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Decision on the settlement project and take concrete steps to prove it wants to negotiate with the palestinians. >> she asked for a formal response by the israeli government, and we await that response. >> israeli officials tell cnn, jerusalem is debating what steps it might take to diffuse the crisis. but netanyahu stood his ground monday, while calling the timing of the announcement regrettable and hurtful, he says settlement building will not stop. the spat is stirring a hornets nest on capit...

>> sean: a political battle over textbooks kicked off in texas today. the texas state board of education is debating what material will be included in your childs school books. the texas hearings are important because that state is one of the largest purchasers of textbooks in the country of the as a result textbook publishers cater their materials to texas guidelines. at issue is how our founding fathers will be portrayed and whether more conservative figures will get a fair shake. in the past ...

>> sean: a political battle over textbooks kicked off in texas today. the texas state board of education is debating what material will be included in your childs school books. the texas hearings are important because that state is one of the largest purchasers of textbooks in the country of the as a result textbook publishers cater their materials to texas guidelines. at issue is how our founding fathers will be portrayed and whether more conservative figures will get a fair shake. in the past ...

Members in texas are debating which changes to make to their social studies curriculum. my favorite subject, i might add. parents, teachers and activists are all weighing in on the proposed changes ahead of a preliminary vote set to be held by the board and any changes could impact the students of how theyre taught across the country. >> joining you go right now is kelly shackleford, president and krechlt. o. of liberty institute. good morning. >> good morning. >> i just clarified some stuff so ...

Who helped repair mark mcgwires image. hes been meeting with woods ahead of his appearance at the arnold palmer invitational at the bay hill in orlando. it looks like hes going to bay hill. we dont have confirmation on that yet. disgraced olympic sprinter marion jones returning to running but this time, it will be up and down the basketball court. she is going to play professional basketball for the wnbas tulsa shock as she tries to revive her athletic career and find something to do, the wnba i...

Persuasion. they could lose, look. the republican -- the public is not ideological. >> i disagree. >> bill: the public knows -- i dont think the public is ideological basically across the board. and i dont think the public wants health care reform. so if the republicans dont show up, obama is going to go out there and say, hey, look at these guys. they dont even want to debate. they are unreasonable. >> thats all we have been doing is debating. bill. thats all the democrats and republicans have ...

Friday. it was sort of the last chance he had to pull ripcord on this. im told he had been debating about retiring for months. those close to him -- theres a lot of actually evan bayh alums, of sorts, in the white house. a couple people very close to the president also very close to senator bayh. so they knew for months he had been on the fence about running. this came as a complete surprise on the other side of pennsylvania avenue. a lot didnt see this. youre right. theres no back-up plan. ther...

Have spent the last year thinking about how to best serve, how can i help our country. how can i make sure that i, that you, that we are in a position of nobody being able to succeed when they try to tell us to sit down and shut up, how can we best serve? in 2008, i had the honor really of a lifetime, the honor of a lifetime running along side john mccain. i look at him as an american hero and nearly 60 million americans voted for us. they cast their ballot for the things that we are talking abo...

Thinking about how to best serve, how can i help our country. how can i make sure that i, that you, that we are in a position of nobody being able to succeed when they try to tell us to sit down and shut up, how can we best serve? in 2008, i had the honor really of a lifetime, the honor of a lifetime running along side john mccain. i look at him as an american hero and nearly 60 million . us. they cast their ballot for the things that we are talking about tonight, lower taxes, smaller government...

Those voters wanted us to keep on fighting an take the gloves off and they wanted common sense conservative solutions and they wanted us to keep on debating and each of us who is here today, were living proof you dont need an office or a title to make a difference and you dont need a proclaimed leader as if we are all a bunch of sheep and looking for a leader to progress this movement. that is what we are fighting for. that is what we are fighting about. it is what we believe in and thats what t...