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Of our republican forbids it. The principles of our freedom forbid it. Morality forbids it. The law i will sign tonight forbids it. That law is the product of months of the most careful debate and discussion. It was proposed more than one year ago by our late and beloved president , john f. Kennedy. It received the bipartisan support of more than 2 3 of the members and the house and senate. An overwhelming majority of republicans as well as democrats voted for it. It has received the thoughtful ...

Armies whose idea time has come. It was. The chamber was absolutely jammed. The gallery filled, standing room only, no staff allowed on the floor. Just 100 senators. As the vote proceeded, it was silent like a tomb, and when John Williams of delaware cast the deciding vote, everyone, there was a corporate exhaling of breath. It was so tense that everybody literally held their breath until that last vote was counted, and in a blink, Richard Russell was on his feet demanding to know what the hell ...

A minute to tell you what that law means to americans. 188 years ago this week, a small band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. They pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor not only to found a nation, but to forge an ideal of freedom, not only for political independence, but for personal liberty, not only to eliminate foreign rule, but to establish the rule of justice in the affairs of the time. That struggle was a turning point in our history. In far corners o...

Murky piece of this, as you covered in the last segment with Dianne Feinsten and mike rogers, there are several groups on the ground that could harm us, and if the Al Nusra Group or part of a corson group affiliated with the Al Qaeda Group mixed with yemen and i know this is complicated that bowp could harm the u. S. Even sooner than isil. So we have to be very careful on the ground and we need muslim bootsma on the ground and i havent seen anybody sign up yet. And i would just i think the, said...

And on the eve of the annual United Nations meeting in new york, we will checkjambe in wit. Ambassadocv get an update on the efforts tos fight the ebola epidemic. 60 years of news because this is face thevcrguni from cbs news in washington, face the nation with bob schieffer. Captioning sponsored by cbs and good morning again. We are going to start with a story that just will9jm away, the crisis in the nfl, Roger Goodell promises in the league on Domestic Violence, so far herz specifics, the Bal...

Chief washington correspondent peter cook as president obama sent congress a request for military force against the Islamic State. Peter, good afternoon. Good afternoon, mark. President obama today sending up a formal request for the use of military force. The draft language does not appear to satisfy all republicans, some who think it is too limiting, as well as some you may think it may still be too broad. Thread that needle and win enough of a resolution to actually clear. Now, lets walk you ...

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Thank you all. Today on cspan3, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee authorizes a measure to use military force against isis. Beginning at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. Then at 2 00 eastern, former, current and future chairman of the Republican Study Committee talk about conservatives in the newly elected congress. Watch live coverage from the American Enterprise institute here on cspan3. The white house ebola coordinator around head of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases gav...

Or second us a tweet at comments. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Now on efforts to combat isis in iraq and syria. Deputy mckirk testified before the House Foreign Affairs committee about the obama administrations strategy and efforts to build a more Effective National government in iraq. This is two hours and ten minutes. This hearing will come to order, i will ask those in the audience to take their skates at this time. This morning we welcome back ambassador mcgirk who was one of t...

Deferring to this week, trying to make the process slightly better. I certainly appreciate in spite of the fact we dont have a full presentation, i appreciate the presentation hes going to make. Mr. Secretary. Well, mr. Chairman and Ranking Member corker, it really is a pleasure for me to be back before the Foreign Relations committee. During my time here we have some things right. We certainly wound with up wishing we had done things differently. Most of us would agree and i saw it during both ...