i'm preaching to the choir, in okinawa don't get all the training done down there. aip is not without challenges. previous and current administration have expressed their clear commitment to get it done. there is a new group working inside the pentagon that is at a little more senior level to those who were working very hard to get this done in year's past. we at pacific command are doing all that we can to support the department of defense and increasingly an inner agency look at the opportunities attendant to moving marines out of okinawa to guam. now you raise a point where guam is a little bit off the beaten path, yes and no. it's kind of wide open spaces down there and once we get through some of the environmental impact assessments, i think that we'll find -- i've deployed a bunch as walt said. i've been on a carrier once or twice. i've been flown a whole lot in that part of the southern pacific. perhaps you've been down there as well. great training opportunities. it's going to take a little while to get there. states of america nigh over guam. we can come in

invasion and eventually then go to the south france invasion and then participate in other invasions like okinawa in the pacific. so that would be fairly common. but among ground troops, most did not redeploy. most spent the summer in occupation in germany. host: we are awaiting the beginning of the speech by president obama. we want to mention that his grand father and great uncle landed on omaha beach. there you see prime minister gordon brown on the left side of the screen and on the right side the french president. we want to thank john mcmannis for being our guest. we are going live to normandy as we await the speech by the president. ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> president obama, your royal high ness, prime minister brown, prime minister harper, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. it's our privilege to welcome all the visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and their family members in attendance who honor us all with their presence. [applause] today, we commemorate the 65th anniversary of the d-day landings that too

was awarded the navy cross for leading the capture of the japanese headquarters of shiri castle on okinawa. he was shot by a sniper as a result of his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. he was grateful to have served america. with that, mr. speaker, i yield to dr. broun of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: how much time do you yield to dr. broun? how much time? mr. wilson: as so much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. broun: madam speaker, i move that the house now do adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it. the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: madam speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are so the missile is not going by it, but you are holding it on the same place as the missile is moving very rapidly. missile defense would be the biggest partisan di

the marines in okinawa still not get all the training they need to get them right there. we have to move some of them around. aip is not without challenges. previous of the stations have expressed their commitment to get it done. there is a new group working inside the pentagon that is at a little more senior level to those who are working very hard to get this done in years past. we are doing all that we can to support the department of defense and increasingly in interagency look at the opportunities and send it to moving moments of fear you could raise the point where of warm -- where guam is l little bit off the beaten path. yes and no. once we get through the environmental assessments, i think we will 5 -- i have deployed a bunch. then on the carrier once it twice. i have been flown a whole lot in that part of the southern pacific. perhaps you have been down there as well. great training opportunities. it is going to take a little while to get there. we have the flag of the united states flying over guam. as we develop it, we will have more forces down there. it will

north africa, italy, sicily or moral did i or guadal canal or all the way that you saipan and up to okinawa did so in a boat built in new orleans by higgins industries. dwight eisen hour toic eisenhow time i met him, he wanted to talk to me about writing his biography which i agreed to do. but he said i see you live in new orleans. did you ever know andy higgins. i said no, i didn't. he died in 1953 and i moved there in 1955. eisenhower said that is too bad. he is the man who won the war for us. well, that is quite a statement from what a source. i looked astonished. seeing that look, he said, that is absolutely correct. if higgins had not developed and produced those landing craft i would have had to go into ports that the germans had concentrated all of their defenses at cher powerithe othe we would not have won. guest: so true. host: tell us more about the landing craft and how important they were in the invasion. guest: earlier we were talking about the unglamorous stuff you need to win a war. the landing craft ar prime example. the higgins boats. higgins had had a lot of experience bui