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And i just want to make one further comment. I know this misunderstanding, but there is a reason we do this the way that we do. In my state of oklahoma we will list a number of projects. People going out in transportation districts in the state of oklahoma, make there own priorities so that my job is not so much to see what can be done in a state of oklahoma but where the priorities come from the state. People just overlook that. That is one of the systems it does seem to work well. Hopefully we...

[ room noise ] okay. All our new mayors that are in the audience, please stand up. We need to see you and know who you are. [ applause ] all right. We know this group will be instrumental in defining our priorities and helping this organization go forward. I am now very pleased to bring to the podium one of those rookie mayors. She is from the great city the District Of Columbia. Mayor bowser served as a City Council Member for eight years prior to being elected. For yearly 35 years the conferen...

Will say well, we have a different core ethical values in europe. Thats great okay. And greece . In europe generally. Ro romania . No offense to those countries, but we have a different value system here. We dont need all those rules and regulations because we know whats right and wrong. Well, i think we need a certain amount of regulation of law but we also have to have people going into Public Service that remember why they went into it, which is Public Service. Maybe to shrink government but ...

Record that you would never be okay with the egregious Human Rights Violations taking place around the world in the lgbt community. And there is a fundamental difference between marriage, which many people have a difference around. But i know that there is no difference around lgbt rights and the violence and opposing the violence against lgbt people. So thank you for that. Todays hearing on human rights in cuba in the context of president obamas recent announcement. I said yesterday in our faer...

Kevin sack and Manny Fernandez are in dallas. Texas apartment not sanitized for days, more than six months after an outbreak of ebola began its rampage through west africa. Local and federal Health Officials have displayed an uneven and flawed response to the first case diagnosed in the u. S. In the latest indication, state and local authorities confirm thursday that a week after a liberian man fell ill in dallas, and four days after he was placed in isolation at a hospital here, the apartment w...

Sole supposed crime of calling out in a Public Square in my hometown for the implementation of reforms, as they were taking place than in communist europe. Within prison, i remained steadfast as a political prisoner. Due to my constant struggle, i was subjected to the most refined forms of torture and cruel punishment. For example, on the morning of october 14 1994, highranking officers from the Political Police six dogs on me while my hands were handcuffed behind my back. Because they did not e...

Their current what our assessment is of their intentions, so its not just to look at the assessments that were done mr. Secretary, youre not answering the question. If you dont have the information, then submit it. Its important for this committee to know who is low risk, medium risk and high risk. I would have expected you to come to this hearing with that information. Yes, mr. Chairman. I should add that these risk levels, in terms of who is in what category, is classified. We would be happy t...

Custody. Former officer Sean Harrington walked into a martinez courtroom this morning with his attorney. He face two felony Computer Theft charges. Police say he stole explicit cell phone photos from women arrested for dui. He allegedly forwarded those photos other officers. The women whose photographs were accessed and shared have every right to be upset about that. No question about it. But the extent of the damage is not as great as if an officer would have shared this universally. Harrington...

Hear the officer seen the man ran over his foot. Then you see an officer pushing. Almost tossing the man out of his wheelchair. We always want to make sure that our officers are conducting themselves in the correct way. Pam in addition to a Police Department investigation, the incident is also being citizens complaint. Pam new developments in a major cold case crime today. A suspected serial killer has been extridated to San Mateo County. To face charges in the decades old gypsy hill murders. Pa...

Not necessarily retiring from professional activity, but transitioning into a lessdemanding role. I plan to spend a lot of my time writing and look forward to that opportunity. But i feel that its really a great time to pass the baton to the next leader because the college is in such a strong position. We have had a very Successful Campaign as was mentioned. Our goal was 150 million. And we raised 158 million. Our alumni have really rallied around the institution. We have the highest alumni Part...