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Thank you very much. Those were four very well crafted presentations. And mine wont be. Because my job is to listen and tell you what i heard and comment on what i heard. So what i heard from both ambassador aricot and dr. Zogby is they are not very confident that the political process can be revived by this administration or even possibly by the next one. Thats of course disappointing. I recall work written by william quantity many years ago where he talked about the possibilities for making pr...

Appreciate that youre advocating for the president s Campaign Promise based on lack of understanding of the lack of reality of guantanamo. A perfectly humane and good place to keep people. We set up procedures to try them fairly and over time and in a way that we are in control of the situation. Rather than a federal judge whose duty is to respond to moving cases trying to assist the government in obtaining intelligence. Senator graham and others and senator graham and others who have been prose...

Senator, no. And it would be very simple to simply just add, oh, by the way, our medical infirmary is on yada, yada floor. We had no idea where to go. The obvious question is, if you had this information, that might have helped, right . If we had the information, we could have saved her life. You know, someone should have given her cpr. Okay. Well, ive got more questions but my time is up for my first round so i go to senator begich. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman, and i appreciate the opport...

George holding to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip ea...

Billion compromise to address the Veterans Affairs scandal. Those involved in the intense negotiations say 5 billion is paid for with cuts elsewhere and the rest is labelled emergency spending. The veterans need Quick Response. And this is the way that we need to be able to make sure that veterans are not standing in line. Planes and tanks and guns are a cost of war. So taking care of men and women who use those weapons. Reporter the measure includes allowing veterans living more than 40 miles f...

Life in 20th Century America was not always kind to Jews. Thirteen U.S. synagogues were bombed between 1957 and 1977, Jewish Americans were disallowed from applying to many job openings

“One kid died [of an overdose] and the other was on his way to federal prison for five and a half years for having furnished him drugs that led to his death. He talked to me about this excruciating withdrawal. I remember, we were driving around and he was showing me all the places he […]

Meanwhile, the goal of building relationships, especially in the faith community, goes on. Faith Engagement Director Josh Dickson says the transition team is in listening mode right now, and that means tuning in to hear voices of faith leaders across the religious spectrum. One way thats happened has been through two forums hosted by the group Faith 2020. "Were all created in the image of God with inherent dignity and worth, something the president elect talked about a lot on the campaign, some...