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Given to all absolute pacifists worldwide, you know, the Quakers, the Mennonites, Church of the Brethren. | |
| And Ed, what did you think of the person that did win the new the Nobel Peace Prize? | ||
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Well, I don't know her. | |
| I mean, what she did is good in terms of fair elections, but the number one need worldwide is absolute pacifism. | ||
| And so all pacifists should have been given the Nobel Peace Prize. | ||
| All right. | ||
| And here is the posting on X by the Nobel Prize Committee. | ||
| Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Karina Machada for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. | ||
| Robert in Florida, Republican. | ||
| Good morning, Robert. | ||
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Hi, good morning. | |
| Thanks for taking my call. | ||
| I think the Democrats got it all wrong. | ||
| Well, it means there's five more Democrat votes and they're not doing it. | ||
| They're being spiteful. | ||
| And this thing would be over with. | ||
| Maybe they would get their money back and stuff like that. | ||
| Also, I think Donald Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize for trying to make peace in this world. | ||
| And we got a lot of problems. | ||
| You know what? | ||
| The Democrats, you're not even going to get re-elected. | ||
| Coming. | ||
| Let us all be grateful to this whole fear as we raise our voices in our solemn period. | ||
| God bless America, that my love stand beside her and guide her through the might, with light from above, | ||
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| Let us pray. | ||
| Almighty God, sovereign of wind and wave, we lift our voices in gratitude for those brave souls two centuries and a half past who forged the pillars of honor, courage, and commitment, the timeless legacy of the United States Navy. | ||
| Having heard your call to selfless service, pour your blessing upon our shipmates scattered far and wide. | ||
| For those who sail the restless sea, who stand the watch beneath the starry skies, guard them with your unfailing hand and grant them joy when homeward paths entwine with those they love. | ||
| For our families who wait with patient hearts upon the shore, strengthen their spirits in the silent hours, comfort their souls through the long separations, and hold them close within your tender care. | ||
| Blessed too, our Navy leaders, earnest and sincere, who steer the course through trials yet unseen. | ||
| Grant them vision, clear, and steady hand that the Navy's voyage remain righteous and bold. | ||
| And for our nation's leaders, stewards of our nation's fate, endow them with wisdom's gentle light that liberty, justice, and peace may bloom within our beloved land. | ||
| Lord, we gather here this night in your boundless grace. | ||
| Bless the food, the fellowship, the shared embrace. | ||
| Be present in our hearts, and though our ways may be long, grant your grace that we may walk humbly as your servants, yet strong guardians of the Navy heritage entrusted to our care. | ||
| Amen. Please be seated. | ||
| And now it is my pleasure to introduce the Master of Ceremonies for this evening. | ||
| Sal Palantonio is the longest-serving reporter at ESPN. | ||
| His list of accolades is long. | ||
| He's an author, an Emmy Award winner, and a Navy veteran. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Sal Palantonio. | ||
| Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. | ||
| Welcome to the 250th birthday gala of the United States Navy. | ||
| Oh, yeah, come on. | ||
| Welcome to the 250th birthday of the United States Navy. | ||
| I want you to take a moment, just one moment, before you dig in. | ||
| Just look around your table, look around at one another, greet one another. | ||
| A big smile. | ||
| Breathe. | ||
| And think about how much history you are making tonight. | ||
| You're not only making history, you are part of history. | ||
| And I got to say, this is one beautiful convention hall, and you are one beautiful crowd. | ||
| Wow. | ||
| A special thanks to the color guard from the USS Arlington. | ||
| Big round of applause for those folks, please. | ||
| A big round of applause for the 2nd Marine Division concert band. | ||
| A big round of applause for the Navy band for their patriotic opening, please. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| But I'm going to need you to stand up one more time for Jillian Patricia Pertell and that unbelievable voice and rendition of God Bless America. | ||
| My goodness gracious. | ||
| We will have goosebumps for a long time. | ||
| I'm going to get on the phone with Roger Goodell right after this and say she's got to do the national anthem at the Super Bowl, Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara, California in February. | ||
| That doesn't happen. | ||
| I'm not doing my job. | ||
| Please be seated. | ||
| Tonight, we are gathered at the National Constitution Center, which is located two blocks. | ||
| You can't see it right now. | ||
| It's right behind us, right behind the mall. | ||
| Independence Hall. | ||
| One of the most famous clock towers in all the world. | ||
| You passed by it when you entered this building. | ||
| And in Independence Hall, it's the very location where the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution to create the Continental Navy of those 13 colonies in the United States of America eventually. | ||
| They did it on October 13th. | ||
| That's two days away. | ||
| So we're going to get the party started tonight. | ||
| And we have a great program for you. | ||
| You know, throughout history, many brave sailors have made significant sacrifices for our country. | ||
| For that bold and righteous mission that was just talked about in the beautiful invocation. | ||
| I love that. | ||
| Bold and righteous. | ||
| If you look to the side of the stage, we have a small table in the place of honor. | ||
| It is set for one. | ||
| This table is our way of symbolizing the fact that members of our profession are missing from our midst. | ||
| They are commonly called POWs or MIAs, unable to be with us this evening. | ||
| So we shall take a moment to remember them tonight. | ||
| Let us bow our heads for a moment and just remember them. | ||
| Remember someone you might know, someone in your family, a colleague, a shipmate. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I'm a Navy veteran, so this is a special night for me. | ||
| Pacific Fleet, SWO. | ||
| Yeah, you can clap for that. | ||
| Not too many people know that. | ||
| Three Westpac tours during the Cold War. | ||
| We did a lot of chasing submarines, Soviet submarines around the Indian Ocean. | ||
| And never in my wildest dreams when I was offshore the deck on USS Olette, Stationed in Pearl, that I would be given this incredible honor to be standing up here tonight on this historic occasion. | ||
| And it is truly my honor to represent the 250th birthday of the United States Navy and the city of Philadelphia. | ||
| And we have many, many distinguished guests, deck to the nines, but there's no more distinguished guest than our mayor, the mayor, is here. | ||
| Mayor, please say hi, Mayor Cheryl Parker to everybody, Wade. | ||
| We are honored to have you here tonight, Ms. Madam Mayor. | ||
| So beautiful. | ||
| We have a little bit of a Navy tribute video. | ||
| Shall we introduce that and go right to it? | ||
| Let's do it. | ||
| Philadelphia, 1775. | ||
| 250 years ago, a new nation was on the verge of being born, and with it, a Navy. | ||
| A Navy forged in the fight for independence, built from a handful of ships and the determination of a people who refused to be denied their freedom. | ||
| From John Paul Jones' defiant words, I have not yet begun to fight, to David Farragut's legendary command, Damn the Torpedoes full speed ahead, our sailors have met every challenge with courage and resolve. | ||
| At Midway, they turned the tide of a world war. | ||
| At Leyte Gulf, they fought the largest naval battle in history. | ||
| In the waters off Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and beyond, our Navy has carried America's resolve to every sea. | ||
| Through those battles that shaped the course of history, the United States Navy has stood the watch. | ||
| We've sailed to the farthest corners of the globe, defended liberty in times of peace and war, and written our story in courage, sacrifice, and victory. | ||
| Today, the Navy remains the tip of the spear of our nation, the foundry where sailors are forged, the fleet that stands ready on every horizon, and the fight, our promise that if challenged, America will win. | ||
| From wooden sailing ships to nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, from signal flags to satellites, from cannon fire to precision weapons. | ||
| For two and a half centuries, we've led the way in innovation, transforming the seas into a domain of unmatched power. | ||
| We are the world's most advanced, most lethal, and most ready maritime force. | ||
| A global Navy that deters aggression, protects trade, strengthens alliances, and brings relief in times of crisis. | ||
| But at the heart of it all are our sailors, men and women from every walk of life who proudly wear the cloth of our nation. | ||
| Sailors who stand the watch tonight, just as others have since 1775, ensuring that America's promise endures. | ||
| 250 years of honor, courage, and commitment. | ||
| 250 years of foundry, fleet, and fight. | ||
| And we're just getting started. | ||
| Happy birthday, United States Navy. | ||
| At the heart of it all are sailors. | ||
| Take a moment right now, close your eyes and remember that somewhere in a forward area, men and women of the United States Navy are serving our country. | ||
| And think about them and then open your eyes and look around this room because all of this was the idea of one man who is sitting right there. | ||
| His name is George Leon. | ||
| We met a couple of months ago in a Starbucks to think about what it would look like. | ||
| And George, what you have put together is truly beautiful and amazing. | ||
| It is such an honor to introduce you as the, as we like to say, the godfather of the 250th birthday of the United States Navy. | ||
| Come on up here, George. | ||
| Thank you, Sal Pal. | ||
| Sal Powell is a great friend of the Navy and Homecoming 250. | ||
| So thank you for your continued efforts on our behalf. | ||
| And thank you all for joining us at the Navy 250 Gala. | ||
| My applause to you. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| There is no more fitting place to have the national celebration of the Navy and Marine Corps' 250th birthdays than their birthplace. | ||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the building behind the curtain over there. | ||
| Now, this was a dream initially, but it became a five-year effort. | ||
| Just ask my wife. | ||
| And that mission to bring the Navy and Marine Corps home, have them homecoming for their birthday, that mission has been accomplished. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Now many of the people who accomplish this are here in this room and they all deserve to be honored but there are too many to thank individually. | ||
| So, pardon me if I don't name all the names because I think at some point you want to get some food. | ||
| So, let me instead give some overall thank yous. | ||
| Sort of in order of chronological order. | ||
| First, thank you to the volunteers and the board of Homecoming 250, which signed on to what was simply one idea from one guy. | ||
| Thank you all for all that you've done over these years. | ||
| Thank you to our many partner organizations. | ||
| I'll just name two of the really early ones: the Battleship New Jersey, which, if you want to hear a long story, you can ask me what her, there we go. | ||
| If you want to hear a long story, you can ask me what her role was in the Battle of Lady Gulf. | ||
| And the DAR, who got us really going. | ||
| Thank you, Daughters of the American Revolution. | ||
| You got to hang with the ladies with the sashes. | ||
| They're the best. | ||
| I'd like to thank, and this was the best thing that I ever did in this whole effort. | ||
| We got the endorsement, starting with Philadelphia City Council. | ||
| Thank you, Mark Squilla, of organization after organization. | ||
| But the best thing I ever did was to get this effort endorsed by all 15 living secretaries of the United States Navy. | ||
| Eight of them are in this room, and I'd like them to stand and be acknowledged for their tremendous service to this country and their help in this endeavor. | ||
| Please stand up. | ||
| Obviously, another important friend of ours had been the serving secretaries of the Navy during this five-year effort. | ||
| And they agreed that the 250th celebration for the Navy and Marine Corps should be here. | ||
| and they deserve to be honored. | ||
| Tonight, we have with us Under Secretary Huang Kao, who's representing Secretary John Phelan, who will join us tomorrow. | ||
| Under Secretary, congratulations on your confirmation. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| I'd like to thank also the Navy and Marine officers, the Marine leaders, who made this happen, including our guest of honor, Admiral Cottle, Chief of Naval Operations. | ||
| Admiral will you please stand? | ||
| He didn't stand up, which proves I don't run the whole show. | ||
| So, okay. | ||
| All right. | ||
| And also, Vice Admiral Gumbleton, Lieutenant General Bobby Shea, and Rear Admiral Blackmun, who have led the planning effort. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| And I'd like to thank all the other flag and general officers who are here in this room and who are here this weekend, which includes a substantial percentage of the general officers of at least one service, which will go unnamed. | ||
| And so we're delighted to have all of them here. | ||
| And really, without their help on the air, on the ground, at sea, this would not be happening. | ||
| thank you so much. | ||
| I'd particularly like to thank the hard-working Navy and Marine Corps planners who have executed this mission superbly. | ||
| From many commands, from Fleet Forces, from Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, from Marine Forces Command, from Washington, from Norfolk. | ||
| Thank you all so much. |