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Credibility and accountability and will tip to do so. Do you have another question. Im going to make a quick note on that. And see if dan agrees. Afghanistan is going from a fairly corrupt patronage system to a system which will be professional, transparent and noncorrupt. That is a long hard road to travel. And if president ghani moves too fast he will break his politics. And he will cause so many groups to be disgruntled with him and organize against him. So we have to be patient and recognize...

Along the way. They documented all this. One by one, the revenue around mitchell disappeared. They fired him. There was a huge headlines and newspapers and big shock along the way. This really showed that there was some substance to charges about irregularities on wall street. Stock exchange was like a private club whether than public entity. The democrats had just won the election 1932 and were coming into power in march. The incoming chairman of the committee Duncan Fletcher said we want you t...

And subsequent financial reforms. Im donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the Senate Caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building. Before cspan started covering the senate, this was the most famous room in the capitol complex th, becausee this is where major hearings had been televised coming back newsreels covered it in the 1920s and 1930s, but television came along in 1940. This is where viewers would have seen the crime investigation, the kefauver crime investigation, the ...

The white house is supposed to be dedicated to transparency. Reports have been issued months ago that still contains more redactions than it should. I can think of some that wonder why theyre there. Im gratified that we can finally shine light on this dark chapter because among the many lessons we can take from this report is that americans deserve more government transparency. Its essential to a strong democracy. Just yesterday the Senate Unanimously passed a bipartisan bill, the leahycornyn bi...

Representatives came. In the 1850s, they had to put on the wings. By the 1870s, they were crowded. They couldnt find space for the sn senators to work. Offices were their discs in the chamber. Of course, they were constantly besieged there. So eventually they kept adding space to the capital. They built terraces in the 1870s and added extra rooms and that p wasnt enough. In the 1890s, they bought an old apartment house, which is down constitution avenue about where the taft stands today. For a w...

Before cspan started covering the sessions, this was where the major hearings were televised going back to news reels covering it in the 1920s and 30s. Television came after long in the 1940s. This is where viewers would have seen the crime investigation, army mcarthur hearings, water gate hear agos. This was the most famous televised room until the chamber was open to television. I bring people in here from time to time. You can hear the echoes. You can hear the gavel of the chairma chairman. T...

To have that wave forked the gag orders. What are the elements in the bill you are think are promises moving tbhard address your concerns . I think the provisions you just described are crucial to the bill, and for that reason we have the aclu strongly supports the legislation. The sense of legislation. You know, one thing ill say on that it got to be the beginning. It cant be the end of reform in this area. There is a lot of surveillance that go on nods are outside the scope of these particular...

Each week, American History tvs artifacts takes you t each week, American History tvs american artifacts takes you to. Museums. Opened in 1909, the Russell Senate Office Building was constructed to ease chronic conditions. We will learn about the noted Senate Investigations held in the caucus room. From the 1912 titanic inquiry to the 1930s hearings about the causes of the 1929 stock market crash. Im donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the Senate Caucus room in the Russell Senate...

1909, the Russell Senate Office Building was constructed to ease chronic conditions. We will learn about the noted Senate Investigations held in the caucus room. 12 titanic inquiry to the 1930s hearings about the causes of the 1929 stock market crash. Im donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the Senate Caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building. Before cspan started covering the senate, this was the most famous room in the capitol complex t, becauseh thise is where major hea...

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