. RELENTLESS HOME STATION SUPPORT BY THE AIRBASE WING. MANAGING OVER 9.5 BILLION IN
[00:31:35] PHYSICAL ASSETS WHILE ALSO
[00:31:36] PROVIDING SECURITY TO THE POWER
[00:31:41] TRAINING COMMAND AND NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING UNIT. YOUR SUPPORT GUARANTEES THE
[00:31:44] PIPELINE FOR THOUSANDS OF NAVAL
[00:31:47] NUCLEAR OPERATORS AND PROJECTS
[00:31:50] -- PROTECTS THE TRAINING
[00:31:53] SUBMARINES VITAL TO OUR NUCLEAR TRIAD. AMERICA'S MILITARY IS ONLY AS
[00:31:58] STRONG AS ITS READINESS WHICH IS
[00:31:58] DEMONSTRATED EVERY DAY BY THE
[00:32:02] 1800S CITIZEN AIRMEN OF THE AIRLIFT WING.
[00:32:07] BY SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING WITH
[00:32:08] ACTIVE DUTY -- YOU PROVIDE THE
[00:32:11] AIRLIFT AND EXPANDS OUR NATION'S CAPACITY TO RESPOND WHEREVER AND
[00:32:15] WHENEVER AMERICA IS CALLED.
[00:32:17] AND FINALLY, RESTORE THE WARRIOR
[00:32:21] EAT THOSE, REBUILD THE MILITARY
[00:32:23] AND REESTABLISH DETERRENCE.
[00:32:25] PROJECTING DECISIVE GLOBAL POWER KEEPS OUR ADVERSARIES IN CHECK.
[00:32:29] AS THE LARGEST C-17 ALPHA WING,
[00:32:33] THE FOUR 37TH PROVIDES 40% OF
[00:32:35] U.S. STRATEGIC AIRLIFT.
[00:32:39] YOU ARE THE PRIMARY MANEUVERING ELEMENT DURING CRITICAL OPERATIONS.
[00:32:43] YOU KNOW THEM.
[00:32:45] EPIC FURY, INHERENT RESOLVE,
[00:32:48] HAWKEYE STRIKE, MIDNIGHT HAMMER AND SOUTHERN SPEAR.
[00:32:52] IN THE MIDDLE EAST THEATER ALONE
[00:32:54] THIS WING EXECUTED OVER 847
[00:32:58] COMBAT AND COMBAT SUPPORT MISSIONS.
[00:33:01] CONCURRENTLY, THE 628 THAT MAKING THIS JOINT BASE THE
[00:33:04] DEPARTMENT'S PREMIER POWER
[00:33:07] PROJECTION PLATFORM WITH A HEAVY
[00:33:09] FOCUS ON THE PACIFIC.
[00:33:12] YOUR SITE SURVEYS OF AUSTERE HUBS LIKE WEEK I LIMP HER
[00:33:16] PARENTS WERE OPERATIONS IN OTHER CONTESTED ENVIRONMENTS.
[00:33:20] BY LEVERAGING THREE MILITARY
[00:33:22] SEAPORTS, 39 MILES OF TACTICAL REAL AND ROBUST AIRFIELD
[00:33:26] INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU ENSURE WE
[00:33:29] CAN RAPIDLY DEPLOY HEAVY ARMOR COMING MUNITIONS AND PERSONNEL
[00:33:32] ANYWHERE ON PLANET EARTH IN A WAY NO OTHER MILITARY CAMP.
[00:33:37] YOUR -- YOU ARE LETHAL AND READY
[00:33:39] AND BECAUSE OF YOU AMERICA'S ENEMIES ARE ON NOTICE.
[00:33:43] I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT WITH MY SPEECH IN MY BINDER TO MAKE
[00:33:47] SURE I GOT THE STATS ON THE BACK OF YOUR BASEBALL CARD RIGHTS.
[00:33:51] I CANNOT MEMORIZE ALL OF THAT. AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT
[00:33:54] JUSTICE IF I DID NOT READ IT PROPERLY.
[00:33:57] BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
[00:33:59] SPEAK FROM THE HEART TO ALL OF YOU. BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS
[00:34:03] NOT EASY. AND IT CAN DEVOLVE INTO NUMBERS,
[00:34:07] DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS AND YOU LIVE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[00:34:10] AND HAVING A FRONT ROW SEAT TO WATCH THESE GREAT AMERICANS, THE
[00:34:13] REAL 1% IS -- HAS BEEN THE
[00:34:16] PRIVILEGE OF MY LIFE.
[00:34:18] MY JOB IS TO SERVE YOU EVERY DAY
[00:34:23] AND IN EVERY WAY PROVIDE EVERY CAPABILITY YOU NEED AND MORE TO
[00:34:25] ENSURE YOU CAN CLOSE WITH THE ENEMY AND COME HOME.
[00:34:29] SOME OF THOSE MISSIONS TAKE LONGER THAN OTHERS.
[00:34:32] SOME OF THE CHALLENGES MORE CONTESTED THAN OTHERS.
[00:34:35] BUT YOU STEP UP EVERY SINGLE TIME. ON THE MESSAGE THE PRESIDENT
[00:34:39] ALWAYS WANTS ME TO DELIVER TO YOU IS THAT HE HAS YOUR BACK.
[00:34:43] IN EVERY SCENARIO, HE HAS YOUR BACK AND SO DO I.
[00:34:47] THIS NATION ASKS YOU TO DO DIFFICULT THINGS HALFWAY AROUND
[00:34:50] THE WORLD AND NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN YOU.
[00:34:52] THE SECRET SAUCE OF ANY SUCCESSFUL MISSION WHETHER IT IS
[00:34:56] EPIC FURY, MIDNIGHT HAMMER, HOLLOW -- HAWKEYE STRIKE, YOU
[00:35:00] NAME IT ARE THE LOGISTICS BEHIND IT.
[00:35:02] THAT IS THE GENIUS OF THE U.S. MILITARY.
[00:35:06] THE STRATEGIC LIFT, TRANSCOM,
[00:35:08] LOGISTICS, HOW WE MOVE THINGS,
[00:35:12] PEOPLE, MUNITIONS CAPABILITIES. NO ONE ELSE CAN TOUCH IT, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
[00:35:16] SO, A LOT OF THINGS MAKE HEADLINES.
[00:35:18] THINGS WE DO THAT ARE QUITE
[00:35:22] EFFECTIVE, ALL OF IT IS ENABLED BY ALL OF YOU.
[00:35:26] INCREDIBLE AMERICANS AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME IN THE PRIME OF YOUR LIFE WHO COULD HAVE DONE A
[00:35:30] LOT OF OTHER THINGS. YOU DECIDED TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT
[00:35:33] HAND AND SERVE. AND THAT IS WHY CONSIDER ALL OF
[00:35:37] YOU THE REAL 1%. THE REAL ELITE WHO GIVE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
[00:35:41] WE LOVE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR FAMILIES.
[00:35:45] ALL OF THOSE YOU SERVE WITH.
[00:35:48] PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO THEM AS WELL. THEY SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU.
[00:35:51] YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
[00:35:56] IN MY THOUGHTS, EVERY SINGLE MINUTE. AND OUR JOB WHETHER HE DOES
[00:36:00] BUDGETS, STRATEGY, POLICY,
[00:36:03] AUTHORITIES, STANDARDS IS TO
[00:36:06] GIVE YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, NO DISTRACTIONS.
[00:36:10] LESS COMPLICATIONS THE BETTER. THE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD THE
[00:36:16] WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTIVE HE SAID PEACE THROUGH
[00:36:18] STRENGTH, AMERICA FIRST AND APPLY COMMON SENSE.
[00:36:21] WE TRY TO DO THAT AS MUCH AS
[00:36:25] HUMANLY POSSIBLE. I ASK HIM MR. PRESIDENT, I AM
[00:36:27] GOING TO SEE THE SIN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL THEM?
[00:36:33] TELL THEM I LOVE THEM, PETE.
[00:36:39] AND HE DOES. I'M HERE WITH THE SECRETARY OF
[00:36:41] THE TREASURY SCOTT BESSENT ALONG
[00:36:44] WITH GOVERNMENT MASTER. THEY WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO THE
[00:36:47] SET AS WELL.
[00:36:49] SCOTT IS IN THOSE ROOMS WITH ME
[00:36:52] AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TREASURY SECRETARY.
[00:36:55] WE HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
[00:36:58] WITH A MOTIVATED TREASURY
[00:37:02] SECRETARY, YOU CAN PUT PRESSURE ON ADVERSARIES.
[00:37:05] I WANT TO GIVE A MOMENT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE SECRETARY BUT
[00:37:10] GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY SCOTT BESSENT.
[00:37:14] [APPLAUSE]
[00:37:20] >> MR. SECRETARY, I AM A
[00:37:25] SCOTTISH HUGUENOT FROM SOUTH
[00:37:28] CAROLINA AND IT IS HOT TODAY. IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
[00:37:32] THE FIRST C-17 TO COME TO
[00:37:38] CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE WAS CALLED THE SPIRIT OF CHARLSTON.
[00:37:41] I FEEL TODAY, AS WE TRANSITION THE NAME TO JOINT BASE LINDSEY
[00:37:46] GRAHAM, THE SPIRIT OF CHARLSTON
[00:37:48] IS WITH US.
[00:37:51] ONE OF MY ANCESTORS FOUGHT WITH
[00:37:53] FRANCIS MARION THE SWAMP FOX,
[00:37:57] WHO IS ALSO MY SECRET SERVICE NAME.
[00:38:03] WHEN I CHOSE IT I DIDN'T REALIZE IT HAD TWO MEANINGS.
[00:38:08] BUT I CAN TELL YOU ANYONE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU ALL WOULD BE
[00:38:13] PROUD TO SEE YOU STANDING HERE
[00:38:15] ON THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR
[00:38:21] GREAT COUNTRY. SENATOR GRAHAM LOVED THE MILITARY.
[00:38:24] AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHERE HE WENT, HE WAS THAT YOUNG
[00:38:29] MAN IS IN THEIR HORSE AND FROM
[00:38:33] CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
[00:38:36] I SAW HIM IN TURKEY AT THE NATO
[00:38:39] SUMMIT ON THE TUESDAY, HE PASSED
[00:38:42] AWAY ON SATURDAY AND HE WAS AT THE TABLE NEXT TO ME. HE LEANED OVER AND SAID SCOTT,
[00:38:46] WHAT THE F ARE WE DOING HERE?
[00:38:49] YOU ARE FROM LITTLE RIVER AND
[00:38:50] I'M FROM CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
[00:38:54] BUT HERE WE ARE. I THINK HE WOULD BE PROUD, WHEN I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND I SEE
[00:38:59] THESE C-17'S AT THE BASES OR IN
[00:39:03] QUIETER DAYS WHEN I LIVED IN
[00:39:06] CHARLSTON, I SAT ON MY PORCH OVERLOOKING CHARLESTON HARBOR
[00:39:10] AND I WOULD SEE THESE GREAT
[00:39:12] PLANES, BEGAN -- COMING IN,
[00:39:17] MOVING TROOPS AND SUPPLIES AND MUNITIONS.
[00:39:22] I KNOW THIS BASE WAS LARGELY
[00:39:26] RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EVACUATION OUT OF CABELL.
[00:39:31] DOUBTED -- OUT OF KABUL.
[00:39:35] ONE OF THE PILOTS SAID WE HAD 30 HOUR DAYS.
[00:39:38] HOW DOES THAT WORK? THE TIME ZONE CHANGE.
[00:39:41] CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
[00:39:43] WHAT WE DO AT TREASURY IS, WHEN
[00:39:47] I LOOK, SOMEONE ASKED ME WHO ARE
[00:39:52] THE GREAT TREASURY SECRETARIES? THEY WERE THE ONES WHO FINANCED THE WARS.
[00:39:55] SOLOMON CHASE FINANCED THE U.S.
[00:39:58] AGAINST THE CONFEDERACY.
[00:40:01] SECRETARY MORGANVILLE, WHO
[00:40:03] RAISED THE MONEY U.S. SAVED THE
[00:40:07] WORLD DURING WORLD WAR II AND AS
[00:40:11] THE SECRETARY SAID, PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
[00:40:14] I HOPE I WILL NEVER GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS HAVING TO RAISE THE
[00:40:17] MONEY TO SAVE THE WORLD BECAUSE
[00:40:20] EVERYTHING YOU DID IN ADVANCE IS
[00:40:22] SO IMPORTANT THAT PEACE THROUGH
[00:40:26] STRENGTH, WHETHER IT IS MIDNIGHT
[00:40:29] HAMMER, EPIC FURY, WE ARE
[00:40:34] SHOWING OUR ADVERSARIES THAT THE
[00:40:36] UNITED STATES STANDS UP FOR OUR
[00:40:40] ALLIES AND OUR VALUES. IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY.
[00:40:45] WHEN I TRAVEL A LOOK -- AROUND
[00:40:49] THE WORLD I WILL NO LONGER SEE
[00:40:49] CHARLSTON ON THE PLAINS, I WILL
[00:40:53] SEE JOINT BASE GRAHAM AND I WILL
[00:40:57] THINK OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
[00:41:01] >> THANK YOU.
[00:41:03] IT IS HOT SO I WILL BE BRIEF.
[00:41:07] I GO BACK TO THE HUGUENOT DAYS MYSELF.
[00:41:11] YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE. THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
[00:41:14] GOES ALL THE WAY BACK, A LOT OF
[00:41:17] BRITISH GENERALS BACK IN THE
[00:41:20] 1700S, WENT BACK TO, WHAT
[00:41:27] HAPPENED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
[00:41:28] IT WAS WON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200
[00:41:32] AND 400 SKIRMISHES AND BATTLES RIGHT HERE.
[00:41:35] THOSE GENERALS WHISPERED THE
[00:41:39] NAMES, SUMTER, PICKENS, MARIANNE, OVER AND OVER.
[00:41:44] IT WAS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAME HERE TO FIGHT.
[00:41:47] YOU CAN'T BE STRONG IF YOU DON'T
[00:41:51] HAVE A GOOD TEAM BEHIND YOU.
[00:41:53] SOMEONE THAT WILL SUPPORT YOU IN
[00:41:56] WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN THIS MOST DANGEROUS OF WORLDS.
[00:42:00] I HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF PUBLIC SERVICE FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
[00:42:04] I HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR
[00:42:09] ALMOST 10.
[00:42:11] THE WHOLE TEAM, SECRETARY
[00:42:16] HEGSETH, SECRETARY BESSENT AND DOLL OF THE OTHERS, THAT IS A
[00:42:20] GRAND TEAM AND THEY ARE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. IF YOU PUT THE PEDAL TO THE
[00:42:24] METAL AND DO THE JOB AND MAKE
[00:42:29] THIS TIME COUNT, MAKE IT COUNT
[00:42:30] BECAUSE IT COUNTS.
[00:42:33] THE WORLD HAS NEVER BEEN MORE DANGEROUS.
[00:42:39] IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WOULD NOT BE HERE. THANK YOU.
[00:42:44] [APPLAUSE]
[00:42:50] >> I WILL LEAVE IT THERE BECAUSE IT IS HOT.
[00:42:55] WE JUST LAUNCHED AN AD CAMPAIGN AT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR CALLED
[00:42:58] ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
[00:43:01] REVOLUTION 250 YEARS AGO, YOU
[00:43:04] ARE STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL STAND ON YOURS.
[00:43:10] WHAT WE DO NOW WILL SET THE TONE FOR YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND
[00:43:14] THAT IS WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO, GENERATIONAL DEFENSE OF THIS GREAT NATION.
[00:43:18] I SAY TO MY STAFF, KEEP GOING.
[00:43:22] DO THE NEXT RIGHT THING. BE STRONG AND TOUGH AND KEEP
[00:43:26] GOING AND KNOW WE HAVE YOUR BACK EVERY DAY. GOD BLESS YOU.
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[00:43:36] VISIT NCICAP.ORG] >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL, OUR LIVE FORM INVITING YOU TO DISCUSS THE
[00:43:40] LATEST ISSUES IN GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY FROM
[00:43:44] WASHINGTON, D.C. TO ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TUESDAY MORNING WE WILL TALK
[00:43:47] WITH SOUTH CAROLINA REPORTER GAVIN JACKSON ABOUT SOUTH
[00:43:52] CAROLINA'S SPECIAL PRIMARY AND A
[00:43:52] DISCUSSION ABOUT AIRPORT -- A
[00:43:56] REPORT ON IMPROPER MEDICARE ENROLLMENT.
[00:44:01] A REPORTER PREVIEW SKI RACES IN
[00:44:05] WISCONSIN'S PRIMARY.
[00:44:06] AND JAMES CARVILLE DISCUSSES THE
[00:44:10] FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
[00:44:14] JOIN THE CONVERSATION LIVE ON
[00:44:18] C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, AND ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
[00:44:23] >> SENATE CANDIDATE CARISSA
[00:44:25] NUMBER -- KARISHMA MANZUR
[00:44:32] CAMPAIGNED AND LAID OUT WHAT SHE
[00:44:33] BELIEVES ARE THE THREE MAJOR
[00:44:37] PROBLEMS, WEALTH INEQUALITY, THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND CORPORATE MONEY IN POLITICS.
[00:44:42] SHE TOOK QUESTIONS FROM C-SPAN'S
[00:44:46] MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST ON A RANGE OF TOPICS.
[00:44:52] >> IT IS A TIGHT SPACE, GUYS.
[00:44:57] THANK YOU. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO EVERY SINGLE
[00:45:01] ONE OF YOU. YOU HAVE PUT IN SO MANY HOURS.
[00:45:04] THEIR NEW FACES BUT MOST OF YOU,
[00:45:08] WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR MONTHS NOW. THIS IS A TRUE PEOPLE POWERED CAMPAIGN.
[00:45:11] WE ARE NOT FUNDED BY THE BILLIONAIRES. WE'RE NOT FUNDED BY CORPORATE
[00:45:14] PACS, SUPER PACS, OR ANYTHING. [APPLAUSE]
[00:45:23] EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE HAS CONTRIBUTED HOURS AND HOURS OF THEIR LIFE. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW FOLKS.
[00:45:27] HILLARY, MY GOD, HILLARY.
[00:45:32] [APPLAUSE] I DO GET TEXT MESSAGES FROM HER
[00:45:35] MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S NORMAL.
[00:45:39] YES. CHRISTINA.
[00:45:42] IT'S SO MUCH WORK YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU.
[00:45:45] AND OF COURSE THE KIDS DYLAN,
[00:45:46] THOMAS, ALINA, SHANNON, SO MANY .
[00:45:51] IN 95 DEGREES HEAT AKBAR HAS
[00:45:54] , BEEN OUT CANVASSING DOVER, AND
[00:45:56] SO THIS IS TRULY. A MOVEMENT.
[00:46:01] IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT ONE RACE. IT'S ABOUT A MOVEMENT. WE HAVE BECOME SO FRUSTRATED.
[00:46:05] THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS SO IMPORTANT AND IT IMPACTS ALL OUR LIVES.
[00:46:09] EVERY SINGLE ACTION, EVERY SINGLE DECISION IMPACTS OUR LIVES.
[00:46:13] AND YET MANY OF THESE FOLKS WHO
[00:46:16] ARE THERE TO SERVE US ARE FAILING TO SERVE US, AND THAT IS
[00:46:19] A HUGE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY. SO LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT 3
[00:46:23] MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE FACING AS A NATION.
[00:46:26] NUMBER 1, WEALTH INEQUALITY.
[00:46:30] WEALTH INEQUALITY. WE SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SO MUCH
[00:46:34] MONEY THAT THEY BUILD
[00:46:37] SPACESHIPS, SHOOT THEMSELVES TO
[00:46:39] SPACE FOR 60 SECONDS, AND AFTER
[00:46:43] THAT JOY RIDE IS OVER, THEY STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPEND THEIR MONEY. THEY CAN BUY AS MANY PRIVATE
[00:46:46] JETS, ISLANDS, YACHTS, MANSIONS AS THEY CAN, BUT THEY STILL WILL HAVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF MONEY
[00:46:49] LEFT. AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WORK
[00:46:52] 2 OR 3 JOBS AND STILL CANNOT
[00:46:54] AFFORD TO PAY RENT.
[00:46:56] THEY'RE SLEEPING ON THEIR ON -- ON THEIR FRIEND'S COUCH.
[00:47:01] IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THE
[00:47:02] GREATEST ASSET THAT WE HAD AS A
[00:47:07] NATION WAS OUR MIDDLE CLASS.
[00:47:09] IN THE 1950'S, 1960'S AND
[00:47:12] 1970'S, A MIDDLE CLASS LIFESTYLE WAS SO IMPORTANT IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT IS SHRINKING ON A DAILY BASIS.
[00:47:16] THIS WEALTH INEQUALITY HAS TO BE REVERSED AND IT'S A MANUFACTURED PROBLEM.
[00:47:20] THAT IS WHAT ALL OF US HAVE TO
[00:47:22] UNDERSTAND. THESE WERE DELIBERATE DECISIONS
[00:47:25] MADE BY MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS,
[00:47:28] IN THE SENATE, IN THE WHITE
[00:47:29] HOUSE TO TAKE AWAY MONEY FROM
[00:47:33] THE REGULAR FOLKS AND GIVE IT TO THE ULTRA WEALTHY.
[00:47:37] OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW DECADES, WE NOW HAVE 900
[00:47:40] BILLIONAIRES IN THIS COUNTRY.
[00:47:43] IT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
[00:47:48] THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY, WE ARE NOT AGAINST SUCCESS. THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE
[00:47:51] LEGISLATIONS ARE BEING DESIGNED.
[00:47:52] THESE ARE DELIBERATE DECISIONS
[00:47:58] BEING MADE. AND THAT WEALTH, THERE ARE TWO ISSUES WITH THAT WEALTH. ONE, THAT WEALTH ALLOWS THEM TO
[00:48:01] MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY BECAUSE
[00:48:04] THEY OWN MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS AND LEGISLATION IS PASSED TO
[00:48:08] GIVE MORE TAX CUTS TO THE RICH
[00:48:12] AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REGULAR WORKING CLASS.
[00:48:15] WE ARE NOT AGAINST SUCCESS.
[00:48:19] THE BILLIONAIRES CAN HIRE WORKERS, BUT THE BILLIONAIRES
[00:48:23] SHOULD NOT HIRE CONGRESS MEMBERS.
[00:48:28] AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM. [APPLAUSE]
[00:48:32] THAT IS THE PROBLEM. WE MUST REVERSE THIS WEALTH
[00:48:34] INEQUALITY, AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THIS IS TO BRING OUR
[00:48:37] VOICE TO THE HALLS OF POWER, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING
[00:48:41] HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. [APPLAUSE]
[00:48:49] UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT AND THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:48:52] AND THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT, THEY'RE ANSWERING
[00:48:54] TO THE SAME SET OF DONORS.
[00:48:58] THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM, AND WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR POWER,
[00:49:01] AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE TRULY PEOPLE POWERED. AGAIN, NO CORPORATE PACS, NO
[00:49:05] SUPER PACS, NO AIPAC, NO FOREIGN LOBBIES.
[00:49:07] WE ARE JUST OUR OWN PEOPLE, OUR
[00:49:09] OWN VOICES.
[00:49:13] SO WHEN I GO TO THE US SENATE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT MY VOTE IS BASED ON WHETHER IT WILL IMPROVE
[00:49:17] YOUR LIVES, NOT BECAUSE OF
[00:49:19] ANYONE OUT THERE TELLING ME THAT
[00:49:22] THERE'S A CHECK WAITING BECAUSE OF MY VOTE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING
[00:49:26] FOR. [APPLAUSE]
[00:49:38] OUTSIDE OF WEALTH INEQUALITY, THE SECOND BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE WORLD IS
[00:49:42] THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
[00:49:47] THE CLIMATE CRISIS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 50
[00:49:50] YEARS, WE'RE EXPECTING A 3 DEGREE RISE IN GLOBAL
[00:49:53] TEMPERATURE. JUST THOSE 3 DEGREES MEANS THE
[00:49:57] POLAR ICE CAPS WILL MELT, SEA
[00:50:00] LEVELS WILL RISE, CITIES LIKE
[00:50:02] MIAMI WILL BE INUNDATED. PLACES LIKE PHOENIX, ARIZONA
[00:50:06] WILL NO LONGER BE LIVABLE.
[00:50:09] THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK WILL NO LONGER BE CALLED THE GLACIER
[00:50:11] NATIONAL PARK. AND THE FIR AND SPRUCE TREES OF
[00:50:15] THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WILL BE GONE.
[00:50:18] THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN 50 YEARS. THERE ARE KIDS HERE WHO CANNOT
[00:50:22] VOTE, BUT THAT'S THEIR LIFETIME.
[00:50:27] IT IS UPON US, THE ADULTS, THE PEOPLE WHO CAN VOTE TO MAKE THE
[00:50:30] RIGHT DECISIONS BECAUSE WE ARE BASICALLY BURNING DOWN THE
[00:50:33] PLANET THEY'RE ABOUT TO INHERIT.
[00:50:35] AND WE HAVE NO PLANET B. WE MUST STOP THIS CLIMATE
[00:50:39] CRISIS. WE MUST REVERSE THE COURSE. WE MUST PROTECT THE ONLY PLANET
[00:50:43] THAT WE AS A SPECIES CAN SURVIVE ON.
[00:50:47] SO MY FRIENDS, THAT IS SOMETHING
[00:50:49] WE ARE ALSO GOING TO FIGHT FOR, AND WE WILL GO TO THE HALLS OF
[00:50:53] POWER TO REVERSE THE CLIMATE
[00:50:53] CRISIS. SO YES.
[00:50:57] THANK YOU, YES. [APPLAUSE]
[00:51:05] AND THE 3RD BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT
[00:51:07] WE SEE IS THE FACT THAT MOST
[00:51:10] MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS ARE OWNED BY THE CORPORATIONS AND
[00:51:13] THE LOBBYISTS.
[00:51:21] THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN OUR COUNTRY.
[00:51:26] 94% OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS ARE OWNED BY FOREIGN LOBBIES. MANY MORE ARE OWNED BY
[00:51:30] CORPORATIONS, CORPORATE PACS. WHEN THEY VOTE, SOMETIMES YOU
[00:51:33] CAN SEE THE DONATION AND THE VOTE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE
[00:51:35] CORRELATION.
[00:51:38] SHOULD ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS BE VOTING BASED ON WHO WRITES THE
[00:51:41] CHECK FOR THEM?
[00:51:46] NO. NO. IT SHOULD BE BASED ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE PEOPLE'S LIVES OF THIS COUNTRY, AND THAT'S EXACTLY
[00:51:51] WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
[00:51:56] THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
[00:51:58] SINCE THE PASSAGE OF CITIZENS
[00:52:01] UNITED, THE FLOODGATES OF DARK MONEY HAVE OPENED UP. WE ARE FIGHTING THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:52:05] ESTABLISHMENT THAT'S BEHOLDEN TO THE WEALTHY DONORS.
[00:52:08] WE'RE FIGHTING THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT THAT'S BEHOLDEN TO
[00:52:11] THE WEALTHY DONORS.
[00:52:13] WE MUST STOP THIS.
[00:52:16] WE MUST BE IN THE HALLS OF POWER. THE PEOPLE MUST BE IN THE
[00:52:20] PEOPLE'S HALL, AND THAT'S
[00:52:21] EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
[00:52:27] [APPLAUSE]
[00:52:35] WE HAVE TO OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED AND THE SUPREME COURT
[00:52:38] WILL FAIL US YET AGAIN BECAUSE THEY ARE OWNED BY THE SAME CORPORATIONS THAT WE'RE
[00:52:42] FIGHTING. WE NEED 67 SENATORS WITH THE
[00:52:46] SPINE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
[00:52:50] LET'S AT LEAST SEND ONE SENATOR WITH A SPINE TO THE SENATE THIS
[00:52:53] YEAR. [APPLAUSE]
[00:53:06] SO I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE 3 BIGGEST PROBLEMS.
[00:53:09] 1, THE WEALTH INEQUALITY. 2, THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND THE 3,
[00:53:11] THE ABSOLUTE HORROR THAT OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE JUST
[00:53:15] CONTRACTORS FOR THEIR CLIENTS
[00:53:16] AND NOT PUBLIC SERVANTS ANYMORE.
[00:53:20] LET ME TELL YOU 3 STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO
[00:53:23] ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THOSE PROBLEMS.
[00:53:27] JONATHAN LIVES IN THE NORTH COUNTRY. JONATHAN'S TOWN HAS BEEN GUTTED
[00:53:31] SINCE THE PAPER MILLS LEFT.
[00:53:35] JONATHAN IS WORKING WITH OUR CAMPAIGN NOW, VOLUNTEERING WITH OUR CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE HE SAID HE
[00:53:39] WANTS TO STOP HIS TOWN FROM
[00:53:41] BECOMING ANOTHER GHOST TOWN.
[00:53:45] THIS IS A 21-YEAR-OLD KID. WHO'S ALREADY LOST HIS FATHER TO
[00:53:48] SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
[00:53:51] HE HAS FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE SO
[00:53:53] DEPRESSED AND IN SUCH DESPAIR
[00:53:57] THAT THEY ARE NOW TURNING TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL USE JUST TO
[00:54:00] NUMB THEIR PAIN. THESE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN
[00:54:04] NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILED
[00:54:08] THEM. THE STATE GOVERNMENT FAILED THEM.
[00:54:12] WHEN THE INDUSTRIES LEFT, IT'S
[00:54:14] NOT ROCKET SCIENCE TO UNDERSTAND
[00:54:16] THAT THOSE PEOPLE NEED JOBS.
[00:54:19] THOSE PEOPLE NEED LIVELIHOODS.
[00:54:26] AND BACKS WERE TURNED ON THEM. THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
[00:54:29] WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR PEOPLE LIKE JONATHAN IN THIS RACE. JONATHAN HAS A VOICE, AND
[00:54:33] JONATHAN WILL BE REPRESENTED
[00:54:34] WELL IN THE US SENATE.
[00:54:38] YES? [APPLAUSE]
[00:54:42] I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECOND STORY ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL
[00:54:46] STUDENT, 17-YEAR-OLD NAMED SPENCER.
[00:54:49] SPENCER IS OUT THERE CANVASSING FOR US.
[00:54:53] HE CANNOT VOTE.
[00:54:55] BUT HE'S UPSET THAT HE'S ABOUT TO INHERIT A PLANET THAT'S
[00:54:59] DYING. AND HE HAS NO POWER.
[00:55:03] HE HAS NO POWER TO VOTE. HE HAS NO MONEY TO INFLUENCE THE
[00:55:06] POLITICIANS. HE'S JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO
[00:55:09] STEP UP. AND WHEN HE SAW THAT WE WERE A
[00:55:13] PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT, NOT BEHOLDEN
[00:55:16] TO THE WEALTHY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS.
[00:55:19] HE TURNED TO US AND HE JOINED US.
[00:55:22] WE OWE IT TO SPENCER TO PROTECT THIS PLANET AND REVERSE THE
[00:55:25] COURSE OF THE DAMAGE, AND THAT'S
[00:55:27] WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. [APPLAUSE]
[00:55:35] AND THE THIRD PERSON IS ANOTHER YOUNG LADY.
[00:55:38] HER NAME IS MARIE.
[00:55:40] MARIE IS SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PEOPLE
[00:55:43] POWERED MOVEMENT HERE IN NEW
[00:55:45] HAMPSHIRE BECAUSE IN HER YOUNG LIFETIME SHE HAS NEVER SEEN
[00:55:49] THAT.
[00:55:53] BUT SHE ASKED ME, HOW WILL I STOP YOU FROM BECOMING LIKE THE
[00:55:57] OTHERS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SELL US OUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE SENATE?
[00:56:00] IT MADE ME ALMOST CRY.
[00:56:03] SHE'S ONLY 21.
[00:56:06] BUT SHE HAS LOST FAITH.
[00:56:11] IN THE SENATORS. SHE HAS LOST FAITH IN THE REPRESENTATIVES. AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW HOW CAN I
[00:56:18] MISS HER. I SAID, HOLD ME TO IT. HOLD ME TO IT.
[00:56:22] I WILL ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE NOW AND I WILL ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE LATER, BUT YOU SHOULD HOLD ME TO
[00:56:26] IT. IT'S EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S JOB
[00:56:29] TO MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE MONEY OF EVERY CANDIDATE, EVERY
[00:56:32] LAWMAKER.
[00:56:35] IT'S ALSO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY,
[00:56:39] IN A DEMOCRACY IT ONLY WORKS IF , EVERY VOTER MAKES THE RIGHT DECISION WHEN THEY GO TO THE BALLOT BOX AND IN BETWEEN THE
[00:56:43] ELECTIONS, IT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE YOU HELP ELECT CONTINUES TO REPRESENT
[00:56:47] YOU, AND THAT IS MY PROMISE TO YOU.
[00:56:50] YOU SHOULD HOLD ME TO IT, AND I WILL NEVER TAKE A CENT FROM
[00:56:53] CORPORATE PACS, SUPER PACS, AIPAC, OR ANY FOREIGN LOBBY
[00:56:57] BECAUSE MY JOB IN THE US SENATE WILL BE TO REPRESENT YOU AND
[00:57:00] ONLY YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[00:57:13] AND YOU GUYS HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER.
[00:57:15] OH YEAH, I'LL TAKE YOUR MONEY. SO MY FRIENDS, THIS IS, I'M SO
[00:57:19] HONORED TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
[00:57:21] THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PASSION. THIS IS WHEN HILARY'S WORKING
[00:57:25] MIDNIGHT, CHRISTINA'S TRYING TO
[00:57:29] GET ME AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING, OR MELODY'S WAITING FOR ME TO APPROVE SOME MATERIAL. THIS IS REALLY A PASSION
[00:57:33] PROJECT. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING
[00:57:36] 7 DAYS A WEEK. MOST OF THEM ARE NOT BEING
[00:57:39] COMPENSATED.
[00:57:41] THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES.
[00:57:44] THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THEIR PARENTS. THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE
[00:57:47] JUST DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S THE
[00:57:50] RIGHT THING TO DO. AND WE HAVE TO WIN.
[00:57:54] WE MUST WIN. WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION. THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT HAS
[00:57:57] SOLD US OUT. THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT HAS
[00:58:00] SOLD US OUT. AS AMERICAN CITIZENS WE MUST
[00:58:05] PROTECT THIS COUNTRY, BUT WE ALSO MUST ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A
[00:58:09] FOREIGN POLICY BASED ON NATIONAL INTEREST AND NATIONAL SECURITY,
[00:58:11] NOT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND NOT
[00:58:15] WAR PROFITEERING, BECAUSE FOLKS IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT DON'T
[00:58:18] HAVE THE POWER.
[00:58:21] THAT WE DO. SOMEONE SITTING IN PALESTINE WHO
[00:58:24] IS GOING TO GET BOMBED BY OUR WEAPONS HAS NO POWER TO STOP THOSE BOMBS.
[00:58:26] SOMEONE IN LEBANON WHOSE VILLAGE WILL BE RAZED WITH CATERPILLAR
[00:58:30] BULLDOZERS SENT BY OUR GOVERNMENT HAS NO POWER TO STOP
[00:58:32] THOSE BULLDOZERS.
[00:58:36] SOMEONE IN IRAN WHO'S STILL LOOKING FOR BODY PARTS OF HER
[00:58:40] DAUGHTER HAS NO POWER.
[00:58:44] BUT WE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS.
[00:58:48] IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, BUT IT IS OUR DUTY TO
[00:58:51] ALSO PROTECT THE PLANET AND
[00:58:54] OTHER PEOPLE FROM DEATH AND DESTRUCTION USING OUR US-MADE
[00:58:56] WEAPONS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING
[00:58:58] WE MUST DO AND WE WILL DO WHEN WE GET INTO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS.
[00:59:02] SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[00:59:19] >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
[00:59:22] >> SO, MY FRIENDS, LET'S SAVE PEOPLE AND LET'S SAVE OUR PLANET.
[00:59:24] SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
[00:59:28] [APPLAUSE]
[00:59:32] >> THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO
[00:59:36] C-SPAN. YOU ARE RUNNING A GRASSROOTS
[00:59:39] CAMPAIGN FOR THE SENATE AGAINST
[00:59:41] THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT. WHAT SEPARATES YOU FROM CHRIS PAPPAS?
[00:59:46] >> I AM NOT RUNNING AGAINST HIM,
[00:59:51] HE IS RUNNING AGAINST ME. THERE ARE SO MANY DISTINCTIONS.
[00:59:56] I DON'T TAKE A CENT FROM ANYONE
[01:00:01] OTHER THAN REGULAR AMERICAN FOLKS.
[01:00:02] MY OPPONENT HAS TAKEN MONEY FROM
[01:00:05] CORPORATE PACKS, SUPER PAC'S AND OR AND LOBBIES.
[01:00:08] HE HASN'T ANSWERING TO THE
[01:00:12] PEOPLE. SOME OF HIS BOUTS I DON'T ALIGN WITH.
[01:00:15] I NEVER WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THAT.
[01:00:19] HE VOTED FOR THE LAKEN RILEY ACT
[01:00:21] THAT EMPOWERED ICE TO TERRORIZE
[01:00:27] OUR COMMUNITIES. NO HUMANITARIAN SHOULD SUPPORT SUCH A THING.
[01:00:29] HE HAS TAKEN ALMOST $3 MILLION
[01:00:33] FROM AIPAC OR AFFILIATED SOURCES OR IF YOU WANT TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE, DIRECTLY FROM
[01:00:38] AIPAC, $800,000 BUT THE ESTIMATE
[01:00:41] IS $3 BILLION. HE APPROVED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
[01:00:45] OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL TO THE GENOCIDE.
[01:00:52] IN MAY 2024 HE HAD FIVE CONSTITUENTS ARRESTED AND ALL
[01:00:54] YOU RECEIVED WAS A PHONE CALL
[01:00:56] AND MEETING WITH THEM AND HE HAD
[01:00:59] THEM ARRESTED BECAUSE THEY WERE
[01:01:02] DOING A PIECE SIT IN.
[01:01:06] HE VOTED AGAINST AID TO GAZA IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAMINE AND
[01:01:11] RECEIVED 120,000 DOLLARS FROM AIPAC AROUND THE TIME OF THESE VOTES.
[01:01:14] IT APPEARS TO BE A PAYOFF.
[01:01:18] HE BASICALLY RECEIVED MONEY TO
[01:01:23] GO AGAINST HUMANITARIAN AID TO STARVING CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAMINE.
[01:01:29] I WOULD SAY THAT IS A GOOD
[01:01:33] START. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENCES. HE HAS NEVER SUPPORTED MEDICARE FOR ALL.
[01:01:36] WE HAD -- HAVE TO HAVE MEDICARE
[01:01:39] FOR ALL.
[01:01:42] MILLIONS OF AMERICANS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND WE ARE
[01:01:45] LOSING ABOUT 50,000 AMERICANS EACH YEAR TO LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE OR UNDER INSURANCE.
[01:01:50] WE NEED MEDICARE FOR ALL.
[01:01:54] HE HAS NEVER COSPONSORED MEDICARE FOR ALL IN HIS EIGHT YEARS IN CONGRESS. >> MANY SAY NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A
[01:01:59] PURPLE STATE. THAT ELECTED REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
[01:02:04] YOU ARE RUNNING A PRETTY LEFT-WING CAMPAIGN. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WIN
[01:02:07] AGAINST A REPUBLICAN LIKE JOHN SUNUNU WERE SCOTT BROWN?
[01:02:10] >> LET ME PARSE THROUGH THAT QUESTION.
[01:02:15] THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A RED AND A BLUE AND PURPLE, THOSE ARE
[01:02:19] ALL, THOSE ARE CONSULTANTS TELLING US PROPAGANDA.
[01:02:22] EVERY SINGLE PERSON OUT THERE, ALL THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO
[01:02:26] LIVE AND TO THRIVE.
[01:02:31] THIS BASIC REQUEST IS NOT BEING MET BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
[01:02:35] I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
[01:02:38] CANCER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, YET THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE TREATMENT. IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE.
[01:02:43] DO YOU THINK IT MATTERS WHO THEY
[01:02:44] VOTED FOR IN 2024? DO YOU THINK IT MATTERS WHAT
[01:02:48] THEIR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IS?
[01:02:49] THEY ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD CANCER
[01:02:53] TREATMENT. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE I'M REPRESENTING.
[01:02:58] THE BLUE AND RED DIVIDES WORK INTENTIONAL BY CONSULTANTS AND
[01:03:04] POLITICIANS. I'M NOT HERE TO PLAY POLITICS, I'M HERE TO CHANGE POLITICS. AND THAT IS WHAT I'M DOING.
[01:03:07] >> THAT QUESTION, ARE YOU A
[01:03:11] MEMBER OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA? >> YES.
[01:03:13] >> ONE OF THE COCHAIRS CALLED FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SENATE.
[01:03:17] WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? YOU ARE RUNNING FOR SENATE.
[01:03:19] >> I CAN'T ANSWER FOR OTHER PEOPLE. I'M ALSO A DEMOCRAT.
[01:03:25] CHRIS PAPPAS IS A DEMOCRAT, CHUCK SCHUMER IS A DEMOCRAT AND BEAR ENABLING GENOCIDE.
[01:03:30] DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO ANSWER TO WHAT THEIR VOTES ARE? NO.
[01:03:35] THE HUGE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MYSELF AND CHRIS PAPPAS, YOU CAN
[01:03:38] SEE BETWEEN MYSELF AND OTHER
[01:03:41] MEMBERS OF THE DSA, WHY SHOULD I
[01:03:46] RESPOND TO SOMEONE WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE DSA? I'M A MEMBER OF THE DEMO AT A PARTY.
[01:03:48] I DON'T HAVE TO BE BURDENED WITH
[01:03:54] OTHER PEOPLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THERE IS A HUGE DISPARITY
[01:03:57] BETWEEN ME AND MEMBERS OF THE DSA BUT THE REASON THESE
[01:03:59] QUESTIONS ARE COMING UP THIS
[01:04:03] BECAUSE WALL STREET IS POURING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS NOT ANSWERING
[01:04:07] TO THE DONOR'S WILL BE, THEY
[01:04:10] WANT PEOPLE TO BE AFRAID OF THEM.
[01:04:13] WE WILL BE CALLED RADICAL LEFT, FAR LEFT, SOCIALISTS.
[01:04:18] WHAT I MY ASKING FOR? LIVABLE WAGES.
[01:04:22] IN MINIMUM WAGE OF AT LEAST $20 PER HOUR. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
[01:04:29] IT IS JUST ASKING FOR A LIVABLE WAGE.
[01:04:32] ASKING SOMEONE WHO WORKS 40 HOURS PER WEEK CAN THRIVE. I'M ASKING FOR AFFORDABLE
[01:04:36] HOUSING.
[01:04:37] IS THERE A "ISM" ASSOCIATED WITH
[01:04:41] THAT? IT'S COMMON SENSE.
[01:04:43] I'M ASKING FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE.
[01:04:46] THAT IS COMMON SENSE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMMON SENSE
[01:04:50] POLICIES, THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S
[01:04:53] LIVES, WALL STREET, CORPORATE
[01:04:55] PACKS, AND ALL OF THESE
[01:04:58] LUMBERING -- LOBBYING GROUPS ARE ON HIGH ALERT.
[01:05:03] WE ARE JUST FIGHTING THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, WE ARE
[01:05:06] FIGHTING THE CORRUPT SYSTEM AND
[01:05:08] WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE RIGHT HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[01:05:11] >> ONE LAST QUESTION.
[01:05:16] SO VOTERS MIGHT NOT KNOW YOU,
[01:05:21] CHRIS PAPPAS HAS HAD A LONGER TENURE.
[01:05:23] FOR VOTERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
[01:05:27] WATCHING C-SPAN, WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHAT PREPARES YOU BEST TO BE A SENATOR?
[01:05:30] >> THIS IS SO LOUD.
[01:05:33] >> WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHAT PREPARES YOU TO BEST --
[01:05:38] BEST BA SENATOR?
[01:05:47] >>? >> I HAVE A PHD IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY AND I WORKED IN CLINICAL RESEARCH. I WAS A HAPPY SCIENTIST NOT LOOKING FOR A CAREER CHANGE.
[01:05:51] MY HUSBAND AND I, TWO KIDS, TWO
[01:05:55] JOBS, ONE HOUSE, WE WERE HAPPY.
[01:05:57] I SAW SO MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE
[01:06:00] COUNTRY AND FAILED DOMESTIC AND
[01:06:03] FOREIGN POLICIES. I HAD TO STEP UP.
[01:06:06] IT HAD TO BE DONE. BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
[01:06:10] CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER.
[01:06:13] THEY ANSWER TO THEIR DONORS AND THEY ARE ANSWERING TO THEIR OWN
[01:06:17] BANK ACCOUNTS AND THAT IS A PROBLEM.
[01:06:19] THE BIGGEST, THE MOST IMPORTANT
[01:06:24] ATTRIBUTES OF A PUBLIC SERVANT IS, DO YOU HAVE COMPASSION? DO YOU CARE?
[01:06:29] THE SECOND IS DO YOU HAVE SOLUTIONS? ARE YOU INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO
[01:06:33] FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS? THE THIRD IS WILL YOU FIGHT LIKE
[01:06:37] HELL TO IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES?
[01:06:40] I CHECK ALL OF THOSE THREE BOXES. >> KARISHMA MANZUR, THANK YOU
[01:06:43] FOR SLEEP -- SPEAKING TO C-SPAN.
[01:06:46] >> YOU ARE WATCHING C-SPAN.
[01:06:50] DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
[01:06:54] >> AND BRINGS YOU DEMOCRACY
[01:06:59] UNLT