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Turbans for seikhs and orthodox jewish and perhaps others pay jobs for muslim women. an army chaplain says the major pushback against the changes came from the militarys uniformity hair short faith and clean-shaven with an all-male and mostly christian rank file but there were also concerns about the effectiveness of gas masks over full beard or protective helmets that turbines an issue the army is still studying for the secretary defense ash carter is speaking on the issue in 2015 at harvard un...

Dont talk about save rights. dont talk about slavery and most people say all right. she doesnt. >> i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves and ive watched my daughters, two beautiful intelligent black young women playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. >> she really tried to send a message of opportunity, not just for african-americans but people of all different backgrounds. i think she wanted to stand for the idea that, you know, any woman in this country can grow ...

Black stuff, makes people uncomfortable, dont talk about slavery or civil rights, and most say all right she doesnt. >> i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves and ive watched my daughters, two beautiful intelligent black young women playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. >> she really tried to send a message of opportunity, not just for african-americans but people of all different backgrounds. i think she wanted to stand for the idea that, you know, any woman in t...

You are in california. >> i moved home to virginia, but my point is this to try to answer your question. the reason that donald trump wins a michigan or a pennsylvania or wisconsin or maybe more traditionally a georgia or alabama or north carolina or florida is because americans who voted for him actually believe that his business accomplishments are relevant. thats why they voted for him. >> do you like his cabinet? >> yes, i think his cabinet is filled with interesting picks. some are politici...

Some of them are business people. >> heres the thing. >> having been in business and politics, theyre different. >> to apply to politi. >> thank you so much for your question, and i think its important to have you here, because youve been in both. i actually, im going to surprise you. i actually believe that we should have more people with a business background and other backgrounds in our government. i just think it makes for a more rich conversation and better decision making, but i think you ...

Crimes to voting rights to dus ab disability rights protects us all. its important for americans to understand that disability rights is a civil rights issue, and its an issue that my lawyer, the attorney general of the united states, should be committed to advancing. and if senator sessions is confirmed, i am deeply concerned about what will happen to citizens with disabilities, to citizens with different racial backgrounds, to citizens with different sexual orientations and to other marginaliz...

Politics go crazy sometimes. what is your takeaway? what is your characterization? how will history understand the obama era? you know, chris, its -- thank you for putting it that way. that makes me feel more important than i am, it has to be said. but i remember picking out the graphic treatments, what the backgrounds would look like and stuff for this show off my blackberry while i was at the convention that eventually nominated him to be the democratic nominee for president and i remember at ...

Wanted to this speech here and not in washington says about how he wants people to look at his presidency. >> i was talking about somebody else involved in the speech, not you, and this person said there is one thing i can tell you. it is not a policy speech. this is not a state of the union. this is not, okay, look at what we did. here are the ten great things ive achieved. this is in a way about hope and change for the future because i think he wants to leave on the same note that he came in o...

Unions andex tillerson also. these are folks not conventional. my encouragement for folks in the senate to realize america voted for a wrecking ball and voted for a disruption and doing things dramatically different than before gives me a little heartburn and a little pause but i think that is what this election was all about. it will be interesting for me to see how the senate grapples with so many thefs nominees who do come from fairly intentional backgrounds for the positions they have been n...

Of staff reince priebus, steve bannon. bannon, priebus and kushner have formed an effective leadership team. three very different men, three different backgrounds. >> i think theres a lot of balance, i think that -- you know, you have steve bannon whos this outsider, populous nationalist guy. you have reince priebus, whos an insider republican. and you have jared kushner, who is the family member, the trusted confidant. this is a trio that worked quite well in helping pull off an amazing electio...