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A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served o...

the human impacts and the people that are impacted on all sides. i talked to people employed in the oil industry, oil executiv executives, fishers, environmentalists, policymakers. i spent a good deal of time in washington, d.c., talking to people here, policymakers here and down there. and the story that is told, and just to say i was just overwhelmed by the graciousness of people at the hardest point in their lives taking the in. >> you can watch this and other programs on line at bo...

♪ ♪ >> this event was part of freedom fest, a libertarian conference held annually in las vegas. here ye, freedom fest court is in session for this important trial of our beliefs. sog jeffrey verdon is residing over this hearing. please all rise for the judge. [laughter] [applause] please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, members of the jury, we are gathered here in the great sovereign state of nevada to decide the fate of public unions in america. in this hearing, we hope to discus...

marty. [applause] >> thank you very much. and welcome to the printers row lit fest. were delighted to have this opportunity to talk with you about a particularly interesting idea, the idea of the biography not of a person, but of a book. and helping us to parse through that idea is the recent author of just such a biography, dr. martin marty, who is professor emeritus of history at ...

and papers from prison. its one of three books thats kicking off a series of such books from princeton university press. and to start our discussion, i want to read the press description of what theyre trying to do and then ask dr. marty to comment on it. they say that this new series recounting the complex and fascinating histories of important religious texts written for general readers by leading authors and experts is intended to trace how their reception, interpretation and influe...

all in the mix. >> well, i would like to thank allison owings and i want to assure everyone that when you have an opportunity to read this book, its true oral history. its the native american voices that you will be hearing. and we thank you for being our guest today. >> thank tell us what you are reading this summer. send sandusky tweeted tv. >> nexa martin marty appeared at the "chicago tribune" printers row lit fest to talk about his book, "dietrich bonhoeffers letters and papers" a...

>> richard holbrookes widow, they came to us, a bunch of people, and said, you know, we think you guys would be perfect to put together a book that really captures richard holbrookes spirit and what he stood for and the work he did. and our plan was always to publish on the upcoming anniversary of his death in december. samantha power and derek chalet are the editors. we have wonderful contributors right about richards life and career, vietnam, bosnia, and we also have some excerpts fr...